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Adaptive divergence and post-zygotic barriers to gene flow between sympatric populations of a herbivorous mite.
Communications biology - 9 Jul 2021
Villacis-Perez Ernesto, Snoeck Simon, Kurlovs Andre H, Clark Richard M, Breeuwer Johannes A J, Van Leeuwen Thomas
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Plant-herbivore interactions promote the generation and maintenance of both plant and herbivore biodiversity. The antagonistic interactions between plants and herbivores lead to host race formation: the evolution of herbivore types specializing on different plant species, with restricted gene flow between them. Understanding how ecological specialization promotes host race formation usually depends on artificial...
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