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Gender Variation In The Prezygotic Reproductive Effort Of The Common Silver Moss, Kimberley Horsley, Lloyd Stark
Gender Variation In The Prezygotic Reproductive Effort Of The Common Silver Moss, Kimberley Horsley, Lloyd Stark
Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP)
The bryophyte Bryum argenteum is a vigorous moss with a cosmopolitan distribution and high tolerance to desiccation and temperature stress. Due to its widespread nature, B. argenteum has been highly investigated (e.g., Chopra and Bhatla 1981). However, very little research has been done on the reproductive aspects of this moss with respect to gender differences. This project will address the prefertilization reproductive efforts of the moss, and look for any differences in the rate of growth and sexual expression between the sexes. The hypothesis to be tested is that males actually have a higher prefertilization reproductive effort than females and …