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Genomic diversity and structure of a Neotropical microendemic fig tree [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
Genetic diversity is a key component of evolution, and unraveling factors that promote genetic differentiation in space and time is a central question in evolutionary biology.
Ángela P. Rojas‐Cortés, Jaime Gasca‐Pineda, Antonio González‐Rodríguez, Guillermo Ibarra‐Manríquez   +3 more
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Making the most of your pollinators: An epiphytic fig tree encourages its pollinators to roam between figs

Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Ficus species are characterized by their unusual enclosed inflorescences (figs) and their relationship with obligate pollinator fig wasps (Agaonidae).
Siti Khairiyah Mohd Hatta, Rupert J. Quinnell, Abd Ghani Idris, Stephen G. Compton   +3 more
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Mating strategies and aggressive combat in wingless neotropical fig wasp males [PDF]

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 2008
The aim of this work was to study the wingless males of pollinating (Pegoscapus tonduzi) and two nonpollinating fig wasp species, genus Idarnes, associated with figs (Ficus citrifolia) in Brazil to answer the following questions: 1) Do wingless males of ...
Rodrigo Augusto Santinelo Pereira, Angelo Pires do Prado   +1 more
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The genetic structuring in pollinating wasps of Ficus hispida in continental Asia. [PDF]

Ecol Evol, 2023
In the Asian flora, there are usually more dioecious Ficus species than monoecious ones. However, the reproductive success of figs and fig wasps largely depends on the fig wasp dispersal process. Population structuring by colonization of new niches could be the most important mechanism of species radiation in continental areas. Abstract The interaction
Deng X, Liao Y, Wong DM, Yu H.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Polyembryonic or Apomictic Seeds Enable Fig Trees to Establish New Populations Without Their Pollinating Wasps, a Case Observation in <i>Ficus gasparriniana</i>. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Development of apomictic adventitious embry o in Ficus gasparriniana. Apomixis is a key reproductive strategy for F. gasparriniana, especially when pollination by fig wasps is limited. In the absence of pollination, F. gasparriniana produces seeds through adventitious embryos formed within the nucellar tissue, which is accompanied by polyploidization ...
Zhang J, Mei L, Wang X, Liao S, Li H, Zhang Z.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Wolbachia and DNA barcoding insects: patterns, potential and problems [PDF]

, 2012
Wolbachia is a genus of bacterial endosymbionts that impacts the breeding systems of their hosts. Wolbachia can confuse the patterns of mitochondrial variation, including DNA barcodes, because it influences the pathways through which mitochondria are ...
BC Schmidt, BL Fisher, Brian L. Fisher, CC Nice, Claudia Bertrand, Cory Sheffield, D Steinke, DA Grasso, Da-Wei Huang, Daniel H. Janzen, DD Shoemaker, DH Janzen, Dirk Steinke, Donald Quicke, Eldon S. Eveleigh, ER Swartz, FM Jiggins, GDD Hurst, HR Braig, I Meusnier, J Engelstadter, J Fernandez Triana, J Fernandez Triana, J Ferrari, J Rozas, JA Russell, James Whitfield, Jan Hrcek, Jason Gibbs, Jonathan H. Badger, Jose Fernandez-Triana, Josephine Rodriguez, Julie K. Stahlhut, JWO Ballard, K Hilgenboecker, Kate Crosby, Katharine Hind, L Baldo, L Baldo, L Excoffier, LA Weinert, Laurence Packer, LL Chen, M Virgilio, M. Alex Smith, MA Smith, MA Smith, MA Smith, MA Smith, MA Smith, MA Smith, Mark R. Shaw, MC Linares, Mehrdad Hajibabaei, Milan Janda, Monty Wood, NV Ivanova, PDN Hebert, PDN Hebert, R Raychoudhury, R Raychoudhury, RA Johnstone, Rodolphe Rougerie, RS Rasmussen, S Ratnasingham, Scott E. Miller, SL Dobson, Sujeevan Ratnasingham, T Wenseleers, TL Whitworth, Winnie Hallwachs, X-J Sun, Xin Zhou, Yanwei Li, YW Li, Z Gompert   +75 more
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Chromosomes of Eupristina verticillata Waterston, 1921 and an overview of known karyotypes of chalcid wasps of the family Agaonidae (Hymenoptera) [PDF]

Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 2019
The karyotype of Eupristina verticillata Waterston, 1921 (Agaonidae) from Italy was studied for the first time using chromosome morphometrics. The present study showed that this species has n = 6 and 2n = 12, with five larger metacentrics and a smaller ...
Vladimir E. Gokhman, Francesco Nugnes, Umberto Bernardo   +2 more
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Large-Scale Integrative Taxonomy of the Smallest Insects Reveals Astonishing Temperate Diversity (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Mymaridae). [PDF]

Mol Ecol
ABSTRACT Fairyflies (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Mymaridae) are a diverse but taxonomically understudied group of parasitoid wasps that attack the eggs of other insects. Being among the very smallest of all insects, they are often ignored in biodiversity surveys despite being one of the most abundant microhymenoptera in many habitats.
Hébert C, Favret C.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Naturalization of the bodhi fig tree (Ficus religiosa L. - Moraceae) in Brazil

Bioscience Journal, 2017
Ficus religiosa L. is one of the most valued cultivated ornamental fig trees. Native to Asia, it is known as Bodhi tree. Since fig trees are involved in a highly species-specific pollination mutualism with agaonid wasps, exotic fig species usually fail to
Marcelo Dias Vianna-Filho, Ruy José Válka Alves, Yan-Qiong Peng, Rodrigo Augusto Santinelo Pereira   +3 more
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Host insect specificity and interspecific competition drive parasitoid diversification in a plant–insect community

Ecology, Volume 104, Issue 7, July 2023., 2023
Abstract Ecological interactions among plants, insect herbivores, and parasitoids are pervasive in nature and play important roles in community assembling, but the codiversification of tri‐trophic interactions has received less attention. Here we compare pairwise codiversification patterns between a set of 22 fig species, their herbivorous pollinating ...
Ai‐Ying Wang, Yan‐Qiong Peng, James M. Cook, Da‐Rong Yang, Da‐Yong Zhang, Wan‐Jin Liao   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source