Host specificity and reproductive success of yucca moths (Tegeticula spp. Lepidoptera: Prodoxidae) mirror patterns of gene flow between host plant varieties of the Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia: Agavaceae)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 5218-5229

  Smith, Christopher Irwin ^a   Drummond, Christopher S ^b   Godsoe, William ^b   Yoder, Jeremy B ^b   Pellmyr, Olle ^b  

^a WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Gene flow; Host specificity; Microsatellite markers; Mutualisms; Pollination; Sibship reconstruction; Speciation

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PLANT DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; EGG LAYING; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FLOWER; GENE FLOW; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; LARVA; MOTH; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; YUCCA;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, PLANT; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FLOWERS; GENE FLOW; GENETIC FITNESS; GENOTYPE; LARVA; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOTHS; OVIPOSITION; PHENOTYPE; POLLINATION; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; YUCCA;

AGAVACEAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PRODOXIDAE; TEGETICULA; YUCCA; YUCCA BREVIFOLIA;

EID: 71549120780     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04428.x     Document Type: Article

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