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SUBMITTER: Date P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3723661 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Date Priya P Dweck Hany K M HK Stensmyr Marcus C MC Shann Jodi J Hansson Bill S BS Rollmann Stephanie M SM
PloS one 20130725 7
Divergence in host adaptive traits has been well studied from an ecological and evolutionary perspective, but identification of the proximate mechanisms underlying such divergence is less well understood. Behavioral preferences for host plants are often mediated by olfaction and shifts in preference may be accompanied by changes in the olfactory system. In this study, we examine the evolution of host plant preferences in cactophilic Drosophila mojavensis that feeds and breeds on different cacti ...[more]