Consequences of pharmacophagous uptake from plants and conspecifics in a sawfly elucidated using chemical and molecular techniques
S. C. Paul, A. B. Dennis, L. J. Tewes, J. Friedrichs, C. Mueller
The paper investigates pharmacophagy in the turnip sawfly, showing that conspecific nibbling transfers clerodanoids and upregulates metabolic pathways, despite metabolic costs.
bioRxiv · Feb 9, 2021 · PreprintZoology