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Quantitative genetics of feeding behavior in two ecological races of the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum.
Heredity - 1 Mar 2012
Caillaud M C, Via S
Abstract excerpt
Much of the diversity of herbivorous insects stems from the adaptive divergence of populations onto different host plants. This often involves the evolution of specialized patterns of host acceptance that in turn lead to assortative mating for insects that mate exclusively on their hosts. Here, we explore the genetic architecture of feeding behavior in a herbivorous insect that has become a model for the study of...
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