Genetic diversity of the xerothermic weevils Polydrusus inustus and Centricnemus leucogrammus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in central Europe

Phylogeography, genetic diversity, and demography of central European populations of two flightless xerothermic weevils, Polydrusus inustus and Centricnemus leucogrammus, were studied based on the polymorphism of three mtDNA genes (COII, CytB, and ND1).Results indicate that these xerothermic beetles may have different origins.P.inustus is a recent

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Are you with me? Co-occurrence tests from community ecology can identify positive and negative epistasis between inversions in Mimulus guttatus.

Chromosomal inversions are structural genetic variants that can play a crucial role in adaptive evolution and speciation.Patterns of attraction and repulsion among unlinked inversions - whether they tend to be carried by the same or different individuals- can indicate how selection is acting on these polymorphisms.In this study, we compare analytic

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