In plants, sex can be more important than it seems – sometimes it even influences where the species grow. In nature, there are plants which have both male and female individuals, but also those which combine both sexes in one flower. These different "sexual systems" differ not only in appearance but also in their distribution around the world. Using the example of thistles (genus Cirsium), we are investigating why female plants sometimes thrive better than hermaphroditic ones – and how they manage to live together in one place for a long time.
Speaker: Ashini Dias Mahadura (Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, MU)
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4:00 PM