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Cold Temperatures Increase Cold Hardiness in the Next Generation Ophraella communa Beetles

The leaf beetle, Ophraella communa, has been introduced to control the spread of the common ragweed, Ambrosia artemisiifolia, in China. We hypothesized that the beetle, to be able to track host-range expansion into colder climates, can phenotypically adapt to cold temperatures across generations. Th...

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Autores principales: Zhou, Zhong-Shi, Rasmann, Sergio, Li, Min, Guo, Jian-Ying, Chen, Hong-Song, Wan, Fang-Hao
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3787003/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24098666
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0074760