Genetic structure is determined by stochastic factors in a natural population of Drosophila buzzatii in Argentina

D. buzzatii is a cactophilic species associated with several cactaceae in Argentina. This particular ecological niche implies that this species is faced with a non-uniform environment constituted by discrete and ephemeral breeding sites, which are colonized by a finite number of inseminated females....

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Autores principales: Vilardi, Juan Cesar, Hasson, Esteban Ruben, Rodríguez, Constantina, Fanara, Juan Jose
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spelling paper:paper_00166707_v92_n2_p123_Vilardi2023-06-08T14:38:39Z Genetic structure is determined by stochastic factors in a natural population of Drosophila buzzatii in Argentina Vilardi, Juan Cesar Hasson, Esteban Ruben Rodríguez, Constantina Fanara, Juan Jose animal Argentina article artificial insemination chromosome map Drosophila ecology female genetics karyotyping male statistics Animal Argentina Chromosome Mapping Drosophila Ecology Female Insemination Karyotyping Male Stochastic Processes Support, Non-U.S. Gov't D. buzzatii is a cactophilic species associated with several cactaceae in Argentina. This particular ecological niche implies that this species is faced with a non-uniform environment constituted by discrete and ephemeral breeding sites, which are colonized by a finite number of inseminated females. The genetic consequences of this population structure upon the second chromosome polymorphism were investigated by means of F-statistics in a natural endemic population of Argentina. The present study suggests that differentiation of inversion frequencies in third instar larvae among breeding sites has taken place mainly at random and selection is not operating to determine the structure of this population. The average number of parents breeding on a single pad seems to be similar to the number colonizing Opuntia ficus indica rotting cladodes in Carboneras, a derived population from Spain. There is no significant excess of heterokaryotypes within pads or in the population as a whole. The results obtained in the present study suggest that the potential role of selective versus stochastic factors relative to the among pad heterogeneity in the population here studied is different from that of the Spanish population previously reported. Potential mechanisms responsible for these differences are discussed. © 1994 Kluwer Academic Publishers. Fil:Vilardi, J.C. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil:Hasson, E. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil:Rodriguez, C. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil:Fanara, J.J. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. 1994 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00166707_v92_n2_p123_Vilardi http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00166707_v92_n2_p123_Vilardi
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topic animal
Argentina
article
artificial insemination
chromosome map
Drosophila
ecology
female
genetics
karyotyping
male
statistics
Animal
Argentina
Chromosome Mapping
Drosophila
Ecology
Female
Insemination
Karyotyping
Male
Stochastic Processes
Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
spellingShingle animal
Argentina
article
artificial insemination
chromosome map
Drosophila
ecology
female
genetics
karyotyping
male
statistics
Animal
Argentina
Chromosome Mapping
Drosophila
Ecology
Female
Insemination
Karyotyping
Male
Stochastic Processes
Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Vilardi, Juan Cesar
Hasson, Esteban Ruben
Rodríguez, Constantina
Fanara, Juan Jose
Genetic structure is determined by stochastic factors in a natural population of Drosophila buzzatii in Argentina
topic_facet animal
Argentina
article
artificial insemination
chromosome map
Drosophila
ecology
female
genetics
karyotyping
male
statistics
Animal
Argentina
Chromosome Mapping
Drosophila
Ecology
Female
Insemination
Karyotyping
Male
Stochastic Processes
Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
description D. buzzatii is a cactophilic species associated with several cactaceae in Argentina. This particular ecological niche implies that this species is faced with a non-uniform environment constituted by discrete and ephemeral breeding sites, which are colonized by a finite number of inseminated females. The genetic consequences of this population structure upon the second chromosome polymorphism were investigated by means of F-statistics in a natural endemic population of Argentina. The present study suggests that differentiation of inversion frequencies in third instar larvae among breeding sites has taken place mainly at random and selection is not operating to determine the structure of this population. The average number of parents breeding on a single pad seems to be similar to the number colonizing Opuntia ficus indica rotting cladodes in Carboneras, a derived population from Spain. There is no significant excess of heterokaryotypes within pads or in the population as a whole. The results obtained in the present study suggest that the potential role of selective versus stochastic factors relative to the among pad heterogeneity in the population here studied is different from that of the Spanish population previously reported. Potential mechanisms responsible for these differences are discussed. © 1994 Kluwer Academic Publishers.
author Vilardi, Juan Cesar
Hasson, Esteban Ruben
Rodríguez, Constantina
Fanara, Juan Jose
author_facet Vilardi, Juan Cesar
Hasson, Esteban Ruben
Rodríguez, Constantina
Fanara, Juan Jose
author_sort Vilardi, Juan Cesar
title Genetic structure is determined by stochastic factors in a natural population of Drosophila buzzatii in Argentina
title_short Genetic structure is determined by stochastic factors in a natural population of Drosophila buzzatii in Argentina
title_full Genetic structure is determined by stochastic factors in a natural population of Drosophila buzzatii in Argentina
title_fullStr Genetic structure is determined by stochastic factors in a natural population of Drosophila buzzatii in Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Genetic structure is determined by stochastic factors in a natural population of Drosophila buzzatii in Argentina
title_sort genetic structure is determined by stochastic factors in a natural population of drosophila buzzatii in argentina
publishDate 1994
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