Trapped in time

Elife. 2023 Jul 14:12:e90008. doi: 10.7554/eLife.90008.

Abstract

Analysis of specimens preserved in amber from the Cretaceous period suggests that nematodes changed their host preference towards insects with a complete metamorphosis more recently.

Keywords: Cretaceous; amber; ecological interactions; ecology; evolutionary biology; fossil; insect; nematode; none; paleoparasitology; parasitism.

Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Amber
  • Animals
  • Fossils*
  • Insecta
  • Metamorphosis, Biological
  • Nematoda*

Substances

  • Amber