On the validity of habitat as a predictor of genetic structure in aquatic systems: a comparative study using California water beetles
On the validity of habitat as a predictor of genetic structure in aquatic systems: a comparative study using California water beetles
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关于栖息地作为水生系统遗传结构预测因子的有效性:使用加州水甲虫的比较研究
DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-294x.2008.04039.x
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发表时间:
2009
影响因子:
4.9
通讯作者:
M. Caterino
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文献类型:
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作者:
Andrew E. Z. Short;M. Caterino
Among freshwater organisms, water flow is frequently considered to be one of the most important environmental variables affecting life‐history traits such as dispersal abilities and therefore genetic structure. Recent studies have suggested that habitat type alone as defined by water flow is predictive of genetic population differentiation, while others have advocated against broad generalizations in favour of more conservative, species‐specific conclusions. If aquatic habitat type is predictive of population differentiation, then one would expect sympatric taxa that occupy the same aquatic habitat to converge on a similar genetic structure. We tested this prediction by examining the haplotype diversity, phylogeographical concordance, population connectivity and population isolation of three lotic water beetle species in southern California: Anacaena signaticollis, Eubrianax edwardsii and Stictotarsus striatellus. In addition to coarse habitat and geography, we also controlled for the potentially confounding factors of range size, method of dispersal and clade independence. Together, the species spanned extremes of genetic and phylogeographical structure in all measures examined, suggesting that a coarse dichotomy of aquatic habitat type is not predictive of genetic structure. While there is little question that water flow plays a major role in shaping the life‐history traits of freshwater organisms, it is perilous to confer predictive properties to an artificially simplistic dichotomy or use it as a surrogate for other unmeasured variables.
影响因子:
3.3
作者:
L. Excoffier;P. Smouse;J. Quattro
通讯作者:
L. Excoffier;P. Smouse;J. Quattro
影响因子:
15.1
作者:
Qian,Yiguang;Pan,Weijie;Yao,Jun
通讯作者:
Yao,Jun