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Differential Host Plant-Associated Genetic Variation Between Sympatric Mite Species of the Genus Oligonychus (Acari: Tetranychidae).
Environmental entomology - 1 Apr 2017
Guzman-Valencia Stephanie, Santillán-Galicia Ma Teresa, Guzmán-Franco Ariel W, Vega-Muñoz Ricardo
Abstract excerpt
Adaptation to different host plants can lead to host-associated differentiation (HAD). The mites Oligonychus perseae and Oligonychus punicae have a broad range of host plants, but, to date, records of them coexisting sympatrically had only been reported on avocado. However, our field observations showed both species coexisting on host plants other than avocado. The lack of previous records of these mites on the...
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