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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...

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Autores principales: Jensen, Niels Bjerg, Zagrobelny, Mika, Hjernø, Karin, Olsen, Carl Erik, Houghton-Larsen, Jens, Borch, Jonas, Møller, Birger Lindberg, Bak, Søren
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Pub. Group 2011
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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