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Separating two tightly linked species-defining phenotypes in Bactrocera with hybrid recombinant analysis.
BMC genetics - 18 Dec 2020
Yeap Heng Lin, Lee Siu Fai, Robinson Freya, Mourant Roslyn G, Sved John A, Frommer Marianne, Papanicolaou Alexie, Edwards Owain R, Oakeshott John G
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BACKGROUND: Bactrocera tryoni and Bactrocera neohumeralis mate asynchronously; the former mates exclusively around dusk while the latter mates during the day. The two species also differ in the colour of the post-pronotal lobe (callus), which is predominantly yellow in B. tryoni and brown in B. neohumeralis. We have examined the genetic relationship between the two characters in hybrids, backcrosses and...
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