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Control of sex ratios in haploid populations of the moss, Ceratodon purpureus

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Shaw, AJ; Gaughan, JF
Published in: American Journal of Botany
January 1, 1993

A survey of 11 populations of Ceratodon purpureus showed that sex ratios are heterogeneous, but that female biases occur in more than half the populations: 160 single spore isolates representing 40 sporophytes from one population demonstrated that female gametophytes outnumbered males by a ratio of 3:2 at the time of germination. Female gametophytic clones formed significantly more biomass than male clones, and individudal female shoots were more robust. Male clones, however, produced more numerous stems. These sexually dimorphic traits may be related to life history differences between male and female gametophytes since females must provide nutritional support to the "parasitic' sporophyte generation, a burden that males do not share. -from Authors

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American Journal of Botany

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ISSN

0002-9122

Publication Date

January 1, 1993

Volume

80

Issue

5

Start / End Page

584 / 591

Related Subject Headings

  • Evolutionary Biology
  • 3108 Plant biology
  • 3104 Evolutionary biology
  • 3103 Ecology
  • 0607 Plant Biology
  • 0603 Evolutionary Biology
  • 0602 Ecology
 

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Shaw, A. J., & Gaughan, J. F. (1993). Control of sex ratios in haploid populations of the moss, Ceratodon purpureus. American Journal of Botany, 80(5), 584–591. https://doi.org/10.2307/2445376
Shaw, A. J., and J. F. Gaughan. “Control of sex ratios in haploid populations of the moss, Ceratodon purpureus.” American Journal of Botany 80, no. 5 (January 1, 1993): 584–91. https://doi.org/10.2307/2445376.
Shaw AJ, Gaughan JF. Control of sex ratios in haploid populations of the moss, Ceratodon purpureus. American Journal of Botany. 1993 Jan 1;80(5):584–91.
Shaw, A. J., and J. F. Gaughan. “Control of sex ratios in haploid populations of the moss, Ceratodon purpureus.” American Journal of Botany, vol. 80, no. 5, Jan. 1993, pp. 584–91. Scopus, doi:10.2307/2445376.
Shaw AJ, Gaughan JF. Control of sex ratios in haploid populations of the moss, Ceratodon purpureus. American Journal of Botany. 1993 Jan 1;80(5):584–591.

Published In

American Journal of Botany

DOI

ISSN

0002-9122

Publication Date

January 1, 1993

Volume

80

Issue

5

Start / End Page

584 / 591

Related Subject Headings

  • Evolutionary Biology
  • 3108 Plant biology
  • 3104 Evolutionary biology
  • 3103 Ecology
  • 0607 Plant Biology
  • 0603 Evolutionary Biology
  • 0602 Ecology