Expression and evolutionary divergence of the non-conventional olfactory receptor in four species of fig wasp associated with one species of fig

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The interactions of fig wasps and their host figs provide a model for investigating co-evolution. Fig wasps have specialized morphological characters and lifestyles thought to be adaptations to living in the fig's syconium. Alth...

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Main Authors: Xiao Jinhua, Wang Nina, Lu Bin, Xu Yongyu, Murphy Robert W, Huang Dawei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-02-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/9/43