Search results for "Stegodyphus lineatus"
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Group founding and breeding structure in the subsocial spider stegodyphus lineatus (Eresidae)
1999
Co-operative behaviour may evolve by enhancing the genetic similarity of group members. Increased group similarity is thought to be the basis for the 'subsocial route' of social evolution in the spider family Eresidae. Two processes may promote the similarity of individuals within populations or breeding groups, namely philopatry in stable environments and founder events in a stochastic environment. We show that both processes led to genetic differentiation within and among populations of the subsocial spider Stegodyphus lineatus. Within populations we distinguished between the genetic structure caused by random mating and philopatry in old breeding groups and that caused by newly founded g…
EVIDENCE FOR KIN-STRUCTURED GROUP FOUNDING AND LIMITED JUVENILE DISPERSAL IN THE SUB-SOCIAL SPIDER STEGODYPHUS LINEATUS (ARANEAE, ERESIDAE)
2001
Abstract In sub-social spiders, restricted dispersal of young (i.e., natal philopatry) and the potential for inbreeding could contribute to within-population subdivision, thus resulting in a population structure similar to that found in social congeners. In this context, we analyzed the origin and mode of individual distribution patterns and their contribution to within-population structure in juveniles of the sub-social spider Stegodyphus lineatus. We investigated the distribution of juveniles for four months after leaving the maternal nest using allozyme genetic markers. We found that isolated groups of juveniles consisted predominantly of siblings, whereas larger aggregations of individu…
Dispersal history of a spider (Stegodyphus lineatus) across contiguous deserts: vicariance and range expansion
2005
Israel marks a crossroads between three continents encompassing several phytogeographical and zoogeographical zones. In this complex area, the flow of species from different biogeographical regions creates opportunities to study how geographical division and colonization routes affect current distribution and structure of resident populations of organisms associated with desert and arid environments, habitats that may have persisted throughout Pleistocene glacial periods. The present paper analyses the population history of the spider Stegodyphus lineatus in the contiguous Negev and Judean deserts in Israel using allozyme and mtDNA variation. The distinct patterns of variation indicate that…