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Secondary Symbionts Affect Foraging Capacities of Plant-Specialized Genotypes of the Pea Aphid.
Microbial ecology - 1 Nov 2021
Sochard Corentin, Dupont Corentin, Simon Jean-Christophe, Outreman Yannick
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Ecological specialization is widespread in animals, especially in phytophagous insects, which have often a limited range of host plant species. This host plant specialization results from divergent selection on insect populations, which differ consequently in traits like behaviors involved in plant use. Although recent studies highlighted the influence of symbionts on dietary breadth of their insect hosts,...
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