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Phylogeography of spruce beetles (Dendroctonus rufipennis Kirby) (Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in North America.
Molecular ecology - 1 Jun 2007
Maroja Luana S, Bogdanowicz Steven M, Wallin Kimberly F, Raffa Kenneth F, Harrison Richard G
Abstract excerpt
Tree-feeding insects that are widespread in north temperate regions are excellent models for studying how past glaciations have impacted differentiation and speciation. We used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences and allele frequencies at nine microsatellite loci to examine genetic population structure across the current range of the spruce beetle (Dendroctonus rufipennis), an economically important insect in...
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