Genetic integrity of four species of Leptidea (Pieridae, Lepidoptera) as sampled in sympatry in West Siberia

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Comparative Cytogenetics 9(3): 299-324
https://doi.org/10.3897/CompCytogen.v9i3.4636 (23 Jun 2015)

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Abstract
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Introduction
Materials and methods
- Material
- DNA extraction
- DNA amplification and sequencing
- CAPS genotyping L. sinapis and L. juvernica
- Genitalia morphometrics
- External characters
Results
- Inter- and intraspecies variation of mitochondrial COI gene
- The wsp gene variation
- Concordance of mitochondrial and nuclear markers in Leptidea sinapis vs L. juvernica
- Correlation of molecular markers and morphological characters in the group L. sinapis + L. juvernica
Discussion
- Genetic integrity of the species L. sinapis and L. juvernica in the studied location
- Insufficiency of morphological and colorational characters for identification of the species L. sinapis and L. juvernica
- Overlapping lengths of genital structures of Leptidea sinapis and L. juvernica
- Variability of common markers versus conservation of histone H1 gene
- Three wsp alleles in four Leptidea species
Conclusions
Acknowledgements
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