A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal

Macroevolution of plant defenses against herbivores in the evening primroses



Authors: Marc T. J. Johnson, Anthony R. Ives, Jeffrey Ahern, Juha-Pekka Salminen

Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL

Publication year: 2014

Journal: New Phytologist

Journal name in source: NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Journal acronym: NEW PHYTOL

Volume: 203

Issue: 1

First page : 267

Last page: 279

Number of pages: 13

ISSN: 0028-646X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.12763


Abstract

These results show that secondary chemistry has evolved rapidly during the diversification of Oenothera. This evolution has been marked by allocation tradeoffs between traits, some of which are related to herbivore performance. The repeated loss of sex appears also to have constrained the evolution of plant secondary chemistry, which may help to explain variation in defense among plants.




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