New phase proposed in the relationship between figs and wasps
Wednesday, August 29, 2018 - 08:20
in Biology & Nature
In an article published at journal Acta Oecologica, Brazilian biologist Luciano Palmieri Rocha has proposed a new phase of the development cycle of fig trees (Ficus carica) and their specific pollinators, fig wasps from the species Blastophaga psenes—one of the most studied examples of the evolution of mutualism.