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Geography has a greater effect than Wolbachia infection on population genetic structure in the spider mite, Tetranychus pueraricola.
Bulletin of entomological research - 1 Oct 2016
Chen Y-T, Zhang Y-K, Du W-X, Jin P-Y, Hong X-Y
Abstract excerpt
Wolbachia is an intracellular symbiotic bacterium that infects various spider mite species and is associated with alterations in host reproduction, which indicates the potential role in mite evolution. However, studies of Wolbachia infections in the spider mite Tetranychus pueraricola, a major agricultural pest, are limited. Here, we used multilocus sequence typing to determine Wolbachia infection status and...
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