Do high genetic diversity in the offshore island populations of the tephritid fruit fly Bactrocera dorsalis?
Our study suggests that these island populations have high genetic diversity, experience frequent gene flow and exhibit low or medium levels of genetic differentiation among some island populations. Therefore, the geographic isolation of the six islands does not appear to be a major dispersal barrier to B. dorsalis. Such knowledge is helpful for a better understanding of evolutionary processes of the species of island populations.
Our findings suggest that never smoking history and history of curative surgical resection are key factors for disease control and prognostic factors in patients with NSCLC treated with gefitinib.