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Table 4 Description of genetic particularities observed in some localities for all markers considered.

From: From speciation to introgressive hybridization: the phylogeographic structure of an island subspecies of termite, Reticulitermes lucifugus corsicus

 

Type

 

Localities

COII

ITS2

μsat.

Genetic particularities

    

Colony introduced without any detectable hybridization trace

Bastia

L

L

B

Forms an population in its own

    

Colony introduced with hybridization traces

Marseille C

C

C

C/B-I

Two merged colonies or only one hybrid colony

Viareggio

C

C

I

Autochthon microsatellite genotype

    

Autochthon colony with hybridization traces

Valle d'Alesani

C

C

I/C

Mainly allochtonous microsatellite alleles

Solenzara

C

C

C/I

Some allochtonous microsatellite alleles

    

Asymmetrical introgression

Castiglioncello

L

C

I

ITS2 regions in contradiction with the remaining genome

Follonica

C

L

I/C

Hybridization traces at the microsatellite loci level

Gianella

C

L

I

Mitochondrial corsicus-like genome linked to a nuclear lucifugus-like genome

Uccelina

C

L

I

 
    

F1-type hybrid

Uccelina 0

C

-

C-I

Heterozygosis at the microsatellite loci level

    

Provencal singular forms

Martigues

L

H

P

 

Marseille A, B

L

H

P

Cf. Figure 3

Plan de Cuques

L

H

P

Haplotype heterogeneity among the multiple copies of the ITS2 region

Vitrolles A

C

H

L

 

Vitrolles B

-

H

-

 
  1. For ITS2 or COII haplotypes, C = R. l. corsicus, L = R. lucifugus, H = mixed forms. For microsatellite genotypes, B = Bastia, C = Corsica, I = Italy, P = Provence (letters correspond to populations defined by FCA).
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