TY - JOUR
T1 - Mutualists with attitude
T2 - Coevolving fig wasps and figs
AU - Cook, James M.
AU - Rasplus, Jean Yves
PY - 2003/5/1
Y1 - 2003/5/1
N2 - The intimate mutualism between fig wasps and figs has long captivated biologists, and new phylogenies are now uncovering its evolutionary history. Fig-pollinating wasps evolved just once, but fig parasitism has evolved repeatedly and convergently. Figs and their pollinators appear to have co-speciated considerably, but not invariably, because the famous one-to-one rule of specificity is often broken. Some key traits of figs and pollinators show impressive correlated evolution, but the resolution of conflicts that threaten the stability of the mutualism remains controversial.
AB - The intimate mutualism between fig wasps and figs has long captivated biologists, and new phylogenies are now uncovering its evolutionary history. Fig-pollinating wasps evolved just once, but fig parasitism has evolved repeatedly and convergently. Figs and their pollinators appear to have co-speciated considerably, but not invariably, because the famous one-to-one rule of specificity is often broken. Some key traits of figs and pollinators show impressive correlated evolution, but the resolution of conflicts that threaten the stability of the mutualism remains controversial.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0037687968&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S0169-5347(03)00062-4
DO - 10.1016/S0169-5347(03)00062-4
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:0037687968
SN - 0169-5347
VL - 18
SP - 241
EP - 248
JO - Trends in Ecology and Evolution
JF - Trends in Ecology and Evolution
IS - 5
ER -