Detoxication Enzymes in the Guts of Caterpillars: An Evolutionary Answer to Plant Defenses?
- 7 May 1971
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 172 (3983), 579-581
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.172.3983.579
Abstract
Higher activity of midgut microsomal oxidase enzymes in polyphagous than in monophagous species indicates that the natural function of these enzymes is to detoxify natural insecticides present in the larval food plants. Differing strategies of adaptation to plant defenses may partly account for the great diversity of insect herbivores.Keywords
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