Aphid specialization on different summer hosts is associated with strong genetic differentiation and unequal symbiont communities despite a common mating habitat.

Abstract excerpt

Specialization on different host plants can promote evolutionary diversification of herbivorous insects. Work on pea aphids (Acyrthosiphon pisum) has contributed significantly to the understanding of this process, demonstrating that populations associated with different host plants exhibit perfor...

Topics

• Animals
• Aphids
• Ecosystem
• France
• Genotype
• Reproductive Isolation
• Seasons
• Switzerland
• Symbiosis