Claim · model-written summary
Pieris host ranges depend on larval responses to host glucosinolate diversification, supporting chemically mediated coevolution.
- Interactor
- host plantse0host
- Compound
- glucosinolatee0
- Outcome
- host rangese0
- Qualifier
- larval responses to glucosinolate diversificatione0
PierisNot reportedMaterialGeneOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingDirectionValue
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Verbatim
e0“Our results support the idea that the host ranges of Pieris species depend on larval responses to glucosinolate diversification in the host species, supporting the hypothesis of coevolution between butterflies and host plants mediated by the chemical arms race.”
Title
Yu Okamura; Natsumi Tsuzuki; Shiori Kuroda; et al. Journal of Insect Science 2019. doi:10.1093/jisesa/iez035
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Observation Pieris rapae larvae responded differently in feeding assays than the other two Pieris species.
- Association Differences in Pieris rapae larval responses were associated with host glucosinolate profiles.
- Association Larval response differences were not associated with host physical trait variation.
- Mechanism Individual Pieris species may be adapted to subsets of Brassicaceae glucosinolate profiles.