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SYMBIVORE investigates how herbivorous beetles use microbial enzymes to break down plant cell walls, focusing on the roles of symbiosis and gene transfer. The project aims to understand the metabolic and ecological factors that influence these strategies, enhancing our knowledge of beetle evolution and digestive physio…
Herbivorous beetles represent one of the most successful animal radiations.
The cooption of microbial enzymes is cited as a key innovation that endowed beetles with the catalytic tools to breach the plant cell wall and facilitated the evolution of remarkably diverse herbivorous habits.
Beetles incorporated microbial plant cell wall-degrading enzymes either through horizontal gene transfer or symbiosis.
This binary distribution is most evident in leaf beetles (Coleoptera:
Chrysomelidae), where th…
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