Schiestl, F P (2010). Pollination: sexual mimicry abounds. Current Biology, 20(23):R1020-R1022.
Why do plants mimic female insects to attract males for pollination? A new study gives insights into the advantages of sexual mimicry and documents this pollination system for the first time outside the orchid family, in a South African daisy.
Why do plants mimic female insects to attract males for pollination? A new study gives insights into the advantages of sexual mimicry and documents this pollination system for the first time outside the orchid family, in a South African daisy.
| Item Type: | Journal Article, refereed, original work |
|---|---|
| Communities & Collections: | 07 Faculty of Science > Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 580 Plants (Botany) |
| Scopus Subject Areas: | Life Sciences > General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Life Sciences > General Agricultural and Biological Sciences |
| Language: | English |
| Date: | 2010 |
| Deposited On: | 23 Jan 2011 19:25 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Jun 2022 13:20 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 0960-9822 |
| OA Status: | Closed |
| Free access at: | Publisher DOI. An embargo period may apply. |
| Publisher DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2010.10.019 |
| PubMed ID: | 21145017 |
Schiestl, F P