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Delimiting the cryptic diversity and host preferences of Sycophila parasitoid wasps associated with oak galls using phylogenomic data.
Molecular ecology - 1 Aug 2022
Zhang Yuanmeng M, Sheikh Sofia I, Ward Anna K G, Forbes Andrew A, Prior Kirsten M, Stone Graham N, Gates Michael W, Egan Scott P, Zhang Linyi, Davis Charles, Weinersmith Kelly L, Melika George, Lucky Andrea
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Cryptic species diversity is a major challenge regarding the species-rich community of parasitoids attacking oak gall wasps due to a high degree of sexual dimorphism, morphological plasticity, small size and poorly known biology. As such, we know very little about the number of species present, nor the evolutionary forces responsible for generating this diversity. One hypothesis is that trait diversity in the...
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