- Title
- Habitat requirements affect genetic variation in three species of mayfly (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae) from South Africa:
- Creator
- Taylor, Chantal L, Barker, Nigel P, Barber-James, Helen M, Villet, Martin H, Pereira-da-Conceicoa, Lyndall L
- Date
- 2020
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/149314
- Identifier
- vital:38824
- Identifier
- https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.936.38587
- Description
- This study investigates genetic diversity in three species of Ephemeroptera, one eurytopic and therefore widespread (Afroptilum sudafricanum) and two stenotopic and thus endemic (Demoreptus natalensis and Demoreptus capensis) species, all of which co-occur in the southern Great Escarpment, South Africa. Mitochondrial DNA was analysed to compare the genetic diversity between the habitat generalist and the two habitat specialists. Afroptilum sudafricanum showed no indication of population genetic structure due to geographic location, while both Demoreptus species revealed clear genetic differentiation between geographic localities and catchments, evident from phylogenetic analyses and high FST values from AMOVA.
- Format
- 24 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- ZooKeys, Taylor, C.L., Barker, N.P., Barber-James, H.M., Villet, M.H. and Pereira-da-Conceicoa, L.L., 2020. Habitat requirements affect genetic variation in three species of mayfly (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae) from South Africa. ZooKeys, 936, p.1., ZooKeys volume 936 number p.1 May 2020 1313-2970
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- Rights
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RU Albany Museum
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SDG 15. Life On Land
RU Department of Zoology and Entomology
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