Looking for a similar partner: host plants shape mating preferences of herbivorous insects by altering their contact pheromones.

doi:10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01816.x

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Looking for a similar partner: host plants shape mating preferences of herbivorous insects by altering their contact pheromones.

Ecology letters - 1 Sept 2012

Geiselhardt Sven, Otte Tobias, Hilker Monika

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The role of phenotypical plasticity in ecological speciation and the evolution of sexual isolation remains largely unknown. We investigated whether or not divergent host plant use in an herbivorous insect causes assortative mating by phenotypically altering traits involved in mate recognition. We...

Topics

Animals
Coleoptera
Ecology
Female
Gene Flow
Herbivory
Hydrocarbons
Male
Marriage
Phenotype
Pheromones
Plants
Plants, Edible

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