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Integrating nutritional mutualists into the evolution of defense.

Trends in ecology & evolution - 1 Sept 2026

Wood Corlett W, Howard Mia M, Yi Eunnuri, Heath Katy D, O'Keeffe Kayleigh R, Lau Jennifer A

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Historically, mutualisms have been categorized by their benefits: nutrition, defense, or transportation. However, many nutritional mutualists have secondary effects on defense. In this review, we propose that nutritional mutualists are major, overlooked drivers of defense evolution and identify four distinct mechanisms by which they can affect the evolution of defense traits. Direct tests of all four mechanisms...

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Symbiosis
Biological Evolution
Selection, Genetic
Animals
Genetic Variation

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PMID: 42350174
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2026.05.002

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