Mitochondrial DNA diversity and geographical distribution of sexual and asexual strains of the braconid parasitoid Meteorus pulchricornis
| Autor: | Nakatada Wachi, Shunpei Fujie, Kaoru Maeto, Hironobu Umemoto |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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0106 biological sciences
Mitochondrial DNA Euphorinae deuterotoky Zoology Hymenoptera Spodoptera 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Asexuality thelytoky Parasitoid Parasitoid wasp COI Braconidae Apomixis Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics biology fungi biology.organism_classification haplotype network 010602 entomology apomictic clone Sympatric speciation Insect Science Japanese islands arrhenotoky uniparental reproduction |
| Zdroj: | Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 167(12):977-985 |
| ISSN: | 0013-8703 |
| Popis: | Asexuality is an important tool with regard to the use of parasitoid wasps as biocontrol agents. Asexual (apomictic thelytokous) strains of Meteorus pulchricornis (Wesmael) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a polyphagous endoparasitoid of lepidopteran larvae, are sympatric with sexual (arrhenotokous) strains in Japan. The results of phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) sequences indicated two major haplotype groups on the Japanese islands. The northern group I predominantly contained sexual strains, whereas the southern group II contained both sexual and asexual strains. Most asexual strains were likely derived within group II. An asexual strain recently established in New Zealand has the identical haplotype to a strain in Japan and was proven to have originated from East Asia. Three hypotheses on the evolution of asexuality are discussed for this parasitoid wasp: recessive gene, hybridization, and cytoplasmic element. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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