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Thrips pollination of Mesozoic gymnosperms

Within modern gymnosperms, conifers and Ginkgo are exclusively wind pollinated whereas many gnetaleans and cycads are insect pollinated. For cycads, thrips are specialized pollinators. We report such a specialized pollination mode from Early Cretaceous amber of Spain, wherein four female thrips repr...

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Main Authors: Peñalver, Enrique, Labandeira, Conrad C., Barrón, Eduardo, Delclòs, Xavier, Nel, Patricia, Nel, André, Tafforeau, Paul, Soriano, Carmen
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: National Academy of Sciences 2012
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3365147/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22615414
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1120499109
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