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Genetic Divergence Among Subspecies of Basilarchia Arthemis

Gilardi, Jeffrey William

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Title
Genetic Divergence Among Subspecies of Basilarchia Arthemis
Author(s)
Gilardi, Jeffrey William
Issue Date
2004
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Berlocher, Stewart H.
Department of Study
Entomology
Discipline
Entomology
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Biology, Genetics
Language
eng
Abstract
The findings indicate that the relationship between banded and non-banded populations is more complex than a transition between alternate color-patterns, and is consistent with a common pattern of post-Pleistocene secondary contact between sister taxa of a variety of organisms, notably the tiger swallowtail butterflies Papilio glaucus L. and P. canadensis Rothschild and Jordan. The data suggest a greater level of divergence between arthemis and astyanax than between nominal species B. lorquini (Boisduval) and B. weidemeyerii (Edwards), and even more so between rubrofasciata and astyanax.
Graduation Semester
2004
Type of Resource
text
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