Did a plant-herbivore arms race drive chemical diversity in Euphorbia?
M. Ernst, L.-F. Nothias, J. J. J. van der Hooft, R. R. Silva, C. H. Saslis-Lagoudakis, O. M. Grace, K. Martinez-Swatson, G. Hassemer, L. A. Funez, H. T. Simonsen, M. H. Medema, D. Staerk, N. Nilsson, P. Lovato, P. C. Dorrestein, N. Rønsted
The study examines how geographic separation influenced chemical diversity in Euphorbia, finding reduced diterpenoid diversity in American species compared to Eurasian and African ones, suggesting adaptation to herbivory pressure.
bioRxiv · May 15, 2018 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology