An Enthusiasm for Orchids: Sex and Deception in Plant Evolution by John Alcock

An Enthusiasm for Orchids: Sex and Deception in Plant Evolution

John Alcock

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The male thynnine wasp's extreme sexual enthusiasm is crucial to reproduction of hammer orchids in the wild. Hammer orchids have co-evolved to produce odors identical to those manufactured by female thynnine wasps. The male wasp's superb sensitivi...

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