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Host-associated populations in the lettuce root aphid, Pemphigus bursarius (L.).
Heredity - 1 May 2005
Miller N J, Kift N B, Tatchell G M
Abstract excerpt
Pemphigus bursarius is a host-alternating aphid in which annual rounds of sexual reproduction on its primary host, Populus nigra, are interspersed with parthenogenesis on a range of secondary hosts. Evidence was sought for the existence of genetically distinct populations, associated with different secondary hosts, in P. bursarius. Microsatellite markers revealed that genetically distinct populations were present...
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