Effect of insect-mediated dispersal on the genetic structure of postglacial water mite populations
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Effects of insect-mediated dispersal on genetic structure of postglacial water mite populations of Arrenurus from northeastern North America have been studied and results indicate allozyme population structure is mostly the result of historical patterns in the regions in question. Results of comparisons with sister species indicate a likely limited role for dispersal in homogenizing populations genetically, even with drift-gene flow equilibrium not achieved. For the mite larvae, eight taxa are obligate parasites of winged adult insects. The insects are the main means of dispersal for those taxa. Three species have lost ability to parasitize the insects, and in them very low allozyme heterozygosity was seen
Publication Name: Heredity
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0018-067X
Year: 1999
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Evidence for spatial structure and directional gene flow in a population of an aquatic plant, Potamogeton coloratus
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Evidence for directional gene flow and spatial structure in a population of an aquatic plant, Potamogeton coloratus, are discussed based on a study of 647 samples from 60 ditches in the Gordano Valley, Somerset, and analysis for variation at two polymorphic PGM isoenzyme loci. Genetic subdivision of the population and greater diversity downstream and downwind were attributed to genetic bottlenecks having to do with ditch cleaning and later directional geneflow mediated by wind/water currents.
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Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0018-067X
Year: 1998
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