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Life cycle replacement by gene introduction under an allee effect in periodical cicadas.
PloS one - 6 Apr 2011
Nariai Yukiko, Hayashi Saki, Morita Satoru, Umemura Yoshitaka, Tainaka Kei-ichi, Sota Teiji, Cooley John R, Yoshimura Jin
Abstract excerpt
Periodical cicadas (Magicicada spp.) in the USA are divided into three species groups (-decim, -cassini, -decula) of similar but distinct morphology and behavior. Each group contains at least one species with a 17-year life cycle and one with a 13-year cycle; each species is most closely related to one with the other cycle. One explanation for the apparent polyphyly of 13- and 17-year life cycles is that...
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