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Tracking the global dispersal of a cosmopolitan insect pest, the peach potato aphid.
BMC ecology - 11 May 2009
Margaritopoulos John T, Kasprowicz Louise, Malloch Gaynor L, Fenton Brian
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BACKGROUND: Global commerce and human transportation are responsible for the range expansion of various insect pests such as the plant sucking aphids. High resolution DNA markers provide the opportunity to examine the genetic structure of aphid populations, identify aphid genotypes and infer their evolutionary history and routes of expansion which is of value in developing management strategies. One of the most...
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