Wind-borne insects mediate directional pollen transfer between desert fig trees 160 kilometers apart

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 48, 2009, Pages 20342-20347

  Ahmed, Sophia ^a,c   Compton, Stephen G ^a   Butlin, Roger K ^b   Gilmartin, Philip M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c BORDEAUX SCIENCES AGRO   (France)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ficus sycomorus; Fig wasp; Gene flow; Pollen dispersal; Spatial structure

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CERATOSOLEN ARABICUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS POLLINATION; FIG; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; PATERNITY TEST; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; WASP; WIND;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESERT CLIMATE; FICUS; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NAMIBIA; POLLINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WASPS; WIND;

AGAONIDAE; CERATOSOLEN ARABICUS; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); FICUS SYCOMORUS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 73949110998     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0902213106     Document Type: Article

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