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No evidence for phylogenetic constraint on natural defense evolution among wild tomatoes.
Ecology - 1 Jun 2014
Haak David C, Ballenger Blake A, Moyle Leonie C
Abstract excerpt
Plant defense traits can be shaped by evolutionary and physiological constraints, as well as local ecological selection. We assessed the relative importance of these factors in shaping defense trait variation across the wild tomato clade (a group of 13 closely related species) using an herbivore bioassay (Manduca sexta). With phylogenetic comparative methods, we evaluated patterns of constitutive and induced...
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