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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Parker, Joseph

Titel

Symbiosis: Did bacteria bias the beetle big bang?

Ist Teil von

• Current biology, 2024-04, Vol.34 (8), p.R323-R325

Ort / Verlag

England: Elsevier Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2024

Quelle

Access via ScienceDirect (Elsevier)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The massive species richness of certain taxonomic groups has long enchanted evolutionary biologists, but even within such groups there are biases in cladogenesis. A study of Metazoa's greatest radiation — the beetles — points to metabolic symbioses with bacteria as a possible driver of enhanced diversification in herbivorous clades. The massive species richness of certain taxonomic groups has long enchanted evolutionary biologists, but even within such groups there are biases in cladogenesis. A study of Metazoa's greatest radiation — the beetles — points to metabolic symbioses with bacteria as a possible driver of enhanced diversification in herbivorous clades.