Adaptive divergence and post-zygotic barriers to gene flow between sympatric populations of a herbivorous mite

Villacis-Perez et al. describe the existence of and the mechanisms sustaining a host race of the spider mite Tetranychus urticae, which was previously regarded as a generalist. Here, the authors identify a specialist host race exhibiting reproductive incompatibility with sympatric generalist populat...

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Main Authors: Ernesto Villacis-Perez, Simon Snoeck, Andre H. Kurlovs, Richard M. Clark, Johannes A. J. Breeuwer, Thomas Van Leeuwen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-07-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02380-y