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Sources of variation in dietary requirements in an obligate nutritional symbiosis.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 7 Jan 2011
Vogel Kevin J, Moran Nancy A
Abstract excerpt
The nutritional symbiosis between aphids and their obligate symbiont, Buchnera aphidicola, is often characterized as a highly functional partnership in which the symbiont provides the host with essential nutrients. Despite this, some aphid lineages exhibit dietary requirements for nutrients typically synthesized by Buchnera, suggesting that some aspect of the symbiosis is disrupted. To examine this phenomenon in...
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