Testing hypotheses of a coevolutionary key innovation reveals a complex suite of traits involved in defusing the mustard oil bomb
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2208447119
Abstract: Significance Plants and insects are locked in a coevolutionary battle, where plants develop novel chemical defenses and insects adapt to overcome them. After mustards evolved defensive compounds, butterflies evolved the ability to detoxify said compounds… read more here.
Keywords: hypotheses coevolutionary; coevolutionary key; innovation reveals; insects ... See more keywords