Sentido adaptativo de las agallas inducidas por pulgones de las tribus Fordini y Pemphigini (Aphididae: Eriosomatinae)

Abstract

Plant galls are structures induced de novo by the activity of a gall maker, produced by hypertrophy and hyperplasia phenomena. Their formation and subsequent development is highly dependent on the inducing organism. When the inducing organism induces gall formation, it causes a profound alteration in gene expression in the host plant, resulting in significant changes in its physiology and morphology.