With individualized sanctions, F. nymphaeifolia would be able to sanction specific flowers inside the syconium instead of the entire fig itself. If there were a mechanism involving a way to distinguish eggs from non-pollinators and pollinators, F. nymphaeifolia would be able to cut off the nutrient supply to the flowers containing the pollen-free wasp’s eggs. This would dramatically dwindle the population of pollen-free wasps whether the problem is genetic or not. If it’s heritable these wasps will not be able to pass on their genes. And if it were a decision of the wasps from the start, individualized sanctions would remove all possible benefits from not carrying the pollen. One draw back of individualized sanctions is that it may require more resources from the fig tree to successfully detect and abort specific flowers within a syconium that contains
With individualized sanctions, F. nymphaeifolia would be able to sanction specific flowers inside the syconium instead of the entire fig itself. If there were a mechanism involving a way to distinguish eggs from non-pollinators and pollinators, F. nymphaeifolia would be able to cut off the nutrient supply to the flowers containing the pollen-free wasp’s eggs. This would dramatically dwindle the population of pollen-free wasps whether the problem is genetic or not. If it’s heritable these wasps will not be able to pass on their genes. And if it were a decision of the wasps from the start, individualized sanctions would remove all possible benefits from not carrying the pollen. One draw back of individualized sanctions is that it may require more resources from the fig tree to successfully detect and abort specific flowers within a syconium that contains