De novo synthesis vs. sequestration: Negatively correlated metabolic traits and the evolution of host plant specialization in cyanogenic butterflies

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-42

  Engler Chaouat, Helene S ^a   Gilbert, Lawrence E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Cyanogenic glycosides; De novo synthesis; Host plant specialization; Plant insect interactions; Secondary compounds; Sequestration

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSIDE;

BUTTERFLY; COEVOLUTION; GENERALIST; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; LARVA; ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUND; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SEQUESTRATION (CHEMISTRY); SPECIALIST; VINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LARVA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GLYCOSIDES; LARVA; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS;

HELICONIINAE; HELICONIUS; HELICONIUS SARA; INSECTA; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA; PASSIFLORA; PASSIFLORA EDULIS; SAPHO;

EID: 33845765168     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-006-9207-8     Document Type: Article

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