Contents
Part I Metabolic Co-evolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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1 Co-evolution of Secondary Metabolites During Biological
Competition for Survival and Advantage: An Overview . . . . . . . .
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Kishan Gopal Ramawat and Shaily Goyal
2 Plant-Insect Interaction: The Saga of Molecular Coevolution . . . .
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Sanyami S. Zunjarrao, Meenakshi B. Tellis, Sanjana N. Joshi, and
Rakesh S. Joshi
3 Coevolution: Plant-Herbivore Interactions and Secondary
Metabolites of Plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Eunice Kariñho-Betancourt
4 Differential Response of Herbivores to Plant Defence . . . . . . . . . .
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Martin Volf
5 Field Dodder: Life Cycle and Interaction with Host Plants . . . . . . 101
Marija Sarić-Krsmanović
6 Molecular Interactions as Drivers of Changes in Marine
Ecosystems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Fanny Defranoux and Ernesto Mollo
7 Co-evolution of the Shrimp Hippolyte inermis and the Diatoms
Cocconeis spp. in Posidonia oceanica: Sexual Adaptations
Explained by Ecological Fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Valerio Zupo
Part II Evolution of Chemical Ecology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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8 Evolution of the Angiosperms and Co-evolution of Secondary
Metabolites, Especially of Alkaloids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Michael Wink
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