High genetic diversity in the offshore island populations of the tephritid fruit fly Bactrocera dorsalis

Geographic isolation is an important factor that limit species dispersal and thereby affects genetic diversity. Because islands are often small and surrounded by a natural water barrier to dispersal, they gene...

Source: BMC Ecology - October 13, 2016 Category: Biology Authors: Chunyan Yi, Chunyan Zheng, Ling Zeng and Yijuan Xu Source Type: research