Host specificity, phenotype matching and the evolution of reproductive isolation in a coevolved plant-pollinator mutualism

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 4988-4990

  Himler, Anna G ^a   MacHado, Carlos A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Host specificity; Phenotype matching; Population differentiation; Yucca moth

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENE FLOW; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETICS; MOTH; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; YUCCA;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; GENE FLOW; GENETIC FITNESS; MOTHS; PHENOTYPE; POLLINATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; YUCCA;

LEPIDOPTERA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PRODOXIDAE;

EID: 71549123431     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04429.x     Document Type: Article

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