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Extraordinary haplotype diversity in haplodiploid inbreeders: phylogenetics and evolution of the bark beetle genus Coccotrypes.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 May 2002
Jordal Bjarte H, Normark Benjamin B, Farrell Brian D, Kirkendall Lawrence R
Abstract excerpt
Regular inbreeding by sib-mating is one of the most successful ecological strategies in the bark beetle family Scolytinae. Within this family, the many species (119) in Coccotrypes are found breeding in an exceptional variety of untraditional woody tissues different from bark and phloem. Species delineation by morphological criteria is extremely difficult, however, as in most other inbreeding groups of beetles,...
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