Genetic evidence for two introductions of the formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae), to the United States

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 183-193

  Austin, James W ^a   Szalanski, Allen L ^b   Scheffrahn, Rudolf ^c   Messenger, Matt T ^d   McKern, Jackie A ^b   Gold, Roger E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA sequence; Genetic variation; Invasive species; Molecular diagnostics; Termite

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; IDENTIFICATION KEY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; TERMITE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; JAPAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; ISOPTERA; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 33745888102     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: 00154040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2006)89[183:GEFTIO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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