Enthusiasm for Orchids Sex and Deception in Plant Evolution

Name: Enthusiasm for Orchids Sex and Deception in Plant Evolution
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ISBN: 9780195182743

ISBN-10: 019518274X

ISBN-13: 9780195182743

Edition: 2005

Authors: John Alcock

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The male thynnine wasp's extreme sexual enthusiasm is crucial to reproduction of hammer orchids in the wild. Hammer orchids have co-evolved to produce odors identical to those manufactured by female thynnine wasps. The male wasp's superb sensitivity to the scent of his female mate is the basis for the hammer orchid's deceit--in effect, orchids exploit the male insect's highly adaptive sense of smell for their own propagation. While pollinating orchids is a waste of time, and thus a maladaptive activity for a wasp, his mistake comes about because he must react quickly whenever he senses a possible mate nearby. Alcock suggests that, "for insects, he who hesitates is lost, although perhaps it…

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List price: $130.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/24/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 9.25" wide x 6.18" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.606
Language: English




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The Adaptations of Behaving Plants



Adaptations and Maladaptations



The History in Evolution



Orchids, Species, and Names



Orchids, Biodiversity, and Hotspots



Orchids and Conservation



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