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Microsatellite-based species identification method for Drosophila virilis group species

Jarkko RouttuAnneli HoikkalaMaaria Kankare

subject

GeneticsSpecies complexGeneral MedicineBiologybiology.organism_classificationDivergenceDrosophila virilisGroup (periodic table)Evolutionary biologyGeneticsMicrosatelliteSpecies identificationIdentification (biology)Neighbor joining

description

Species of the D. virilis group are widely used in evolutionary research, but the individuals of different species are difficult to distinguish from each other morphologically. We constructed a fast and easy microsatellite-based identification method for the species of the group occurring sympatrically in northern Europe. The neighbor joining tree based on 14 microsatellite loci also gave a good resolution of the species divergence pattern in the whole group.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2007-10-03Hereditas
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2007.0018-0661.02021.x