Endosymbiont-driven mechanisms underlying cryptic speciation in insects (IMAGE)

Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Endosymbiont-driven mechanisms underlying cryptic speciation in insects

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Endosymbionts in insects drive cryptic speciation through ecological adaptation divergence, genetic integration into host DNA, and reproductive manipulation, ultimately generating morphologically similar but genetically distinct species

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Hongxia Hou, Yuao Wang, Yangyi Jia, Xinxin Li, Guohao Zu, Zhipeng Chen, and Dawei Huang

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