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PLANT EVOLUTION

Bug battles end in compromise

Nature Reviews Genetics volume 20, page 319 (2019)Cite this article

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Interaction with insects is known to drive evolution of plant diversity. However, the effects of different selective agents (such as pollinators and herbivores) tend to be studied in isolation, precluding a full understanding of how they interact to influence plant evolution. Now, a study in Science reveals that the combined presence of pollinators and herbivores alters the evolutionary trajectories of many plant traits and that plants can rapidly evolve to reduce trade-offs between different selective pressures.

plants can rapidly evolve to reduce trade-offs between different selective pressures

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  • Ramos, S. E. & Schiestl, F. P. Rapid plant evolution driven by the interaction of pollination and herbivory. Science 364, 193–196 (2019)

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    Dorothy Clyde

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Clyde, D. Bug battles end in compromise. Nat Rev Genet 20, 319 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41576-019-0133-3

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