CONVERGENCE AND COEVOLUTION IN A MUTUALISM: EVIDENCE FROM A MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY OF FICUS

.— The interaction between Ficus (Moraceae) and their pollinating wasps (Chalcidoidea: Agaonidae; more than 700 species‐specific couples) is one of the most specialized mutualisms found in nature. Both partners of this interaction show extensive variation in their respective biology. Here we investi...

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Published inEvolution Vol. 57; no. 6; pp. 1255 - 1269
Main Authors Jousselin, Emmanuelle, Rasplus, Jean‐Yves, Kjellberg, Finn
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2003
Subjects
Active pollination
coadaptation
comparative analysis
figs
parametric bootstrap
phylogeny
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ISSN0014-3820
1558-5646
DOI10.1111/j.0014-3820.2003.tb00334.x

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