Phylogeographic studies on natural populations of the South American fruit fly, Anastrepha fraterculus (Diptera: Tephritidae).
Genetica
; 132(1): 1-8, 2008 Jan.
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| ID: mdl-17318315
ABSTRACT
Anastrepha fraterculus is an important pest of commercial fruits in South America. The variability observed for morphological and behavioural traits as well as genetic markers suggests that A. fraterculus represents a complex of synmorphic species rather than a single biological species. We studied the correlation between geographical distribution and genetic variation in natural populations from Argentina and south Brazil. Fragments of the mitochondrial gene COII were sequenced in 28 individuals. The matrix of aligned sequences was phylogenetically analysed by parsimony, yielding a cladogram of haplotypes. Based on Templeton's nested method, no clade showed any geographic pattern for the gene COII, indicating lack of significant association between haplotypic variability and geographic distribution. The analysis of nucleotide substitution distances by Neighbour-Joining algorithm showed that geographically distant populations exhibit low genetic distances. The corresponding trees clustered the populations without showing any geographic pattern. This result suggests that the populations studied are not reproductively isolated.
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Asunto principal:
Variación Genética
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Tephritidae
Límite:
Animals
País/Región como asunto:
America do sul
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Argentina
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Brasil
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En
Revista:
Genetica
Año:
2008
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