Protogyny

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protogyny [prō′täj·ə·nē]

(physiology)

A condition in hermaphroditic or dioecious organisms in which the female reproductive structures mature before the male structures.

Protogyny

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

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No references found			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 [FIGURES 9-10 OMITTED] Discussion Late gonochorism, protandry, protogyny, and hermaphroditism are the recognized reproductive styles of sparids (Smale, 1988; Buxton and Garratt, 1990). Reproductive biology of carpenter seabream (Argyrozona argyrozona) ... by Brouwer, Stephen L.; Griffiths, Marc. H. / Fishery Bulletin We focus on protogyny for this article because numerous protogynous species are commercially important, namely red porgy (Pagrus pagrus), gag grouper (Mycteroperca microlepis), and California sheephead (Scmicossyphus pulcher). The effects of size-selective fisheries on the stock dynamics of and ... by Alonzo, Suzanne H.; Mangel, Marc / Fishery Bulletin			Protococcophyceae Protococcus Protocol protocol analyser protocol anomaly Protocol Buffers protocol converter protocol data unit protocol layer protocol stack protocol-based DRAM protocol-level timer Protocols of the Elders of Zion Protocucujidae Protoderm Protodiakonov, Mikhail Protodiakonov, Mikhail Mikhailovich protodolomite Protodonata Protodrilidae protoenstatite Protoeumalacostraca protogalaxy Protogenes protogenic Protogyny protointraclast Protolanguage protolith Protomastigida protome protomer Protometamorphosis protomic capital Protomonadina Protomonida protomylonite Protomyzostomidae Proton proton accelerator proton acid proton capture proton drip-line proton magnetometer proton microscope proton moment proton number proton radioactivity proton resonance proton scattering microscope proton stability constant			protodolomite Protodonata Protodrilidae protoduodenum protoenstatite Protoeumalacostraca protofibril protofilament Protoflight protogalactic protogalactic protogalaxies protogalaxies protogalaxy protogalaxy protogaster protogaster protogaster Protogenes protogenic protogenic protogenic protogeometric Protogeometric Art Protogermanic Protogine protogynies protogynous protogynous protogynous Protogyny protoheme protohemin protohippus protohistorian protohistoric Protohistoric archaeology protohistory protohuman protohumans Protoindoeuropean protointraclast PROTOKOL protokylol hydrochloride protolanguage protolanguage protolanguages protolanguages Protolepsis tesselata protolipids Protolith protolithic Protoliths Protologism Protologism Protologism Protologism Protologisms Protologisms Protologisms Protologisms

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