The Discovery and Denial of Sex in Plants
by
Lincoln Taiz, Lee Taiz
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2016
Sex in animals has been known for at least ten thousand years, and this knowledge was put to good use during animal domestication in the Neolithic period. In stark contrast, sex in plants wasn't discovered until the late 17th century, long after the domestication of crop plants. Even after its discovery,...