Tree hybridization and genotypic variation drive cryptic speciation of a specialist mite herbivore

Evolution

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3027-3040

  Evans, Luke M ^a   Allan, Gerard J ^a   Shuster, Stephen M ^a   Woolbright, Scott A ^a   Whitham, Thomas G ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aceria parapopuli; Cryptic speciation; Foundation species; Host race formation; Hybridization; Populus

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

DICOTYLEDON; DIVERGENCE; DNA; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; HERBIVORE; HYBRIDIZATION; MITE; MORPHOLOGY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIALIST; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASPEN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HYBRIDIZATION; MITE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA PRIMERS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MITES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POPULUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; UTAH;

ACARI; ACERIA PARAPOPULI; ARTHROPODA; POPULUS; POPULUS ANGUSTIFOLIA; POPULUS FREMONTII;

EID: 57249111826     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00497.x     Document Type: Article

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