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SUBMITTER: Peterson DA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7713922 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Peterson Daniel A DA Hardy Nate B NB Morse Geoffrey E GE Itioka Takao T Wei Jiufeng J Normark Benjamin B BB
Ecology and evolution 20201104 23
Most herbivorous insects are diet specialists in spite of the apparent advantages of being a generalist. This conundrum might be explained by fitness trade-offs on alternative host plants, yet the evidence of such trade-offs has been elusive. Another hypothesis is that specialization is nonadaptive, evolving through neutral population-genetic processes and within the bounds of historical constraints. Here, we report on a striking lack of evidence for the adaptiveness of specificity in tropical c ...[more]