Evolution: the ecological reverberations of toxic trace elements.
A recent study of plants that accumulate selenium from soils illustrates how plant defenses can be sequestered and presumably exploited defensively by herbivores that have co-evolved selenium resistance.
Hartl
Markus
M
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Department of Molecular Ecology, Hans-Knöll-Strasse 8, 07745 Jena, Germany.
Baldwin
Ian T
IT
D000222:Adaptation, Physiological / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D019607:Brassicaceae / Q000378:metabolism*; D004351:Drug Resistance / Q000502:physiology*; D049810:Genetic Speciation; D007313:Insecta / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D012643:Selenium / Q000493:pharmacokinetics* / Q000633:toxicity
D012643:Selenium