Mutualism, hybrid inviability and speciation in a tropical ant-plant

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1133-1143

  Leotard G ^a   Saltmarsh, A ^a   Kjellberg, F ^a   Mckey, D ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Ecological speciation; Leonardoxa; Null alleles; Plant defences; Rainforest; Sympatry

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ADAPTATION; ALLELE; ANT; HERBIVORY; HYBRID; INTROGRESSION; LEGUME; MUTUALISM; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; RAINFOREST; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SYMPATRY;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYBRIDIZATION; LEGUME; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SYMBIOSIS; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; ANTS; CAMEROON; FABACEAE; GENETIC SPECIATION; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHENOTYPE; SYMBIOSIS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

FORMICIDAE; LEONARDOXA; LEONARDOXA AFRICANA;

EID: 45149133703     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01521.x     Document Type: Article

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