Coevolution

These flashcards cover key concepts and terms related to coevolution, beneficial and antagonistic interactions between species, and the modes of coevolution.

Coevolution

Reciprocal evolutionary change between interacting species, driven by natural selection.

Mutualism

A type of coevolution where each species benefits from the interaction.

Antagonistic coevolution

A type of coevolution where each species decreases the fitness of the other.

Pairwise coevolution

Coevolution that occurs between two species.

Diffuse coevolution

Coevolution that involves multiple species.

Cospeciation

When the phylogeny of one mutualist lineage mirrors that of another.

Attenuated coevolution

A scenario where less virulent strains are more successful than more virulent ones.

Incongruent Phylogenies

When the evolutionary lineages of interacting species do not match perfectly.

Glochidion

A genus of trees that often coevolve with specific pollinators.

Stridulating pupae

Pupae that produce sound to facilitate communication with mutualistic ants.