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FLOWER DISTRIBUTION AND WIND. "The distribution of flowers is also important and male flowers tend to be borne on slender branches with female flowers on large, more rigid branches." https://lnkd.in/gb3zS32 View in LinkedIn

KNOCK-ON CONSEQUENCES. "Sexual dimorphism can have ecological consequences, reinforcing, and perhaps also promoting, secondary sexual divergence." https://lnkd.in/ge7JD6J View in LinkedIn

FLOWER STRUCTURE AND WIND. "In wind pollinated plants (where there is a strong correlation with dioecy), sexual specialization of male and female flowers is common. Staminate flowers are often borne on long, pendulous and flexible in inflorescences which aid pollen dispersal, while female flowers and in inflorescences are generally more rigid and have feathery stigmas." https://lnkd.in/gb3zS32 View in LinkedIn

SCENT SEXUAL SELECTION. "Based on a survey of 33 gender-dimorphic species, Ashman (2009) found that in the majority of species male plants emitted more volatiles per flower than females, a result consistent with sexual selection." https://lnkd.in/ge7JD6J View in LinkedIn

FORM MATCHES FUNCTION. "The structure of the flower is clearly important in relation to pollen distribution and reception and in many hermaphroditic plant species flowers have evolved dramatically to suit particular pollination mechanisms." https://lnkd.in/gb3zS32 View in LinkedIn

SCENT DIMORPHISM. "There is a growing literature on the role of floral fragrance in pollinator attraction, raising the question of whether sexual dimorphism in floral scent occurs in dioecious species." https://lnkd.in/ge7JD6J View in LinkedIn

PERSISTENCE. “Third, we take a further step toward understanding the relationship of post-Black Death outbreaks in Europe and evaluate the likelihood of a local reservoir.’ https://lnkd.in/g9Pgxuv View in LinkedIn

SPREAD. “Second, we evaluate the likelihood of the proposed eastward migration of strains from Europe to Asia after the Black Death through the analysis of human remains from a 14th century plague burial in the Volga region of Russia.” https://lnkd.in/g9Pgxuv View in LinkedIn

SOURCE. “Here, we aim to address three outstanding questions regarding Y. pestis history. First, we investigate the possibility of disease entry via multiple pulses during the Black Death by comparing the genotype of a strain from the pandemic’s early phase to those circulating in other areas later in the pandemic.” https://lnkd.in/g9Pgxuv View in LinkedIn

PLAGUE PERSISTENCE. “After the Black Death, plague continued to strike Europe for another four centuries through subsequent outbreaks that ceased at the end of the 18th century. The reasons for its sudden disappearance in Europe are unknown. Sylvatic plague foci have a nearly worldwide presence today, but are absent in Europe.” https://lnkd.in/g9Pgxuv View in LinkedIn