Genomic changes in the biological control agent Cryptolaemus montrouzieri associated with introduction.

ABSTRACT: Biological control is the main purpose of intentionally introducing non-native invertebrate species. The evolutionary changes that occur in the populations of the introduced biological control agents may determine the agent's efficiency and the environmental safety. Here, to explore the pattern and extent of potential genomic changes in the worldwide introduced predatory ladybird beetle Cryptolaemus montrouzieri, we used a reduced-representation sequencing method to analyze the genome-wide differentiation of the samples from two native and five introduced locations. Our analyses based on a total of 53,032 single nucleotide polymorphism loci showed that beetles from the introduced locations in Asia and Europe exhibited significant reductions in genetic diversity and high differentiat

SUBMITTER: Li HS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6503826 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature