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Lunds universitets årsskrift volume n.f., avd. 2, bd. 42, nr. 3; avd. 2, bd. 43, nr. 2; avd. 2, bd. 43, nr. 12
Kungl. Fysiografiska sällskapets handlingar volume n.f., bd. 57, nr. 3; bd. 58, nr. 2; bd. 58, nr. 12
Kungl. Fysiografiska sällskapets handlingar volume n.f., bd. 57, nr. 3; bd. 58, nr. 2; bd. 58, nr. 12
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"The follow up to Sexus Animalis: the sex lives of plants, but more broadly, sexuality as the key to evolution. Plant sexuality is a bit of a controversial claim (in line with the notion of animal beauty) and difficult to prove, but an effective general-audience lens to looking at botanical diversity"--
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At the tips of our forks and on our dinner plates, a buffet of botanical dalliance awaits us. Sex and food are intimately intertwined, and this relationship is nowhere more evident than among the plants that sustain us. From lascivious legumes to horny hot peppers, most of humanity's calories and other nutrition come from seeds and fruits--the products of sex--or from flowers, the organs that make plant sex possible. Sex has also played an arm's-length...
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"Darwin identified the existence of separate male and female gametes as one of the central mysteries of evolutionary biology. 150 years later, the question of why male gametes exist remains an intriguing puzzle. In this, the first book solely devoted to the evolution of anisogamy, top theorists in the field explore why gamete dimorphism characterizes nearly all plants and animals. Did separate male and female gametes evolve as a result of competition,...
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