Multigene Phylogeography of Bactrocera caudata (Insecta: Tephritidae): Distinct Genetic Lineages in Northern and Southern Hemispheres

• Main Authors: Yong, Hoi Sen, Lim, Phaik Eem, Tan, J., Song, Sze Looi, Suana, I.W., Eamsobhana, P.
• Format: Article
• Published: Public Library of Science 2015
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QH Natural history; R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/19358/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0129455
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Bactrocera caudata is a pest of pumpkin flower. Specimens of B. caudata from the northern hemisphere (mainland Asia) and southern hemisphere (Indonesia) were analysed using the partial DNA sequences of the nuclear 28S rRNA and internal transcribed spacer region 2 (ITS-2) genes, and the mitochondrial...