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Macrogenomic evidence for the origin of the black fly Simulium suzukii (Diptera: Simuliidae) on Okinawa Island, Japan.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Adler Peter H, Huang Yao-Te, Reeves Will K, Kim Sam Kyu, Otsuka Yasushi, Takaoka Hiroyuki
Abstract excerpt
To determine the geographic origin of the black fly Simulium suzukii on Okinawa Island, Japan, macrogenomic profiles derived from its polytene chromosomes were compared with those of mainland and other insular populations of S. suzukii and of the isomorphic Simulium tani species complex. The Okinawan population is a chromosomally unique cytoform, designated 'D,' which is essentially monomorphic and differs by...
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