A shift in the host web occupancy of dew-drop spiders associated with genetic divergence in the Southwest Pacific
N. U. Elias, M. A. Responte, C.-Y. Wu, Y.-F. Chiu, P. Peng, H. Liao, R. M. Brown, Y.-C. Su
This study examines genetic differentiation in the spider Argyrodes bonadea across the Southwestern Pacific, finding that host specialization drives genetic variation while generalist strategies promote broad dispersal and gene flow.
bioRxiv · Nov 13, 2023Evolutionary Biology