Evidence for sibling species in Cryptocercus punctulatus, the wood roach, from variation in mitochondrial DNA and karyotype.

doi:10.1038/hdy.1996.71

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Evidence for sibling species in Cryptocercus punctulatus, the wood roach, from variation in mitochondrial DNA and karyotype.

Heredity - 1 May 1996

Kambhampati S, Luykx P, Nalepa C A

Abstract excerpt

The wood-feeding genus Cryptocercus is considered the basal lineage among extant cockroaches. Cryptocercus is the sole representative of the family Cryptocercidae and at present three species are recognized within the genus worldwide: Cryptocercus punctulatus in the United States, C. relictus in...

Topics

Animals
Base Sequence
Chromosome Mapping
Cockroaches
Crosses, Genetic
DNA Primers
DNA, Mitochondrial
Female
Genetic Variation
Karyotyping
Male
Molecular Sequence Data
Phylogeny
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Species Specificity
United States

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