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1 December 2010 Genetic Variation of Anastrepha suspensa (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Florida and the Caribbean using Microsatellite DNA Markers
Laura M. Boykin, Robert G. Shatters, David G. Hall, David Dean, Peter Beerli
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Abstract

Anastrepha suspensa (Loew) (Diptera: Tephritidae), the Caribbean fruit fly, is indigenous to Florida and the Greater Antilles where it causes economic losses in fruit crops, including citrus. Because of the geographic separation of many of its native locations and anecdotal descriptions of regional differences in host preferences, there have been questions about the population structure of A. suspensa. Seven DNA microsatellite markers were used to characterize the population genetic structure of A. suspensa, in Florida and the Caribbean from a variety of hosts, including citrus. We genotyped 729 A. suspensa individuals from Florida, Puerto Rico, Cayman Island, Dominican Republic, and Jamaica. The investigated seven loci displayed from 5 to 19 alleles, with expected heterozygosities ranging from 0.05 to 0.83. There were five unique alleles in Florida and three unique alleles in the Caribbean samples; however, no microsatellite alleles were specific to a single host plant. Genetic diversity was analyzed using FST and analysis of molecular variance and revealed low genetic diversity between Florida and Caribbean samples and also between citrus and noncitrus samples. Analyses using migrate revealed there is continuous gene flow between sampling sites in Florida and the Caribbean and among different hosts. These results support previous comparisons based on the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I locus indicating there is no genetic differentiation among locations in Florida and the Caribbean and that there is no separation into host races.

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Laura M. Boykin, Robert G. Shatters, David G. Hall, David Dean, and Peter Beerli "Genetic Variation of Anastrepha suspensa (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Florida and the Caribbean using Microsatellite DNA Markers," Journal of Economic Entomology 103(6), 2214-2222, (1 December 2010). https://doi.org/10.1603/EC10128
Received: 7 April 2010; Accepted: 1 September 2010; Published: 1 December 2010
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KEYWORDS
Anastrepha suspensa
Florida
host race formation
invasive insects
migration patterns
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