Process rather than pattern: finding pine needles in the coevolutionary haystack.
The geographic mosaic theory is fast becoming a unifying framework for coevolutionary studies. A recent experimental study of interactions between pines and mycorrhizal fungi in BMC Biology is the first to rigorously test geographical selection mosaics, one of the cornerstones of the theory.
Nash
David R
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Centre for Social Evolution, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark. DRNash@bio.ku.dk
D000818:Animals; D001487:Basidiomycota / Q000502:physiology; D005075:Biological Evolution; D005843:Geography; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D028223:Pinus / Q000382:microbiology