Open AccessTemporal variation in the genetic structure of host‐associated populations of the small ermine moth Yponomeuta padellus (Lepidoptera, Yponomeutidae)
Author(s) -
RAIJMANN LÉON E. L.,
MENKEN STEPH B. J.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
biological journal of the linnean society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.906
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1095-8312
pISSN - 0024-4066
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2000.tb00217.x
Subject(s) - biology , lepidoptera genitalia , crataegus , allele , host (biology) , allele frequency , zoology , ecology , genetics , gene
Temporal changes in allele frequencies were studied in host‐associated populations of the small ermine moth Yponomeuta padellus. At one site, populations from three host plants (Sorbus aucuparia, Amelanchier larnarckii , and Crataegus spp.) were sampled annually during a four‐year‐period and analysed with 20 polymorphic allozyme markers. At two other sites, allele frequencies at 5‐ 6 enzyme loci of Y. padellus populations from two different host plants were also tested for consistency over a 13‐year‐pcriod. Significant allele frequency changes occurred in the short‐term analysis, whereas allele frequencies remained relatively stable through time in the long‐term analyses. Furthermore, allele frequencies of Y. padellus populations from Crataegus spp. were relatively stable compared to the other host populations. The role of the agents responsible for the observed patterns is discussed.