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to or greater than their hosts. However, mistletoe that mimicked the
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357:, stimulation of mechanoreceptors and calcium release trigger jasmonic acid synthesis. Proteins and enzymes have been shown to be involved in transport and perception of volatiles. They could also play a role in the conversion of a volatile signal to a chemical product response e.g. salicylic acid and methyl salicylate. With the mistletoe, a possible line of study could be measuring nitrogen level change after mimicry to see if nitrogen is involved in perception of volatiles or if it changes as a result from perception.
268:, is an obligate hemi-parasite meaning it attaches to its host tree and extracts water and nutrients. Australia is home to over 90 species of mistletoe, with 70 being native. Studies evaluating the role of crypsis on herbivory measure leaf quality, such as nitrogen and protein levels, water content, etc. Ehleringer et al. examined nitrogen levels, as an indicator of protein status, of mistletoe and their host (
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reduced herbivory as a result. Seemingly, the researchers thought that the act of mimicry would increase nitrogen levels and depending on nutritional status and detectability, herbivory would be affected. Previous studies have shown that animals may prefer different food resources depending on their water content, vitamins, carbohydrates and energy needs, and appearance might play into an animal’s perception and preference.
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vines and unsupported hosts. Herbivory was significantly higher in vines growing unsupported than in vines climbing on trees. Lastly, herbivory on vines climbing leafless hosts was higher than in unsupported vines. These results suggest that the act of climbing is not enough to avoid herbivory, but additional mimicry of supported leaves may reduce herbivory rates.
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mimicker as kin, it would offer potential reasoning for the exchange between the two. Similar to a study from Crepy et al. in which they noticed plants that recognized kin shifted their leaf position to benefit kin plants growing nearby. Close phenotypic association was observed and could be explored further. Others have discussed that instead of communication,
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One hypothesis tested was mistletoe that show mimicry would have higher nitrogen levels and have a selective advantage through reduced herbivory. A second hypothesis tested was mistletoe that do not demonstrate mimicry would have lower nitrogen levels and appear at a lower nutritional status and have
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would be an area to further study as it might reveal more about volatile communication between plants. Heil and Karban note that the use of volatiles can be costly to the emitter which poses the question of competition and cost between the host and mimicker. If the host were to somehow recognize the
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and host leaves. Leaves of unsupported vines growing on the ground did not differ from those of vines growing on leafless stems or trees; showing that when there is no leaf to mimic, climbing plants do not differ from unsupported plants. It was measured that herbivory remained equal between climbing
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have been shown to elicit defense responses in inter-plant and plant-plant situations. When attacked by herbivores, plants release a blend of volatiles that can initiate response in systemic leaves as well as neighboring plants. It has been observed that volatile signals increased the expression of
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in the leaves was taken to measure reduced nitrogen levels in the mistletoe, which would affect amino acids, proteins, etc, and possible preference of herbivores. From their results, Ehleringer et al. found that the majority (17 of 22) of mimetic mistletoe had nitrogen levels that were either equal
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are visually oriented. So a mimicking plant should strongly resemble its host; this can be done through visual and/or textural change. Previous criteria for mimicry include similarity of leaf dimensions, leaf presentation, and intermodal distances between the host and mimicking plant.
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leaf traits (such as size, shape, color, orientation) were compared with its native host tree species to try to explain such wide morphological changes. Out of 11 traits, there was significant phenotypic association between 9 traits of the
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genes related to plant defense and resulted in change to the transcriptome. In mimicry, response to volatiles could be gene edits in the plant, which could change the expression of certain genes and result in phenotypic change. In the
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for the host. This would suggest that the relationship between mimicker and host is not just beneficial to the mimicker. Further research into the plant-plant interactions would need to be done in order to answer these questions.
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are well known examples of this mimicry. Researchers hypothesize that crypsis is used to reduce the likelihood of vertebrate herbivory and thus improve the survivability and fitness of the mimicking plant.
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mimicry is observed depending on which host the plant is nearest to, despite previous contact. Possible transfer within close distances would explain varying amounts of mimicry seen in
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Ehleringer et al. can only make predictions about the mechanism of mimicry and herbivory rates as no herbivory was actually studied or measured in mistletoe and host plants.
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