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Local ecological factors, not interference competition, drive the foundress number of two species of fig wasp sharing Ficus septica figs.

PLoS ONE
Recent studies have challenged assumptions about the classic fig-fig wasp pollination mutualism model, suggesting that further investigation into the receptive phase of fig development is needed.
Bruno Di Giusto, Anthony Bain
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Image_2_Diversity and metabolic potentials of microbial communities associated with pollinator and cheater fig wasps in fig-fig wasp mutualism system.JPEG

, 2022
Microbial symbionts can influence a myriad of insect behavioral and physiological traits. However, how microbial communities may shape or be shaped by insect interactions with plants and neighboring species remains underexplored.
Bo Wang (86769), Zheng-Ren Zhang (13798861), Yiyi Dong (8912936), Adam Chun-Nin Wong (7060622), Jie Gao (10266), Yan-Qiong Peng (461839), Jian-Feng Huang (804011), Sandhya Mishra (565995)   +7 more
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Codivergence and multiple host species use by fig wasp populations of the Ficus pollination mutualism

BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2012
Background The interaction between insects and plants takes myriad forms in the generation of spectacular diversity. In this association a species host range is fundamental and often measured using an estimate of phylogenetic concordance between species.
McLeish Michael J, van Noort Simon
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Do fig wasps produce mixed paternity clutches? [PDF]

, 2005
Pollinating fig wasps (Hymenoptera, Agaonidae) have been the focus of numerous studies examining sex ratio evolution. Recently, molecular genetic techniques have been introduced that assume single matings in fig wasps, yet their mating biology has not ...
van Damme, J. M. M., Compton, S. G., Van Damme, J.M.M., Gilmartin, P. M., Gilmartin, P.M., Compton, S.G., Zavodna, M., Raja, S.   +7 more
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Pollinating fig wasps' simple solutions to complex sex ratio problems: a review. [PDF]

Front Zool, 2022
Greeff JM, Kjellberg F.
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Fig–Pollinator Chemical Communication: How Do Fig Wasps Recognize Their Host Plant?

The complex fig‐wasp community, anchored by the obligate mutualism between Ficus and their pollinating wasps, represents a classic example of co‐evolution, critically maintained by species‐specific chemical ...
Yan Hui Zou, Yan Chen
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The Phylosymbiosis Pattern Between the Fig Wasps of the Same Genus and Their Associated Microbiota. [PDF]

Front Microbiol, 2021
Li J, Wei X, Huang D, Xiao J.
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Complex interactions on fig trees: ants capturing parasitic wasps as possible indirect mutualists of the fig-fig wasp interaction

, 2006
Like other mutualisms, pollination mutualisms attract parasites, as well as opportunistic and specialist predators of the pollinators and parasites. These associated species influence the evolutionary dynamics of pairwise mutualisms.
Hossaert-McKey, Martine, Proffit, Magali, Rakhi, B. V., Borges, Renee M., Schatz, Bertrand   +4 more
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Ozone Induces Distress Behaviors in Fig Wasps with a Reduced Chance of Recovery. [PDF]

Insects, 2021
Vanderplanck M, Lapeyre B, Lucas S, Proffit M.   +3 more
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Genome-Wide Analysis of Gene Families of Pattern Recognition Receptors in Fig Wasps (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea). [PDF]

Genes (Basel), 2021
Hou HX, Huang DW, Xin ZZ, Xiao JH.
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