Chemical and behavioural strategies along the spectrum of host specificity in ant-associated silverfish

Abstract Background Host range is a fundamental trait to understand the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of symbionts. Increasing host specificity is expected to be accompanied with specialization in different symbiont traits. We tested this specificity-specialization association in a large grou...

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Main Authors: T. Parmentier, M. Gaju-Ricart, T. Wenseleers, R. Molero-Baltanás
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-05-01
Series:BMC Zoology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40850-022-00118-9