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SUBMITTER: Ronsted N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1559977 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rønsted Nina N Weiblen George D GD Cook James M JM Salamin Nicolas N Machado Carlos A CA Savolainen Vincent V
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20051201 1581
Figs (Ficus; ca 750 species) and fig wasps (Agaoninae) are obligate mutualists: all figs are pollinated by agaonines that feed exclusively on figs. This extraordinary symbiosis is the most extreme example of specialization in a plant-pollinator interaction and has fuelled much speculation about co-divergence. The hypothesis that pollinator specialization led to the parallel diversification of fig and pollinator lineages (co-divergence) has so far not been tested due to the lack of robust and com ...[more]