Dopamine drives Drosophila sechellia adaptation to its toxic host
Many insect species are host-obligate specialists. The evolutionary mechanism driving the adaptation of a species to a toxic host is, however, intriguing. We analyzed the tight association of Drosophila sechellia to its sole host, the fruit of Morinda citrifolia, which is toxic to other members of t...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2014-12-01
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| Series: | eLife |
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| Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/03785 |