Rapid specialization of counter defenses enables two-spotted spider mite to adapt to novel plant hosts
G. Salehipourshirazi, K. Bruinsma, H. Ratlamwala, S. Dixit, V. Arbona, E. Widemann, M. Milojevic, P. Jin, N. Bensoussan, A. Gomez-Cadenas, V. Zhurov, M. Grbic, V. Grbic
This study shows that two-spotted spider mites can rapidly evolve detoxification mechanisms to adapt to novel plant hosts within 25 generations.
bioRxiv · Feb 26, 2020Evolutionary Biology