Endogenous plant cell wall digestion: A key mechanism in insect evolution

Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

Volumn 43, Issue , 2012, Pages 45-71

  Calderón Cortés, Nancy ^a   Quesada, Mauricio ^a   Watanabe, Hirofumi ^b   Cano Camacho, Horacio ^c   Oyama, Ken ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MATEMÁTICAS   (Mexico)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

insect diversification; insect lignocellulolytic enzymes; lignocellulolytic gut symbionts; plant insect interactions

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; DIGESTION; ENTOMOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECT; LIGNIN; PHYLOGENETICS; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 84878050143     PISSN: 1543592X     EISSN: 15452069     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-110411-160312     Document Type: Review

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