Insights into wing dimorphism in worldwide agricultural pest and host-alternating aphid Aphis gossypii

Abstract Background The worldwide pest Aphis gossypii has three-winged morphs in its life cycle, namely, winged parthenogenetic female (WPF), winged gynopara (GP), and winged male, which are all produced by a wingless parthenogenetic female (WLPF). Most studies on A. gossypii have focused on WPF, wh...

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Main Authors: Jichao JI, Ningbo HUANGFU, Junyu LUO, Xueke GAO, Lin NIU, Shuai ZHANG, Jinjie CUI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-02-01
Series:Journal of Cotton Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s42397-021-00080-w