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Interspecific symbiont transfection confers a novel ecological trait to the recipient insect

In Japan, pea aphids Acyrthosiphon pisum mainly feed on vetch and clover, and many aphid clones produce more progeny on vetch than on clover. In this context, particular genotypes of the facultative symbiont Regiella insecticola enhance reproduction of infected pea aphids specifically on clover, the...

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Main Authors: Tsuchida, Tsutomu, Koga, Ryuichi, Matsumoto, Shogo, Fukatsu, Takema
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Royal Society 2011
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3061159/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20880856
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2010.0699
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