Twenty four new microsatellite markers in two invasive pavement ants, <Emphasis Type="Italic">Tetramorium</Emphasis> sp.E and <Emphasis Type="Italic">T. tsushimae</Emphasis> (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) |
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Authors: | Florian M Steiner Wolfgang Arthofer Birgit C Schlick-Steiner Ross H Crozier Christian Stauffer |
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Institution: | (1) Institute of Forest Entomology, Forest Pathology and Forest Protection, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna, Vienna, Austria;(2) Institute of Zoology, Department of Integrative Biology and Biodiversity Research, Boku, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna, Gregor-Mendel-Str. 33, 1180 Vienna, Austria;(3) School of Marine and Tropical Biology, DB23, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, 4811, Australia |
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Abstract: | Invasive species trigger biodiversity losses and alter ecosystem functioning, with life history shaping invasiveness (Sakai
et al., Annu Rev Ecol Syst 32:305–332, 2001). However, pinpointing the relation of a specific life history to invasion success
is difficult. One approach may be comparing congeners. The two Palearctic pavement ants, Tetramorium sp.E (widely known as T. caespitum, Schlick-Steiner et al., Mol Phylogenet Evol 40:259–273, 2006) and T. tsushimae have invaded North America (Steiner et al., Biol Invasions 8:117–123, 2006). Their life histories differ in that T. sp.E has separate single-queened colonies but T. tsushimae multi-queened colonies scattered over large areas (Sanada-Morimura et al., Insect Soc 53:141–148, 2006; Schlick-Steiner et al.,
Mol Phylogenet Evol 40:259–273, 2006; Steiner et al., Biol Invasions 8:117–123, 2006). Comparison of the genetic diversity in the entire native and non-native ranges will elucidate the invasion histories. Here,
we present 13 and 11 microsatellites, developed for T. sp.E and T. tsushimae, respectively, and characterize all for both species.
Florian M. Steiner, Wolfgang Arthofer and Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner contributed equally to this work. |
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Keywords: | Invasion history Invasive ants Life history Microsatellites Tetramorium |
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