Article
Innovation in anti-herbivore defense systems during neopolypoloidy - the functional consequences of instantaneous speciation.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Jul 2006
Pearse Ian S, Krügel Tamara, Baldwin Ian T
Abstract excerpt
Allopolyploid hybridization instantly merges two differentially adapted genomes into one individual. Allopolyploids are often evolutionarily successful, undergoing adaptive radiations despite the genetic and physiological challenges of merging genomes. We examine a suite of induced herbivore resistance traits in three independent lines of the synthetic allopolyploid Nicotianaxmierata (Nma) and its parent species,...
Topics
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Alkaloids
- Animals
- Cyclopentanes
- Flowers
- Genetic Speciation
- Hybridization, Genetic
- Larva
- Manduca
- Oxylipins
- Phenotype