An extreme case of plant–insect codiversification: figs and fig-pollinating wasps
It is thought that speciation in phytophagous insects is often due to colonization of novel host
plants, because radiations of plant and insect lineages are typically asynchronous. Recent …
plants, because radiations of plant and insect lineages are typically asynchronous. Recent …
Molecular phylogenies of figs and their pollinator wasps
We collected and analysed nucleotide sequence and protein electrophoretic data in order to
estimate phylogenies of figs and fig‐pollinating wasps at several taxonomic scales. The …
estimate phylogenies of figs and fig‐pollinating wasps at several taxonomic scales. The …
Multiple parapatric pollinators have radiated across a continental fig tree displaying clinal genetic variation
H Yu, E Tian, L Zheng, X Deng, Y Cheng… - Molecular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The ways that plant‐feeding insects have diversified are central to our understanding of
terrestrial ecosystems. Obligate nursery pollination mutualisms provide highly relevant …
terrestrial ecosystems. Obligate nursery pollination mutualisms provide highly relevant …
60 million years of co-divergence in the fig–wasp symbiosis
Figs (Ficus; ca 750 species) and fig wasps (Agaoninae) are obligate mutualists: all figs are
pollinated by agaonines that feed exclusively on figs. This extraordinary symbiosis is the …
pollinated by agaonines that feed exclusively on figs. This extraordinary symbiosis is the …
Host‐specificity and coevolution among pollinating and nonpollinating New World fig wasps
WA Marussich, CA Machado - Molecular ecology, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Figs (Ficus spp., Moraceae) and their pollinating wasps (Hymenoptera, Agaonidae,
Chalcidoidea) constitute a classic example of an obligate plant‐pollinator mutualism, and …
Chalcidoidea) constitute a classic example of an obligate plant‐pollinator mutualism, and …
Phylogenetic relationships, historical biogeography and character evolution of fig-pollinating wasps
CA Machado, E Jousselin… - … of the Royal …, 2001 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Nucleotide sequences from the cytochrome oxidase I (COI) gene were used to reconstruct
phylogenetic relationships among 15 genera of fig–pollinating wasps. We present evidence …
phylogenetic relationships among 15 genera of fig–pollinating wasps. We present evidence …
Molecular phylogenies of fig wasps: partial cocladogenesis of pollinators and parasites
Figs (Ficus spp., Moraceae) and their pollinating wasps form an obligate mutualism, which
has long been considered a classic case of coevolution and cospeciation. Figs are also …
has long been considered a classic case of coevolution and cospeciation. Figs are also …
One fig to bind them all: host conservatism in a fig wasp community unraveled by cospeciation analyses among pollinating and nonpollinating fig wasps
The study of chalcid wasps that live within syconia of fig trees (Moraceae, Ficus), provides a
unique opportunity to investigate the evolution of specialized communities of insects. By …
unique opportunity to investigate the evolution of specialized communities of insects. By …
Critical review of host specificity and its coevolutionary implications in the fig/fig-wasp mutualism
CA Machado, N Robbins… - Proceedings of the …, 2005 - National Acad Sciences
Figs (Ficus spp., Moraceae) and their pollinating wasps (Agaonidae, Chalcidoidea)
constitute perhaps the most tightly integrated pollination mutualism that is known. Figs are …
constitute perhaps the most tightly integrated pollination mutualism that is known. Figs are …
Genomic evidence of prevalent hybridization throughout the evolutionary history of the fig-wasp pollination mutualism
Ficus (figs) and their agaonid wasp pollinators present an ecologically important mutualism
that also provides a rich comparative system for studying functional co-diversification …
that also provides a rich comparative system for studying functional co-diversification …