作者
F Witsenburg, L Clément, A López‐Baucells, J Palmeirim, I Pavlinić, D Scaravelli, M Ševčík, Ludovic Dutoit, N Salamin, J Goudet, P Christe
发表日期
2015/2
期刊
Molecular Ecology
卷号
24
期号
4
页码范围
926-940
简介
Parasite population structure is often thought to be largely shaped by that of its host. In the case of a parasite with a complex life cycle, two host species, each with their own patterns of demography and migration, spread the parasite. However, the population structure of the parasite is predicted to resemble only that of the most vagile host species. In this study, we tested this prediction in the context of a vector‐transmitted parasite. We sampled the haemosporidian parasite Polychromophilus melanipherus across its European range, together with its bat fly vector Nycteribia schmidlii and its host, the bent‐winged bat Miniopterus schreibersii. Based on microsatellite analyses, the wingless vector, and not the bat host, was identified as the least structured population and should therefore be considered the most vagile host. Genetic distance matrices were compared for all three species based on a mitochondrial DNA …
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