The genetic architecture of a niche: Variation and covariation in host use traits in the Colorado potato beetle

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 985-996

  Forister, M L ^a,b   Ehmer, A G ^a   Futuyma, D J ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chrysomelidae; Host plant; Leptinotarsa; Life history correlations; Niche width; Plant insect interaction; Solanum; Specialization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEETLE; DIET; EVOLUTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; HOST USE; NICHE; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SPECIALIZATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BODY SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BODY SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LARVA; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; LEPTINOTARSA; LEPTINOTARSA DECEMLINEATA; SOLANUM;

EID: 34247483879     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2007.01310.x     Document Type: Article

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