Limited gene exchange between two sister species of leaf beetles within a hybrid zone in the Alps

Chedly Kastally; Marta Trasoletti; Patrick Mardulyn

doi:10.1111/jeb.13538

Multiple barriers to gene exchange in a field cricket hybrid zone

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society ◽

10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01201.x ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 97 (2) ◽

pp. 390-402 ◽

Cited By ~ 23

Author(s):

LUANA S. MAROJA ◽

JOSE A. ANDRÉS ◽

JAMES R. WALTERS ◽

RICHARD G. HARRISON

Keyword(s):

Hybrid Zone ◽

Field Cricket ◽

Gene Exchange

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Strong but permeable barriers to gene exchange between sister species ofEpidendrum

American Journal of Botany ◽

10.3732/ajb.1600064 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 103 (8) ◽

pp. 1472-1482 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Fábio Pinheiro ◽

Tiago Manuel Zanfra de Melo e Gouveia ◽

Salvatore Cozzolino ◽

Donata Cafasso ◽

Poliana Cardoso-Gustavson ◽

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Keyword(s):

Sister Species ◽

Gene Exchange ◽

Permeable Barriers

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Genetic and ecological differentiation between the butterfly sisterspecies Colias alfacariensis and Colias hyale

Contributions to Zoology ◽

10.1163/18759866-07104003 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 71 (4) ◽

pp. 131-139 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Daniel F.R. Cleary ◽

Henri Descimon ◽

Steph B.J. Menken

Keyword(s):

Evolutionary History ◽

Ice Sheets ◽

Geographic Area ◽

Sister Species ◽

Distributional Pattern ◽

The West ◽

History Of ◽

Large Geographic Area ◽

The Alps ◽

Low Levels

Clear habitat separation between the sister species Colias alfacariensis and C. hyale is shown when occurring sympatrically. Colias hyale is found more often in moist cultivated pastures while Colias alfacariensis is more abundant in dry uncultivated habitat. Out of a total of 16 loci, no diagnostic loci were found between C. alfacariensis and C. hyale, and both species shared most major polymorphisms. Exceptions were the marked differences in allele frequencies at the HK locus and only C. hyale, but not C. alfacariensis was further invariable at the GOT2 locus, which is usually highly polymorphic in the Pieridae. Colias hyale has a significantly lower level of heterozygosity than its sister species C. alfacariensis. In Colias alfacariensis heterozygosity is highest in the Alps and lowest in the low-lying region of Northern France, Both species show high levels of gene flow over a large geographic area. Within C. alfacariensis, but not in C. hyale, the FST value of the PGI locus is significantly different from zero effectively separating the species into populations with high levels of the ’ b’ allele to the west and North, and low levels of the allele in the Alps and Italy. This could point to selection within the PGI locus in line with the well established pattern of selection at the PGI locus in other species of Colias. Glaciations have been an important force in shaping the evolutionary history of European biota, leading to extinction, but also allowing new species to evolve into the newly available land as the ice sheets retreated. The genetic and distributional pattern found between both Colias species suggests that habitat shifts and subsequent adaptation during glaciations could have played an important role in their speciation.

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Whole‐genome sequencing reveals asymmetric introgression between two sister species of cold‐resistant leaf beetles

Molecular Ecology ◽

10.1111/mec.16011 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Svitlana Lukicheva ◽

Patrick Mardulyn

Keyword(s):

Whole Genome Sequencing ◽

Genome Sequencing ◽

Sister Species ◽

Whole Genome ◽

Leaf Beetles ◽

Asymmetric Introgression

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DNA barcoding and genomics reveal Perizoma barrassoi Zahm, Cieslak & Hausmann, 2006 as new for the fauna of Central Europe (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae)

Nota Lepidopterologica ◽

10.3897/nl.44.58871 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 44 ◽

pp. 17-28

Author(s):

Axel Hausmann ◽

Peter Huemer ◽

Kyung Min Lee ◽

Marko Mutanen

Keyword(s):

Dna Barcoding ◽

Central Europe ◽

Genomic Data ◽

Sister Species ◽

Female Genitalia ◽

Male And Female ◽

Genetic Patterns ◽

Dinaric Mountains ◽

The Alps

Perizoma barrassoi Zahm, Cieslak & Hausmann, 2006, previously considered a central Italian endemic, shows a much wider distribution with additional records from the Alps and the Pyrenees, in partial sympatry with its sister species, Perizoma incultaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1848) which is widespread in the Alps, Pyrenees, Carpathians and Dinaric mountains. The disruptive genetic patterns of both species involve the COI barcode gene as well as nuclear genomic data and are confirmed by correlated differential features in male and female genitalia. To fix nomenclatural stability a neotype is designated for P. incultaria.

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I Crisomelidi (Coleoptera; Chrysomelidae) del Parco di Montevecchia e della Valle del Curone (Italia, Lombardia, provincia di Lecco) [Leaf beetles (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae) from Montevecchia and Curone Valley Natural Park (Italy, Lombardy, Lecco)]

Natural History Sciences ◽

10.4081/nhs.2015.233 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 61

Author(s):

Laura Farina

Keyword(s):

Leptinotarsa Decemlineata ◽

Sono State ◽

Single Species ◽

Mediterranean Area ◽

Diabrotica Virgifera ◽

Mediterranean Species ◽

Leaf Beetles ◽

Natural Park ◽

Ophraella Communa ◽

The Alps

Vengono presentati i risultati di un’indagine faunistica condotta nel Parco Regionale di Montevecchia e della Valle del Curone, localizzato all’estremità meridionale del sistema Sudalpino, in provincia di Lecco. Viene fornito un elenco delle 92 specie di Crisomelidi censite (tre delle quali risultano nuove per la fauna lombarda: Aphthona sicelidis, Dibolia femoralis, Crepidodera fulvicornis) con indicazioni corologiche, fenologiche e la lista delle piante nutrici, ricavate in parte dalla letteratura e in parte da osservazioni sul campo. Vengono inoltre fornite alcune considerazioni sistematiche e biogeografiche relative alla specie Aphthona sicelidis. Le raccolte sono state effettuate prevalentemente in 9 stazioni situate all’interno del parco regionale e selezionate in base a criteri fitosociologico-vegetazionali. L’analisi zoogeografica mostra che il gruppo corologico maggiormente rappresentato è quello delle specie ad ampia distribuzione nella regione Olartica (57 specie = 62%), seguito dagli elementi ad ampia distribuzione in Europa (26 specie = 28%), e nel bacino mediterraneo (5 specie = 6%); i gruppi delle specie afrotropicali e orientali presenti anche nell’area mediterranea sono rappresentati da una sola specie (Chaetocnema hortensis), i gruppi di origine Neartica invece sono rappresentati da tre specie (Diabrotica virgifera, Ophraella communa, Leptinotarsa decemlineata). This paper is the result of a faunistic research on the Chrysomelidae fauna of Montevecchia and Curone Valley Natural Park. The Park is located south of the Alps, in Lombardy, in the province of Lecco. The author provides a list of 92 species collected. Three of these are new for the Lombardy fauna: Aphthona sicelidis, Dibolia femoralis and Crepidodera fulvicornis. The paper contains chorological and phenological notes for many species and taxonomical remarks on Aphthona sicelidis. Most specimens have been collected in 9 sampling-sites placed inside the Park and selected according to physiognomic-vegetational criteria. The zoogeographical analysis shows that the list of species is dominated by Olarctic species (57 species = 62%), followed by European elements (26 species = 28%) and Mediterranean species (5 species = 6%). Afrotropical and Oriental species also present in the Mediterranean area are represented by a single species (Chaetocnema hortensis), the groups of Nearctic origin instead are represented by three species (Diabrotica virgifera, Ophraella communa, Leptinotarsa decemlineata).

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