Fitness benefits of trypsin proteinase inhibitor expression in <it>Nicotiana attenuata </it>are greater than their costs when plants are attacked.

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The commonly invoked cost-benefit paradigm, central to most of functional biology, explains why one phenotype cannot be optimally fit in all environments; yet it is rarely tested. Trypsin proteinase inhibitors (TPIs) expression in &l...

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Main Authors: Baldwin Ian T, Zavala Jorge A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2004-08-01
Series:BMC Ecology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6785/4/11