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POPULATION STRUCTURE AND KINSHIP IN POLISTES (HYMENOPTERA, VESPIDAE): AN ANALYSIS USING RIBOSOMAL DNA AND PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS
Scott K. Davis,
Joan E. Strassmann,
Colin Hughes,
L. Susan Pletscher,
Alan R. Templeton,
Scott K. Davis
Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 63130 USA
Present address: Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843 USA.Search for more papers by this authorJoan E. Strassmann
Department of Biology, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005 USA
Search for more papers by this authorColin Hughes
Department of Biology, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005 USA
Search for more papers by this authorL. Susan Pletscher
Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 63130 USA
Present address: Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843 USA.Search for more papers by this authorAlan R. Templeton
Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 63130 USA
Search for more papers by this authorScott K. Davis,
Joan E. Strassmann,
Colin Hughes,
L. Susan Pletscher,
Alan R. Templeton,
Scott K. Davis
Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 63130 USA
Present address: Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843 USA.Search for more papers by this authorJoan E. Strassmann
Department of Biology, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005 USA
Search for more papers by this authorColin Hughes
Department of Biology, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005 USA
Search for more papers by this authorL. Susan Pletscher
Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 63130 USA
Present address: Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843 USA.Search for more papers by this authorAlan R. Templeton
Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 63130 USA
Search for more papers by this authorAbstract
Six variable protein loci and one variable ribosomal DNA restriction site were used for an analysis of population structure in five species of Polistes from Texas. A sample-reuse algorithm was developed that estimated FST, FIS, and ø (the coefficient of kinship) from probabilities of identity. Of the four species analyzed in detail only one, Polistes exclamans, had statistically significant values of FST. These values may reflect natural constraints on successful nesting for migrants of this species. Three of the four species had significant values of FIS and three of the four species had significant values of ø. In many cases ø also differed from the expected value under haplodiploidy and random mating. Values of ø did not differ from expectations under haplodiploidy and local inbreeding. These results emphasize that theories of social behavior and evolution based on coefficients of kinship should include some explicit consideration of population structure.
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