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Predation drives specialized host plant associations in preadapted milkweed bugs (Heteroptera: Lygaeinae)
G. Petschenka, R. Halitschke, A. Roth…·A. Exnerova
The paper shows that predation pressure drives host plant specialization in milkweed bugs by selecting for toxin sequestration abilities, even when new toxins are not exploited.
DOI 10.1101/2020.06.16.150730