Differential attack on diploid, tetraploid, and hexaploid Solidago altissima L. by five insect gallmakers.

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Genetic variation among plants can influence host choice and larval performance in insect herbivores. Ploidy (cytotype) variation is a particularly dramatic form of plant genetic variation, and where diploid and polyploid cytotypes of a species occur in sympatry, they may provide herbivores with choices that are distinguished by profound and genome-wide genetic differences. We tested for non-random attack by five...

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