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The invasion route for an insect pest species: the tobacco aphid in the New World.
Molecular ecology - 1 Nov 2010
Zepeda-Paulo F A, Simon J-C, Ramírez C C, Fuentes-Contreras E, Margaritopoulos J T, Wilson A C C, Sorenson C E, Briones L M, Azevedo R, Ohashi D V, Lacroix C, Glais L, Figueroa C C
Abstract excerpt
Biological invasions are rapid evolutionary events in which populations are usually subject to a founder event during introduction followed by rapid adaptation to the new environment. Molecular tools and Bayesian approaches have shown their utility in exploring different evolutionary scenarios regarding the invasion routes of introduced species. We examined the situation for the tobacco aphid, Myzus persicae...
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