Genome-wide sequence data show no evidence of hybridization and introgression among pollinator wasps associated with a community of Panamanian strangler figs. [PDF]
Mol Ecol, 2022 Abstract The specificity of pollinator host choice influences opportunities for reproductive isolation in their host plants. Similarly, host plants can influence opportunities for reproductive isolation in their pollinators. For example, in the fig and fig wasp mutualism, offspring of fig pollinator wasps mate inside the inflorescence that the mothers ...
Satler JD +5 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 +1 more
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Simultaneous pollinator occurence (Hymenoptera, Agaoninae) in a threatened species: Ficus mexiae Standley (Moraceae) [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2015 In Brazil, Ficus mexiae is classified as Vulnerable under IUCN criteria, and to date there is only one report on pollinator activity for this species.
. Schiffler, Kloss TG. G., JR Matos
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Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2006 In fig wasps, mating takes place among the offspring of one or a few foundress mothers inside the fig from which mated females disperse to found new broods. Under these conditions, related males will compete with each other for mating and several studies
R. A. S. Pereira, A. P. Prado
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Field sampling of fig pollinator wasps across host species and host developmental phase: Implications for host recognition and specificity. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2023 We sampled fig‐pollinating wasp individuals in a natural Neotropical Ficus community, at different phases of the reproductive cycle of the host figs (e.g., trees with receptive inflorescences, or vegetative trees, bearing only leaves), and compared with other tree species, using them as non‐Ficus controls.
Oldenbeuving A +8 more
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Rising temperatures threaten pollinators of fig trees-Keystone resources of tropical forests. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2022 We determine the effect of the predicted temperature increases on the lifespan of five different Neotropical fig wasps. All tested pollinator wasp species had a significantly shorter lifespan in 30, 32, 34 and 36°C compared to the current diurnal mean temperature of 26°C.
van Kolfschoten L +3 more
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Pollinator and host sharing lead to hybridization and introgression in Panamanian free-standing figs, but not in their pollinator wasps. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2023 Deviations from strict host specificity in obligate pollination mutualisms provide opportunities for interspecific interactions between plant species, pollinator species, or both. We find fig–pollinator wasps to be well‐delimited species, deeply divergent from one another, with no evidence for hybridization or introgression.
Satler JD +7 more
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Biologia larval de Pegoscapus tonduzi (Chalcidoidea: Agaonidae), polinizador de Ficus citrifolia (Moraceae) [PDF]
, 2015 A interação mutualística, espécie-especifica, vespas de figo-figueiras envolve dois processos antagonísticos, predação de sementes e polinização, realizadas por vespas da família Agaonidae.
Jansen González, Sergio
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Genomic diversity and structure of a Neotropical microendemic fig tree. [PDF]
Ecol EvolThe population genomics of Ficus pringlei (Moraceae) is analyzed to characterize neutral and adaptive genetic variation and structure and its association with geographic barriers and environmental heterogeneity. This study provides information on the diversity and the mechanisms underlying the genomic variation of F. pringlei.
Rojas-Cortés ÁP +3 more
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A Chromosome Inversion Creates a Supergene for Sex and Colour in Lake Malawi Cichlids. [PDF]
Mol EcolABSTRACT Cichlid fishes have the highest rates of evolutionary turnover of sex chromosomes among vertebrates. Many large structural polymorphisms in the radiation of cichlids in Lake Malawi are associated with sex chromosomes and may also carry adaptive variation.
Behrens KA +10 more
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