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Michael J. Jowers

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Recent speciation and secondary contact in endemic ants

2014

Gene flow is the main force opposing divergent selection, and its effects are greater in populations in close proximity. Thus, complete reproductive isolation between parapatric populations is not expected, particularly in the absence of ecological adaptation and sharp environmental differences. Here, we explore the biogeographical patterns of an endemic ant species, Cataglyphis floricola, for which two colour morphs (black and bicolour) coexist in parapatry throughout continuous sandy habitat in southern Spain. Discriminant analyses of six biometric measurements of male genitalia and 27 cuticular hydrocarbons reveal high differentiation between morphs. Furthermore, the low number of shared…

Gene FlowMaleanimal structuresgenetic structuresGenetic SpeciationPopulation geneticsSpeciationMolecular Sequence DataPopulation geneticsParapatric speciationBiologyDNA MitochondrialBehaviour/social evolutionGene flowGeneticsVicarianceAnimalsEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsPhylogenyreproductive and urinary physiologyPhylogenetic treeAntsfungiBayes TheoremReproductive isolationSequence Analysis DNAInsects[SDV.BA.ZI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Invertebrate ZoologyPhylogeographyPhylogeographyGenetics PopulationHaplotypesEvolutionary biologySpainta1181AdaptationMicrosatellite RepeatsMolecular Ecology
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Data from: Recent speciation and secondary contact in endemic ants

2014

Gene flow is the main force opposing divergent selection, and its effects are greater in populations in close proximity. Thus, complete reproductive isolation between parapatric populations is not expected, particularly in the absence of ecological adaptation and sharp environmental differences. Here, we explore the biogeographical patterns of an endemic ant species, Cataglyphis floricola, for which two colour morphs (black and bicolour) coexist in parapatry throughout continuous sandy habitat in southern Spain. Discriminant analyses of six biometric measurements of male genitalia and 27 cuticular hydrocarbons reveal high differentiation between morphs. Furthermore, the low number of shared…

medicine and health careCataglyphis floricolaSocial evolutionanimal structuresgenetic structuresfungiMedicineLife sciencesreproductive and urinary physiology
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