[HELICONIUS] Fwd: other: gene flow in insects
Jamie Walters
jw663 at cam.ac.uk
Fri Oct 22 20:28:28 BST 2010
With apologies to anyone receiving this twice, my sense is that such
data sets as are being sought here exist for Heliconius. I know these
folks from Cornell and think highly of them. I'm sure they'd
appreciate any assistance they can get.
Thanks,
Jamie
James R. Walters, Ph.D.
NSF Post-Doctoral Fellow
Jiggins Group
Zoology Department
University of Cambridge
jw663 at cam.ac.uk
w: 01223-336644
m: 07544-256000
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> From: evoldir at evol.biology.mcmaster.ca
> Date: October 22, 2010 10:58:11 AM BST
> To: jrw47 at cornell.edu
> Subject: other: gene flow in insects
> Reply-To: as2426 at cornell.edu
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> Dear EvolDir Members
>
> We are undertaking a meta-analysis on the relationship between
> population genetic differentiation and geographic distances across
> taxa belonging to different insect orders.
>
> Meta-analysis studies of this nature require a large sample size and
> we are asking for your input. In order to standardize across
> studies, we are going to calculate Hedrick's G'st (Hedrick 2005) and
> D (Jost 2008). For this purpose, we need the raw genotype dataset
> (better if in a GENEPOP or ARLEQUIN format) and pairwise geographic
> distance between subpopulations/demes.
>
> In a first phase of our work we searched for studies through the Web
> of Science (mainly), but we now would like to increase the sample
> size of the studies on which we'll base our conclusion.
>
> We are looking for data sets where data on insect population
> genetics have been generated by using:
>
> at least 5 microsatellite markers
>
> at least 20 unrelated individual per population
>
> at least 5 populations
>
> If you have one (or more than one) data set that satisfies these
> criteria, please send it by email to Margarita or to Antonella
> (email addresses below). Your contribution would obviously be
> acknowledged and your publication(s) cited.
>
> We'd like to thank publically the individuals whom we already
> contacted directly and who generously offered their datasets.
>
> Thank you very much in advance
>
> Margarita López-Uribe (Cornell University, mml82 at cornell.edu)
>
> Antonella Soro, (Queen's University Belfast, a.soro at qub.ac.uk)
>
> Bryan Danforth (Cornell University)
>
> Robert Paxton (Martin-Luther University, Halle)
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> <html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-
> mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><!--
> StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-
> layout-grid-align:none;
> text-autospace:none"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New
> Roman'">Dear EvolDir Members</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"
> style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
> text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-
> family:"Times New Roman";
> mso-ansi-language:EN-US">We are undertaking a meta-analysis on the
> relationship
> between population genetic differentiation and geographic distances
> across taxa
> belonging to different insect orders. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p
> class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-
> align:none;
> text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-
> family:"Times New Roman";
> mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Meta-analysis studies of this nature
> require a large
> sample size and we are asking for your input. In order to
> standardize across
> studies, we are going to calculate Hedrick's G'st (Hedrick 2005) and
> D (Jost
> 2008). For this purpose, we need the <b>raw genotype dataset</
> b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New
> Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> (better
> if in a GENEPOP or ARLEQUIN format) and <b>pairwise geographic
> distance</b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times
> New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> between
> subpopulations/demes.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-
> pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
> text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-
> family: 'Times New Roman'; ">In a first phase of our work we
> searched for studies
> through the Web of Science (mainly), but we now would like to
> increase the
> sample size of the studies on which we'll base our conclusion.</
> span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-
> grid-align:none;
> text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-
> family: 'Times New Roman'; ">We are looking for data sets where data
> on insect
> population genetics have been generated by using:</span></p><p
> class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-
> align:none;
> text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-
> family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b>at least 5 microsatellite markers</
> b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-
> layout-grid-align:none;
> text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-
> family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b></b></span><span class="Apple-style-
> span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b>at least 20
> unrelated individual per
> population</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-
> pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
> text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Times New
> Roman";color:black"><b>at
> least 5 populations</b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-
> family:"Times New Roman";
> mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"
> style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
> text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-
> family: 'Times New Roman'; ">If you have one (or more than one) data
> set that
> satisfies these criteria, please send it by email to Margarita or to
> Antonella
> (email addresses below). Your contribution would obviously be
> acknowledged and
> your publication(s) cited.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-
> pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
> text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-
> family: 'Times New Roman'; ">We'd like to thank publically the
> individuals whom we
> already contacted directly and who generously offered their
> datasets.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-
> pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
> text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-
> family: 'Times New Roman'; "></span><span class="Apple-style-span"
> style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Thank you very much in
> advance</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-
> pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
> text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-
> family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Margarita López-Uribe (Cornell
> University,
> <a href="mailto:mml82 at cornell.edu">mml82 at cornell.edu</a>)</span></
> p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-
> align:none;
> text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-
> family:"Times New Roman";
> mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Antonella Soro, (Queen's University Belfast,
> <a href="mailto:a.soro at qub.ac.uk">a.soro at qub.ac.uk</a>)<o:p></o:p></
> span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-
> grid-align:none;
> text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-
> family:"Times New Roman";
> mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Bryan Danforth (Cornell University)<o:p></
> o:p></span></p>
>
> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times
> New Roman";
> mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Robert Paxton (Martin-Luther University,
> Halle)</span></body></html>
> --Apple-Mail-44-137675973--
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