Plant manipulation through gall formation constrains amino acid transporter evolution in sap-feeding insects

Abstract Background The herbivore lifestyle leads to encounters with plant toxins and requires mechanisms to overcome suboptimal nutrient availability in plant tissues. Although the evolution of bacterial endosymbiosis alleviated many of these challenges, the ability to manipulate plant nutrient sta...

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Main Authors: Chaoyang Zhao, Paul D. Nabity
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-06-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-017-1000-5