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SUBMITTER: Kokolo B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7708978 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kokolo Bertrand B Attéké Nkoulémbéné Christiane C Ibrahim Brama B M'Batchi Bertrand B Blatrix Rumsais R
Scientific reports 20201201 1
Ant-plants produce hollow structures called domatia to host protecting ants. Although size variation in domatia is well documented between related species, intraspecific variation is little explored. The central African ant-plant Barteria dewevrei exibits strong variation in domatium size, giving the opportunity to explore the mechanism underlying variation in a mutualistic trait. We showed that domatium size in Barteria dewevrei varies between sites. We transplanted individual plants between tw ...[more]