A ghost of dioecy past and the legacy of sexual dimorphism: low siring success of hermaphrodites after the breakdown of dioecy
Luis Santos del Blanco, Eleri Tudor, John R. Pannell
The paper compares siring success of female-derived hermaphrodites with male-like hermaphrodites in Mercurialis annua, finding lower siring success in female-derived hermaphrodites, supporting the idea that remnants of dioecy reduce fitness in outcrossing populations.
bioRxiv · Sep 30, 2018 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology