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Post-Pleistocene radiation of the pea aphid complex revealed by rapidly evolving endosymbionts.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 22 Sept 2009
Peccoud Jean, Simon Jean-Christophe, McLaughlin Heather J, Moran Nancy A
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Adaptation to different resources has the potential to cause rapid species diversification, but few studies have been able to quantify the time scale of recent adaptive radiations. The pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum, a model of speciation for host-specialized parasites, consists of several biotypes (races or species) living on distinct legume hosts. To document this radiation, we used rapidly evolving sequences...
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