COUMARINS AND CATERPILLARS: A CASE FOR COEVOLUTION

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COUMARINS AND CATERPILLARS: A CASE FOR COEVOLUTION

Article 1983 EN

Ehrlich and Raven (1964) were among the first to focus on coevolution as a distinct evolutionary process. In their formulation, insect-plant coevolution is a five-step sequence: 1. by mutation and recombination, angiosperms produce novel secondary substances; 2. by chance, these new secondary substances alter the suitability of the plant as food for insects; 3. the plants, released from the restra…

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