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Spatial turnover in host-plant availability drives host-associated divergence in a South African leafhopper (Cephalelus uncinatus)

BACKGROUND: The evolution of reproductive isolation between herbivorous insect populations is often initiated by shifts to novel host-plants, a process that underlies some of the best examples of ecological speciation. However, it is not well understood why host-shifts occur. Arguably the most commo...

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Autores principales: Augustyn, Willem J., Anderson, Bruce, van der Merwe, Jeroen F., Ellis, Allan G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5343415/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28274200
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-017-0916-0