Molecular phylogeography of two sibling species of Eurema butterflies
Molecular phylogeography of two sibling species of Eurema butterflies
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DOI:
10.1007/s10709-006-9134-1
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发表时间:
2007-01
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1.5
通讯作者:
S. Narita;M. Nomura;Y. Kato;O. Yata;D. Kageyama
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作者:
S. Narita;M. Nomura;Y. Kato;O. Yata;D. Kageyama
The common yellow butterflyEurema hecabeis widely distributed in East Asia, and is one of the most burdensome species for taxonomists due to the numerous geographic and seasonal wing colour patterns. Moreover, within this species, individuals with a yellow wing fringe that occur in temperate regions of Japan (Y type) proved to be biologically different from others that occur widely in subtropical regions of Japan and all over East Asia (B type). To unveil the genetic variation within and between the two types, a total of 50 butterflies collected at 18 geographic localities in East Asia were examined for nucleotide sequence variation of three mitochondrial regions: cytochromecoxidase subunit I (COI), cytochromecoxidase subunit III (COIII) and NADH dehydrogenase subunit 5 (ND5). In addition, they were also examined for infection status with the endosymbiotic bacteriaWolbachia. The three mitochondrial sequences consistently showed that (i) Y type and B type were highly divergent, (ii) nucleotide variation within B type was very small although sampled from a geographically wide range, and (iii) a weak association existed between mitochondrial DNA haplotypes andWolbachiainfection status.