Using genetics to inform re-introduction strategies for the Chequered Skipper butterfly (Carterocephalus palaemon, Pallas) in England
Using genetics to inform re-introduction strategies for the Chequered Skipper butterfly (Carterocephalus palaemon, Pallas) in England
复制标题
利用遗传学为英国格纹船长蝴蝶(Carterocephalus palaemon,Pallas)的重新引入策略提供信息
DOI:
--
复制
发表时间:
2004
影响因子:
1.9
通讯作者:
A. Pullin
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
D. Joyce;A. Pullin
The Chequered Skipper butterfly (Carterocephalus palaemon) is extinct in England but extant in Scotland and Continental Europe. The possibility of re-introducing the species is under active consideration by conservation bodies, but ecological differences between Scottish and English populations raise the question of which populations should donate individuals, Continental European, or Scottish? We used mitochondrial DNA sequences (CO I, CO II and Cyt b) from potential donor populations to test the hypothesis that ecological differences could have arisen as a result of differing routes of post-glacial colonisation from separate refugia and subsequent isolation of UK populations. Shared haplotypes between populations in Belgium, Norway, Scotland and England provides no evidence to support the hypothesis that populations in Scotland result from an alternative post-glacial colonisation route. As the genetic evidence remains equivocal we suggest that choice of donor stock for a re-introduction to England should be made primarily on ecological grounds.