Heterogeneity in the Second Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS2) of rDNA in the Genetically Distinct Metopolophium dirhodum Isofemale Lineages (Hemiptera: Aphididae)
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50428#.VD9Ay1fHRK0 Author(s) Marcelo Lopes-da-Silva 1 , Luiz Gonzaga Esteves Vieira 2 Affiliation(s) 1 Plant Quarantine Laboratory, Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Brazilian Agriculture Research Corporation (Embrapa), Brasília DF, Brazil . 2 University of Western São Paulo (Unoeste), Presidente Prudente, Brazil . ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to investigate the level of evolutionary divergence among five isofemale lineages of Metopolophium dirhodum Walker (Hemiptera: Aphididae) using sequences of the Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) of ribosomal DNA (rDNA). These isofemalelineages were derived from parthenogenetic females, previously genetic...