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Karyotype variation in the corn leaf aphid, Rhopalosiphum maidis (Fitch), species complex (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in relation to host-plant and morphology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

P. A. Brown  and
R. L. Blackman
P. A. Brown
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK
R. L. Blackman
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK
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Abstract

Rhopalosiphum maidis (Fitch) collected on barley in the northern hemisphere usually has a ten-chromosome karyotype, whereas samples from maize, sorghum and Johnson grass (Sorghum halepense) from all parts of the world commonly have 2n = 8. Samples with other karyotypes (2n = 9, 2n = 11 and 2n = 8 heterozygous for an interchange between the X chromosomes) occur less frequently on these and other species of Gramineae. Multivariate morphometric analysis, principally by the method of canonical variates, indicated that the ten-chromosome form may be regarded as a single clone of R. maidis recognizable by its karyotype and host-plant relationships, although not completely separable by morphology alone from all other clones of this permanently parthenogenetic species complex.

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Original Articles
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 78 , Issue 2 , June 1988 , pp. 351 - 363
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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