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SUBMITTER: Kato M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC154333 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kato Makoto M Takimura Atsushi A Kawakita Atsushi A
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20030414 9
Highly coevolved pollination mutualism accompanied by reciprocal diversification has been known in only two plant genera, Ficus (Moraceae) and Yucca (Agavaceae), which are pollinated exclusively by obligate seed-parasitic wasps and moths, respectively. An additional, highly diversified, species-specific pollination mutualism between a monoecious tree genus, Glochidion (Euphorbiaceae), and a moth genus, Epicephala (Gracillariidae), is presented here. At night, the small female moth actively depos ...[more]