Population genetic structure of the spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana) across North America: Are SNP markers valuable for the detection of migrants?

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Lumley
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Structure ◽  
North America ◽  
Population Genetic Structure ◽  
Population Genetic ◽  
Choristoneura Fumiferana ◽  
Spruce Budworm ◽  
Snp Markers

scholarly journals Population genetic structure of the great star coral, Montastraea cavernosa, across the Cuban archipelago with comparisons between microsatellite and SNP markers

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexis B. Sturm ◽  
Ryan J. Eckert ◽  
Juliett González Méndez ◽  
Patricia González-Díaz ◽  
Joshua D. Voss
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Structure ◽  
Population Genetic Structure ◽  
Population Genetic ◽  
Snp Markers ◽  
Genetic Connectivity ◽  
Limited Information ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Significant Genetic Structure ◽  
Montastraea Cavernosa

Abstract Coral reef habitats surrounding Cuba include relatively healthy, well-developed shallow and mesophotic (30–150 m) scleractinian communities at the cross-currents of the Tropical Western Atlantic (TWA). However, Cuba’s coral communities are not immune to the declines observed throughout the TWA, and there is limited information available regarding genetic connectivity, diversity, and structure among these populations. This represents an immense gap in our understanding of coral ecology and population dynamics at both local and regional scales. To address this gap, we evaluated the population genetic structure of the coral Montastraea cavernosa across eight reef sites surrounding Cuba. Colonies were genotyped using nine microsatellite markers and > 9,000 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers generated using the 2bRAD approach to assess fine-scale genetic structure across these sites. Both the microsatellite and SNP analyses identified patterns of genetic differentiation among sample populations. While the microsatellite analyses did not identify significant genetic structure across the seven shallow M. cavernosa sampling sites, the SNP analyses revealed significant pairwise population differentiation, suggesting that differentiation is greater between eastern and western sites. This study provides insight into methodological differences between microsatellite and SNP markers including potential trade-offs between marker-specific biases, sample size, sequencing costs, and the ability to resolve subtle patterns of population genetic structure. Furthermore, this study suggests that locations in western Cuba may play important roles in this species’ regional metapopulation dynamics and therefore may merit incorporation into developing international management efforts in addition to the local management the sites receive.

Population genetic structure and genetic diversity of soybean aphid collections from the USA, South Korea, and Japan

Genome ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 56 (6) ◽  
pp. 345-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tae-Hwan Jun ◽  
Andrew P. Michel ◽  
Jacob A. Wenger ◽  
Sung-Taeg Kang ◽  
M.A. Rouf Mian
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Diversity ◽  
Genetic Structure ◽  
North America ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Ssr Markers ◽  
Population Genetic Structure ◽  
Population Genetic ◽  
Insect Pest ◽  
Soybean Aphid ◽  
The Usa

Following its recent invasion of North America, the soybean aphid (Aphis glycines Matsumura) has become the number one insect pest of soybean (Glycine max L. Merr.) in the north central states of the USA. A few studies have been conducted on the population genetic structure and genetic diversity of the soybean aphid and the source of its invasion in North America. Molecular markers, such as simple sequence repeats (SSRs) are very useful in the evaluation of population structure and genetic diversity. We used 18 SSR markers to assess the genetic diversity of soybean aphid collections from the USA, South Korea, and Japan. The aphids were collected from two sites in the USA (Indiana and South Dakota), two sites in South Korea (Yeonggwang district and Cheonan city), and one site in Japan (Utsunomiya). The SSR markers were highly effective in differentiating among aphid collections from different countries. The level of differentiation within each population and among populations from the same country was limited, even in the case of the USA where the two collection sites were more than 1200 km apart.

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