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Odor of achlorophyllous plants’ seeds drives seed‐dispersing ants

Seed dispersal by ants is an important means of migration for plants. Many myrmecochorous plants have specialized appendages in their seeds called elaiosome, which provides nutritional rewards for ants, and enable effective seed dispersal. However, some nonmyrmecochorous seeds without elaiosomes are...

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Autores principales: Yamada, Mikihisa, Hojo, Masaru K., Imamura, Akio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8293788/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34306623
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7612