New phase proposed in the relationship between figs and wasps

(Funda ç ã o de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de S ã o Paulo) A Brazilian researcher describes 129 species of fig tree parasites which compete and even prey upon the fig wasps during the many phases of the fig-wasp mutualism that helped to shape both plant and its pollinator.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news