False Blister Beetles and the Expansion of Gymnosperm-Insect Pollination Modes before Angiosperm Dominance
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False Blister Beetles and the Expansion of Gymnosperm-Insect Pollination Modes before Angiosperm Dominance
During the mid-Cretaceous, angiosperms diversified from several nondiverse lineages to their current global domination [1], replacing earlier gymnosperm lineages [2]. Several hypotheses explain this extensive radiation [3], one of which involves proliferation of insect pollinator associations in the transition from gymnosperm to angiosperm dominance. However, most evidence supports gymnosperm-i...
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Biology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0960-9822
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.02.009