The genetic architecture of a host shift: An adaptive walk protected an aphid and its endosymbiont from plant chemical defenses

Authors: Kumar Saurabh Singh, Bartlomiej J. Troczka, Ana Duarte, Vasileia Balabanidou, Nasser Trissi, Leonela Z. Carabajal Paladino, Petr Nguyen, Christoph T. Zimmer, Kyriaki M. Papapostolou, Emma Randall, Bettina Lueke, Frantisek Marec, Emanuele Mazzoni, Martin S. Williamson, Alex Hayward, Ralf Nauen, John Vontas, Chris Bass

Published: 2020-05-06

DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aba1070

Source: Full article

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Abstract

A complex series of mutational events protected a mutualistic symbiosis during the shift of an insect to a toxic host plant.