coevolution: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	reciprocal evolution

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yucca moth (Tegeticula yuccasella)

mutualism: yucca moth

Cape sugarbird and king protea

European cukoo egg in a reed warbler nest

fledgling European cuckoo being fed by an adult reed warbler

Learn how the foxglove flower has coevolved with the bumblebee to increase pollination efficacy

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Topics

gene-for-gene coevolution coevolutionary alternation geographic mosaic theory of coevolution evolution adaptation extinction Speciation emergence natural selection selection Variation mosaic evolution Creative evolution parallel evolution

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