Frohlich Michael W
Department of Botany, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK.
Nat Rev Genet. 2003 Jul;4(7):559-66. doi: 10.1038/nrg1114.
The Mostly Male theory is the first to use evidence from gene phylogenies, genetics, modern plant morphology and fossils to explain the evolutionary origin of flowers. It proposes that flower organization derives more from the male structures of ancestral gymnosperms than from female structures. The theory arose from a hypothesis-based study. Such studies are the most likely to generate testable evolutionary scenarios, which should be the ultimate goal of evo-devo.
“主要源自雄性”理论是首个利用基因系统发育、遗传学、现代植物形态学及化石证据来解释花的进化起源的理论。该理论提出，花的结构更多源自裸子植物祖先的雄性结构，而非雌性结构。这一理论源于一项基于假设的研究。此类研究最有可能产生可检验的进化假说，而这应该是进化发育生物学的最终目标。
