Hierarchical Genetic Analysis of German Cockroach (Blattella germanica) Populations from within Buildings to across Continents
Journal: PLoS ONE
Year: 2014

Understanding the population structure of species that disperse primarily by human transport is essential to predicting and controlling human-mediated spread of invasive species. The German cockroach (Blattella germanica) is a widespread urban invader that can actively disperse within buildings but is spread solely by human-mediated dispersal over longer distances; however, its population structure is poorly understood. Using microsatellite markers we investigated population structure at several