BMAA in cycad-feeding Lepidoptera: defensive sequestration or bioaccumulation?

BMAA in cycad-feeding Lepidoptera: defensive sequestration or bioaccumulation?

Many herbivorous Lepidoptera accumulate plant toxins within their own tissues as a defensive strategy. Pioneering research in this area was conducted by Miriam Rothschild and Deane Bowers, who showed that the cycad-feeding butterfly Eumaeus atala sequester the toxic plant compound cycasin and thereb...

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Main Authors: Melissa R. L. Whitaker, Sandra Anne Banack, Mark C. Mescher, Paul Alan Cox, Consuelo M. De Moraes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
Miriam Rothschild
Deane Bowers
β-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA)
chemical defense
non-protein amino acid
Eumaeus atala
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2023.1114636/full

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