Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprint
Adaptation of an herbivorous arthropod to green tea plants by overcoming catechin defenses
Naoki Takeda, Brendan Abiskaroon, Ricardo Hernández Arriaza…·Takeshi Suzuki
This study identifies a horizontally transferred gene, DOG15, and its amino acid substitutions that enable T. kanzawai mites to detoxify green tea catechins and adapt to tea plants, unlike T. urticae.
DOI 10.64898/2025.12.13.694159