Microsatellite-based species identification method for Drosophila virilis group species.
Species of the D. virilis group are widely used in evolutionary research, but the individuals of different species are difficult to distinguish from each other morphologically. We constructed a fast and easy microsatellite-based identification method for the species of the group occurring sympatrically in northern Europe. The neighbor joining tree based on 14 microsatellite loci also gave a good resolution of the species divergence pattern in the whole group.
Routtu
Jarkko
J
Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland.
Hoikkala
Anneli
A
Kankare
Maaria
M
D000818:Animals; D004330:Drosophila / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D049810:Genetic Speciation; D008722:Methods; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D010802:Phylogeny; D013045:Species Specificity