support by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Key Innovation Plan KSCX-SW2-106 and the Special Fund for Outstanding PhD Dissertations to Jian-Quan Liu);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30270253and 30700096)
Delayed selfing could provide ovules with an opportunity to be fertilized as a means of "pollination assurance" before the flowers wilt. It could, thus, be regarded as an adaptation to unpredictable pollinator envir...