From: Martha M. Phillips at CSC on 11/08/2000 01:51 PM
To: plant-ed at net.bio.net
cc:
Subject: sex determination in plants
Dear Plant-edders,
I have a student doing a paper on sex determination in plants and I don't know
much about the topic (just what is in the general textbooks). I'm wondering if
you can point me towards good sources and maybe answer a question or two.
Is the sex of a dioecious plant determined largely by genes, environment, both?
If genes, is it the sperm that determine sex or egg?
I know that ethylene and gibberellin are involved in sex expression on
monoecious plants -- Are the mechanisms in any way similar in dioecious?
any help will be greatly appreciated!
Martha
Martha M. Phillips, Ph.D
Biology Department
The College of St. Catherine
2004 Randolph Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55105
651-690-6630
mmphillips at stkate.edu
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