Large- and small-scale geographic structures affecting genetic patterns across populations of an Alpine butterfly.

ABSTRACT: Understanding factors influencing patterns of genetic diversity and the population genetic structure of species is of particular importance in the current era of global climate change and habitat loss. These factors include the evolutionary history of a species as well as heterogeneity in the environment it occupies, which in turn can change across time. Most studies investigating spatio-temporal genetic patterns have focused on patterns across wide geographic areas rather than local variation, but the latter can nevertheless be important particularly in topographically complex areas. Here, we consider these issues in the Sooty Copper butterfly (Lycaena tityrus) from the European Alps, using genome-wide SNPs identified through RADseq. We found strong genetic differentiation within t

SUBMITTER: Trense D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8571576 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature