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Genetic diversity and population structure of Anastrepha striata (Diptera: Tephritidae) in three natural regions of southwestern Colombia using mitochondrial sequences

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Anastrepha striata is widely distributed across the Americas and is a pest of economically important crops, especially crops of the Myrtaceae family. Insect population structures can be influenced by the presence of physical barriers or characteristics associated with habitat differences. This study evaluated the effect of the Western Andes on the population structure of A. striata. Individuals were collected from Psidium guajava fruits from three natural regions of southwestern Colombia (Pacific Coast, mountainous region and the inter-Andean valley of the Cauca River). Based on a 1318 bp concatenated of the genes Cytochrome Oxidase subunit I (COI) and NADH dehydrogenase subunit 6 (ND6), 14 haplotypes with few changes among them (between 1 and 3) were found. There was only one dominant haplotype in all three regions. No genetic structure associated with the three eco-geographical regions of the study was found. Moreover, the Western Andes are not an effective barrier for the genetic isolation of the populations from the Pacific Coast compared with the inter-Andean valley populations. This genetic homogeneity could be partially due to anthropogenic intervention, which acts as a dispersal agent of infested fruits. Another hypothesis to explain the lack of structure would be the relatively recent arrival of A. striata to the region, as indicated by an analysis of the demographic history, which reveals a process of population expansion. This study represents the first attempt to understand the population genetics of A. striata in Colombia and could contribute to the integral management of this pest.

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This research was funded by the Universidad del Valle through an internal call for proposals for the project “Códigos de Barras de especímenes frescos y de museo de la mosca de la fruta Anastrepha fraterculus y A. obliqua: Contribución al conocimiento de su historia demográfica y estructura poblacional en el Valle del Cauca”. We are grateful to Nelson Rivera of the human genetics research group at the Universidad del Valle for his technical assistance and contributions to the data analysis. We thank Maria del Rosario Castañeda and Mauricio Peñuela for their help improving this manuscript.

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Gallo-Franco, J.J., Velasco-Cuervo, S.M., Aguirre-Ramirez, E. et al. Genetic diversity and population structure of Anastrepha striata (Diptera: Tephritidae) in three natural regions of southwestern Colombia using mitochondrial sequences. Genetica 145, 79–89 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10709-016-9947-5

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