Wide-Scale Gene Flow, Even in Insects that have Lost their Flight Ability: Presence of Dispersion Due to a Unique Parasitic Ecological Strategy of Piggybacking Hosts
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DOI: 10.2108/zs200088
Abstract: We focused on Meloe beetles that have lost all flight ability, and conducted molecular phylogeographic analyses based on their mitochondrial DNA COI and nuclear DNA EF1- α regions. Meloe beetles infiltrate bumblebee nests by attaching… read more here.
Keywords: lost flight; insects; meloe; flight ability ... See more keywords