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Interspecific variation in abundance of highly repeated DNA sequences has been examined in three species of the Aedes scutellaris and three species of the A. albopictus subgroup of the A. scutellaris group. Sequences from a population of A. albopictus were hybridised with whole genomic content from other species and strains. Copy number estimates were determined by dot-blot hybridisation. Variation in sequence abundance between strains of A. albopictus was as great as between it and the other six species. Two clusters were formed by principal components analysis, each of which contains populations of A. albopictus. Copy numbers of highly repeated sequences do not correlate with genome size. The results indicate extensive sequence divergence and rapid evolution. These findings are discussed in relation to the importance of concerted evolution and natural selection in the evolution of the species group.
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McLain, D., Rai, K. & Fraser, M. Intraspecific and interspecific variation in the sequence and abundance of highly repeated DNA among mosquitoes of the Aedes albopictus subgroup. Heredity 58, 373–381 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1987.65
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