Testing local host adaptation and phenotypic plasticity in a herbivore when alternative related host plants occur sympatrically.

Host race formation in phytophagous insects can be an early stage of adaptive speciation. However, the evolution of phenotypic plasticity in host use is another possible outcome. Using a reciprocal transplant experiment we tested the hypothesis of local adaptation in the aphid Brevicoryne brassicae....

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Main Authors: Lorena Ruiz-Montoya, Juan Núñez-Farfán
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3827116?pdf=render