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Phenotypic and Genetic Variations in Obligate Parthenogenetic Populations of Eriosoma lanigerum Hausmann (Hemiptera: Aphididae).
Neotropical entomology - 1 Dec 2015
Ruiz-Montoya L, Zúñiga G, Cisneros R, Salinas-Moreno Y, Peña-Martínez R, Machkour-M'Rabet S
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The study of phenotypic and genetic variation of obligate parthenogenetic organisms contributes to an understanding of evolution in the absence of genetic variation produced by sexual reproduction. Eriosoma lanigerum Hausmann undergoes obligate parthenogenesis in Mexico City, Mexico, due to the unavailability of the host plants required for sexual reproduction. We analysed the phenotypic and genetic variation of...
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