Cytogenetic Analysis of the South American Fruit Fly Anastrepha fraterculus (Diptera:Tephritidae) Species Complex: Construction of Detailed Photographic Polytene Chromosome Maps of the Argentinian Af. sp.1 Member.

Genetic and cytogenetic studies constitute a significant basis for understanding the biology of insect pests and the design and the construction of genetic tools for biological control strategies. Anastrepha fraterculus is an important pest of the Tephritidae family. It is distributed from southern...

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Main Authors: Angeliki Gariou-Papalexiou, María Cecilia Giardini, Antonios A Augustinos, Elena Drosopoulou, Silvia B Lanzavecchia, Jorge L Cladera, Carlos Caceres, Kostas Bourtzis, Penelope Mavragani-Tsipidou, Antigone Zacharopoulou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4928812?pdf=render