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Is there silicon in flowers and what does it tell us?

The emergence of flowers marked an important development in plant evolution. Flowers in many species evolved to attract animal pollinators to increase fertilisation chances. In leaves, silicon (Si) discourages herbivores, for example by wearing down mouthparts. Flowers are essentially modified leave...

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Autores principales: Schoelynck, Jonas, De Block, Petra, Van Dyck, Eva, Cooke, Julia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10580012/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37854315
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10630