Journal article
Intraspecific mitochondrial DNA variation in the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
Biochemical genetics, Vol.34(7-8), pp.253-268
08/1996
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/103915
PMID: 8894048
Abstract
Restriction endonuclease analyses of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) were used to examine genetic variability and population structure in Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say). A group of three enzymes, EcoRI, HpaI, and PstI, was used to reveal polymorphism both within and among some of the 10 populations tested, yielding 16 haplotypes in combination. The frequencies of these 16 haplotypes differed significantly across geographic regions, indicating some partitioning of mtDNA haplotypes. Estimates of mtDNA sequence divergence (delta) between haplotypes ranged from 0.016 to 0.135%, suggesting local differentiation of mtDNA in some populations. Analysis of these data suggests that Texas was colonized by more than one mtDNA lineage, most likely originating in Mexico. We hypothesize that a larger founder size for the initial introductions or high levels of variability in the parent population at the edge of the CPB expanding range led to the initial partitioning of haplotypes observed in samples from Texas.
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- Title
- Intraspecific mitochondrial DNA variation in the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
- Creators
- A M Azeredo-Espin - Departameto de Genética e Evoluĉao, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, SP, BrasilR F SchroderG K RoderickW S Sheppard
- Publication Details
- Biochemical genetics, Vol.34(7-8), pp.253-268
- Academic Unit
- Entomology, Department of
- Publisher
- United States
- Identifiers
- 99900546527601842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article