Facultative Endosymbiont Serratia symbiotica Inhibits the Apterization of Pea Aphid To Enhance Its Spread

Facultative Endosymbiont Serratia symbiotica Inhibits the Apterization of Pea Aphid To Enhance Its Spread

ABSTRACT Aphids display wing polyphenism, and the mother can produce a wingless morph for reproduction and a winged morph for dispersal. It is believed that the wingless morph is an adaptive status under favorable conditions and is determined prenatally. In this study, we have found that winged nymp...

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Main Authors: Zhi-Wei Kang, Meng Zhang, He-He Cao, Shan-Shan Guo, Fang-Hua Liu, Tong-Xian Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2022-12-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
Subjects:
life history
symbiosis
trade-off
wing differentiation
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.04066-22

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