Browsing FAS Scholarly Articles by Keyword "host specialization"

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    • Genes Involved in the Evolution of Herbivory by a Leaf-Mining, Drosophilid Fly 

      Whiteman, Noah K.; Gloss, Andrew D.; Sackton, Timothy; Groen, Simon C.; Humphrey, Parris T.; Lapoint, Richard T.; Sønderby, Ida E.; Halkier, Barbara A.; Kocks, Christine; Ausubel, Frederick M.; Pierce, Naomi Ellen (Oxford University Press (OUP), 2012)
      Herbivorous insects are among the most successful radiations of life. However, we know little about the processes underpinning the evolution of herbivory. We examined the evolution of herbivory in the fly, Scaptomyza flava, ...

    • Horizontal Gene Acquisitions, Mobile Element Proliferation, and Genome Decay in the Host-Restricted Plant Pathogen Erwinia Tracheiphila 

      Shapiro, Lori R.; Scully, Erin D.; Straub, Timothy J.; Park, Jihye; Stephenson, Andrew G.; Beattie, Gwyn A.; Gleason, Mark L.; Kolter, Roberto; Coelho, Miguel C.; De Moraes, Consuelo M.; Mescher, Mark C.; Zhaxybayeva, Olga (Oxford University Press, 2016)
      Modern industrial agriculture depends on high-density cultivation of genetically similar crop plants, creating favorable conditions for the emergence of novel pathogens with increased fitness in managed compared with ...