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Gender segregation and sex allocation in pine

Gender segregation and sex allocation in pine

Posted on June 22nd, 2011 by Alex

Many sex-ratio-related studies have focused on dioecious or monoecious herbaceous plants, but relatively few have looked at trees. Ne’eman et al. examine changes in gender segregation and sex allocation in Pinus halepensis. Young trees only produce female cones, which are mainly in the upper part of the crown, but both male and females are produced [...]