Evidence for gene flow between two sympatric mealybug species (Insecta; Coccoidea; Pseudococcidae).

Occurrence of inter-species hybrids in natural populations might be evidence of gene flow between species. In the present study we found evidence of gene flow between two sympatric, genetically related scale insect species--the citrus mealybug Planococcus citri (Risso) and the vine mealybug Planococ...

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Main Authors: Hofit Kol-Maimon, Murad Ghanim, José Carlos Franco, Zvi Mendel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24523894/pdf/?tool=EBI