Recalibrated Tree of Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) Indicates Independent Diversification of Angiosperms and Their Insect Herbivores

Jesús Gómez-Zurita; Toby Hunt; Fatos Kopliku; Alfried P. Vogler

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000360

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Recalibrated Tree of Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) Indicates Independent Diversification of Angiosperms and Their Insect Herbivores

Jesús Gómez-Zurita ,

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jgzurita@um.es, jgomezzurita@hotmail.com

Affiliations Department of Entomology, Natural History Museum, London, United Kindgom, Division of Biology, Imperial College London, Ascot, United Kindgom, Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Munich, Germany
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Toby Hunt,

Affiliations Department of Entomology, Natural History Museum, London, United Kindgom, Division of Biology, Imperial College London, Ascot, United Kindgom
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Fatos Kopliku,

Affiliations Department of Entomology, Natural History Museum, London, United Kindgom, Division of Biology, Imperial College London, Ascot, United Kindgom
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Alfried P. Vogler

Affiliations Department of Entomology, Natural History Museum, London, United Kindgom, Division of Biology, Imperial College London, Ascot, United Kindgom
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Recalibrated Tree of Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) Indicates Independent Diversification of Angiosperms and Their Insect Herbivores

Jesús Gómez-Zurita,
Toby Hunt,
Fatos Kopliku,
Alfried P. Vogler

Published: April 11, 2007
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000360

About the Authors

Jesús Gómez-Zurita

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jgzurita@um.es, jgomezzurita@hotmail.com

Affiliations Department of Entomology, Natural History Museum, London, United Kindgom, Division of Biology, Imperial College London, Ascot, United Kindgom, Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Munich, Germany

Toby Hunt

Affiliations Department of Entomology, Natural History Museum, London, United Kindgom, Division of Biology, Imperial College London, Ascot, United Kindgom

Fatos Kopliku

Affiliations Department of Entomology, Natural History Museum, London, United Kindgom, Division of Biology, Imperial College London, Ascot, United Kindgom

Alfried P. Vogler

Affiliations Department of Entomology, Natural History Museum, London, United Kindgom, Division of Biology, Imperial College London, Ascot, United Kindgom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AV JG. Performed the experiments: JG FK. Analyzed the data: JG TH. Wrote the paper: AV JG. Other: Collected specimens: JG.

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