Abnormally high digestive enzyme activity and gene expression explain the contemporary evolution of a diabrotica biotype able to feed on soybeans

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2005-2017

  Curzi, Matìas J ^a   Zavala, Jorge A ^b   Spencer, Joseph L ^c   Seufferheld, Manfredo J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Universidad de Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Contemporary evolution; Landscape heterogeneity; Plant defenses; Plant insect interactions; Protease inhibitors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880385647     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.331     Document Type: Article

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