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Fractionated inflorescences of maize.
Just as the doubled genomes of maize have fractionated during evolution, so too have the inflorescences. Sorghum, like most members of the grass tribe Andropogoneae, combines male and female reproduction in a single inflorescence, while Zea mays possesses two specialized inflorescences—the tassel and ear—devoted to male and female reproduction respectively (see Woodhouse et al., e1000409).
Image Credit: Damon Lisch (University of California Berkeley)
Citation: (2010) PLoS Biology Issue Image | Vol. 8(6) June 2010. PLoS Biol 8(6): ev08.i06. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pbio.v08.i06
Published: June 29, 2010
Copyright: © 2010 Damon Lisch. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Just as the doubled genomes of maize have fractionated during evolution, so too have the inflorescences. Sorghum, like most members of the grass tribe Andropogoneae, combines male and female reproduction in a single inflorescence, while Zea mays possesses two specialized inflorescences—the tassel and ear—devoted to male and female reproduction respectively (see Woodhouse et al., e1000409).
Image Credit: Damon Lisch (University of California Berkeley)