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Experimental evolution of parasitoid infectivity on symbiont-protected hosts leads to the emergence of genotype specificity.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Jun 2014
Rouchet Romain, Vorburger Christoph
Abstract excerpt
Host-parasitoid interactions may lead to strong reciprocal selection for traits involved in host defense and parasitoid counterdefense. In aphids, individuals harboring the facultative bacterial endosymbiont, Hamiltonella defensa, exhibit enhanced resistance to parasitoid wasps. We used an experimental evolution approach to investigate the ability of the parasitoid wasp, Lysiphlebus fabarum, to adapt to the...
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