| exchange of hosts: can agaonid fig wasps reproduce successfully in the figs of non-host ficus? | in the obligate mutualism between figs (ficus) and their specific pollinators (chalcidoidea, agaonidae), each species of fig wasp typically reproduces in figs of a single host species. host specificity is maintained largely because pollinators are attracted to tree-specific volatiles released from their host figs, but whether the wasps can reproduce if they enter figs of non-host species is unclear. we investigated the reproductive success of ceratosolen emarginatus (associated with ficus auricu ... | 2012 | 22271213 |
| host sex-specific parasites in a functionally dioecious fig: a preference way of adaptation to their hosts. | host-parasites interaction is a common phenomenon in nature. diffusive coevolution might maintain stable cooperation in a fig-fig wasps system, in which the exploiter might diversify their genotype, phenotype, or behavior as a result of competition with pollinator, whereas the figs change flower syconia, fruits thickness, and syconia structure. in functionally dioecious ficus auriculata, male figs and female figs contain two types of florets on separate plant, and share high similarities in outs ... | 2013 | 24101987 |
| genetic structure and hybridization in the species group of ficus auriculata: can closely related sympatric ficus species retain their genetic identity while sharing pollinators? | obligate mutualistic nursery pollination systems between insects and plants have led to substantial codiversification involving at least some parallel cladogenesis, as documented in yucca, ficus and phyllanthaceae. in such systems, pollinators are generally species specific thus limiting hybridization and introgression among interfertile host species. nevertheless, in the three systems, cases of one insect pollinating several plant species are reported. in most cases, host plants sharing pollina ... | 2014 | 24938182 |
| lactones from ficus auriculata and their effects on the proliferation function of primary mouse osteoblasts in vitro. | bioassay-guided fractionation of the petroleum ether, chloroform and etoac extracts of the stems of ficus auriculata led to the isolation of five new 12-membered lactones (3r,4r)-4-hydroxy-de-o-methyllasiodiplodin (1), 6-oxolasiodiplodin (2) and ficusines a-c (3-5), together with three known related analogues (6-8). the structures of the new compounds were elucidated by comprehensive spectroscopic data. the absolute configurations of 3 and 8 were established by single crystal x-ray diffraction a ... | 2014 | 25008455 |