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No. of bitstreams: 1 moraes_ma_dr_ilha.pdf: 3817894 bytes, checksum: dc95b3a70da2ac90d7bed012881cfc8b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-02-05 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) / Os objetivos deste trabalho foram verificar o sistema de reprodução entre e dentro de frutos, a distância e padrões de fluxo de pólen, os níveis de endogamia e diversidade genética, a depressão por endogamia e a distribuição espacial de genótipos em duas populações de Hymenaea stigonocarpa: a primeira está presente em um fragmento e a segunda em árvores isoladas na pastagem. Para tanto, foram mapeadas e medidas todas as árvores adultas reprodutivas existentes nos dois locais. Foram coletadas sementes de 15 árvores matrizes no fragmento florestal e em 20 árvores matrizes isoladas na pastagem, sendo 30 sementes por árvore. Esta coleta propiciou a instalação de um teste de progênies na Fazenda de Ensino, Pesquisa e Extensão da FEIS/UNESP. Foram feitas a genotipagem de todas as árvores adultas de ambas as populações e de todas as progênies. Adicionalmente, dentro do fragmento foram também amostrados, mapeados e medida a altura de juvenis. As análises genéticas permitiram avaliar os efeitos da depressão por endogamia para altura e sobrevivência, e as análises dos genótipos foram feitas para seis locos microssatélites, já transferidos para a espécie. O estudo do sistema de reprodução foi baseado no modelo misto de reprodução e modelo de cruzamentos correlacionados. A análise de paternidade das sementes permitiu determinar a distância e o padrão de fluxo efetivo de pólen dentro das populações, bem como o fluxo gênico externo das áreas amostradas. A análise da distribuição espacial dos genótipos foi realizada para árvores adultas localizadas dentro dos fragmentos, utilizando-se estimativas do coeficiente de coancestria entre pares de indivíduos dentro de diferentes classes de distância, tornando-se possível estimar o tamanho efetivo de variância e, assim, estabelecer estratégias para a coleta de sementes. Os resultados permitiram entender o processo de reprodução que indica a presença marcante de progênies de irmãos-completos, formação da estrutura genética espacial, vizinhança genética reprodutiva e depressão por endogamia na geração descendente proveniente de ambas as populações de H. stigonocarpa. A coleta de sementes deve ser feita em árvores espaçadas de pelo menos 350 m de distância em 78 árvores com 30 sementes cada árvore para reter o tamanho efetivo de referência de 150 nas amostras para garantir o estabelecimento destas gerações futuras em longo prazo na conservação “ex situ” e/ou reflorestamento em áreas degradadas. / The aim of this work were to study the mating system within and among fruits, distance and pollen flow patterns, inbreeding levels and genetic diversity, inbreeding depression and the spatial distribution of genotypes in two populations of Hymenaea stigonocarpa: first is present in a fragment and the second in isolated trees in the pasture. Therefore, were mapped and measures all existing reproductive adult trees in both sites. It was collected seed of 15 seed trees in the forest fragment and in 20 isolated trees in the pasture, with 30 seeds per tree. This collection allowed the installation of a progeny test in Farm of Teaching, Research and Extension from FEIS/UNESP. It was made genotyping of all adult trees of both populations and all progenies. Additionally, within the fragment were also sampled, mapped and measured the height of juveniles. Genetic analysis allowed to evaluate the effects of inbreeding depression for height and survival, and analysis of genotypes were made for six microsatellite loci, already transferred for the species. The mating system study was based on the mixed mating model and correlated mating model. The paternity analysis of the seeds allowed to determine the distance and the pattern of effective flow of pollen within the fragments, as well as the outside gene flow of the sampled areas. The spatial distribution analysis of genotypes was done for adult trees located within of the fragments, using estimates coancestry coefficient between pairs of individuals within different distances classes, making it possible to estimate the variance effective size and thereby establish strategies for seed collection. The results allowed understanding the process of mating that indicates the strong presence of progeny full-sibs, formation of spatial genetic structure, reproductive genetic neighborhood and inbreeding depression in the descending generation from both populations of H. stigonocarpa. Seed collection should be done in trees spaced of at least 350 m away in 78 trees with 30 seeds each tree to retain the effective size of the reference 150 in the samples to ensure the establishment of these future generations in the long-term conservation "ex situ "and / or reforestation in degraded areas. / CNPq: 141028/2012-2

Orientador: Alexandre Magno Sebbenn / Resumo: Os objetivos deste trabalho foram verificar o sistema de reprodução entre e dentro de frutos, a distância e padrões de fluxo de pólen, os níveis de endogamia e diversidade genética, a depressão por endogamia e a distribuição espacial de genótipos em duas populações de Hymenaea stigonocarpa: a primeira está presente em um fragmento e a segunda em árvores isoladas na pastagem. Para tanto, foram mapeadas e medidas todas as árvores adultas reprodutivas existentes nos dois locais. Foram coletadas sementes de 15 árvores matrizes no fragmento florestal e em 20 árvores matrizes isoladas na pastagem, sendo 30 sementes por árvore. Esta coleta propiciou a instalação de um teste de progênies na Fazenda de Ensino, Pesquisa e Extensão da FEIS/UNESP. Foram feitas a genotipagem de todas as árvores adultas de ambas as populações e de todas as progênies. Adicionalmente, dentro do fragmento foram também amostrados, mapeados e medida a altura de juvenis. As análises genéticas permitiram avaliar os efeitos da depressão por endogamia para altura e sobrevivência, e as análises dos genótipos foram feitas para seis locos microssatélites, já transferidos para a espécie. O estudo do sistema de reprodução foi baseado no modelo misto de reprodução e modelo de cruzamentos correlacionados. A análise de paternidade das sementes permitiu determinar a distância e o padrão de fluxo efetivo de pólen dentro das populações, bem como o fluxo gênico externo das áreas amostradas. A análise da distribuição espacial d... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: The aim of this work were to study the mating system within and among fruits, distance and pollen flow patterns, inbreeding levels and genetic diversity, inbreeding depression and the spatial distribution of genotypes in two populations of Hymenaea stigonocarpa: first is present in a fragment and the second in isolated trees in the pasture. Therefore, were mapped and measures all existing reproductive adult trees in both sites. It was collected seed of 15 seed trees in the forest fragment and in 20 isolated trees in the pasture, with 30 seeds per tree. This collection allowed the installation of a progeny test in Farm of Teaching, Research and Extension from FEIS/UNESP. It was made genotyping of all adult trees of both populations and all progenies. Additionally, within the fragment were also sampled, mapped and measured the height of juveniles. Genetic analysis allowed to evaluate the effects of inbreeding depression for height and survival, and analysis of genotypes were made for six microsatellite loci, already transferred for the species. The mating system study was based on the mixed mating model and correlated mating model. The paternity analysis of the seeds allowed to determine the distance and the pattern of effective flow of pollen within the fragments, as well as the outside gene flow of the sampled areas. The spatial distribution analysis of genotypes was done for adult trees located within of the fragments, using estimates coancestry coefficient between pairs of ... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Doutor

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:30:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2009-10-02Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T18:40:23Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 siqueira_l_me_botfca.pdf: 207322 bytes, checksum: 7e913115e8637d3ba62aaff4d615e95b (MD5) / A espécie Eucalyptus grandis Hill ex Maiden é atualmente a mais comumente cultivada em projetos comerciais no Brasil devido as excelentes características de qualidade da madeira e o alto incremento volumétrico de madeira, a espécie é plantada como cultivar e também na forma de plantios clonais de seus híbridos interespecíficos. O presente trabalho é um estudo da variabilidade genética de uma população selecionada de Eucalyptus grandis que formam um pomar de sementes clonal originário de Coff’s Harbour – Austrália, Rio Claro e Zimbabwe. Este pomar, de propriedade da empresa Suzano Papel e Celulose S.A., encontra-se estabelecido na Fazenda Santa Eliza, no Município de São Miguel Arcanjo no Estado de São Paulo. Tem também como objetivo analisar um teste de paternidade de uma progênie de polinização aberta de Eucalyptus grandis, cuja a mãe é um dos clones componentes do pomar de sementes citado anteriormente. Os objetivos principais do trabalho foram estudar (i) a variabilidade genética dentro de uma população selecionada de Eucalyptus grandis, por meio de marcadores moleculares microssatélites; (ii) o sistema reprodutivo de uma área de recombinação de genótipos superiores (Pomar de Sementes Clonal) e de entrada de fluxo gênico; (iii) a paternidade de uma progênie superior de Eucalyptus grandis de programa de melhoramento. Os resultados mostraram que a população selecionada apresentou um grande polimorfismo de alelos (na = 12) e grandes distâncias genéticas entre os indivíduos selecionados mostrando alta variabilidade genética; que existe uma pequena taxa de endogamia na população selecionada (6,24%) devida a quantidade de heterozigose observada (Ho = 0,7927) ter sido menor que a esperada (He = 0,8455), e que a população selecionada de Eucalyptus grandis apresentou um sistema reprodutivo intermediário com forte tendência a alogamia (88,2%). / The species Eucalyptus grandis Hill ex Maiden is the most commonly cultivated in commercial plantings in Brazil due to its excellent wood quality characteristics and the high wood volume increment. The species is planted as a cultivar and also by clonal plantings of its interspecific hybrids. The research is a study of the genetic diversity of a Eucalyptus grandis selected population originated from Coff’s Harbour – Australia, Rio Claro – Brazil, and Zimbabwe, set up as a clonal seed orchard. The orchard is of Suzano Papel e Celulose private company, located on Santa Elisa Experimental Station, in São Miguel Arcanjo County, S.P., Brazil. It has also as objective to analyze a paternity test of an open pollinated progeny of Eucalyptus grandis, which mother clone is part of the orchard. The objectives of this research were to study (i) the genetic variability within the one selected population of Eucalyptus grandis, by microsatellite molecular markers; (ii) the mating system of recombination area of superior genotypes (Clonal Seed Orchard) and gene flow; and (iii) the paternity of a superior progeny of Eucalyptus grandis breeding program. The results have shown that the selected population presented a high polymorphism of alleles (na = 12) and large genetic distances between selected individuals showing high genetic variability. There is a small inbreeding rate into the selected population (6.24%) because of the observed heterozigosity (Ho = 0.7927) to be lower than the expected (He = 0.8455). The selected Eucalyptus grandis population presented to have an intermediate mating system with high tendency of alogamy.

This PhD thesis studies the evolution of the peculiar mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in the mollusc Melarhaphe neritoides. We measured mtDNA diversity and elucidated the evolutionary forces that shape the evolution of the organelle.The mtDNA in M. neritoides harbours a remarkable amount of polymorphism at selectively neutral nucleotide sites (π_syn = 6.8 %), called hyperdiversity when above the threshold of 5 %. We revealed that an elevated mutation rate (µ = 5.8 × 10-5 per site per year at the COI locus), which is 1000 fold higher than in other metazoans, is likely the primary force generating mtDNA hyperdiversity. Such mtDNA hyperdiversity may be more common across other phyla and more frequently linked to high µ values, than currently appreciated.Natural selection is a second force, which shapes mtDNA hyperdiversity. Positive selection influences the overall mtDNA polymorphism in the 16S, COI and Cytb genes, including synonymous sites at which mtDNA hyperdiversity is calculated. Therefore, synonymous sites in M. neritoides are not neutral but possibly positively selected. Strong purifying selection maintains a low non-synonymous polymorphism in the 13 protein-coding genes of the mitogenome, so that a very few changes in nucleotide sequence induce changes in amino acid sequence. The effective population size of this planktonic-dispersing species is surprisingly small in the North East Atlantic (Ne = 1303), likely biased by selection, and for this reason, Ne is a poor indicator of mtDNA hyperdiversity.Migration is a third force, which homogenises the gene pool of the species through high rates of gene flow, predominantly eastward, and results in high connectivity and panmixia over the entire North East Atlantic.Genetic drift, the fourth force, is not sufficient in M. neritoides to lower mtDNA diversity, and populations show no differentiation.This thesis also highlights an important pitfall. The use of hyperdiverse markers may easily lead to erroneous interpretations of differentiation statistics and connectivity pattern, due to the lack of shared haplotypes in datasets induced by a high µ. First, D_EST may reach a maximal value of 1 but is not indicative of differentiation in terms of fixation (D_EST = 1 ≠ φ_ST = 1), and only reflects differentiation in terms of lack of shared haplotypes. Second, the signal of gene flow is concealed in haplotype network bush-like pattern.Rapid evolution of mtDNA results in significant selection pressure for co-adaptation of the nuclear genome encoding mitochondrial proteins. The elevated µ underlying mtDNA hyperdiversity provides an interesting framework for better understanding how mutational dynamics and selection that drive mitonuclear coevolution contribute to speciation. / Doctorat en Sciences / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

This work has for objective to evaluate the phenothypic and genothypic characteristics of different morphologic types of red rice that happen in areas of production of irrigated rice of the State of Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil, for morphologic descriptors and molecular markers, and his response to the use of chemical technology. For this reason, it were conducted two greenhouse experiments and one laboratory study with DNA sequencing of the biotypes. The results allowed to conclude that the biotypes of red rice is hybrided with IRGA 417 cultivar, besides with occurrence of introgression of resistance genes of cultivated Clearfield rice, by gene flow, for biotypes of red rice as the access Catuçaba 1 that presented phenothypic or genothypic characteristics of the cultivated rice IRGA 422 CL and Puitá CL INTA and presence of the mutated acetolactate synthase (ALS) gene for the resistance to the herbicide. It was also observed the occurrence of tolerant biotypes (Rio Pardo 1) or resistant (Catuçaba 1) to the herbicide imazetapir, what turns urgent the use of different strategies of control of the red rice in the State of Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil. / Este trabalho tem por objetivo avaliar as características genotípicas e fenotípicas de diferentes tipos morfológicos de arroz vermelho que ocorrem em áreas de produção de arroz irrigado do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, por descritores morfológicos e marcadores moleculares, e sua resposta à utilização de tecnologia química. Neste sentido, foram realizados dois experimentos em casa de vegetação e um estudo em laboratório com seqüenciamento de DNA dos biótipos. Os resultados permitiram concluir que os biótipos de arroz vermelho encontram-se hibridados com cultivares modernas como IRGA 417, inclusive com ocorrência de introgressão de genes de resistência de cultivares Clearfield, por fluxo gênico, para biótipos de arroz vermelho como o acesso Catuçaba 1 que apresentou características fenotípicas dos cultivares IRGA 422 CL e Puitá CL INTA e presença do gene acetolactato sintase (ALS) mutado para a resistência ao herbicida. Observou-se também a ocorrência de biótipos tolerantes (Rio Pardo 1) ou resistentes (Catuçaba 1) ao herbicida imazetapir, o que torna urgente a utilização de diferentes estratégias de controle do arroz vermelho no Estado do Rio Grande do Sul.

Advancements in molecular sequencing have revealed unexpected cryptic genetic diversity and contrasting evolutionary histories within genes and between genomes of many organisms; often in disagreement with recognized taxonomy. Incongruent patterns between the mitochondrial and nuclear evolutionary history can have several plausible explanations, but widespread systematic conflict inevitably challenges our conceptions of species boundaries when there is discordance between coevolving and coinherited genomes. It is unknown to what degree mitonuclear conflict drives the process of divergence, or how ubiquitous these patterns are across the tree of life. To understand the evolutionary relevance of intergenomic discordance we must identify the conflicting patterns that exist in natural systems by generating robust estimates of the underlying species history, quantify support for alternative hypotheses of lineage formation, and describe patterns of genetic variation present in robust nuclear genomic datasets. Empirically testing correlations between mitonuclear genomic conflict and reduced gene flow at the organism level will contribute toward a better understanding of lineage boundaries and how intergenomic interactions shape the process of divergence. Mitochondrial introgression has been inferred in many salamander systems with limited perspective from nuclear sequence data. Within dusky salamanders (Desmognathus), these patterns have been observed between morphologically and geographically disparate populations. I sequenced regions throughout the nuclear genome to reconstruct species trees, performed population-level analyses testing concordance between the mitochondrial, nuclear datasets, and nuclear genes with mitochondrial functions with the expectation that coevolutionary interactions among genomes are more likely to manifest in these regions. I also estimated migration rates between populations that may have experienced historical mitochondrial introgression to evaluate phylogeographic patterns. Using these data we definitively reject species models in which genetic boundaries are based solely on mitochondrial data, favoring geographic models instead. Furthermore, analyses soundly reject current taxonomic models based on morphological characteristics, suggesting there is greater lineage diversity than is currently recognized. I also used empirical assays of pre-zygotic reproductive mating behavior within and among populations containing diverse mitochondrial lineages to test metrics of reproductive isolation, and to determine if introgression shapes the evolution of complex traits directly influencing rates of divergence. These results may explain incongruent patterns observed between the mitochondrial and nuclear data as a function of inheritance and population dynamics rather than directly functioning to suppress nuclear gene flow. This research builds upon recent studies suggesting that speciation is a highly complex and often non-bifurcating process in which introgression can have a profound and lasting signature on the nuclear evolutionary history. Mechanisms responsible for divergence with gene flow challenge evolutionary biologists to reevaluate our notions and definitions of species boundaries to accommodate seemingly conflicted genomic patterns within and between genomes.

La rapidité du changement climatique observé et prédit soulève la question de la vitesse à laquelle les espèces pourront s'adapter au climat futur. Les populations exposées aux changements de conditions environnementales peuvent s'adapter sur place (sans migration) grâce, dans un premier temps, à la réponse plastique des individus, puis, à long terme, par la réponse à la sélection (adaptation génétique). En situation d'environnement variable à la fois dans l'espace et le temps, les flux de gènes peuvent faciliter la diffusion d'allèles bénéfiques entre populations. L'objectif de cette thèse est d'étudier expérimentalement l'interaction entre adaptation et dispersion pollinique à longue distance sur un gradient altitudinal de hêtre commun (Fagus sylvatica). Cette étude a été conduite à partir de trois populations de hêtre sur le versant Nord du Mont-Ventoux (de 900 m à 1400 m d'altitude). Douze traits fonctionnels (phénologiques, physiologiques et morphologiques) potentiellement adaptatifs ont été mesurés sur 60 descendances maternelles issues de ces populations (20 mères/population, 100 individus/mère) et placées en pépinière. Les résultats de cette thèse montrent que (i) les forts taux de pollen immigrant reçus par les populations (m = 56 %) n'empêchent pas l'émergence de patrons de différenciation adaptative, (ii) la sélection érode la variance génétique des traits, (iii) malgré l'existence de variance génétique pour tous les traits, les covariances génétiques entre traits peuvent affecter les taux et directions d'évolution future, et (iv) les flux de pollen contribuent à augmenter la variance génétique totale au sein des populations. Finalement, les populations à moyenne et hautes altitudes pourraient avoir les capacités de s'adapter au climat futur. / The rapidity of the climate change observed and predicted raises the issue of how fast species can adapt to future. In face of environmental change, populations can adapt without migrating thanks to their plastic response in a first time, and to their response to selection in the long term (genetic adaptation). In conditions of environment variable both in space and time, gene flow can enhance the spread of beneficial alleles between populations. The objective of this thesis is to experimentally measure the adaptive differentiation and the long-distance pollen dispersal along an elevational gradient of beech populations (Fagus sylvatica). In this study we investigated three beech populations located on the northern side of the Mont-Ventoux (from 900m to 1400m of elevation). Twelve potential adaptive functional traits (phenological, physiological and morphological) have been measured on 60 maternal families collected from these populations (20 mothers/population, 100 offspring/mother) and planted in nursery. The results of this thesis show that that (i) the strong pollen immigrant rate received by the populations (m = 56 %) did not their prevent adaptive differentiation, (ii) the action of natural selection erodes the genetic variance of the traits, (iii) despite significant genetic variance for all the traits, the genetic covariance between traits should affect the rate and direction of evolution in the future, and (iv) gene flow contribute to increase the total genetic variance within the populations. Finally, populations at medium and high elevations may have the potential to adapt to future climate.

A high proportion of amphibian species are threatened with extinction globally, and habitat loss and degradation are the most frequently implicated causes. Rapid deforestation for the establishment of agricultural production is a primary driver of habitat loss in tropical zones where amphibian diversity is highest. Land-cover change affects native assemblages, in part, through the reduction of habitat area and the reduction of movement among remnant populations. Decreased gene flow contributes to loss of genetic diversity, which limits the ability of local populations to respond to further environmental changes. The focus of this dissertation is on the degree to which common land uses in Sarapiquí, Costa Rica impede the movement of two common amphibian species. First, I used field experiments, including displacement trials, and a behavioral landscape ecology framework to investigate the resistance of pastures to movement of Oophaga pumilio. Results from experiments demonstrate that pastures do impede movement of O. pumilio relative to forest. Microclimatic effects on movement performance as well as limited perceptual ranges likely contribute to reduced return rates through pastures. Next, I linked local processes to landscape scale estimates of resistance. I conducted experiments to measure habitat-specific costs to movement for O. pumilio and Craugastor bransfodrii, and then used experimental results to parameterize connectivity models. Model validation indicated highest support for resistance estimates generated from responses to land-use specific microclimates for both species and to predator encounters for O. pumilio. Finally, I used abundance and experiment-derived resistance estimates to analyze the effects of prevalent land uses on population genetic structure of the two focal species. While O. pumilio did not exhibit a strong response to landscape heterogeneity and was primarily structured by distances among sites, C. bransfordii genetic variation was explained by resistance estimates from abundance and experiment data. Collectivity, this work demonstrates that common land uses can offer different levels of resistance to amphibian movements in Sarapiquí and illustrates the value of investigating local scales processes to inform interpretation of landscape-scale patterns.

Le mil est une céréale cultivée dans la zone soudano-sahélienne en Afrique. A partir d'un jeu de données comprenant 18 marqueurs microsatellites et 8 séquences nucléotidiques pour 45 populations domestiquées et sauvages, j'ai mis à jour une forte différenciation génétique entre deux pools de mils sauvages. Avec une approche de type Approximate Bayesian Computation, j'ai testé différents scénarios de domestication, et montré que le scénario le plus probable est celui d'une domestication unique à partir des mils sauvages de l'est du Sahel.Deux grands groupes de mil domestiqué existent: des variétés précoces et des variétés tardives. Mes résultats montrent une absence de différenciation génétique neutre entre ces deux groupes, suggérant l'existence de flux de gènes récurrents. J'ai également étudié un gène candidat de la famille Hd3a-like, PgHd3a. Aucune trace de sélection n'a été mise en évidence pour ce gène, et il est vraisemblable qu'il ne participe pas à la différence de phénotype entre mils précoces et tardifs. Son rôle lors de la floraison chez le mil est mis en doute par des résultats d'expression. J'ai également isolé un paralogue de PgHd3a, PgHd3a-2.Finalement, j'ai étudié un cline longitudinal de fréquence à l'échelle continentale pour la présence d'un Miniature Inverted-repeat Transposable Element (MITE) situé dans le gène teosinte-branched1, impliqué dans la détermination du nombre de branches basales chez le maïs. L'étude du taux de différenciation pour le MITE et pour 13 microsatellites neutres et du polymorphisme nucléotidique dans la région entourant le MITE montre que le cline est probablement dû à des processus neutres. / Pearl millet is a cereal cultivated in the sudano-sahelian area in Africa. Using a data set consisting of 18 microsatellites and 8 nucleotide sequences for 45 domesticated and wild populations, I showed the existence of a high differentiation between two wild genetic pools. Using the model-based Approximate Bayesian Computation (ABC) approach, I tested different domestication scenarios and showed that a single domestication in eastern Sahel is more likely than other models.There are two main types of domesticated pearl millet: early-flowering and late-flowering varieties. My results show a lack of neutral genetic differentiation between these two types, suggesting the existence of recurrent gene flow. I also studied a candidate gene, PgHd3a, belonging to the Hd3a-like family and which could be implicated in the floral transition. No selection footprint has been detected, and it is likely this gene is not involved in the phenotypic difference between early and late-flowering varieties. Expression results casted some doubt about its role during floral transition in pearl millet. I also isolated a new paralog of PgHd3a, PgHd3a-2.Finally, I studied a longitudinal frequency cline at the continental scale for the presence of a Miniature Inverted-repeat Transposable Element (MITE) located in the teosinte branched1 gene, involved in the regulation of the number of tillers in maize. By comparing differentiation levels between the MITE and 13 neutral microsatellites, and by investigating the nucleotide polymorphism in the genomic region surrounding the MITE, I showed the cline was probably caused by neutral processes.