Genomes of Wiebesia fig wasps reveal the adaptation and codiversification in the fig-fig wasp mutualism [PDF]
Genome Biol EvolFigs and fig wasps represent one of the most intimate examples of plant-pollinator coevolution. As figs diversified into geographically isolated populations, both figs and fig wasps underwent selective pressures driven by local adaptation and coevolution.
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Current Biology, 2005 What are figs and fig wasps? Figs are plants in the genus Ficus, which have a unique closed inflorescence called a syconium, typically containing hundreds of flowers. We eat the ripe syconia of one species, F.
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Adaptation of Fig Wasps (Agaodinae) to Their Host Revealed by Large-Scale Transcriptomic Data [PDF]
Insects, 2021 Figs and fig wasps are highly species-specific and comprise a model system for studying co-evolution and co-speciation. The evolutionary relationships and molecular adaptations of fig wasps to their fig hosts are poorly understood, and this is in part ...
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Ionotropic Receptor Genes in Fig Wasps: Evolutionary Insights from Comparative Studies [PDF]
InsectsThe mechanisms of chemoreception in fig wasps (Hymenoptera, Agaonidae) are of primary importance in their co-evolutionary relationship with the fig trees they pollinate.
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Asymmetric sharing of pollinator fig wasps between two sympatric dioecious fig trees: a reflection of supply and demand or differences in the size of their figs? [PDF]
Botanical Studies, 2022 Background Host specificity among pollinator fig wasps (Agaonidae) depends on host plant specific volatile cues, but fig wasps must also pass through a narrow physical barrier (the ostiole) if they are to pollinate and oviposit.
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More examples of breakdown the 1:1 partner specificity between figs and fig wasps [PDF]
Botanical Studies, 2021 Background The obligate mutualism between fig trees (Ficus, Moraceae) and pollinating fig wasps (Agaonidae) is a model system for studying co-evolution due to its perceived extreme specificity, but recent studies have reported a number of examples of ...
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Genome-Wide Identification and Analysis of Lipases in Fig Wasps (Chalcidoidea, Hymenoptera) [PDF]
Insects, 2022 Lipases are the main enzymes involved in lipid metabolism. However, the characteristics of lipases in insects were scarcely investigated. Here, we screened the recently sequenced genomes of 12 fig wasp species consisting of seven pollinator fig wasps ...
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, 1962 For the pollination of their flowers, plants of the genus Ficus are absolutely dependent upon the activity of small insects, the ”fig wasps” (Hymenoptera Chalcidoidea, family Agaonidae).
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Fig abscission as a defense mechanism of Ficus trees against parasitism by non-pollinating fig wasps [PDF]
Scientific ReportsHow does the fig tree Ficus benguetensis protect its investment in the production of figs and pollinating fig wasps against parasitism from non-pollinating fig wasps?
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Competitive exclusion among fig wasps achieved via entrainment of host plant flowering phenology. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Molecular techniques are revealing increasing numbers of morphologically similar but co-existing cryptic species, challenging the niche theory. To understand the co-existence mechanism, we studied phenologies of morphologically similar species of fig ...
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