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Data from: Mitochondrial and microsatellite DNA markers reveal a Balkanic origin for the highly invasive Horse-Chestnut leaf miner Cameraria ohridella (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) (Dataset)
| Content Provider | Dryad |
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| Author | Valade, Romain Kenis, Marc Hernandez-Lopez, Antonio Augustin, Sylvie Mena, Neus Mari Magnoux, Emmanuelle Rougerie, Rodolphe Lakatos, Ferenc Roques, Alain Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos |
| Abstract | Biological invasions usually start with a small number of founder individuals. These founders are likely to represent a small fraction of the total genetic diversity found in the source population. Our study set out to trace genetically the geographical origin of the horse-chestnut leafminer, Cameraria ohridella, an invasive microlepidopteran whose area of origin is still unkown. Since its discovery in Macedonia twenty years ago, this insect has experienced an explosive westward range expansion, progressively colonizing all of Central and Western Europe. We used cytochrome oxidase I sequences (DNA barcode fragment) and a set of six polymorphic microsatellites to assess the genetic variability of C. ohridella populations, and to test the hypothesis that C. ohridella derives from the southern Balkans (Albania, Macedonia and Greece). Analysis of mtDNA of 486 individuals from 88 localities allowed us to identify 25 geographically structured haplotypes. In addition, 480 individuals from 16 populations from Europe and the southern Balkans were genotyped for 6 polymorphic microsatellite loci. High haplotype diversity and low measures of nucleotide diversities including a significantly negative Tajima's D indicate that C. ohridella has experienced rapid population expansion during its dispersal across Europe. Both mtDNA and microsatellites show a reduction in genetic diversity of C. ohridella populations sampled from artificial habitats (e.g. planted trees in public parks, gardens, along roads in urban or sub-urban areas) across Europe compared to C. ohridella sampled in natural stands of horse-chestnuts in the southern Balkans. These findings suggest that European populations of C. ohridella may indeed derive from the southern Balkans. |
| File Size | 390827 |
| File Format | HTM / HTML |
| ISSN | 09621083 |
| DOI | 10.5061/dryad.1271 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://datadryad.org/stash/downloads/file_stream/28458 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2010-02-26 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Cameraria Ohridella |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Data Set |
| Subject | Genetics Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics |
