BMC Evolutionary Biology

official impact factor 3.70

Open Access Research article

From speciation to introgressive hybridization: the phylogeographic structure of an island subspecies of termite, Reticulitermes lucifugus corsicus

Thomas Lefebvre1,2, Nicolas Châline1,3, Denis Limousin1, Simon Dupont1 and Anne-Geneviève Bagnères1*

Author Affiliations

1 I.R.B.I., CNRS UMR 6035, Université François Rabelais de Tours, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Parc de Grandmont, 37200 Tours, France

2 L.E.S.T., IRD UMR 137, Université Paris XII – Val de Marne, 94010 Créteil cedex, France

3 L.E.E.C., CNRS UMR 7153, Université Paris 13, 99 avenue J.B. Clément, 93430 Villetaneuse, France

For all author emails, please log on.

BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8:38 doi:10.1186/1471-2148-8-38

Published: 4 February 2008

Additional files

Additional file 1:

Analyzed microsatellite sequences characteristics and variability. N = number of individuals, Na = number of polymorph alleles and Ho = mean heterozygosis rate observed for each locus in the R. lucifugus and R. l. corsicus colonies.

Format: XLS Size: 15KB Download file

This file can be viewed with: Microsoft Excel Viewer

Open Data

Additional file 2:

List of primers and PCR profiles used for amplification and sequencing.

Format: XLS Size: 16KB Download file

This file can be viewed with: Microsoft Excel Viewer

Open Data