Genetic and genomic evidence of niche partitioning and adaptive radiation in mountain pine beetle fungal symbionts
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DOI: 10.1111/mec.14074
Abstract: Bark beetles form multipartite symbiotic associations with blue stain fungi (Ophiostomatales, Ascomycota). These fungal symbionts play an important role during the beetle's life cycle by providing nutritional supplementation, overcoming tree defences and modifying host tissues… read more here.
Keywords: pine beetle; fungal symbionts; partitioning adaptive; ecology ... See more keywords