Article
Recent Progress Regarding the Evolution and Molecular Aspect of Insect Gall Formation
2021-06-21
Abstract excerpt
Galls are characteristic plant structures formed by hypertrophy (excessive increase in cell size) and/or hyperplasia (cell proliferation) induced by parasitic or pathogenic organisms. Insects are a major inducer of galls, and insect galls can occur on plant leaves, stems, floral buds, flowers, fruits, or roots. Many of these exhibit unique shapes, providing shelter and nutrients to the insects. To form unique gall...
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- Literature Corpus work
- c644ae59-c152-5e59-880f-93a197aaee8c
- DOI
- 10.20944/preprints202106.0494.v1
