The evolution of cactophily in the genus Drosophila was a major cological transition involving over a hundred species in the Americas that acquired the capacity to cope with a variety of toxic metabolites evolved as feeding deterrents in Cactaceae. D. buzzatii and D. koepferae are sibling cactophilic species in the D. repleta group. The former is mainly associated with the relatively toxic-free habitat offered by prickly pears (Opuntia sulphurea) and the latter has evolved the ability to use columnar cacti of the genera Trichocereus and Cereus that contain an array of alkaloid secondary compounds. We assessed the effects of cactus alkaloids on fitness-related traits and evaluated the ability of D. buzzatii and D. koepferae to exploit an art...
Orientador: José Roberto TrigoTese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Bio...
Herbivore host specialization includes changes in behaviour, driven by locally-induced adaptations t...
Abstract\ud \ud Background\ud Studies of insect-plant ...
Host plant shifts in herbivorous insects often involve facing new environments that may speed up the...
The evolution of cactophily in the genus Drosophila was a major ecological transition involving over...
Drosophila koepferae and Drosophila buzzatii are closely related cactophilic species with overlappin...
Drosophila koepferae and Drosophila buzzatii are closely related cactophilic species with overlappin...
Drosophila buzzatii and Drosophila koepferae are sibling species with marked ecological differences ...
1. We assessed the host-related niche breadth for D. koepferae and D. buzzatii, a pair of sibling ca...
The cactus-yeast-Drosophila model system provides an excellent opportunity to investigate the signif...
The host-plant environment of phytophagous insects directly affects various aspects of an insect's l...
Under the preference-performance hypothesis, natural selection will favor females that choose ovipos...
Background: The chance to compare patterns of differential gene expression in related ecologically d...
Competition is a major aspect of the ecology of insect communities exploiting ephemeral and fragment...
The cactophilic flies Drosophila buzzatii and Drosophila koepferae are generally each associated wit...
Orientador: José Roberto TrigoTese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Bio...
Herbivore host specialization includes changes in behaviour, driven by locally-induced adaptations t...
Abstract\ud \ud Background\ud Studies of insect-plant ...
Host plant shifts in herbivorous insects often involve facing new environments that may speed up the...
The evolution of cactophily in the genus Drosophila was a major ecological transition involving over...
Drosophila koepferae and Drosophila buzzatii are closely related cactophilic species with overlappin...
Drosophila koepferae and Drosophila buzzatii are closely related cactophilic species with overlappin...
Drosophila buzzatii and Drosophila koepferae are sibling species with marked ecological differences ...
1. We assessed the host-related niche breadth for D. koepferae and D. buzzatii, a pair of sibling ca...
The cactus-yeast-Drosophila model system provides an excellent opportunity to investigate the signif...
The host-plant environment of phytophagous insects directly affects various aspects of an insect's l...
Under the preference-performance hypothesis, natural selection will favor females that choose ovipos...
Background: The chance to compare patterns of differential gene expression in related ecologically d...
Competition is a major aspect of the ecology of insect communities exploiting ephemeral and fragment...
The cactophilic flies Drosophila buzzatii and Drosophila koepferae are generally each associated wit...
Orientador: José Roberto TrigoTese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Bio...
Herbivore host specialization includes changes in behaviour, driven by locally-induced adaptations t...
Abstract\ud \ud Background\ud Studies of insect-plant ...