In:
Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Vol. 313, No. 5791 ( 2006-09), p. 1255-1255
Abstract:
Among flowering plants, animals commonly act as pollinators. We showed that fertile moss shoots attract springtails and mites, which in turn carry moss sperm, thereby enhancing the fertilization process. Previously, fertilization of mosses was thought to depend on the capacity of individual sperm to swim through a continuous water layer. The role of microarthropods in moss fertilization resembles the role of animals as pollinators of flowering plants but may be evolutionarily much older because of the antiquity of the organism groups involved.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0036-8075
,
1095-9203
DOI:
10.1126/science.1128707
Language:
English
Publisher:
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Publication Date:
2006
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128410-1
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2066996-3
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2060783-0
SSG:
11
