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Demographic Variation of Wolbachia Infection in the Endangered Mitchell’s Satyr Butterfly
The Mitchell’s satyr, Neonympha mitchellii, is an endangered species that is limited to highly isolated habitats in the northern and southern United States. Conservation strategies for isolated endangered species often implement captive breeding and translocation programs for repopulation. However,...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5492064/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28486424 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects8020050 |
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author | Fenner, Jennifer Seltzer, Jennifer Peyton, Scott Sullivan, Heather Tolson, Peter Walsh, Ryan P. Hill, JoVonn Counterman, Brian A. |
author_facet | Fenner, Jennifer Seltzer, Jennifer Peyton, Scott Sullivan, Heather Tolson, Peter Walsh, Ryan P. Hill, JoVonn Counterman, Brian A. |
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description | The Mitchell’s satyr, Neonympha mitchellii, is an endangered species that is limited to highly isolated habitats in the northern and southern United States. Conservation strategies for isolated endangered species often implement captive breeding and translocation programs for repopulation. However, these programs risk increasing the spread of harmful pathogens, such as the bacterial endosymbiont Wolbachia. Wolbachia can manipulate the host’s reproduction leading to incompatibilities between infected and uninfected hosts. This study uses molecular methods to screen for Wolbachia presence across the distribution of the Mitchell’s satyr and its subspecies, St. Francis satyr, which are both federally listed as endangered and are considered two of the rarest butterflies in North America. The screens confirmed the presence of Wolbachia in the northern and newly discovered southern populations of the Mitchell’s satyr, but not in the St. Francis satyr population. These results combined with previous reports of Wolbachia in N. mitchellii, highlight that Wolbachia infection varies both geographically and temporally in satyr populations. The temporal variance shows the importance of continued monitoring of Wolbachia infection during conservation programs. To reduce the risk of reproductive incompatibilities, it is advised that all individuals collected for conservation purposes be screened for Wolbachia and recommended to avoid the use of infected individuals for captive breeding and translocation programs. |
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spelling | pubmed-54920642017-07-03 Demographic Variation of Wolbachia Infection in the Endangered Mitchell’s Satyr Butterfly Fenner, Jennifer Seltzer, Jennifer Peyton, Scott Sullivan, Heather Tolson, Peter Walsh, Ryan P. Hill, JoVonn Counterman, Brian A. Insects Article The Mitchell’s satyr, Neonympha mitchellii, is an endangered species that is limited to highly isolated habitats in the northern and southern United States. Conservation strategies for isolated endangered species often implement captive breeding and translocation programs for repopulation. However, these programs risk increasing the spread of harmful pathogens, such as the bacterial endosymbiont Wolbachia. Wolbachia can manipulate the host’s reproduction leading to incompatibilities between infected and uninfected hosts. This study uses molecular methods to screen for Wolbachia presence across the distribution of the Mitchell’s satyr and its subspecies, St. Francis satyr, which are both federally listed as endangered and are considered two of the rarest butterflies in North America. The screens confirmed the presence of Wolbachia in the northern and newly discovered southern populations of the Mitchell’s satyr, but not in the St. Francis satyr population. These results combined with previous reports of Wolbachia in N. mitchellii, highlight that Wolbachia infection varies both geographically and temporally in satyr populations. The temporal variance shows the importance of continued monitoring of Wolbachia infection during conservation programs. To reduce the risk of reproductive incompatibilities, it is advised that all individuals collected for conservation purposes be screened for Wolbachia and recommended to avoid the use of infected individuals for captive breeding and translocation programs. MDPI 2017-05-09 /pmc/articles/PMC5492064/ /pubmed/28486424 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects8020050 Text en © 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Fenner, Jennifer Seltzer, Jennifer Peyton, Scott Sullivan, Heather Tolson, Peter Walsh, Ryan P. Hill, JoVonn Counterman, Brian A. Demographic Variation of Wolbachia Infection in the Endangered Mitchell’s Satyr Butterfly |
title | Demographic Variation of Wolbachia Infection in the Endangered Mitchell’s Satyr Butterfly |
title_full | Demographic Variation of Wolbachia Infection in the Endangered Mitchell’s Satyr Butterfly |
title_fullStr | Demographic Variation of Wolbachia Infection in the Endangered Mitchell’s Satyr Butterfly |
title_full_unstemmed | Demographic Variation of Wolbachia Infection in the Endangered Mitchell’s Satyr Butterfly |
title_short | Demographic Variation of Wolbachia Infection in the Endangered Mitchell’s Satyr Butterfly |
title_sort | demographic variation of wolbachia infection in the endangered mitchell’s satyr butterfly |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5492064/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28486424 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects8020050 |
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