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Improbable but true: the invasive inbreeding ambrosia beetle Xylosandrus morigerus has generalist genotypes

Hanne F Andersen, Bjarte H Jordal, Marius Kambestad

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    Alien speciesScolytinaebiodiversitycryptic speciesecological geneticsfronzen niche variation modelgeneral-purpose genotype modeltropical ecology

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