Annals of the Entomological Society of America (2000) 93, 1100-1107

Antonio González-Rodríguez, Betty Benrey, América Castañeda and Ken Oyama (2000)
Population genetic structure of Acanthoscelides obtectus and A. obvelatus (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) from wild and cultivated Phaseolus spp. (Leguminosae)
Annals of the Entomological Society of America 93 (5), 1100-1107
Abstract: Allozyme electrophoresis was conducted on Acanthoscelides obtectus Say and A. obvelatus Bridwell collected from seeds of wild and cultivated populations of Phaseolus vulgaris L. and P. coccineus L. from Mexico to test for evidence of host-related and regional genetic differentiation. In total, five enzymes representing six different loci were resolved for the two beetle species. Significant genetic differentiation was found at the regional level for A. obtectus, but not among populations within regions or between hosts. In A. obvelatus, differentiation was not significant. Gene flow values were high among insect populations within regions despite their association with different wild and cultivated species and subspecies of beans. Populations belonging to the same region cluster together in a unweighted pair-group method with arithmetic average dendrogram, based on Nei's unbiased genetic distances. A comparison of average expected heterozygosities revealed that A. obtectus had significantly higher levels of genetic variation than A. obvelatus, which may be explained by differences in life history traits and the geographic ranges of the two bruchids.
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Database assignments for author(s): Betty Benrey

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Acanthoscelides obtectus	Stored legumes	Mexico
	Acanthoscelides obvelatus	Stored legumes	Mexico