What do spring migrants reveal about sex and host selection in the melon aphid?

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Host plants exert considerable selective pressure on aphids because the plants constitute their feeding, mating and oviposition sites. Therefore, host specialisation in aphids evolves through selection of the behavioural and chemical...

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Main Authors: Thomas Sophie, Boissot Nathalie, Vanlerberghe-Masutti Flavie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-04-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/12/47