Genetic variation in the effect of a facultative symbiont on host-plant use by pea aphids.
Ecological specialisation on different host plants occurs frequently among phytophagous insects and is normally assumed to have a genetic basis. However, insects often carry microbial symbionts, which may play a role in the evolution of specialisation. The bacterium Regiella insecticola is a faculta...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2007
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