Nature Communications (May 2018)

Kin discrimination allows plants to modify investment towards pollinator attraction

  • Rubén Torices,
  • José M. Gómez,
  • John R. Pannell

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04378-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Plants can recognize nearby kin and alter their growth in response. Here, Torices et al. demonstrate that flower production can also be sensitive to social context, with plants producing larger floral displays in the presence of relatives, which may increase attraction of pollinators to the group.