Article
Bridgehead effect and multiple introductions shape the global invasion history of a termite.
Communications biology - 12 Feb 2021
Blumenfeld Alexander J, Eyer Pierre-André, Husseneder Claudia, Mo Jianchu, Johnson Laura N L, Wang Changlu, Kenneth Grace J, Chouvenc Thomas, Wang Shichen, Vargo Edward L
Abstract excerpt
Native to eastern Asia, the Formosan subterranean termite Coptotermes formosanus (Shiraki) is recognized as one of the 100 worst invasive pests in the world, with established populations in Japan, Hawaii and the southeastern United States. Despite its importance, the native source(s) of C. formosanus introductions and their invasive pathway out of Asia remain elusive. Using ~22,000 SNPs, we retraced the invasion...
Topics
- Animal Migration
- Animals
- Bayes Theorem
- Evolution, Molecular
- Asia, Eastern
- Introduced Species
- Isoptera
- Models, Genetic
- Phylogeny
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide