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Genes involved in the evolution of herbivory by a leaf-mining, Drosophilid fly.
Genome biology and evolution - 1 Jan 2012
Whiteman Noah K, Gloss Andrew D, Sackton Timothy B, Groen Simon C, Humphrey Parris T, Lapoint Richard T, Sønderby Ida E, Halkier Barbara A, Kocks Christine, Ausubel Frederick M, Pierce Naomi E
Abstract excerpt
Herbivorous insects are among the most successful radiations of life. However, we know little about the processes underpinning the evolution of herbivory. We examined the evolution of herbivory in the fly, Scaptomyza flava, whose larvae are leaf miners on species of Brassicaceae, including the wi...
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