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dc.contributor.authorSmith, Deborah R.
dc.contributor.authorSu, Yong-Chao
dc.contributor.authorBerger-Tal, Reut
dc.contributor.authorLubin, Yael
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-10T21:18:04Z
dc.date.available2017-09-10T21:18:04Z
dc.date.issued2016-07
dc.identifier.citationSmith, D. R., Su, Y.-C., Berger-Tal, R. and Lubin, Y. (2016), Population genetic evidence for sex-specific dispersal in an inbred social spider. Ecol Evol, 6: 5479–5490. doi:10.1002/ece3.2200en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/24934
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dc.description.abstractDispersal in most group-living species ensures gene flow among groups, but in cooperative social spiders, juvenile dispersal is suppressed and colonies are highly inbred. It has been suggested that such inbred sociality is advantageous in the short term, but likely to lead to extinction or reduced speciation rates in the long run. In this situation, very low levels of dispersal and gene flow among colonies may have unusually important impacts on fitness and persistence of social spiders. We investigated sex-specific differences in dispersal and gene flow among colonies, as reflected in the genetic structure within colonies and populations of the African social spider Stegodyphus dumicola Pocock, 1898 (Eresidae). We used DNA fingerprinting and mtDNA sequence data along with spatial mapping of colonies to compare male and female patterns of relatedness within and among colonies at three study sites. Samples were collected during and shortly after the mating season to detect sex-specific dispersal. Distribution of mtDNA haplotypes was consistent with proliferation of social nests by budding and medium- to long-distance dispersal by ballooning females. Analysis of molecular variance and spatial autocorrelation analyses of AFLPs showed high levels of genetic similarity within colonies, and STRUCTURE analyses revealed that the number of source populations contributing to colonies ranged from one to three. We also showed significant evidence of male dispersal among colonies at one site. These results support the hypothesis that in social spiders, genetic cohesion among populations is maintained by long-distance dispersal of female colony founders. Genetic diversity within colonies is maintained by colony initiation by multiple dispersing females, and adult male dispersal over short distances. Male dispersal may be particularly important in maintaining gene flow among colonies in local populations.en_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.rights© 2016 The Authors. Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use,distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_US
dc.titlePopulation genetic evidence for sex-specific dispersal in an inbred social spideren_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
kusw.kuauthorSmith, Deborah R.
kusw.kuauthorSu, Yong-Chao
kusw.kudepartmentEcology and Evolutionary Biologyen_US
kusw.kudepartmentBiodiversity Instituteen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/ece3.2200en_US
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5296-7227
kusw.oaversionScholarly/refereed, publisher versionen_US
kusw.oapolicyThis item meets KU Open Access policy criteria.en_US
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© 2016 The Authors. Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use,distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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