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the making of a pest: the evolution of a fruit-penetrating ovipositor in drosophila suzukii and related species.evolutionary innovation can allow a species access to a new ecological niche, potentially reducing competition with closely related species. while the vast majority of drosophila flies feed on rotting fruit and other decaying matter, and are harmless to human activity, drosophila suzukii, which has a morphologically modified ovipositor, is capable of colonizing live fruit that is still in the process of ripening, causing massive agricultural damage. here, we conducted the first comparative analy ...201424573846
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