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Mesobuthus gibbosus (Scorpiones: Buthidae) on the island of Rhodes — hybridization between Ulysses’ stowaways and native scorpions?
Author(s) -
Gantenbein B.,
Largiadèr C. R.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
molecular ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.619
H-Index - 225
eISSN - 1365-294X
pISSN - 0962-1083
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-294x.2002.01494.x
Subject(s) - biology , buthidae , introgression , population , zoology , haplotype , genotype , evolutionary biology , genetics , scorpion , gene , ecology , demography , sociology , venom
Allozyme data suggest that the Rhodes population of Mesobuthus gibbosus is a hybrid population of recent origin. Namely, it is a mixture between an autochthonous population and an artificially introduced population probably from the Greek mainland. All samples were mainly composed of F 1 hybrid genotypes and genotypes either fixed for autochthonous or introduced alleles. Back‐cross hybrid genotypes were very rare. Mitochondrial DNA analysis, in contrast, revealed only one group of closely related haplotypes that are unique for the Rhodes populations, thus suggesting asymmetric introgression of the two marker classes.