Parasitoid lifestyle
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Trait loss is a pervasive phenomenon in evolution, yet the underlying molecular causes have been identified in only a handful of cases. Most of these cases involve loss-of-function mutations in one or more traitspecific genes. However, in parasitoid insects the evolutionary loss of a metabolic trait is not associated with gene decay.
14p visilicon2711 20-08-2021 6 1 Download