Host niches and defensive extended phenotypes structure parasitoid wasp communities.

Oak galls are spectacular extended phenotypes of gallwasp genes in host oak tissues and have evolved complex morphologies that serve, in part, to exclude parasitoid natural enemies.Parasitoids and their insect herbivore hosts have coevolved to produce diverse communities comprising about a third of...

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Main Authors: Richard Bailey, Karsten Schönrogge, James M Cook, George Melika, György Csóka, Csaba Thuróczy, Graham N Stone
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/35ff477196e4499bb8d7e163a13856d6
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