Feeding performance on a novel host: no adaptation over generations and differential patterns in two flea species
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DOI: 10.1017/s0031182020000244
Abstract: Abstract To model the colonization of a novel host by fleas, Synosternus cleopatrae and Xenopsylla ramesis, we established experimental lines maintained for 15 generations on a principal or a novel host (either co-occurring with a… read more here.
Keywords: adaptation; performance; principal host; novel host ... See more keywords
Role of Genes in Regulating Host Plants Expansion in Tephritid Fruit Flies (Diptera) and Potential for RNAi-Based Control
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DOI: 10.1093/jisesa/ieac047
Abstract: Abstract Host plant expansion is an important survival strategy for tephritids as they expand their range. Successful host expansion requires tephritids to adapt to the chemical and nonchemical properties of a novel host fruit, such… read more here.
Keywords: phenology; fruit; novel host; regulating host ... See more keywords
Discovery of the new Coptotriche species in China revealed two novel host-plant families and host-plant orders for Tischeriidae, a family of stenophagous, leaf-mining lepidopterans.
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DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5071.1.4
Abstract: The article describes three new species of Coptotriche Walsingham, 1890 from China and adjacent northern Vietnam: C. camptotheca Xu Dai, sp. nov. feeding on Camptotheca acuminata Decne. (Nyssaceae); C. turpinia Xu Dai, sp. nov. feeding… read more here.
Keywords: plant families; host plant; host; leaf ... See more keywords
Genetic drift precluded adaptation of an insect seed predator to a novel host plant in a long-term selection experiment
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0198869
Abstract: Host specialization is considered a primary driver of the enormous diversity of herbivorous insects. Trade-offs in host use are hypothesized to promote this specialization, but they have mostly been studied in generalist herbivores. We conducted… read more here.
Keywords: seed; genetic drift; selection; host ... See more keywords
Impact of Host Plants on Genetic Variation in the Bactrocera tau (Diptera: Tephritidae) Based on Molecular Markers
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DOI: 10.18474/jes17-19.1
Abstract: Abstract The adaptation to novel host plants is an important factor that facilitates spread of tephritid fruit flies and formation of new biotypes. Bactrocera tau (Walker) (Diptera: Tephritidae) is a significant pest and member of… read more here.
Keywords: tau; host plants; host; novel host ... See more keywords
Spillover and genome selection of the gut parasite Nosema ceranae between honey bee species
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DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.1026154
Abstract: Nosema ceranae is a honey bee gut parasite that has recently spilled to another honey bee host through trading. The impact of infection on the native host is minor, which is substantial in the novel… read more here.
Keywords: novel host; host; honey bee; nosema ceranae ... See more keywords