Dissecting the association between a gall midge, Asteromyia carbonifera, and its symbiotic fungus, Botryosphaeria dothidea

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 36-49

  Heath, Jeremy J ^a   Stireman, John O ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Ambrosia gall; Ascomycota; Cecidomyiidae; Diptera; Dothideomycetes; Eclosion behaviour; Ecological speciation; Microbial mutualism; Symbiosis; Sympatry

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; DICOTYLEDON; DIVERGENCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLY; FUNGUS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; HOST PLANT; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; LARVA; MORPHOLOGY; MUTUALISM; OVIPOSITION; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SYMBIONT;

ALYCAULINI; AMBROSIA; ASCOMYCOTA; ASTERACEAE; ASTEROMYIA CARBONIFERA; BOTRYOSPHAERIA DOTHIDEA; CECIDOMYIIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; DOTHIDEOMYCETES; FUNGI; MYCELIUM (GENUS); SOLIDAGO; SOLIDAGO CANADENSIS VAR. SCABRA;

EID: 77956258365     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2010.01040.x     Document Type: Article

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