Distribution and genetic variation of Reticulitermes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in Portugal

The genus Reticulitermes has a Holartic distribution and is widely represented in southern Europe. It is established in Portugal, across the full range of ambient environmental conditions, using different types of wood resources, as available, and nesting ubiquitously in many types of soil. Sequenci...

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Published in:Heredity 2006-05, Vol.96 (5), p.403-409
Main Authors: Nobre, T, Nunes, L, Eggleton, P, Bignell, D.E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Biogeography
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
cytochrome-c oxidase
Cytogenetics
Databases, Genetic
DNA, Mitochondrial
Ecology
Electron Transport Complex IV - genetics
Environmental conditions
Evolutionary Biology
Genes
Genes, Insect
Genetic diversity
genetic polymorphism
Genetic Variation
geographical variation
Geography
Haplotypes
Human Genetics
Insects
Isoptera
Isoptera - enzymology
Isoptera - genetics
mitochondrial DNA
molecular sequence data
Nesting
nucleotide sequences
original-article
Plant Genetics and Genomics
Polymorphism
Population genetics
Portugal
Reticulitermes
Reticulitermes grassei
Rhinotermitidae
Soil types
Wood
zoogeography
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Summary:The genus Reticulitermes has a Holartic distribution and is widely represented in southern Europe. It is established in Portugal, across the full range of ambient environmental conditions, using different types of wood resources, as available, and nesting ubiquitously in many types of soil. Sequencing of part of the mtDNA COII gene revealed that all the specimens sampled on a north-south transect of the country were Reticulitermes grassei (considered synonymous with R. lucifugus grassei). Nevertheless, an association between the genetic and the geographical distances of sampled specimens was shown, leading to the conclusion that discrete termite populations have differentiated in situ. The geographic component of the genetic polymorphism should be the subject for further research.
ISSN:0018-067X
1365-2540
DOI:10.1038/sj.hdy.6800820