Article
Ecological specialization of the aphid Aphis gossypii Glover on cultivated host plants.
Molecular ecology - 1 May 2009
Carletto J, Lombaert E, Chavigny P, Brévault T, Lapchin L, Vanlerberghe-Masutti F
Abstract excerpt
Many plant-feeding insect species considered to be polyphagous are in fact composed of genetically differentiated sympatric populations that use different hosts and between which gene flow still exists. We studied the population genetic structure of the cotton-melon aphid Aphis gossypii that is considered as one of the most polyphagous aphid species. We used eight microsatellites to analyse the genetic diversity...
Topics
- Animals
- Aphids
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Genotype
- Gossypium
- Microsatellite Repeats
- Solanaceae
- Species Specificity