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ArticlePeerJ2017

Morphological variation of

Cinthya M Villegas, Vladimir Žikić, Saša S Stanković, Sebastián A Ortiz-Martínez, Ainara Peñalver-Cruz, Blas Lavandero

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Article in PeerJ, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors.

Cinthya M VillegasLaboratorio de Interacciones Insecto-Planta, Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Talca, Talca, Chile.
Vladimir ŽikićDepartment of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia.
Saša S StankovićDepartment of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia.
Sebastián A Ortiz-MartínezLaboratorio de Interacciones Insecto-Planta, Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Talca, Talca, Chile.
Ainara Peñalver-CruzLaboratorio de Interacciones Insecto-Planta, Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Talca, Talca, Chile.
Blas LavanderoLaboratorio de Interacciones Insecto-Planta, Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Talca, Talca, Chile.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundParasitoids are frequently used in biological control due to the fact that they are considered host specific and highly efficient at attacking their hosts. As they spend a significant part of their life cycle within their hosts, feeding habits and life history of their host can promote specialization via host-race formation (sequential radiation). The specialized host races from different hosts can vary morphologically, behaviorally and genetically. However, these variations are sometimes inconspicuous and require more powerful tools in order to detect variation such as geometric morphometrics analysis.

methodsWe examined

resultsThe biotype DISCUSSION: Although previous studies have suggested that the genotype of parasitoids is of greater significance for the morphological variations of size and shape of wings, this study indicates that the aphid host on which

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AllometryBiotypesGeometric morphometricsParasitoidsVariabilityWing shapeWing size

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PMID28713658
PMCPMC5508808

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