Progress of the reseach on bodycolor diversity in insects.
Author of the article:CHENG Mao-Gao1,QIAO Qing-Mei2,YUAN Guo-Hui1
Author's Workplace:(1.College of Plant Protection,Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China; 2. Zhengzhou College of Animal Husbandry Engineering, Zhengzhou 450011, China)
Key Words:body-color diversity; chromosome; gene; moleculemarker technology
Abstract:Bodycolor diversity of insects is a very popular phenomenon in nature, which brings inconveniences in insect taxonomy. The three important issues concerning insect bodycolor diversity, hostspecialized hypothesis, environmentcontrol hypothesis and