Is the last glaciation the only relevant event for the present genetic population structure of the meadow brown butterfly Maniola jurtina (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)?

Schmitt, Thomas; Röber, Sabine; Seitz, Alfred

doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00504.x

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“…The parameters of genetic diversity in M. galathea are similarly high as in other common and widespread butterfly species Lewis et al 1997;Vandewoestijne et al 1999;Schmitt and Seitz 2002;Wood and Pullin 2002;Schmitt et al 2003Schmitt et al , 2005 Bereczki et al 2005). This difference between the population genetic parameters of both species is not due to striking Conserv (2009Conserv ( ) 18:1895Conserv ( -1908Conserv ( 1901 differences in the total number of detected alleles (45 in M. galathea versus 43 in M. aurelia), but is based on strongly diverging allele frequency and distribution patterns.…”

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The genetic consequence of differing ecological demands of a generalist and a specialist butterfly species

2009

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Many studies aim at testing the impact of recent fragmentation on the genetic diversity and connectivity of populations, while some species do exist naturally in fragmented landscapes because of their habitat requirements. Therefore, it is important to look at the genetic signatures of species occurring in naturally fragmented landscapes in order to disentangle the effect of fragmentation from the effect of habitat requirements. We selected two Nymphalid butterflies for this purpose. While Melanargia galathea is a common butterfly in flower-rich meadows, Melitaea aurelia is closely connected to calcareous grasslands, thus being historically fragmented due to its ecological demands. For the analysis of the genetic response on these opposed patterns, we analysed 18 allozyme loci for 789 individuals (399 individuals of M. galathea and 390 individuals of M. aurelia) in a western German study region with adjacent areas in Luxemburg and northeastern France. Both species showed similarly low genetic differentiations among local populations (M. galathea: F ST 3.3%; M. aurelia: F ST 3.6%), both combined with a moderate level of inbreeding. Isolation-by-distance analysis revealed a significant correlation for both species with similar amounts of explained variances (M. galathea: r 2 = 27.8%; M. aurelia: r 2 = 28.5%). Most parameters of genetic diversity were higher in M. galathea than in M. aurelia, but the latter species had a considerably higher amount of rare or locally restricted genes; the differing ecological demands are thus reflected in these differences. Both species thus seem to be genetically well suited to their respective ecological requirements. In the light of conservation genetics, we deduce that highly fragmented populations are not necessarily prone to extinction. The extinction risk might be linked to the life history of an organism and its population genetic structure.

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“…Their genetic distance to Lake Balaton is in the same range. This might hint at an only moderate separation of the two refugia, as postulated for other organisms (Taberlet et al, 1998;Schmitt et al, 2005). If the northern end of the Adriatic Sea was a continuous swamp during the last ice age (Gliemeroth, 1995;Picone et al, 2008) then it is possible that M. mutica was continuously distributed throughout South-eastern Europe.…”

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“…Among the model organisms, for which the patterns were initially established, is the widespread grasshopper Chorthippus parallelus (Cooper et al, 1995). Studies of other insects followed, with a focus on Lepidoptera (e.g., Schmitt & Seitz, 2001;Habel et al, 2005;Schmitt et al, 2005Schmitt et al, , 2006Timmermans et al, 2005;Besold et al, 2008;Machlour-M'Rabet et al, 2008). Other publications dealt with regional aspects and/or habitat specialists (Halliday et al, 1983;Monaghan et al, 2001;Bereczki et al, 2005;Haubrich & Schmitt, 2007;Margraf et al, 2007;Schmitt & Haubrich, 2008;Previši et al, 2009).…”

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The aquatic leaf beetle Macroplea mutica (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Europe: Population structure, postglacial colonization and the signature of passive dispersal

Mende¹,

Biström²,

Meichssner³

et al. 2010

Eur. J. Entomol.

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Abstract. The pattern of postglacial re-colonization of Europe and the present population structure are known for various plant and animal species. The reed beetle Macroplea mutica (Fabricius, 1792) has characteristics that should influence both aspects in a peculiar way and therefore complement the currently known scenarios: It is fully aquatic but cannot swim or fly. Samples from 25 European populations of M. mutica and five specimens from China were investigated using amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP, 251 loci). Assessment of error rates associated with this method showed that the data set contains a strong population genetic signal. As hypothesized pronounced population differentiation and signs of inbreeding were found. Italian populations are clearly differentiated from northern populations (and from each other), which underlines the role of the Alps as a major barrier. Specimens from Lake Balaton (Hungary) show some affiliation with the populations in the Baltic Sea, which are all relatively similar. Populations from the eastern part of Northern Germany are similar to the Baltic populations, while those from the western part are allied to the British populations. The hypothesis is that the recolonization of Europe was from both the Southeast and a western refugium in the area of present-day southern England or Ireland, which resulted in a suture zone in Northern Germany. The effect of passive dispersal by drift attached to host plant material (especially in the Baltic Sea) and by zoochory (migrating waterfowl) is discussed.

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“…This is especially a problem for insects, for which the fossil and subfossil record is very poor (with the exception of beetles), and for which inference of evolutionary history is currently based entirely on molecular data, particularly DNA sequences from the mitochondrial genome. Butterflies are no exception and the few published studies have been entirely restricted to western Europe (e.g., Joyce & Pullin, 2001;Schmitt & Seitz, 2001;Aagaard et al, 2002;Schmitt & Seitz, 2002;Habel et al, 2005;Schmitt et al, 2005;Weingartner et al, 2006), with the exception of one study on Aglais urticae (Vandewoestijne et al, 2004), and another on Hesperia comma (Forister et al, 2004) focused on North America but with some sampling of eastern and western Eurasia.…”

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The effects of Pleistocene glaciations on the phylogeography of Melitaea cinxia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

Wahlberg¹,

Saccheri²

2007

Eur. J. Entomol.

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Abstract. Partial (600 bp) sequences of mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I (COI) gene were used to infer the phylogeography of Melitaea cinxia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) across the entire distributional range of the species, encompassing north Africa and Eurasia. Cladistic analysis of 49 distinct haplotypes (haplotype and nucleotide diversity were 0.95 and 0.027, respectively) revealed strong phylogeographic structure in M. cinxia, characterised by four major clades: Morocco; Western (Iberia, France, Italy); Central (central and northern Western Europe, Balkans, Greece, Anatolia, Levant); and Eastern (eastern Baltic, Urals, Iran, Siberia, China); separated by average pairwise distances of beween 2 and 6 percent. 675* Corresponding and current address:

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Is the last glaciation the only relevant event for the present genetic population structure of the meadow brown butterfly Maniola jurtina (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)?

Cited by 70 publications

References 44 publications

The genetic consequence of differing ecological demands of a generalist and a specialist butterfly species

The genetic consequence of differing ecological demands of a generalist and a specialist butterfly species

The aquatic leaf beetle Macroplea mutica (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Europe: Population structure, postglacial colonization and the signature of passive dispersal

The effects of Pleistocene glaciations on the phylogeography of Melitaea cinxia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

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