In the African oil palm, Elaeis guineensis, male and female inflorescences are produced separately in an alternating cycle that is influenced by the environment: stress conditions promote male flowering, but the...
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Phylogeny of arecoid palms
The Arecoideae is the largest, most diverse and most economically important palm subfamily and yet relationships within the group are poorly understood. Baker et al. collect nuclear DNA sequence data for the low-copy...
Shoot apical meristem structure in oil palm
Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) is an unbranched palm, possessing a single shoot apical meristem (SAM) that may remain active for more than 100 years. Through histological analysis and 3-D reconstructions, Jouannic et al...
