Global invasion history of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta.

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Serval ID
serval:BIB_DFDC96C93A01
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
Global invasion history of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta.
Journal
Science
Author(s)
Ascunce M.S., Yang C.C., Oakey J., Calcaterra L., Wu W.J., Shih C.J., Goudet J., Ross K.G., Shoemaker D.
ISSN
1095-9203 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
0036-8075
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2011
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
331
Number
6020
Pages
1066-1068
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
The fire ant Solenopsis invicta is a significant pest that was inadvertently introduced into the southern United States almost a century ago and more recently into California and other regions of the world. An assessment of genetic variation at a diverse set of molecular markers in 2144 fire ant colonies from 75 geographic sites worldwide revealed that at least nine separate introductions of S. invicta have occurred into newly invaded areas and that the main southern U.S. population is probably the source of all but one of these introductions. The sole exception involves a putative serial invasion from the southern United States to California to Taiwan. These results illustrate in stark fashion a severe negative consequence of an increasingly massive and interconnected global trade and travel system.
Keywords
Animals, Ants/genetics, Asia, Australia, Bayes Theorem, Commerce, Computer Simulation, DNA, Mitochondrial/genetics, Female, Genes, Insect, Genetic Variation, Genotype, Haplotypes, Introduced Species, Male, Microsatellite Repeats, Molecular Sequence Data, Population Dynamics, Sequence Analysis, DNA, South America, Travel, United States
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Web of science
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24/02/2011 21:11
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20/08/2019 16:04
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