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Evolution

Title:		"Contrasting patterns of hybridization in large house spiders (Tegenaria atrica group, Agelenidae)"
Author(s):		Croucher PJ; Jones RM; Searle JB; Oxford GS;
Address:		"Department of Biology, University of York, PO Box 373, York YO10 5YW, United Kingdom"
Journal Title:		Evolution
Year:		2007
Volume:		61
Issue:		7
Page Number:		1622 - 1640
DOI:		10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00146.x
ISSN/ISBN:		0014-3820 (Print) 0014-3820 (Linking)
Abstract:		"The integrity of species is not fixed and may vary geographically. Here we investigate the geographic distributions and interactions of species in the Tegenaria atrica group (Araneae: Agelenidae). Detailed mapping of T. saeva and T. gigantea in England and Wales shows them to be broadly allopatric in southern England with a tightly defined, and possibly long-standing, narrow zone of parapatry in central southern England. In the north of England (Yorkshire), by contrast, the species are broadly sympatric as a result of recent range expansions. GIS techniques are used to map the species distributions and to quantify, we believe for the first time, the intimacy of interspecific interactions. The extent and nature of hybridization in these two areas is examined through regression and multivariate analyses of morphology. We show that the relative incidence of hybridization is much greater in Yorkshire than within the parapatric zone in the south. Clear patterns of asymmetric introgression are observed in both northern and southern England, with a greater impact of T. gigantea on T. saeva than vice versa. We find no sign of morphological reproductive character displacement at the zone of parapatry that might indicate reinforcement, although we cannot exclude more subtle effects, for example via cuticular pheromones. The integrity of these two species seems to be breaking down in northern England, a process that might gain momentum as the gene pools become more similar"
Keywords:		"Animals England Hybridization, Genetic Spiders/classification/*genetics Wales;"
Notes:		"MedlineCroucher, Peter J P Jones, Ross M Searle, Jeremy B Oxford, Geoff S eng 2007/06/30 Evolution. 2007 Jul; 61(7):1622-40. doi: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00146.x"