Demographic Variation of Wolbachia Infection in the Endangered Mitchell’s Satyr Butterfly
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Specimen Acquisition
2.2. Sample Preparation
2.3. Wolbachia Screens
2.4. Wolbachia Confirmation
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Wolbachia Presence
3.2. Wolbachia Demographics in N. mitchellii
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Taxa | State | County | Number Tested | Number Positive for Wolbachia |
---|---|---|---|---|
Neonympha mitchelli mitchelli | AL | Bibb | 11 | - |
MS | Alcorn | 1 | - | |
MS | Prentis | 4 | 1 | |
MS | Tishomingo | 6 | - | |
MS | Itawamba | 1 | - | |
MS | Monroe | 8 | 4 | |
VA | Floyd | 2 | - | |
VA | Franklin | 2 | - | |
MI | Branch | 2 | - | |
MI | Cass | 1 | 1 | |
MI | Jackson | 3 | 1 | |
MI | Kalamazoo | 2 | - | |
OH | Toledo Zoo | 19 | - | |
Neonympha mitchelli francisci | NC | Fort Bragg | 4 | - |
Megisto cymela | AL | Baldwin | 2 | 1 |
MS | Harrison | 2 | 1 | |
MS | Tishomingo | 3 | 1 | |
MS | Wilkininson | 1 | - | |
TX | Blanco | 1 | 1 | |
VA | Franklin | 1 | - |
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Fenner, J.; Seltzer, J.; Peyton, S.; Sullivan, H.; Tolson, P.; Walsh, R.P.; Hill, J.; Counterman, B.A. Demographic Variation of Wolbachia Infection in the Endangered Mitchell’s Satyr Butterfly. Insects 2017, 8, 50. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects8020050
Fenner J, Seltzer J, Peyton S, Sullivan H, Tolson P, Walsh RP, Hill J, Counterman BA. Demographic Variation of Wolbachia Infection in the Endangered Mitchell’s Satyr Butterfly. Insects. 2017; 8(2):50. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects8020050
Chicago/Turabian StyleFenner, Jennifer, Jennifer Seltzer, Scott Peyton, Heather Sullivan, Peter Tolson, Ryan P. Walsh, JoVonn Hill, and Brian A. Counterman. 2017. "Demographic Variation of Wolbachia Infection in the Endangered Mitchell’s Satyr Butterfly" Insects 8, no. 2: 50. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects8020050