Population Genetic Analysis of Mountain Plover Using Mitochondrial Dna Sequence Data

Oyler‐McCance, Sara J.; John, Judy St.; Knopf, Fritz L.; Quinn, Tom W.

doi:10.1650/7594

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“…This pattern suggests that there is no population structure in the continental U.S. and that these sites should be lumped into a single group (Pritchard et al 2000). These results for continental U.S. snowy plovers are concordant with a recent mtDNA analysis of mountain plovers in the U.S. western Great Plains and Colorado Plateau in which Oyler-McCance et al (2005) also found little spatial genetic structure. Similarly, analysis of mtDNA and microsatellite variation among North American populations of least terns (Sterna antillarum) revealed low levels of population differentiation (Draheim 2006).…”

Section: Snowy Plover Subspeciessupporting

confidence: 89%

Conservation genetics of snowy plovers (Charadrius alexandrinus) in the Western Hemisphere: population genetic structure and delineation of subspecies

Funk¹,

Mullins²,

Haig³

2007

Conserv Genet

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We examined the genetic structure of snowy plovers (Charadrius alexandrinus) in North America, the Caribbean, and the west coast of South America to quantify variation within and among breeding areas and to test the validity of three previously recognized subspecies. Sequences (676 bp) from domains I and II of the mitochondrial control region were analyzed for 166 snowy plovers from 20 breeding areas. Variation was also examined at 10 microsatellite loci for 144 snowy plovers from 14 breeding areas. The mtDNA and microsatellite data provided strong evidence that the Puerto Rican breeding group is genetically divergent from sites in the continental U.S. (net sequence divergence = 0.38%; F ST for microsatellites = 0.190). Our data also revealed high levels of differentiation between sites from South America and North America (net sequence divergence = 0.81%; F ST for microsatellites = 0.253). In contrast, there was little genetic structure among breeding sites within the continental U.S. Our results suggest that snowy plovers in Florida should be considered part of C. a. nivosus (rather than part of C. a. tenuirostris, where they are currently placed), whereas snowy plovers from Puerto Rico should be considered part of C. a. tenuirostris. Snowy plovers in South America should remain a separate subspecies (C. a. occidentalis). Although U.S. Pacific and Gulf Coast breeding areas were not genetically distinct from other continental U.S. sites, demographic isolation, unique coastal habitats, and recent population declines suggest they warrant special concern.

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Section: Snowy Plover Subspeciessupporting

confidence: 89%

Conservation genetics of snowy plovers (Charadrius alexandrinus) in the Western Hemisphere: population genetic structure and delineation of subspecies

Funk¹,

Mullins²,

Haig³

2007

Conserv Genet

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“…Aubry et al 2009;Latch et al 2009;Lait & Burg 2013;van Els et al 2014). The pattern of mitochondrial variation we observed more closely resembles patterns described for species that were not fragmented during the LGM (Oyler-McCance et al 2005;Carmichael et al 2007;Wisely et al 2008;Koblm€ uller et al 2012;Pulgar ın-Restrepo & Burg 2012). Combined with the high genetic diversity in our data set, overall patterns in mitochondrial DNA variation observed for badgers are characteristic of historically high effective population sizes with an absence of barriers to gene flow (Crandall & Templeton 1993).…”

Section: Pleistocene Refugiasupporting

confidence: 83%

High gene flow in the American badger overrides habitat preferences and limits broadscale genetic structure

Kierepka

Latch

2016

Molecular Ecology

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Habitat associations are a function of habitat preferences and dispersal capabilities, both of which can influence how species responded to Quaternary climatic changes and contemporary habitat heterogeneity. Predicting resultant genetic structure is not always straightforward, especially in species where high dispersal potential and habitat preferences yield opposing predictions. The American badger has high dispersal capabilities that predict widespread panmixia, but avoids closed‐canopy forests and clay soils, which could restrict gene flow and create ecologically based population genetic structure. We used mitochondrial sequence and microsatellite data sets to characterize how these opposing forces contribute to genetic structure in badgers at a continent‐wide scale. Our data revealed an overall lack of ecologically based population genetic structure, suggesting that high dispersal capabilities were sufficiently realized to overcome most habitat‐based genetic structure. At a broadscale, badger gene flow is limited only by geographic distance (isolation by distance) and large water barriers (Lake Michigan and the Mississippi River). The absence of genetic structure in a species with strong avoidance of unsuitable habitats advances our understanding of when and how genetic structure emerges in widespread, highly mobile species.

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“…Post-glacial expansions have also been inferred for other avian species that exhibit similar phylogeographic patterns such as the prairie-grouse (Tympanuchus spp. ; Spaulding et al 2006, Johnson 2008, the mountain plover (Charadrius montanus; Oyler- McCance et al 2005), the downy woodpecker (Picoides pubescens; Pulgarín-R and Burg 2012), and the red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus; Ball et al 1988). Eo et al (2010) observed similar results for bobwhites in the eastern United States.…”

Section: Subspecies and Localitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…1 year), so the effects of genetic drift should be detectable within a few decades at most. However, the effects of recent population fragmentation may be obscured by the signal of rapid post-glacial expansions, as observed in other declining avian species such as the mountain plover (Oyler-McCance et al 2005) and the marbled murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus; Congdon et al 2000). A declining species may also continue to maintain high genetic diversity despite ongoing fragmentation due to historically large census and effective population sizes (Mbora and McPeek 2010).…”

Section: Subspecies and Localitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Contemporary genetic structure of the northern bobwhite west of the Mississippi River

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We used mitochondrial DNA to study the population structure and genetic diversity of the northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) west of the Mississippi River. We observed a lack of phylogeographic structure, high haplotype diversity, and low nucleotide diversity for northern bobwhites in this part of their geographic range. Despite the discordance between geographic patterns of mtDNA diversity and subspecies designations, we detected significant genetic differentiation among 4 subspecies, the plains (C. v. taylori), eastern (C. v. virginianus), Texas (C. v. texanus), and masked (C. v. ridgwayi) bobwhites. Evidence of significant isolation by distance and a latitudinal gradient with regard to the geographic distribution of haplotypes was also apparent. Neutrality tests, Bayesian skyline plots, and test of spatial expansion provided evidence of demographic and range expansion following the end of the last Pleistocene glaciation. Lack of phylogeographic structure indicates that morphological differences that are the basis of subspecies designations are of recent origin. Ecoregions may provide a better basis for management units than subspecies taxonomy for northern bobwhites in the western part of their geographic range. Our results indicate that much of the northern bobwhite's geographic range in the United States is the result of relatively recent colonization, which was a response to climate and habitat changes at the close of the Pleistocene. The northern bobwhite may be as vulnerable to fluctuations in climate as it has been to habitat and landscape changes during the past century. Ó 2014 The Wildlife Society.

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Population Genetic Analysis of Mountain Plover Using Mitochondrial Dna Sequence Data

Cited by 12 publications

References 21 publications

Conservation genetics of snowy plovers (Charadrius alexandrinus) in the Western Hemisphere: population genetic structure and delineation of subspecies

Conservation genetics of snowy plovers (Charadrius alexandrinus) in the Western Hemisphere: population genetic structure and delineation of subspecies

High gene flow in the American badger overrides habitat preferences and limits broadscale genetic structure

Contemporary genetic structure of the northern bobwhite west of the Mississippi River

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