Protandry

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protandry [prō′tan·drē]

(physiology)

That condition in which an animal is first a male and then becomes a female.

Protandry

a state in which the pollen ripens earlier than the stigmata of the pistils in the flowers of a plant. Protandry is an adaptation to cross-pollination (seeDICHOGAMY and ).

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No references found			Visceral sex, hermaphroditism, and protandry in a population of the freshwater bivalve Elliptio complanata. Histological studies on gametogenesis, hermaphroditism and the ... by Sereflisan, Hulya; Cek, Sehriban; Sereflisan, Menderes / Journal of Shellfish Research Sex change of primary males in a diandric labrid Halichoeres trimaculatus: coexistence of protandry and protogyny within a species. The western blue groper (Achoerodus gouldii), a protogynous ... by Coulson, Peter G.; Hesp, S. Alex; Hall, Norman G.; Potter, Ian C. / Fishery Bulletin Protandry and recruitment of young oysters minimizes the Allee effect that burdens other bivalves (Kraeuter et al. Why oyster restoration goals in the Chesapeake Bay are not and ... by Mann, Roger; Powell, Eric N. / Journal of Shellfish Research			Prosthetic Group Prosthetics prosthodontics Prostigmata Prostitution prostomium prostoon Prostor prostrate Prostrate Cultivation of Fruit Trees Prostrate Plant Prostrate Shrub prostratigraphy Prostration Prostyle prosumer Prosveshchenie Protactinium protactinium-ionium age method protagonist Protagoras Protagoras of Abdera ProTalk protalus rampart Protamine Protandry protanomaly protanopia Protargol Protazanov, Iakov Protazanov, Iakov Aleksandrovich protea Proteaceae Proteales protease protease inhibitor proteasome protected AAC Protected Animals and Plants protected area protected construction protected corner protected equipment protected escape route protected format protected location protected membrane roof protected metal sheeting Protected Mode Protected Mode driver Protected Natural Region			Protagorean Protagorean ProTalk protalus rampart PROTAM protamin protamin protamin protamine protamine protamine protamine paracoagulation protamine paracoagulation protamine paracoagulation Protamine sulfate Protamine Zinc Insulin protamine zinc insulin (PZI) protamine zinc insulin (PZI) protamine zinc insulin (PZI) protamine zinc insulin suspension Protamines Protamines Protamines PROTAML protan Protandric protandries protandrous protandrous protandrous Protandry Protank Technologies Sdn Bhd protanomal Protanomaly Protanomaly Protanomaly Protanomaly Protanomaly Protanope Protanope Protanope protanopes protanopia protanopia protanopia protanopic protanopic protanopic Protanto Protantrism Protantrism PROTAR Protargol Protasent Protasent protases protasis protatic protaxic mode of experience Protazanov, Iakov Protazanov, Iakov Aleksandrovich

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