Outputs (35)

Compartmentalization reduces conflict in multi-partner plant-insect symbioses (2025)
Journal Article
Chomicki, G., Metzler, D., Naikatini, A., & Renner, S. (2025). Compartmentalization reduces conflict in multi-partner plant-insect symbioses. Science, 389(6576), 151-156. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adu842

Many symbioses involve one host species having several mutualist partners, yet theory predicts that unrelated symbionts lead to destabilizing conflict through competition for host resources. We combined isotope labeling, computed-tomography three-dim... Read More about Compartmentalization reduces conflict in multi-partner plant-insect symbioses.

Crop yields are not greater outside centers of origin (2025)
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Stewart, J. D., Kiers, E. T., Chomicki, G., & Weedon, J. T. (2025). Crop yields are not greater outside centers of origin. One Earth, 8, Article 101346. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2025.101346

Seed dispersal by kleptoparasitic flies (2025)
Journal Article
Long-Yu, Y., Chomicki, G., & Chen, G. (in press). Seed dispersal by kleptoparasitic flies. Current Biology,

Island geography drives evolution of rattan palms in tropical Asian rainforests (2025)
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Kuhnhäuser, B. G., Bates, C. D., Dransfield, J., Geri, C., Henderson, A., Julia, S., Lim, J. Y., Morley, R. J., Rustiami, H., Schley, R. J., Bellot, S., Chomicki, G., Eiserhardt, W. L., Hiscock, S. J., & Baker, W. J. (2025). Island geography drives evolution of rattan palms in tropical Asian rainforests. Science, 387(6739), 1204-1209. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adp3437

Distributed across two continents and thousands of islands, the Asian tropics are among the most species-rich areas on Earth. The origins of this diversity, however, remain poorly understood. Here, we reveal and classify contributions of individual t... Read More about Island geography drives evolution of rattan palms in tropical Asian rainforests.

Diversity and development of domatia: Symbiotic plant structures to host mutualistic ants or mites (2024)
Journal Article
Chomicki, G., Walker–Hale, N., Etchells, J. P., Ritter, E. J., & Weber, M. G. (2024). Diversity and development of domatia: Symbiotic plant structures to host mutualistic ants or mites. Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 82, Article 102647. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbi.2024.102647

Across the tree of life, specialized structures that offer nesting sites to ants or mites – known as domatia – have evolved independently hundreds of times, facilitating ecologically important defence and/or nutritional mutualisms. Domatia show remar... Read More about Diversity and development of domatia: Symbiotic plant structures to host mutualistic ants or mites.

Anticancer drugs imperil Asian tree species (2024)
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Chen, G., Cai, X.-H., Tang, J., Chomicki, G., & Renner, S. S. (2024). Anticancer drugs imperil Asian tree species. Science, 385(6714), 1173-1173. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adr0956

The origin and speciation of orchids (2024)
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Pérez‐Escobar, O. A., Bogarín, D., Przelomska, N. A. S., Ackerman, J. D., Balbuena, J. A., Bellot, S., …Antonelli, A. (2024). The origin and speciation of orchids. New Phytologist, 242(2), 700-716. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19580

Summary
Orchids constitute one of the most spectacular radiations of flowering plants. However, their origin, spread across the globe, and hotspots of speciation remain uncertain due to the lack of an up-to-date phylogeographic analysis.
We present... Read More about The origin and speciation of orchids.

Mutualisms drive plant trait evolution beyond interaction‐related traits (2024)
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Burin, G., Campbell, L. C. E., Renner, S. S., Kiers, E. T., & Chomicki, G. (2024). Mutualisms drive plant trait evolution beyond interaction‐related traits. Ecology Letters, 27(2), Article e14379. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14379

Mutualisms have driven the evolution of extraordinary structures and behavioural traits, but their impact on traits beyond those directly involved in the interaction remains unclear. We addressed this gap using a highly evolutionarily replicated syst... Read More about Mutualisms drive plant trait evolution beyond interaction‐related traits.

Convergence in carnivorous pitcher plants reveals a mechanism for composite trait evolution. (2024)
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Chomicki, G., Burin, G., Busta, L., Gozdzik, J., Jetter, R., Mortimer, B., & Bauer, U. (2024). Convergence in carnivorous pitcher plants reveals a mechanism for composite trait evolution. Science, 383(6678), 108-113. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.ade0529

Composite traits involve multiple components that, only when combined, gain a new synergistic function. Thus, how they evolve remains a puzzle. We combined field experiments, microscopy, chemical analyses, and laser Doppler vibrometry with comparativ... Read More about Convergence in carnivorous pitcher plants reveals a mechanism for composite trait evolution..

Aristolochia mimics stink bugs to repel vertebrate herbivores via TRPA1 activation. (2023)
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Yu, Y., Ge, J., Dong, W., Chomicki, G., Yang, S., Geng, Y., & Chen, G. (2024). Aristolochia mimics stink bugs to repel vertebrate herbivores via TRPA1 activation. New Phytologist, 242(1), 278-288. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19407

Mimicry is the phenomenon in which one species (the mimic) closely resembles another (the model), enhancing its own fitness by deceiving a third party into interacting with it as if it were the model. In plants, mimicry is used primarily to gain fitn... Read More about Aristolochia mimics stink bugs to repel vertebrate herbivores via TRPA1 activation..