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Natural and experimental interspecific hybridization between populations ofDolichopoda cave crickets

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Evidence of hybridization between 2 pairs of allopatricDolichopoda species is provided by electrophoretic analysis. Occurrence of hybrids was revealed by laboratory crosses and in nature both by occasional co-existence due to passive dispersal and by transplantation experiments.

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  1. Institute of Zoology, University of Rome, viale dell'Università 32, I-00100, Rome, Italy

    Giuliana Allegrucci, Adalgisa Caccone, Donatella Cesaroni, Marina Cobolli Sbordoni, Elvira De Matthaeis & V. Sbordoni

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This research was supported by the National Research Council, Italy, grant No. 78.01441.04, and by funds of the Faculty of Sciences, University of Rome. Acknowledgments are due to Drs G. Carchini, M. Rampini and G. Sammuri for substantial help in collecting in caves and to Professor B. Baccetti for SEL micrographs.

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Allegrucci, G., Caccone, A., Cesaroni, D. et al. Natural and experimental interspecific hybridization between populations ofDolichopoda cave crickets. Experientia 38, 96–98 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01944548

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