Journal
JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
Volume 24, Issue 1, Pages 146-158Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02147.x
Keywords
allochronic differentiation; microsatellites; phenology; pine processionary moth; sympatric speciation
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- Conseil Regional d'Aquitaine [20030304002FA, 20040305003FA]
- European Union [2003227]
- Franco-Portuguese Egide `Partenariat Hubert Curien' Pessoa [20008XH]
- EFPA department, INRA, France
- [PTDC/AGR-CFL/73107/2006]
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A plausible case of allochronic differentiation, where barrier to gene flow is primarily attributable to a phenological shift, was recently discovered in Portugal for the pine processionary moth Thaumetopoea pityocampa. Previous results suggested that the observed 'summer population' (SP) originated from the sympatric winter population (WP). Our objectives were to finely analyse these patterns and test their stability in time, through field monitoring and genetic analyses of larvae and adults across different years. Reproductive activity never overlapped between SP and WP. Microsatellites showed a clear differentiation of the SP, consistent with a strong reduction in gene flow owing to the phenological shift. Assignment tests suggested that some individuals shift from the SP to the WP phenology, causing some hybridization. We discuss these patterns and their maintenance over time. This could be a first stage of allochronic speciation, and SP should be considered as a distinct phenological race.
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