[HTML][HTML] Population genetic structure and gene flow of rare and endangered Tetraena mongolica Maxim. revealed by reduced representation sequencing

J Cheng, H Kao, S Dong - BMC Plant Biology, 2020 - Springer
Background Studying population genetic structure and gene flow of plant populations and
their influencing factors is of particular significance in the field of conservation biology …

[HTML][HTML] Geography, climate and shifts in host plants distribution explain the genomic variation in the cactus moth

D Poveda-Martínez, V Noguerales, SD Hight… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Landscape heterogeneity and the host plant use are factors suggested to play determinant
roles in shaping the evolutionary history of herbivorous insects. However, the role of the …

An omics evolutionary perspective on phytophagous insect–host plant interactions in Anastrepha obliqua: a review

SM Velasco‐Cuervo… - Entomologia …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Phytophagous insects have a close relationship with their host plants. For this reason, their
interactions can lead to important changes in insect population dynamics and evolutionary …

Drivers of neutral and adaptive differentiation in pike (Esox lucius) populations from contrasting environments

J Sunde, Y Yıldırım, P Tibblin, D Bekkevold… - Molecular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding how eco‐evolutionary processes and environmental factors drive population
differentiation and adaptation are key challenges in evolutionary biology of relevance for …

[PDF][PDF] Fear towards insects and other arthropods: A cross sectional study in a Malaysian university

AH Azil, MA Yakub, N Hassan… - GEOGRAFIA Malays. J …, 2021 - researchgate.net
Insects and other arthropods can elicit fear and disgust in certain individuals and
communities which is yet to be explored in Malaysia. Therefore, we aimed to determine the …

[HTML][HTML] Genomic and ecological evidence shed light on the recent demographic history of two related invasive insects

D Poveda-Martínez, NA Salinas, MB Aguirre… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Hypogeococcus pungens is a species complex native to southern South America that is
composed of at least five putative species, each one specialized in the use of different host …

Species complex diversification by host plant use in an herbivorous insect: The source of Puerto Rican cactus mealybug pest and implications for biological control

D Poveda‐Martínez, MB Aguirre… - Ecology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Cryptic taxa have often been observed in the form of host‐associated species that diverged
as the result of adaptation to alternate host plants. Untangling cryptic diversity in species …

Nonadaptive host‐use specificity in tropical armored scale insects

DA Peterson, NB Hardy, GE Morse, T Itioka… - Ecology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

The impact of geographic isolation and host shifts on population divergence of the rare cicada Subpsaltria yangi

Y Liu, CH Dietrich, C Wei - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2024 - Elsevier
The contributions of divergent selection and spatial isolation to population divergence are
among the main focuses of evolutionary biology. Here we employed integrated methods to …

Diet‐mediated immune response to parasitoid attacks on a caterpillar with a broad diet breadth

DK Vyas, SM Murphy - Ecological Entomology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Bottom‐up (plant) and top‐down (natural enemy) trophic factors can interact to have
significant influence on the diet breadth of herbivores. For herbivorous insects that are victim …