Morphometric variation of the aedes albifasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) wings in three populations from different ecoregions of Argentina

Shape variability among individuals is important to understand some ecological relationships, since it provides the nexus between the genotype and the environment. Geometric morphometrics based on generalized procrustes analysis was applied on 17 landmarks of the wings of Aedes albifasciatus (Macqua...

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spelling paper:paper_00222585_v55_n6_p1602_Garzon2023-06-08T14:48:34Z Morphometric variation of the aedes albifasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) wings in three populations from different ecoregions of Argentina environment mosquitoes population shape variation Shape variability among individuals is important to understand some ecological relationships, since it provides the nexus between the genotype and the environment. Geometric morphometrics based on generalized procrustes analysis was applied on 17 landmarks of the wings of Aedes albifasciatus (Macquart 1838) (Diptera: Culicidae) females collected from three ecoregions of Argentina (Delta and islands of the Paraná River, Pampa, and Patagonian steppe). This methodology was used to discriminate the shapes of individuals belonging to different regions. The population of the Patagonian steppe, which was the most geographically distant, showed the most dissimilar shape. Different local variations in wing shape could have been selected according to the environmental characteristics and maintained by geographic isolation. The individuals of the two ecoregions closest to each other (Delta and islands of the Paraná River and Pampa) showed differences in shape that can be explained by a lower gene flow due to the effect of geographic isolation (by the Paraná River) and the limited dispersive capacity of Ae. albifasciatus. The results allow concluding that both environmental diversity and geographic barriers could contribute to local variations in wing shape. © The Author(s) 2018. 2018 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00222585_v55_n6_p1602_Garzon http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00222585_v55_n6_p1602_Garzon
institution Universidad de Buenos Aires
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topic environment
mosquitoes
population
shape
variation
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mosquitoes
population
shape
variation
Morphometric variation of the aedes albifasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) wings in three populations from different ecoregions of Argentina
topic_facet environment
mosquitoes
population
shape
variation
description Shape variability among individuals is important to understand some ecological relationships, since it provides the nexus between the genotype and the environment. Geometric morphometrics based on generalized procrustes analysis was applied on 17 landmarks of the wings of Aedes albifasciatus (Macquart 1838) (Diptera: Culicidae) females collected from three ecoregions of Argentina (Delta and islands of the Paraná River, Pampa, and Patagonian steppe). This methodology was used to discriminate the shapes of individuals belonging to different regions. The population of the Patagonian steppe, which was the most geographically distant, showed the most dissimilar shape. Different local variations in wing shape could have been selected according to the environmental characteristics and maintained by geographic isolation. The individuals of the two ecoregions closest to each other (Delta and islands of the Paraná River and Pampa) showed differences in shape that can be explained by a lower gene flow due to the effect of geographic isolation (by the Paraná River) and the limited dispersive capacity of Ae. albifasciatus. The results allow concluding that both environmental diversity and geographic barriers could contribute to local variations in wing shape. © The Author(s) 2018.
title Morphometric variation of the aedes albifasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) wings in three populations from different ecoregions of Argentina
title_short Morphometric variation of the aedes albifasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) wings in three populations from different ecoregions of Argentina
title_full Morphometric variation of the aedes albifasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) wings in three populations from different ecoregions of Argentina
title_fullStr Morphometric variation of the aedes albifasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) wings in three populations from different ecoregions of Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Morphometric variation of the aedes albifasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) wings in three populations from different ecoregions of Argentina
title_sort morphometric variation of the aedes albifasciatus (diptera: culicidae) wings in three populations from different ecoregions of argentina
publishDate 2018
url https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00222585_v55_n6_p1602_Garzon
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