Cargando…
Convergent evolution in biosynthesis of cyanogenic defence compounds in plants and insects
For more than 420 million years, plants, insects and their predators have co-evolved based on a chemical arms race including deployment of refined chemical defence systems by each player. Cyanogenic glucosides are produced by numerous plants and by some specialized insects and serve an important rol...
Autores principales: | , , , , , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
Nature Pub. Group
2011
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4354137/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21505429 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms1271 |