Dioecy is a rare breeding system in flowering plants, but one that has evolved multiple times in different plant lineages. Dioecious species are commonly associated with several ecological traits, ...

DIŒCY, the separation of the sexes on to different diploid individuals, occurs irregularly throughout the higher plants. It must therefore have arisen a number of times during the evolution of this ...

If we take dioecy as an example, scientists found examples of this system in groups of plants that are not closely related. This means that dioecy has evolved several times. And this is true for the ...

Nothapodytes nimmoniana (Icacinaceae) is a subcanopy tree species, commercially exploited for its wood chips that yield an anti-tumour alkaloid. The species displays intriguing sexual variation. Apart ...

Scientists are getting closer to finding the genes for maleness in waterhemp and Palmer amaranth, two of the most troublesome agricultural weeds in the US. Finding the genes could enable new 'genetic ...

Lila Maladesky's PhD project is funded by the European Research Council Humans like plants. We like seeing them change the colour of their leaves throughout the year. They connect us to nature even if ...