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AFLP reveals cryptic population structure in migratory European red admirals (Vanessa atalanta)

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Summary, in English

2. Using the software STRUCTURE 2.2, we found two distinct genotype clusters present in different frequencies at all study sites. The frequencies of these genotypic clusters varied significantly between years within the same site. Remarkably few individuals were of mixed ancestry, indicating that some isolating mechanisms are present. Twenty-seven mtDNA haplotypes were identified but they showed no geographic structure, nor were they related to either of the two genotype clusters identified in the AFLP data. 3. Most field observations of migrating red admirals suggest a regular north-south migration pattern in Europe. Our data indicate both long-distance migration and a more variable pattern in orientation, since the composition of the two genotypic clusters shows dramatic variation between sites and years in the northern part of the distribution range.

Publishing year

2010

Language

English

Pages

248-252

Publication/Series

Ecological Entomology

Volume

35

Issue

2

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Topic

  • Biological Sciences

Keywords

  • migration
  • AFLP
  • mtDNA
  • population structure
  • phylogeography
  • Vanessa
  • atalanta

Status

Published

Research group

  • Molecular Ecology and Evolution Lab
  • Animal Navigation Lab

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1365-2311