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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The Population Genetics of the Colonization of the Western United States by the Apple Maggot, Rhagoletis Pomonella (Walsh) (Diptera: Tephritidae)
Abstract
dc:descriptionThe apple maggot fly, Rhagoletis pomonella (Diptera: Tephritidae), is native to eastern North America, but has recently been reported in various parts of the western United States. Larvae of the species infest a variety of fruits, but three hosts are of special interest. Hawthorns (Crataegus) are the native host, and the introduced apple and sour cherry are also attacked by the fly. This study defines levels of genetic variability, as assayed by starch gel electrophoresis, throughout the native range of the insect on different hosts and compares these levels to those exhibited by populations in the western United States.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Ph.D.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Dissertation
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Entomology
- Grantor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Year dc:date
- 2014
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- McPheron, Bruce Alan
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Berlocher, Stewart H.
Subjects
dc:subject × 1Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- (UMI)AAI8803135
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/71104