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Host race or species? Allozyme characterization of the 'flowering dogwood fly', a member of the Rhagoletis pomonella complex.
Heredity - 1 Dec 1999
Berlocher S H
Abstract excerpt
The term 'flowering dogwood fly' has been used in the literature for a poorly understood member of the Rhagoletis pomonella sibling species complex infesting the fruits of flowering dogwood (Cornus florida). Electrophoretic analysis of 17 allozyme loci in 21 populations reveals significant frequency differences between the flowering dogwood fly and its closest relative the apple maggot fly, R. pomonella, and...
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