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The mechanism of sympatric host race formation in the true fruit flies (Tephritidae)

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Genetic Mechanisms of Speciation in Insects

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A lack of unanimity among evolutionary biologists concerning the processes involved in host race formation and speciation of parasitic insects of plants and animals has existed from the time Benjamin Walsh published his provocative paper on sympatric host race formation in phytophagous insects in 1864. Use of the term host race itself has created problems as it has been applied to taxons ranging from sibling species to biotypes. I will limit it to an infraspecific category generally applied to populations of a parasitic species which exhibit distinct genetically-based preferences for certain host plants.

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Bush, G.L. (1987). The mechanism of sympatric host race formation in the true fruit flies (Tephritidae). In: White, M.J.D. (eds) Genetic Mechanisms of Speciation in Insects. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2248-4_1

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