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Are aphid parasitoids locally adapted to the prevalence of defensive symbionts in their hosts?

BACKGROUND: Insect parasitoids are under strong selection to overcome their hosts’ defences. In aphids, resistance to parasitoids is largely determined by the presence or absence of protective endosymbionts such as Hamiltonella defensa. Hence, parasitoids may become locally adapted to the prevalence...

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Autores principales: Vorburger, Christoph, Rouchet, Romain
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5153875/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27955622
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-016-0811-0