Phylogeography and phenotypic wing shape variation in a damselfly across populations in Europe.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Describing geographical variation in morphology of organisms in combination with data on genetic differentiation and biogeography can provide important information on how natural selection shapes such variation. Here we study genetic structure using ddRAD seq and wing shape variation using geometric morphometrics in 14 populations of the damselfly Lestes sponsa along its latitudinal range in Europe.

Results

The genetic analysis showed a significant, yet relatively weak population structure with high genetic heterozygosity and low inbreeding coefficients, indicating that neutral processes contributed very little to the observed wing shape differences. The genetic analysis also showed that some regions of the genome (about 10%) are putatively shaped by selection. Th

SUBMITTER: Yildirim Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10838002 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature