Differences in tolerance to host cactus alkaloids in Drosophila koepferae and D. buzzatii.

Differences in tolerance to host cactus alkaloids in Drosophila koepferae and D. buzzatii.

The evolution of cactophily in the genus Drosophila was a major ecological transition involving over a hundred species in the Americas that acquired the capacity to cope with a variety of toxic metabolites evolved as feeding deterrents in Cactaceae. D. buzzatii and D. koepferae are sibling cactophil...

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Main Authors: Ignacio M Soto, Valeria P Carreira, Cristian Corio, Julián Padró, Eduardo M Soto, Esteban Hasson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3919786?pdf=render

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