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Molecular evidence of polyandry in the citrus mealybug, Planococcus citri (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae).
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Seabra Sofia G, Brás Patricia G, Zina Vera, Borges da Silva Elsa, Rebelo Maria Teresa, Figueiredo Elisabete, Mendel Zvi, Paulo Octávio S, Franco José Carlos
Abstract excerpt
The occurrence of polyandry in Planococcuscitri, presumed by earlier observations of mating behavior, was confirmed using microsatellite genotyping of pools of over 400 eggs resulting from controlled crosses of one female with two males. The genetic contribution of both mated males was confirmed in 13 out of 43 crosses. In three crosses it was possible to determine that only the first male fertilized the eggs,...
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