Flowers are evolving to have less sex

Flowers are evolving to have less sex

Some flowers have evolved to fertilize their own seeds more often. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Study: flowers are starting to self-pollinate due to fewer insects

“This is a particularly exciting finding as it shows evolution happening in real time.”

NUEVA YORK.- Cada primavera, billones de flores se reproducen con la ayuda de las abejas y otros animales. Atraen a los polinizadores con colores llamativos y néctar. A medida que los animales viajan de flor en flor, se llevan consigo el polen, que puede fertilizar las semillas de otras plantas.Un nuevo estudio da a entender que los humanos están alterando rápidamente este rito anual de la primavera. Dado que los pesticidas tóxicos y la desapari…

French wild pansies are becoming more and more autonomous when it comes to reproduction. In doing so, they are responding to ongoing environmental changes. This adaptation could further accelerate insect mortality.

Flowers are evolving to self-pollinate as insect numbers drop

French wild pansies are producing smaller flowers and less nectar than 20 to 30 years ago in a ‘startling’ act of evolution, study shows

Flowers Are Evolving to Self-Pollinate, And It Could Be a Big Problem

Insects numbers have declined so much that plants are now taking reproduction matters into their own hands (or petals).