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PLSC 213 > Plant Sex: Mating Systems, Pollination, and Clonality > Flashcards

Plant Sex: Mating Systems, Pollination, and Clonality Flashcards

1
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Asexual reproduction

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Produces genetically identical daughter plants (ramets)

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Sexual reproduction

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Produces genetically distinct daughter plants (genets)

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Vegetative reproduction structures

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Stolen
Rhizomes
Bulbs
Suckers
Layering
Apomixis

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4
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Stolon (runner)

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Branches on surface

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Rhizome

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Underground stem

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Bulbs (corm)

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Underground rosette

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Suckers

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Buds forming on shallow roots

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Layering

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Stems form adventitous roots

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Apomixis

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Asexual seed production

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Clone structure

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Phalanx (clumping)
Guerilla (spreading)

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Phalanx

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Tightly packed ramets

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Guerilla

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Widely spread ramets

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Phalanx vs guerilla tactics

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Phalanx is better at exploiting high nutrient resources
Guerilla is better at finding new patches

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Clonal integration

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An initial investment of carbon and nutrients from parent as a new ramet forms. Some clones break apart rapidly while others maintain connections for long time spans

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Benefits of integration

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Avoid kin competition
Integrate environmental conditions over entire clone
Improve defensive signaling

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16
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Benefits of separation

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Increase lifespan of individual clones
Decrease cost of maintaining connection
Allow independent timing of flowering

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17
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Agamospermy

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Asexual production of seeds (apomixis) which lacks recombination

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18
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Mating systems

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Governs with whom a plant mates

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19
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How are plants divided in the mating system?

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Autogamous
Facultative self compatible
Allogamous

20
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Autogamous

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Inbreeding, flowers that always self-fertilize

21
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Facultative self compatible

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Can either self fertilize or outcross

22
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Allogamous

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Outbreeding, plants that never self fertilize

23
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Autogamous mating systems

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Autogamy
Geitonogamy
Cleistogamy

24
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Autogamy

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Fertilization within same flower

25
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Geitonogamy

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Pollen movement from 1 flower to another on same plant

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Cleistogamy

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Flowers that never open, entirely self pollinated

27
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Hermaphroditic plants

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Most common of all plant species where the male and female are on same plant. There are often mechanisms to avoid self fertilization

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Monoecious flowers

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Separate sexed flowers

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Hermaphroditic flowers

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Bisexual flowers

30
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Heterospecific pollen tranfers

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Pollination typically requires conspecific pollen. Heterospecific pollen transfer can reduce pollination success

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Outbreeding mechanisms (pollination syndromes)

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Wind
Animals/insects
Water

32
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Wind pollination

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Common among coniferous trees and grasses (sometimes angiosperms)

33
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Wind pollinated flower characteristics

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Lack of pollinator attractors
Exposed anthers and small pollen grains
Feathery stigma to catch pollen

34
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Masting

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Wind pollinated plants synchronize reproduction

35
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2 main hypothesises about masting

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Seed predator satiation
Improved pollination efficiency
Optimal environmental conditions

36
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Animal based pollination

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Animals/insects visits flowers to get rewards and thus transfer pollen among or within individuals

37
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Pollinator attraction cues

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Infloresence shape and size
Flower colour
Flower rewards
Floral scents
Auditory cues

38
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High heterospecific floral densities can __________ heterospecific pollen transfer

39
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Pollinator fidelity

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Plants try to limit heterospecific pollen transfer by increasing pollinator fidelity

40
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Vertebrate pollination

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Incredibly important for pollination of some species

41
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Deceptive orchids

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Provide chemical cues to trick insects into thinking they are finding a mate

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Nectar robbers

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Cut into side of flowers to get nectar without pollinating the plant

43
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Cost of males

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An asexual female producing only daughters will have a greater fitness than a sexual counterpart

44
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Loss of local genetic adaptation

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A plant reaching reproductive age at a location with environmental conditions to which it is adapted to, so why risk changing a good thing

45
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Major benefits of sexual reproduction

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Genetically different offpring which allows them to deal with fluctuating environments, sibling competition, and host-pathogen interactions

46
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Allocation to sexual reproduction may be more likely when resources are in _____

47
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Abandon ship hypothesis

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In poor environments, invest all energy in sexual reproduction rather than growth. It increases genetic diversity in offspring and gives them a chance to find a better environment

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