SEED SIZE VARIABILITY: A CONSEQUENCE OF VARIABLE GENETIC QUALITY AMONG OFFSPRING?

Parent-Offspring Conflict

1974 • 4,102 citations

The Optimal Balance between Size and Number of Offspring

1974 • 2,895 citations

Flower and Fruit Abortion: Proximate Causes and Ultimate Functions

1981 • 1,813 citations

The Shapes and Sizes of Seeds

1970 • 1,247 citations

The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom /

1876 • 983 citations

Simultaneous hermaphroditism and sexual selection

1979 • 827 citations

SEXUAL STRATEGIES IN PLANTS

1980 • 583 citations

Mate choice in plants: tactics, mechanisms and consequences.

1983 • 365 citations

The Evolution of Developmental Plasticity in Reproductive Characteristics: An Application of the "Adaptive Coin-Flipping" Principle

1984 • 323 citations

REPRODUCTIVE CAPACITY AND SEED SIZE IN LUPINUS TEXENSIS

1980 • 278 citations

A Note on Optimal Mate Selection by Plants

1977 • 271 citations

Multiple Paternity within the Fruits of the Wild Radish, Raphanus sativus

1984 • 237 citations

Propagule Size, Number, and Dispersion Pattern in Ambystoma and Asclepias

1977 • 217 citations

The Relationship of Plant Size to Self‐Pollination in Mertensia Ciliata

1985 • 205 citations

BREEDING SYSTEM AND HABITAT EFFECTS ON FITNESS COMPONENTS IN THREE NEOTROPICALCOSTUS(ZINGIBERACEAE)

1983 • 203 citations

Models of parent-offspring conflict. III. Intra-brood conflict

1979 • 200 citations

The reproductive capacity of plants : studies in quantitative biology

1942 • 198 citations

Qualitative Variation in Plants and Insects: Effect of Propagule Size on Ecological Plasticity

1979 • 195 citations

THE IMPLICATIONS OF OVUM SIZE VARIABILITY FOR OFFSPRING FITNESS AND CLUTCH SIZE WITHIN SEVERAL POPULATIONS OF SALAMANDERS (AMBYSTOMA)

1980 • 188 citations

FLORAL BIOLOGY, HUMMINGBIRD POLLINATION AND FRUIT PRODUCTION OF TRUMPET CREEPER (CAMPSIS RADICANS, BIGNONIACEAE)

1982 • 183 citations

DIFFERENCES IN FITNESS BETWEEN SEEDLINGS DERIVED FROM CLEISTOGAMOUS AND CHASMOGAMOUS FLOWERS IN IMPATIENS CAPENSIS

1984 • 176 citations

Patterns of Change in Seed Weight Over Time on Individual Plants

1984 • 174 citations

EVOLUTION OF THE SEED PLANTS AND INCLUSIVE FITNESS OF PLANT TISSUES

1982 • 167 citations

EVIDENCE FOR SELECTIVE FRUIT PRODUCTION IN ASCLEPIAS

1984 • 156 citations

Phenotypic Variety in Seed Germination Behavior: The Ontogeny and Evolution of Somatic Polymorphism in Seeds

1984 • 148 citations

RELATIVE FITNESSES OF SELFED AND OUTCROSSED PROGENY IN GILIA ACHILLEIFOLIA (POLEMONIACEAE)

1983 • 140 citations

Variation in Propagule Size as a Function of Environmental Uncertainty for Tree Frogs

1981 • 140 citations

SEED POLYMORPHISM AND GERMINATION

1965 • 134 citations

Variation Among Individual Seed Masses in Lomatium Grayi (Umbelliferae) Under Controlled Conditions: Magnitude and Partitioning of the Variance

1984 • 126 citations

Variation in Seed Weight and Germination in Populations of Amaranthus Retroflexus L.

1968 • 115 citations

Kin selection and conflict in seed maturation

1983 • 111 citations

Correlation between speed of pollen tube growth and seedling height in Zea mays L.

1974 • 95 citations

On Uncertainty and the Law of Diminishing Returns in Evolution and Behavior

1980 • 85 citations

Fruit size variation and its effects on germination and seedling growth in Xanthium strumarium

1983 • 83 citations

Bruchid Bettles and Seed Packaging by Palo Verde

1977 • 83 citations

Variation in achene weight in Aster acuminatus

1983 • 78 citations

VARIATION IN SEED SIZE WITHIN A CROP OF A COSTA RICAN MUCUNA ANDREANA (LEGUMINOSAE)

1977 • 76 citations

Seed production and dormancy in Rumex crispus. I. The effects of removal of cauline leaves at anthesis

1971 • 76 citations

FACTORS INFLUENCING SEED WEIGHT IN IMPATIENS CAPENSIS (BALSAMINACEAE)

1982 • 74 citations

Reproductive Capacity and Seed Size in Lupinus texensis

1980 • 74 citations

Achene production, dispersal, seed germination, and seedling establishment of Hieracium aurantiacum in an abandoned field community

1976 • 64 citations

Promising Directions of Study in Tropical Animal-Plant Interactions

1977 • 63 citations

The Implications of Ovum Size Variability for Offspring Fitness and Clutch Size within Several Populations of Salamanders (Ambystoma)

1980 • 61 citations

VARIATION IN AVERAGE SEED SIZE AND FRUIT SEEDINESS IN A FRUIT CROP OF A GUANACASTE TREE (LEGUMINOSAE: ENTEROLOBIUM CYCLOCARPUM)

1982 • 50 citations

Floral Biology, Hummingbird Pollination and Fruit Production of Trumpet Creeper (Campsis radicans, Bignoniaceae)

1982 • 50 citations

Evolution of the Seed Plants and Inclusive Fitness of Plant Tissues

1982 • 50 citations

Breeding System and Habitat Effects on Fitness Components in Three Neotropical Costus (Zingiberaceae)

1983 • 46 citations

Variations in Seed Size Within Populations of Silene dioica (L.) Clairv. in Relation to Habitat

1981 • 39 citations

Relative Fitnesses of Selfed and Outcrossed Progeny in Gilia achilleifolia (Polemoniaceae)

1983 • 36 citations

Factors Influencing Seed Weight in Impatiens capensis (Balsaminaceae)

1982 • 29 citations

Variation in Seed Size within a Crop of a Costa Rican Mucuna andreana (Leguminosae)

1977 • 16 citations

Heterocyst formation in a blue-green alga, Cylindrospermum

1974 • 15 citations

Variation in Average Seed Size and Fruit Seediness in a Fruit Crop of a Guanacaste Tree (Leguminosae: Enterolobium cyclocarpum)

1982 • 13 citations