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The butterfly plant arms-race escalated by gene and genome duplications
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Significance: This research uncovers the mechanisms of an ancient arms race between butterflies and plants, seen today in countless gardens as caterpillars of cabbage butterflies that devour cabbage crop varieties. Nearly 90 million years ago, the ancestors of Brassica (mustards, cabbage) and related plants developed a chemical defense called glucosinolates. While very toxic to most insects, humans experience glucosinolates as the sharp taste in wasabi, horseradish and mustard. Here we report that this triggered a chemical arms race that escalated in complexity over time. By investigating the evolutionary histories of these plants and insects, we found that major increases in chemical defense complexity were followed by butterflies evolving countertactics to allow them to continue to attack and feed on the plants.
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- Edger, P. P., Heidel-Fischer, H. M., Bekaert, M., Rota, J., Glöckner, G., Platts, A. E., Heckel, D. G., Der, J. P., Wafula, E. K., Tang, M., Hofberger, J. A., Smithson, A., Hall, J. C., Blanchette, M., Bureau, T. E., Wright, S. I., dePamphilis, C. W., Eric Schranz, M., Barker, M. S., Conant, G. C., Wahlberg, N., Vogel, H., Pires, J. C., & Wheat, C. W.
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- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Published
- 2015-06-22
- Volume
- 112
- Issue
- 27
- Pages
- 8362-8366
- ISSN
- 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
- 1091-6490
- OpenAlex
- W1875727809
- Cited by
- 527
- References
- 27
- FWCI
- 58.53
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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