PRELIMINARY QUESTIONS

Overview
Corner and the durian theory
Ashton, Fedorov and evolutionary processes
Gentry's hypotheses
Applications  
   • pollination
   • breeding systems
   • allozyme analysis
   • architecture 
 
References and further reading 
Questions 
 

Influence of the Durian Theory

  1. LIST the key observations leading to the formulation of the durian theory
  2. LIST the key characteristics of the 'ancestral' plant
 

An overriding evolutionary process in tropical forests?

  1. DEFINE  inbreeding and outcrossing as they relate to plant reproductive biology
  2. LIST the possible advantages/disadvantages of each of the above processes