Journal
JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
Volume 27, Issue 4, Pages 667-675Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12333
Keywords
reproductive strategies; dioecy; patchy environment model; hermaphroditism; sex allocation; gonochorism; monoecy; size-advantage model
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- CONACyT (Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia) [190695, 79846]
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The capacity of organisms to change their sex has evolved independently in several plant and animal lineages. Sex change has been widely studied, but research approaches have differed for plants and animals, and conclusions have often been taxon-specific. Although sex allocation theory provides a unifying framework for the study of sex change, this unity has not always been appreciated, especially in the botanical literature. Here, we review sex change with regard to its representation in relation to taxonomy and other sexual systems, with regard to its suggested adaptive benefits, and to the role of taxon-specific body architecture, such as modularity and gonadal structure. We highlight differences and similarities between plants and animals and suggest promising lines of future research.
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