<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">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.<div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>Jamie</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">James R. Walters, Ph.D.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">NSF Post-Doctoral Fellow</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Jiggins Group</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Zoology Department </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">University of Cambridge</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><a href="mailto:jw663@cam.ac.uk">jw663@cam.ac.uk</a></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">w: 01223-336644</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">m: 07544-256000</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><br></span></font></div><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="5" color="#000000" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica"><a href="mailto:evoldir@evol.biology.mcmaster.ca">evoldir@evol.biology.mcmaster.ca</a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="5" color="#000000" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica">October 22, 2010 10:58:11 AM BST</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="5" color="#000000" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica"><a href="mailto:jrw47@cornell.edu">jrw47@cornell.edu</a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="5" color="#000000" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica"><b>other: gene flow in insects</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="5" color="#000000" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica"><a href="mailto:as2426@cornell.edu">as2426@cornell.edu</a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div><div><br><br>--Apple-Mail-44-137675973<br>Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable<br>Content-Type: text/plain;<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>charset=windows-1252<br><br>Dear EvolDir Members<br><br>We are undertaking a meta-analysis on the relationship between population genetic differentiation and geographic distances across taxa belonging to different insect orders. <br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>We are looking for data sets where data on insect population genetics have been generated by using:<br><br>at least 5 microsatellite markers<br><br>at least 20 unrelated individual per population<br><br>at least 5 populations<br><br>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.<br><br>We'd like to thank publically the individuals whom we already contacted directly and who generously offered their datasets.<br><br>Thank you very much in advance<br><br>Margarita López-Uribe (Cornell University, <a href="mailto:mml82@cornell.edu">mml82@cornell.edu</a>)<br><br>Antonella Soro, (Queen's University Belfast, <a href="mailto:a.soro@qub.ac.uk">a.soro@qub.ac.uk</a>)<br><br>Bryan Danforth (Cornell University)<br><br>Robert Paxton (Martin-Luther University, Halle)<br>--Apple-Mail-44-137675973<br>Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable<br>Content-Type: text/html;<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>charset=windows-1252<br><br><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;<br>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;<br>text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;<br>mso-ansi-language:EN-US">We are undertaking a meta-analysis on the relationship<br>between population genetic differentiation and geographic distances across taxa<br>belonging to different insect orders.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;<br>text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;<br>mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Meta-analysis studies of this nature require a large<br>sample size and we are asking for your input. In order to standardize across<br>studies, we are going to calculate Hedrick's G'st (Hedrick 2005) and D (Jost<br>2008). For this purpose, we need the&nbsp;<b>raw genotype dataset</b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">&nbsp;(better<br>if in a GENEPOP or ARLEQUIN format) and <b>pairwise geographic distance</b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">&nbsp;between<br>subpopulations/demes.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;<br>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<br>through the Web of Science (mainly), but we now would like to increase the<br>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;<br>text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">We are looking for data sets where data on insect<br>population genetics have been generated by using:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;<br>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;<br>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<br>population</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;<br>text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:black"><b>at<br>least 5 populations</b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;<br>mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;<br>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<br>satisfies these criteria, please send it by email to Margarita or to Antonella<br>(email addresses below). Your contribution would obviously be acknowledged and<br>your publication(s) cited.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;<br>text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">We'd like to thank publically the individuals whom we<br>already contacted directly and who generously offered their datasets.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;<br>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;<br>text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Margarita López-Uribe (Cornell University,<br><a href="<a href="mailto:mml82@cornell.edu">mailto:mml82@cornell.edu</a>"><a href="mailto:mml82@cornell.edu">mml82@cornell.edu</a></a>)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;<br>text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;<br>mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Antonella Soro, (Queen's University Belfast,<br><a href="<a href="mailto:a.soro@qub.ac.uk">mailto:a.soro@qub.ac.uk</a>"><a href="mailto:a.soro@qub.ac.uk">a.soro@qub.ac.uk</a></a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;<br>text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;<br>mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Bryan Danforth (Cornell University)<o:p></o:p></span></p><br><br><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;<br>mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Robert Paxton (Martin-Luther University, Halle)</span></body></html><br>--Apple-Mail-44-137675973--<br><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div><br><br><div apple-content-edited="true"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></body></html>