| Titre |
Phylogeography and population genetics of the maize stalk borer Busseola fusca (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) in sub-Saharan Africa |
| Auteurs |
SEZONLIN MICHEL [1],
DUPAS S. [2],
LE RÜ B. [3],
LE GALL P. [4],
MOYAL P. [5],
CALATAYUD P.-A. [6],
GIFFARD I. [6],
FAURE N. [6],
SILVAIN Jean - François [0],
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| Journal: |
Molecular Ecology |
| Catégorie Journal: |
Internationale |
| Impact factor: |
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| DOI: |
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| Resume |
The population genetics and phylogeography of African phytophagous insects have received
little attention. Some, such as the maize stalk borer
Busseola fusca
, display significant
geographic differences in ecological preferences that may be congruent with patterns of
molecular variation. To test this, we collected 307 individuals of this species from maize
and cultivated sorghum at 52 localities in West, Central and East Africa during the growing
season. For all collected individuals, we sequenced a fragment of the mitochondrial cytochrome
b
. We tested hypotheses concerning the history and demographic structure of this
species. Phylogenetic analyses and nested clade phylogeographic analyses (NCPA) separated
the populations into three mitochondrial clades, one from West Africa, and two — Kenya I
and Kenya II — from East and Central Africa. The similar nucleotide divergence between
clades and nucleotide diversity within clades suggest that they became isolated at about the
same time in three different refuges in sub-Saharan Africa and have similar demographic
histories. The results of mismatch distribution analyses were consistent with the
demographic expansion of these clades. Analysis of molecular variance (
AMOVA
) indicated
a high level of geographic differentiation at different hierarchical levels. NCPA suggested
that the observed distribution of haplotypes at several hierarchical levels within the three
major clades is best accounted for by restricted gene flow with isolation by distance. The
domestication of sorghum and the introduction of maize in Africa had no visible effect on
the geographic patterns observed in the
B
.
fusca
mitochondrial genome. |
| Mots clés |
African biogeography,
Busseola fusca
, phylogeography, Pleistocene, population genetics |
| Pages |
407 - 420 |
| Fichier |
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