The mtDNA genealogy of closely related Drosophila silvestris

• Published in: The Journal of heredity Vol. 83; no. 3; p. 211
• Main Authors: DeSalle, R. (American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY), Templeton, A.R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.05.1992
• Subjects: ADN; Animals; Base Sequence; Behavior, Animal; Biological Evolution; Cloning, Molecular; COMPORTAMIENTO SEXUAL; COMPORTEMENT SEXUEL; DISTANCE GENETIQUE; DISTANCIA GENETICA; DISTRIBUCION NATURAL; DISTRIBUTION NATURELLE; DNA, Mitochondrial; DROSOPHILA; Drosophila - classification; Drosophila - genetics; FILOGENIA; GENETICA; GENETIQUE; HAWAI; HAWAII; MITOCHONDRIE; MITOCONDRIA; PHYLOGENIE; Phylogeny; Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; SECUENCIA NUCLEICA; SEQUENCE NUCLEIQUE; Statistics as Topic; TECHNIQUE DE PREVISION; TECNICAS DE PREDICCION
• ISSN: 0022-1503; 1465-7333
• DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a111195

Genetic, morphological, and behavioral analyses have been used to examine the evolutionary dynamics and phylogeny of the rare Hawaiian Drosophila species, D. silvestris. Critical to understanding the evolution of this species is the examination of the distribution of populations of D. silvestris on the Big Island of Hawaii. Behavioral analysis using mating asymmetries and the Kaneshiro hypothesis as an indicator of ancestral behavioral state has suggested that flies from the northern part of the island are ancestral to those on the southern part of the island. Consequently, a sequential pattern of colonization going from north to south is predicted for these flies on the east side of the island of Hawaii. We have examined this prediction using mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) restriction site analysis with four-base cutters and DNA sequencing. The resulting mtDNA phylogeny based on 23 phylogenetically informative restriction sites and two phylogenetically informative DNA sequence characters agrees in part with the phylogeny predicted from the behavioral data