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SUBMITTER: Allio R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7806994 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Allio Rémi R Nabholz Benoit B Wanke Stefan S Chomicki Guillaume G Pérez-Escobar Oscar A OA Cotton Adam M AM Clamens Anne-Laure AL Kergoat Gaël J GJ Sperling Felix A H FAH Condamine Fabien L FL
Nature communications 20210113 1
The mega-diversity of herbivorous insects is attributed to their co-evolutionary associations with plants. Despite abundant studies on insect-plant interactions, we do not know whether host-plant shifts have impacted both genomic adaptation and species diversification over geological times. We show that the antagonistic insect-plant interaction between swallowtail butterflies and the highly toxic birthworts began 55 million years ago in Beringia, followed by several major ancient host-plant shif ...[more]