Evolutionary mechanisms for camouflage in Cladomorphus phyllinus (Phasmatodea): A reflection on the role of evidence for hypotheses proposition

Autor:	DIMITRI FORERO, LUIZ ALEXANDRE CAMPOS, VALENTINA CASTRO-HUERTAS, FILIPE M. BIANCHI
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	Hemiptera lateral gene transfer stink bug walking-stick insect Science
Zdroj:	Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, Vol 92, Iss 2 (2020)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	1678-2690 0001-3765
DOI:	10.1590/0001-3765202020200197
Popis:	Abstract We address and discuss some of the many flaws exhibited by Costa et al. (2019) which tried to explain the twig-like camouflage of Cladomorphus phyllinus. Given the lack of both empirical and theoretical underpinnings in Costa et al. (2019), we call into question the validity of their conclusions, in particular, that horizontal gene transfer is a causal mechanism for the camouflage in C. phyllinus.
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