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Asymmetry in reproduction strategies drives evolution of resistance in biological control systems

The success of biological control may depend on the control agent co-evolving with its target pest species, precluding the emergence of resistance that often undermines chemical control. However, recent evidence of a decline in attack rates of a sexual pest weevil by its asexual parasitoid suggests...

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Autores principales: Casanovas, Paula, Goldson, Stephen L., Tylianakis, Jason M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6300327/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30566468
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0207610