Evidence for an invasive aphid "superclone": Extremely low genetic diversity in oleander aphid (Aphis nerii) populations in the Southern United States

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Harrison, John Scott ^a   Mondor, Edward B ^a  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHID; APHIS NERII; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); INVASIVE SPECIES; METAPOPULATION; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; PARTHENOGENESIS; PLANT INSECT INTERACTION; POPULATION BIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; GENE LOCUS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NERIUM; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; APHIDIDAE; APHIS NERII; ASCLEPIAS; NERIUM; NERIUM OLEANDER;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NERIUM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952397442     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017524     Document Type: Article

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