This study systematically rejects the long-standing notion of cospeciation as the dominant driver of codiversification between flowering plants and their specialist pollinators.Through cophylogenetic analysis of six c...This study systematically rejects the long-standing notion of cospeciation as the dominant driver of codiversification between flowering plants and their specialist pollinators.Through cophylogenetic analysis of six classical specialized pollination systems,the research finds that cospeciation events are consistently outnumbered by non-cospeciation events,such as host-switch,duplication,and association losses.The findings support a more dynamic and diffuse codiversification paradigm,highlighting the importance of considering a broader range of evolutionary events in understanding plant–pollinator codiversification.This new understanding is robust across diverse pollination systems and has significant implications for conservation strategies in the face of environmental change.展开更多
基金supported by the Distinguished Youth Scholar of Yunnan Province,China(202201AV070007)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32371701,32250410312)+2 种基金the Yunnan Revitalization Talent Support Program,Young Talent Project,the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of CAS(2020392)the 14th Five-Year Plan of XTBG,CAS(E3ZKFF3B)the CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology(O9KF001B04).
文摘This study systematically rejects the long-standing notion of cospeciation as the dominant driver of codiversification between flowering plants and their specialist pollinators.Through cophylogenetic analysis of six classical specialized pollination systems,the research finds that cospeciation events are consistently outnumbered by non-cospeciation events,such as host-switch,duplication,and association losses.The findings support a more dynamic and diffuse codiversification paradigm,highlighting the importance of considering a broader range of evolutionary events in understanding plant–pollinator codiversification.This new understanding is robust across diverse pollination systems and has significant implications for conservation strategies in the face of environmental change.
