Population genetics and diversity structure of an invasive earthworm in tropical and temperate pastures from Veracruz, Mexico

Pontoscolex corethrurus (Müller, 1857) is an invasive tropical earthworm, globally distributed. It reproduces through parthenogenesis, which theoretically results in low genetic diversity. The analysis of the population structure of P. corethrurus using molecular markers ma...

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Main Authors: Diana Ortíz-Gamino, Josefat Gregorio, Luis Cunha, Esperanza Martínez-Romero, Carlos Fragoso, Ángel I. Ortíz-Ceballos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2020-06-01
Series:ZooKeys
Online Access:https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/49319/download/pdf/