A specialized fungal parasite (Massospora cicadina) hijacks the sexual signals of periodical cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Magicicada)

Male periodical cicadas (Magicicada spp.) infected with conidiospore-producing (“Stage I”) infections of the entomopathogenic fungus Massospora cicadina exhibit precisely timed wing-flick signaling behavior normally seen only in sexually receptive female cicadas. Male wing-flicks attract copulation...

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Autores principales: Cooley, John R., Marshall, David C., Hill, Kathy B. R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5780379/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29362478
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-19813-0

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5780379/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29362478
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-19813-0

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