Figs and fig pollinators: evolutionary conflicts in a coevoled mutualism
1997
Anstett, Marie-Charlotte | Hossaert-Mckey, Martine | Kjellberg, Finn | Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE) ; Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE) ; Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [Occitanie])-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro) | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Spain] (CSIC) | This work was supported by ACC SV7 grant (No. 9507088), CNRS-NSF grant (93N92/0062) and EC institutional fellowship ERBCHBGCT940526 to M. C. Anstett.
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显示更多 [+] 显示较少 [-]英语. Figs and fig wasps form one of the best known examples of species-specific mutualism and coevolution. Recent experiments and observations have led to a better understanding of the evolutionary processes involved in the origin and maintenance of species interactions. The observed fine-tuned traits involve not only coevolution but also selection acting on only one of the partners. Furthermore, some of the 'fine-tuned traits' appear to be be preadaptions - traits that existed before the mutalism was establised.
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