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dc.contributor.authorMirol, Patricia M
dc.contributor.authorRouttu, Jarkko
dc.contributor.authorHoikkala, Anneli
dc.contributor.authorButlin, Roger K
dc.date.accessioned2012-11-20T12:16:44Z
dc.date.available2012-11-20T12:16:44Z
dc.date.issued2008fi
dc.identifier.citationMirol, P., Routtu, J., Hoikkala, A., & Butlin, R. (2008). Signals of demographic expansion in Drosophila virilis. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 8, 59-66. Retrieved from http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2148-8-59.pdffi
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-8-59
dc.identifier.urihttps://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/40384
dc.description.abstractBackground. The pattern of genetic variation within and among populations of a species is strongly affected by its phylogeographic history. Analyses based on putatively neutral markers provide data from which past events, such as population expansions and colonizations, can be inferred. Drosophila virilis is a cosmopolitan species belonging to the virilis group, where divergence times between different phylads go back to the early Miocene. We analysed mitochondrial DNA sequence variation among 35 Drosophila virilis strains covering the species' range in order to detect demographic events that could be used to understand the present characteristics of the species, as well as its differences from other members of the group. Results. Drosophila virilis showed very low nucleotide diversity with haplotypes distributed in a star-like network, consistent with a recent world-wide exponential expansion possibly associated either with domestication or post-glacial colonization. All analyses point towards a rapid population expansion. Coalescence models support this interpretation. The central haplotype in the network, which could be interpreted as ancestral, is widely distributed and gives no information about the geographical origin of the population expansion. The species showed no geographic structure in the distribution of mitochondrial haplotypes, in contrast to results of a recent microsatellite-based analysis. Conclusion. The lack of geographic structure and the star-like topology depicted by the D. virilis haplotypes indicate a pattern of global demographic expansion, probably related to human movements, although this interpretation cannot be distinguished from a selective sweep in the mitochondrial DNA until nuclear sequence data become available. The particular behavioural traits of this species, including weak species-discrimination and intraspecific mate choice exercised by the females, can be understood from this perspective.fi
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherBioMed Central (BMC)
dc.relation.ispartofseriesBMC Evolutionary Biology
dc.subject.othermtDNA
dc.subject.otherpopulaatiorakenne
dc.subject.otherpopulation structure
dc.titleSignals of demographic expansion in Drosophila virilisfi
dc.typeArticle
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:jyu-201804202288
dc.contributor.laitosBio- ja ympäristötieteiden laitosfi
dc.contributor.laitosThe Department of Biological and Environmental Sciencesen
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle
dc.date.updated2012-11-15T14:54:29Z
dc.rights.holderPatricia M Mirol et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
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dc.relation.issn1471-2148
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dc.relation.doi10.1186/1471-2148-8-59


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