Experimental and Applied Acarology (2000) 24, 385-395

M. Osakabe, N. Hinomoto, S. Toda, S. Komazaki and K. Goka (2000)
Molecular cloning and characterization of a microsatellite locus found in an RAPD marker of a spider mite, Panonychus citri (Acari : Tetranychidae)
Experimental and Applied Acarology 24 (5-6), 385-395
Abstract: Genetic markers were searched using PCR with 40 kinds of decanucleotide primers to investigate DNA polymorphism in Panonychuscitri. A region consisting of a variable number of CT tandem repeats (microsatellite) was found in a fragment amplified with the OPB10 primer. The microsatellite differed in size by ca. 100 bp among several P. citri populations screened and was derived from at least seven alleles. This region was characteristic of P. mori and P. osmanthi, but was lacking in P. ulmi. The flanking regions were highly conserved among these species.
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Database assignments for author(s): Masahiro Osakabe, Shinkichi Komazaki, Norihide Hinomoto, Kouichi Goka

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
molecular biology - genes

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Panonychus citri