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Defense of Milkweed Bugs (Heteroptera: Lygaeinae) against Predatory Lacewing Larvae Depends on Structural Differences of Sequestered Cardenolides

Predators and parasitoids regulate insect populations and select defense mechanisms such as the sequestration of plant toxins. Sequestration is common among herbivorous insects, yet how the structural variation of plant toxins affects defenses against predators remains largely unknown. The palearcti...

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Autores principales: Pokharel, Prayan, Sippel, Marlon, Vilcinskas, Andreas, Petschenka, Georg
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7469174/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32752003
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects11080485