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Population genomics of a symbiont in the early stages of a pest invasion.
Molecular ecology - 1 Mar 2014
Brown Amanda M V, Huynh Lynn Y, Bolender Caitlin M, Nelson Kelly G, McCutcheon John P
Abstract excerpt
Invasive species often depend on microbial symbionts, but few studies have examined the evolutionary dynamics of symbionts during the early stages of an invasion. The insect Megacopta cribraria and its bacterial nutritional symbiont Candidatus Ishikawaella capsulata invaded the southeastern US in 2009. While M. cribraria was initially discovered on wild kudzu plants, it was found as a pest on soybeans within 1...
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