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Variable Risk and the Evolution of the Defense Repertoire of the Tupelo Leafminer

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    Candace Low

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    Pierre Pontarotti

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Low, C. (2012). Variable Risk and the Evolution of the Defense Repertoire of the Tupelo Leafminer. In: Pontarotti, P. (eds) Evolutionary Biology: Mechanisms and Trends. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30425-5_9

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