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Testing the out-of-Florida hypothesis on the origin of cheating in the yucca-yucca moth mutualism.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Oct 2004
Segraves Kari A, Pellmyr Olle
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Mutualistic interactions can be exploited by cheaters that take the rewards offered by mutualists without providing services in return. The evolution of cheater species from mutualist ancestors is thought to be possible under particular ecological conditions. Here we provide a test of the first explicit model of the transition from mutualism to antagonism. We used the obligate pollination mutualism between yuccas...
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