Summary: Pattern and timing of diversification in Yucca
(Agavaceae): specialized pollination does not
escalate rates of diversification
Christopher Irwin Smith1
, Olle Pellmyr1,*, David M. Althoff 2,
,
Manuel Balca´zar-Lara3,
, James Leebens-Mack4,
and Kari A. Segraves2,
1
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844, USA
2
Department of Biology, Syracuse University, 130 College Place, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
3
Facultad de Ciencias Biolo´gicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad de Colima, KM 40 Autopista Colima-Manzanillo,
Tecoma´n, Colima 28100, Me´xico
4
Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
The yucca­yucca moth interaction is one of the most well-known and remarkable obligate pollination
mutualisms, and is an important study system for understanding coevolution. Previous research suggests

Source: Althoff, David M. - Department of Biology, Syracuse University
Segraves, Kari A. - Department of Biology, Syracuse University
Smith, Chris - Biology Department, Willamette University

Collections: Biology and Medicine; Environmental Sciences and Ecology