2022
Real‐time geographic settling of a hybrid zone between the invasive winter moth (Operophtera brumata L.) and the native Bruce spanworm (O. bruceata Hulst)
Andersen J, Havill N, Boettner G, Chandler J, Caccone A, Elkinton J. Real‐time geographic settling of a hybrid zone between the invasive winter moth (Operophtera brumata L.) and the native Bruce spanworm (O. bruceata Hulst). Molecular Ecology 2022, 31: 6617-6633. PMID: 35034394, DOI: 10.1111/mec.16349.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInvasive winter mothClinal hybrid zoneHybrid zoneWinter mothBruce spanwormNon-native speciesNon-native organismsLow dispersal ratesProbability of establishmentMosaic hybrid zoneCases of hybridizationNative congenerNovel habitatsLong Island SoundEnvironmental variablesO. bruceataDispersal ratesCoastal ConnecticutMicrosatellite dataOperophtera brumataHybrid fitnessWinter cold temperaturesPopulation densityWinter temperaturesEvolutionary trajectories
2011
Polyandry Is a Common Event in Wild Populations of the Tsetse Fly Glossina fuscipes fuscipes and May Impact Population Reduction Measures
Bonomi A, Bassetti F, Gabrieli P, Beadell J, Falchetto M, Scolari F, Gomulski LM, Regazzini E, Ouma JO, Caccone A, Okedi LM, Attardo GM, Guglielmino CR, Aksoy S, Malacrida AR. Polyandry Is a Common Event in Wild Populations of the Tsetse Fly Glossina fuscipes fuscipes and May Impact Population Reduction Measures. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2011, 5: e1190. PMID: 21666797, PMCID: PMC3110164, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001190.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEffective population sizePopulation sizeInformative microsatellite lociNumber of matingsTsetse Fly GlossinaFemale rematingWild populationsReproductive biologyMicrosatellite lociFemale matesSterile malesDifferent matesFemale spermathecaeRematingReproductive potentialPolyandryDirect countsPopulation age structureFuscipesLake VictoriaSpermathecaeWildMatesDry seasonSpecies