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POPULATION GENETICS OF HAPLODIPLOID INSECTS

Author(s) -

L. James Lester,

R K Selander

Publication year - 1979

Publication title -

genetics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.792

H-Index - 246

eISSN - 1943-2631

pISSN - 0016-6731

DOI - 10.1093/genetics/92.4.1329

Subject(s) - haplodiploidy , biology , loss of heterozygosity , drosophila (subgenus) , ploidy , evolutionary biology , insect , genetics , population , range (aeronautics) , population genetics , allele , hymenoptera , zoology , ecology , gene , demography , materials science , sociology , composite material

Genic variation of seven species of Hymenoptera is described, using electrophoretic techniques. The heterozygosities range from 0.033 to 0.084. An average heterozygosity is calculated for 23 species of haplodiploid insects, and this value is significantly different from the same value for 18 Drosophila species or for W diploid insect species (including Drosophila). The niche width-gepetic variation hypothesis is rejected as an explanation. A comparison of selection models and neutral models shows that both hypotheses are capable of explaining the data.

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