- Title
- Ancient and modern hybridization between Lucilia sericata and L. cuprina (Diptera: Calliphoridae)
- Creator
- Williams, Kirstin A, Villet, Martin H
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2013
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/442633
- Identifier
- vital:74017
- Identifier
- 10.14411/eje.2013.029
- Description
- There are important but inconsistent differences in breeding site preference between the blow flies Lucilia sericata (Meigen, 1826) and L. cuprina (Wiedemann, 1830)(Diptera: Calliphoridae) that have significance for medical and veterinary science. These inconsistencies might arise from hybridisation. The species are difficult to distinguish using external morphology, although the male genitalia are distinctive and there are reliable molecular markers. Molecular evidence of modern hybridisation, derived from a newly developed nuclear marker, the period (per) gene, is presented here. This has implications for identifications of these species based on mtDNA, and may lead to an explanation of the medical and veterinary anomalies noted in these species.
- Format
- 10 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- European Journal of Entomology, Williams, K. and Villet, M.H., 2013. Ancient and modern hybridization between Lucilia sericata and L. cuprina (Diptera: Calliphoridae). European Journal of Entomology, 110(2), European Journal of Entomology volume 110 number 2 1 10 2013
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- Rights
- Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the European Journal of Entomology (EJE) Statement (https://eje.cz/)
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Villet, Martin Herrer (Prof)
SDG 15. Life On Land
RU Department of Zoology and Entomology
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