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Data from: Population genetic structure of the western cherry fruit fly Rhagoletis indifferens (Diptera: Tephritidae) in British Columbia, Canada Maxwell, Sheri A.; Thistlewood, Howard M. A.; Keyghobadi, Nusha

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1. Population connectivity and movement are key ecological parameters influencing the impact of pests, and are important considerations in control strategies. For many insects, these parameters are difficult to assess directly, although they may be assessed indirectly using population genetic data. 2. We used microsatellite markers to examine population genetic structure of the western cherry fruit fly, the main pest of cherry crops in western North America, in British Columbia, Canada, and make inferences about connectivity and potential for movement among populations. 3. Comparing populations from four geographical regions (separated by up to approximately 400 km), we found significant genetic differentiation both among and within regions. Using populations as the units of analysis, we observed significant isolation by distance (IBD) at larger spatial scales but not below approximately 20 km. By contrast, using individual flies as the units of analysis, we found significant IBD at scales as small as
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Title	Data from: Population genetic structure of the western cherry fruit fly Rhagoletis indifferens (Diptera: Tephritidae) in British Columbia, Canada
Creator	Maxwell, Sheri A.; Thistlewood, Howard M. A.; Keyghobadi, Nusha
Date Issued	2021-05-19
Description	Abstract 1. Population connectivity and movement are key ecological parameters influencing the impact of pests, and are important considerations in control strategies. For many insects, these parameters are difficult to assess directly, although they may be assessed indirectly using population genetic data. 2. We used microsatellite markers to examine population genetic structure of the western cherry fruit fly, the main pest of cherry crops in western North America, in British Columbia, Canada, and make inferences about connectivity and potential for movement among populations. 3. Comparing populations from four geographical regions (separated by up to approximately 400 km), we found significant genetic differentiation both among and within regions. Using populations as the units of analysis, we observed significant isolation by distance (IBD) at larger spatial scales but not below approximately 20 km. By contrast, using individual flies as the units of analysis, we found significant IBD at scales as small as ; Usage notes MaxwellEtAl_WCFF_MicrosatGenotypes
Subject	Other; Rhagoletis indifferens; isolation by distance; Tephritidae; sex linkage; host plant; microsatellite; cherry fruit fly; movement; Agricultural pest
Geographic Location	Canada; Okanagan; British Columbia
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Notes	Dryad version number: 1 Version status: submitted Dryad curation status: Published Sharing link: https://datadryad.org/stash/share/PQpJ8T9ovOTJQ6pqQ8ltlp9hRrS8cUYMxnXhnThd9Ic</p> Storage size: 149994 Visibility: public
Date Available	2020-06-24
Provider	University of British Columbia Library
License	CC0 1.0
DOI	10.14288/1.0397769
URI	https://doi.org/10.5683/SP2/KGRGPC
Publisher DOI	https://doi.org/10.5683/SP2/KGRGPC; https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.qq055
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0
Aggregated Source Repository	Dataverse

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