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Stable nutritional endosymbiosis across cryptic diversity of a leafhopper species complex.
BMC genomics - 25 May 2026
Michalik Anna, Majewska Emilia, Andriienko Veronika, Nowak Karol H, Stroiński Adam, Łukasik Piotr
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Ancient nutritional symbioses underpin the ecological success of many sap-feeding insects. In 'true hoppers' - the hemipteran suborder Auchenorrhyncha, obligate bacterial partners provide essential amino acids lacking in plant phloem diets. However, the stability and persistence of such associations across the diversity of hoppers are poorly understood, and investigations are often complicated by...
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