Reconstructing the phylogeny of figs (Ficus, Moraceae) to reveal the history of the fig pollination mutualism

Symbiosis

Volumn 45, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 45-55

  Ronsted N ^a,b   Weiblen, G D ^b   Clement, W L ^b   Zerega, N J C ^b,c,d   Savolainen, V ^a  

^a JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; ETS; Ficus; G3pdh; ITS; Moraceae; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; MORPHOLOGY; MUTUALISM; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; POLLINATION;

FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MORACEAE;

EID: 41549105074     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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