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Playing with extremes: Origins and evolution of exaggerated female forelegs in South African Rediviva bees.

Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Oct 2017

Kahnt Belinda, Montgomery Graham A, Murray Elizabeth, Kuhlmann Michael, Pauw Anton, Michez Denis, Paxton Robert J, Danforth Bryan N

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Despite close ecological interactions between plants and their pollinators, only some highly specialised pollinators adapt to a specific host plant trait by evolving a bizarre morphology. Here we investigated the evolution of extremely elongated forelegs in females of the South African bee genus Rediviva (Hymenoptera: Melittidae), in which long forelegs are hypothesised to be an adaptation for collecting oils...

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PMID: 28757446
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.07.025

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