Genomic diversity and structure of a Neotropical microendemic fig tree [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionGenetic 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 +3 more
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The obligate fig-pollinator family Agaonidae in Germany (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) [PDF]
Deutsche Entomologische ZeitschriftAll native and many cultivated fig plants are pollinated by representatives of the family Agaonidae (fig wasps), which are specialised, secondarily phytophagous relatives of parasitoid wasps that evolved an obligate mutualism with fig trees.
Silvan Rehberger +6 more
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Revision of the Australasian genus Pseudidarnes Girault, 1927 (Hymenoptera, Agaonidae, Sycophaginae)
ZooKeys, 2014 The species of Pseudidarnes are revised, and six species are described: P. acaudus Farache & Rasplus, sp. n.; P. astridae Farache & Rasplus, sp. n.; P. badiogeminus Farache & Rasplus, sp. n.; P. cooki Farache & Rasplus, sp.
Fernando Farache, Jean-Yves Rasplus
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Taxonomic revision and molecular phylogenetics of the Idarnes incertus species-group (Hymenoptera, Agaonidae, Sycophaginae) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2017 Sycophaginae is a group of non-pollinating fig wasps considered closely related to the fig pollinators (Agaoninae, Tetrapusiinae, and Kradibiinae) in the most recent phylogenetic analyses.
Fernando H.A. Farache +4 more
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Extensive gene rearrangements in the mitochondrial genomes of two egg parasitoids, Trichogramma japonicum and Trichogramma ostriniae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Trichogrammatidae) [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2018 Animal mitochondrial genomes usually exhibit conserved gene arrangement across major lineages, while those in the Hymenoptera are known to possess frequent rearrangements, as are those of several other orders of insects.
Long Chen +6 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.
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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 +2 more
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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 EvolDevelopment 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 +5 more
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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 +3 more
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3/ Queering death beyond the human
Whatever, 2021 This is part 3 of 6 of the dossier What do we talk about when we talk about queer death?, edited by M. Petricola. The contributions collected in this article sit at the crossroads between thanatology, critical animal studies, and the posthumanities and ...
Clara Beccaro +5 more
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