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Gender and Sexual Dimorphism in Flowering Plants

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Editors:
  1. Monica A. Geber

    1. Section of Ecology and Systematics, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA

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  2. Todd E. Dawson

    1. Section of Ecology and Systematics, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA

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  3. Lynda F. Delph

    1. Dept. of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA

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  • The first comprehensive review of research on the evolution of gender dimorphism and dimorphism in secondary sex characters in plants
  • Covers both recent advances and historical findings in theoretical and empirical studies
  • Written by the leading experts on plant breeding system evolution

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XX
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  2. Gender and Sexual Dimorphism in Flowering Plants: A review of Terminology, Biogeographic Patterns, Ecological Correlates, and Phylogenetic Approaches

    • Ann K. Sakai, Stephen G. Weller
    Pages 1-31

  3. Theories of the Evolution of Dioecy

    • Deborah Charlesworth
    Pages 33-60

  4. Empirical Studies: Evolution and Maintenance of Dimorphic Breeding Systems

    • Colin J. Webb
    Pages 61-95

  5. Theories of the Evolution of Sexual Dimorphism

    • Monica A. Geber
    Pages 97-122

  6. Sexual Dimorphism in Flowers and Inflorescences

    • Vincent M. Eckhart
    Pages 123-148

  7. Sexual Dimorphism in Life History

    • Lynda F. Delph
    Pages 149-173

  8. Sexual Dimorphism in Physiology and Morphology

    • Todd E. Dawson, Monica A. Geber
    Pages 175-215

  9. Sexual Dimorphism and Biotic Interactions

    • Jon Ågren, Kjell Danell, Thomas Elmqvist, Lars Ericson, Joakim Hjältén
    Pages 217-246

  10. Genetics of Gender Dimorphism in Higher Plants

    • Sarah R. Grant
    Pages 247-274

  11. The Quantitative Genetics of Sexual Dimorphism

    • Thomas R. Meagher
    Pages 275-294

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 295-305
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About this book

While the majority of flowering plant species are hermaphroditic, gender di­ morphism, or the occurrence of two sexual morphs, has, nevertheless, evolved on repeated occasions. Gender dimorphism is found in nearly half of all angio­ sperm families and in approximately 10% of flowering plant species. Where plants are dimorphic in gender, they can also be dimorphic in secondary sex characters. We refer to dimorphism of the latter kind as sexual dimorphism, in keeping with the term's usage by most zoologists. This book is about the evolution of both forms of dimorphism -hence the book's lengthy title. Gender dimorphism in plants has been an active topic of research from theoretical and empirical perspectives, and has been the focus of several re­ cent reviews and book chapters. By contrast, sexual dimorphism in plants is of the much less widely appreciated. Indeed, the last comprehensive review subject dates back to Lloyd and Webb's 1977 paper on "Secondary Sex Char­ we first spoke of editing a book on sexual acters in Plants. " In addition, when dimorphism in plants, some people doubted that there was enough material to justify the effort. We hope that this book not only provides an update to Lloyd and Webb's seminal work but also dispels doubts about the widespread nature of sexual dimorphism in plants. We decided to combine reviews of both gender and sexual dimorphism in a single book, because each form of dimorphism can provide the evolutionary impetus for the other.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Section of Ecology and Systematics, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA

    Monica A. Geber, Todd E. Dawson

  • Dept. of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA

    Lynda F. Delph

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Gender and Sexual Dimorphism in Flowering Plants

  • Editors: Monica A. Geber, Todd E. Dawson, Lynda F. Delph

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03908-3

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1999

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-64597-9Published: 27 November 1998

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-08424-9Published: 01 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-03908-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 305

  • Topics: Plant Genetics and Genomics, Plant Sciences, Ecology

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