Marion Eisenhut

Molecular sources of monoterpenoid chemodiversity in the Asteraceae Tanacetum vulgare suggest a new model for the evolution of specialized metabolism

Highly diversified specialized metabolism enables plant communication with pollinators, herbivores, and protectors1–4. Its chemodiversity, under which evenness, richness and variation is summarized5–7, includes many compounds without known function1–4 and presents an evolutionary conundrum about how and what is selecte...