Macroevolutionary patterns in overexpression of tyrosine: An anti-herbivore defence in a speciose tropical tree genus, Inga (Fabaceae)

Plant secondary metabolites are a key defence against herbivores, and their evolutionary origin is likely from primary metabolites. Yet for this to occur, an intermediate step of overexpression of primary metabolites would need to confer some advantage to the plant. Here, we examine the evolution of...

• Main Author: Coley, Phyllis (author)
• Other Authors: Endara, María-José (author), Ghabash, Gabrielle (author), Kinder, Catherine (author), Nicholls, James (author), Pennington, R. Toby (author), Mills, Anthony (author), Soule, Abrianna (author), Lemes, Maristerra (author), Stone, Graham (author), Kursar, Thomas (author)
• Format: article
• Language: eng
• Published: 2019
• Online Access: https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2745.13208; https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14809/3071