ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2016
Pollinator sharing and gene flow among closely related sympatric dioecious fig taxa.
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- Hybridization and introgression between two fig trees with contrasting ecological preferences.BMC ecology and evolution · 2025Article
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- Pollinator sharing and hybridization in a pair of dioecious figs sheds light on the pathways to speciation.Evolution letters · 2023Article
- Field sampling of fig pollinator wasps across host species and host developmental phase: Implications for host recognition and specificity.Ecology and evolution · 2023Article
- Pollinator and host sharing lead to hybridization and introgression in Panamanian free-standing figs, but not in their pollinator wasps.Ecology and evolution · 2023Article
- Overlaps in olfactive signalling coupled with geographic variation may result in localised pollinator sharing between closely related Ficus species.BMC ecology and evolution · 2022Article
- Speciation in Nearctic oak gall wasps is frequently correlated with changes in host plant, host organ, or both.Evolution; international journal of organic evolution · 2022Article
- Pollinator sharing, copollination, and speciation by host shifting among six closely related dioecious fig species.Communications biology · 2022Article
- Genome-wide sequence data show no evidence of hybridization and introgression among pollinator wasps associated with a community of Panamanian strangler figs.Molecular ecology · 2022Article
- Asymmetric sharing of pollinator fig wasps between two sympatric dioecious fig trees: a reflection of supply and demand or differences in the size of their figs?Botanical studies · 2022Article
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- Comparison of chloroplast genomes and phylogenomics in the Ficus sarmentosa complex (Moraceae).PloS one · 2022Article
- More examples of breakdown the 1:1 partner specificity between figs and fig wasps.Botanical studies · 2021Article
- Molecular mechanisms of mutualistic and antagonistic interactions in a plant-pollinator association.Nature ecology & evolution · 2021Article
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Abstract
Hybridization and insect pollination are widely believed to increase rates of plant diversification. The extreme diversity of figs (Ficus) and their obligate pollinators, fig wasps (Agaonidae), provides an opportunity to examine the possible role of pollinator-mediated hybridization in plant diversification. Increasing evidence suggests that pollinator sharing and hybridization occurs among fig taxa, despite relatively strict coevolution with the pollinating wasp. Using five sympatric dioecious fig taxa and their pollinators, we examine the degree of pollinator sharing and inter-taxa gene flow. We experimentally test pollinator preference for floral volatiles, the main host recognition signal, from different figs. All five fig taxa shared pollinators with other taxa, and gene flow occurred between fig taxa within and between sections. Floral volatiles of each taxon attracted more than one pollinator species. Floral volatiles were more similar between closely related figs, which experienced higher levels of pollinator sharing and inter-taxa gene flow. This study demonstrates that pollinator sharing and inter-taxa gene flow occurs among closely related sympatric dioecious fig taxa and that pollinators choose the floral volatiles of multiple fig taxa. The implications of pollinator sharing and inter-taxa gene flow on diversification, occurring even in this highly specialized obligate pollination system, require further study.
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