What is it about?

We can acquire the microsattlelite gene from gypsy moth East Asian counries and comparated them with localities. Now we concluded the origin is nothern part of Hokkaido Japan and the genes of each localities are different.

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Why is it important?

The result of research can be used for gypsy moth origin dectedted in vessels and ports in East Asia.

Perspectives

We try to check the result for detected gypsy moth origin.

Heung Sik Lee
Animal And Plant Quarantine Agency

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This page is a summary of: Genetic structure and demographic history of Lymantria dispar (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) in its area of origin and adjacent areas, Ecology and Evolution, September 2017, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3467.
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