Article
Allelic and genotypic diversity in long-term asexual populations of the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum in comparison with sexual populations.
Molecular ecology - 1 Mar 2009
Kanbe Takashi, Akimoto Shin-ichi
Abstract excerpt
Many aphid species exhibit geographical variation in the mode of reproduction that ranges from cyclical parthenogenesis with a sexual phase to obligate parthenogenesis (asexual reproduction). Theoretical studies predict that organisms reproducing asexually should maintain higher allelic diversity...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Aphids
- Electron Transport Complex IV
- Female
- Genetic Loci
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Genotype
- Geography
- Japan
- Male
- Microsatellite Repeats
