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Nature 429, 249-250 (20 May 2004) | doi:10.1038/429249a
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Reproductive biology: Pillow talk in plants
Bruce McClure1
Abstract
Flowering plants have sophisticated mating systems that determine whether a pollen suitor is accepted or rejected. Knowledge of how such systems operate has just taken two steps forward.
Few Nature readers may admit to such a lack of subtlety, but most will have closely scrutinized potential mates. Mate selection has a huge effect on a species.
- Bruce McClure is in the Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA.
e-mail: Email: mcclureb@missouri.edu
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