Independent evolution of ancestral and novel defenses in a genus of toxic plants (Erysimum, Brassicaceae)
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DOI: 10.7554/elife.51712
Abstract: Phytochemical diversity is thought to result from coevolutionary cycles as specialization in herbivores imposes diversifying selection on plant chemical defenses. Plants in the speciose genus Erysimum (Brassicaceae) produce both ancestral glucosinolates and evolutionarily novel cardenolides… read more here.
Keywords: defenses genus; ancestral novel; novel defenses; evolution ancestral ... See more keywords