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ArticleMolecular biology and evolution2014

Drosophila suzukii: the genetic footprint of a recent, worldwide invasion.

Jeffrey R Adrion, Athanasios Kousathanas, Marta Pascual, Hannah J Burrack, Nick M Haddad, Alan O Bergland, Heather Machado, Timothy B Sackton, Todd A Schlenke, Masayoshi Watada and 2 more

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Article in Molecular biology and evolution, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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36 citing papers in PubMed, 94 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 8 institutions in 3 countries.

Jeffrey R AdrionDepartment of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington.
Athanasios KousathanasDepartment of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Marta PascualDepartment of Genetics and IRBio, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Hannah J BurrackDepartment of Entomology, North Carolina State University.
Nick M HaddadDepartment of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University.
Alan O BerglandDepartment of Biology, Stanford University.
Heather MachadoDepartment of Biology, Stanford University.
Timothy B SacktonDepartment of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University.
Todd A SchlenkeDepartment of Biology, Reed College, Portland, OR.
Masayoshi WatadaDepartment of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington.
Daniel WegmannDepartment of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Nadia D SinghDepartment of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University ndsingh@ncsu.edu.
North Carolina State University · USIndiana University Bloomington · USStanford University · USHarvard University · USReed College · USSIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics · CHUniversitat de Barcelona · ESUniversity of Fribourg · CH

Funding

Genomics of rapid adaptation on seasonal timescales in D. melanogasterR01GM100366 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI SCHMIDT, PAUL · 2012 to 2019
$3.3M
Genomics of natural populationsF32GM097837 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI BERGLAND, ALAN OLAV · 2011 to 2013
$148k
NIGMS NIH HHS F32 GM097837NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM100366
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Native to Asia, the soft-skinned fruit pest Drosophila suzukii has recently invaded the United States and Europe. The eastern United States represents the most recent expansion of their range, and presents an opportunity to test alternative models of colonization history. Here, we investigate the genetic population structure of this invasive fruit fly, with a focus on the eastern United States. We sequenced six X-linked gene fragments from 246 individuals collected from a total of 12 populations. We examine patterns of genetic diversity within and between populations and explore alternative colonization scenarios using approximate Bayesian computation. Our results indicate high levels of nucleotide diversity in this species and suggest that the recent invasions of Europe and the continental United States are independent demographic events. More broadly speaking, our results highlight the importance of integrating population structure into demographic models, particularly when attempting to reconstruct invasion histories. Finally, our simulation results illustrate the general challenge in reconstructing invasion histories using genetic data and suggest that genome-level data are often required to distinguish among alternative demographic scenarios.

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AnimalsBayes TheoremDrosophilaGenes, InsectGenetic VariationHaplotypesIntroduced SpeciesMaleMicrosatellite RepeatsModels, GeneticSpainUnited StatesDrosophila suzukiiinvasionpestpopulation genetics

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