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14-September-2008 18:38:49 - Dichogamy Dichogamy is the separation in time of gender expression in a hermaphroditic organism, a characteristic of some fishes, gastropods, and most flowering plants. In flowering plants In the context of the flowering plants angiosperms, there are two forms of dichogamy: protogyny-female function precedes male function-and protandry-male function precedes female function. Historically, dichogamy has been regarded as a mechanism for reducing inbreeding e.g., Darwin, 1862. However, a survey of the angiosperms found that self-incompatible SI plants, which are incapable of inbreeding, were as likely to be dichogamous as were self-compatible SC plants Bertin, 1993. This finding led to a reinterpretation of dichogamy as a more general mechanism for reducing the impact of pollen-pistil interference on pollen import and export reviewed in Lloyd Webb, 1986; Barrett, 2002. Unlike the inbreeding-avoidance hypothesis, which focused on female function, this interference-avoidance hypothesis considers both gender functions. In many hermaphroditic species, the close physical proximity of anthers and stigma makes interference unavoidable, either within a flower or between flowers on an inflorescence. Within-flower interference, which occurs when either the pistil interrupts pollen removal or the anthers prevent pollen deposition, can result in autonomous or facilitated self-pollination Lloyd Webb, 1986; Lloyd Schoen, 1992. Between-flower interference results from similar mechanisms, except that the interfering structures occur on different flowers within the same inflorescence and it requires pollinator activity. This results in geitonogamous pollination, the transfer of pollen between flowers of the same individual Lloyd Schoen, 1992; de Jong et al., 1993. In contrast to within-flower interference, geitonogamy necessarily involves the same processes as outcrossing: pollinator attraction, reward provisioning, and pollen removal. Therefore, between-flower interference not only carries the cost of self-fertilization inbreeding depression; Charlesworth Charlesworth, 1987; Husband Schemske, 1996, but also reduces the amount of pollen available for export so-called pollen discounting; Harder Wilson, 1998. Because pollen discounting diminishes outcross siring success, interference avoidance may be an important evolutionary force in floral biology Harder Barrett, 1995, 1996; Harder Wilson, 1998; Barrett, 2002. Dichogamy may reduce between-flower interference by minimizing the temporal overlap between stigma and anthers within an inflorescence. Large inflorescences attract more pollinators, potentially enhancing reproductive success by increasing pollen import and export Schemske, 1980; Queller, 1983; Bell, 1985; Geber, 1985; Schmid-Hempel Speiser, 1988; Klinkhamer de Jong, 1990. However, large inflorescences also increase the opportunities for both geitonogamy and pollen discounting, so that the opportunity for between-flower interference increases with inflorescence size Harder Barrett, 1996. Consequently, the evolution of floral display size may represent a compromise between maximizing pollinator visitation and minimizing geitonogamy and pollen discounting Klinkhamer de Jong, 1993; Barrett et al, 1994; Holsinger, 1996; Snow et al., 1996. Protandry may be particularly relevant to this compromise, because it often results in an inflorescence structure with female phase flowers positioned below male phase flowers Bertin Newman, 1993. Given the tendency of many insect pollinators to forage upwards through inflorescences Galen Plowright, 1988, protandry may enhance pollen export by reducing between-flower interference Darwin, 1862; Harder et al, 2000. Furthermore, this enhanced pollen export should increase as floral display size increases, because between-flower interference should increase with floral display size. These effects of protandry on between-flower interference may decouple the benefits of large inflorescences from the consequences of geitonogamy and pollen discounting. Such a decoupling would provide a significant reproductive advantage through increased pollinator visitation and siring success. Harder et al. 2000 demonstrated experimentally that dichogamy both reduced rates of self-fertilization and enhanced outcross siring success through reductions in geitonogamy and pollen discounting, respectively. Routley Husband 2003examined the influence of inflorescence size on this siring advantage and found a bimodal distribution with increased siring success with both small and large display sizes. See also Plant sexuality Griffin et al., 2000 for an experimental test of the adaptive significance of protogyny. References Barrett, S.C.H. 2002. Sexual interference of the floral kind. Hery, 882: 154-9. abstract. Barrett, S.C.H., L. D. Harder, W. W. Cole. 1994. Effects of Flower Number and Position on Self-Fertilization in Experimental Populations of Eichhornia paniculata Pontederiaceae. Functional Ecology, 84: 526-535. abstract. Bell G., 1985. On the function of flowers. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 224: 223-265. Bertin, R.I. 1993. Incidence of monoecy and dichogamy in relation to self-fertilization in angiosperms. Amer. J. Bot., 805: 557-560. abstract. Bertin R.I. Newman C.M. 1993. Dichogamy in angiosperms. Bot. Rev., 59: 112-152. Darwin, Charles. 1862. On the various contrivances by which British and foreign orchids are fertilized by insects, and on the good effects of intercrossing. John Murray, London. Charlesworth, D. and B. Charlesworth. 1987. Inbreeding Depression and its Evolutionary Consequences. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 18: 237-268. abstract de Jong T.J., Waser N.M. Klinkhamer P.G.L., 1993, Geitonogamy: the neglected side of selfing. Trends Ecol. Evol., 8: 321-325. Galen C. Plowright R.C., 1988, Contrasting movement patterns of nectar-collecting and pollen-collecting bumble bees Bombus terricola on fireweed Chamaenerion angustifolium inflorescences. Ecol. Entomol., 10: 9-17. Geber, M. 1985. The Relationship of Plant Size to Self-Pollination in Mertensia ciliata. Ecology, 663: 762-772. abstract Harder Barrett, 1995 Harder L.D. Barrett S.C.H., 1996. Pollen dispersal and mating patterns in animal-pollinated plants. In: Floral Biology: Studies on Floral Evolution in Animal-Pollinated Plants D.G. Lloyd S.C.H. Barrett, eds., Chapman and Hall, New York. pp. 140-190. Harder Wilson, 1998. Harder et al, 2000. Holsinger K.E., 1996, Pollination biology and the evolution of mating systems in flowering plants. In: Evolutionary Biology M.K. Hecht, ed., Plenum Press, New York, pp. 107-149. Husband Schemske, 1996. Klinkhamer P.G.L. de Jong T.J., 1990, Effects of plant size, plant density and sex differential nectar reward on pollinator visitation in the protandrous Echium vulgare. Oikos 57: 399-405. Klinkhamer P.G.L. de Jong T.J., 1993, Attractiveness to pollinators: a plant's dilemma. Oikos 66: 180-184. Lloyd D.G. Webb C.J., 1986, The avoidance of interference between the presentation of pollen and stigmas in angiosperms: I. Dichogamy. New Zeal. J. Bot. 24: 135-162. Lloyd Schoen, 1992. Queller D.C., 1983, Sexual selection in a hermaphroditic plant. Nature 305: 706-707. Routley, M.B. B.C. Husband. 2003. The effect of protandry on siring success in Chamerion angustifolium Onagraceae with different inflorence sizes. Evolution Int. J. Org. Evolution, 572: 240-248 abstract Schemske D.W., 1980, Evolution of floral display in the orchid Brassavola nodosa. Evolution 34: 489-491. Schmid-Hempel P. Speiser B., 1988, Effects of inflorescence size on pollination in Epilobium angustifolium. Oikos 53: 98-104. Snow A.A., Spira T.P., Simpson R. Klips R.A., 1996, The ecology of geitonogamous pollination. In: Floral Biology: Studies on Floral Evolution in Animal-Pollinated Plants D.G. Lloyd S.C.H. Barrett, eds., Chapman and Hall, New York, New York, USA, pp. 191-216. 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