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RT @FrontEcolEvol: New Research: Seed Elaiosome Mediates Dispersal by Ants and Impacts Germination in Ricinus communis: Myrmecochory is ant…
RT @FrontEcolEvol: New Research: Seed Elaiosome Mediates Dispersal by Ants and Impacts Germination in Ricinus communis: Myrmecochory is ant…
New Research: Seed Elaiosome Mediates Dispersal by Ants and Impacts Germination in Ricinus communis: Myrmecochory is ant-mediated secondary dispersal of seeds that depends on the presence of a lipid-rich seed appendage known as ‘elaiosome’.… https://t.co/J