Article
New mitochondrial and nuclear evidences support recent demographic expansion and an atypical phylogeographic pattern in the spittlebug Philaenus spumarius (Hemiptera, Aphrophoridae).
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Rodrigues Ana S B, Silva Sara E, Marabuto Eduardo, Silva Diogo N, Wilson Mike R, Thompson Vinton, Yurtsever Selçuk, Halkka Antti, Borges Paulo A V, Quartau José A, Paulo Octávio S, Seabra Sofia G
Abstract excerpt
Philaenus spumarius is a widespread insect species in the Holarctic region. Here, by focusing on the mtDNA gene COI but also using the COII and Cyt b genes and the nuclear gene EF-1α, we tried to explain how and when its current biogeographic pattern evolved by providing time estimates of the main demographic and evolutionary events and investigating its colonization patterns in and out of Eurasia. Evidence of...
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