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Allozyme variation in Parnassius mnemosyne (L.) (Lepidoptera) populations in North-East Hungary: variation within a subspecies group

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Allozyme polymorphism was studied in 11 Parnassius mnemosyne (Linnaeus, 1758) populations in North-East Hungary. Significant departures from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium were observed in several cases due to heterozygote deficiency. Genetic variability did not display geographical pattern; the level of genetic differentiation was similar between adjacent populations and between populations originating from different geographical regions. Even a completely isolated population was not differentiated markedly from the others. Thus, genetic drift can be expected as the main evolutionary force acting in the populations.

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  1. Department of Evolutionary Zoology and Human Biology, Kossuth Lajos University, Debrecen, H-4010, Egyetem te´r 1., Hungary

    Emese Meglécz, Katalin Pecsenye & Zoltán Varga

  2. Department of Zoology, Budapest, Hungarian Natural History Museum, H-1088, Baross u. 13., Hungary

    László Peregovits

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Meglécz, E., Pecsenye, K., Peregovits, L. et al. Allozyme variation in Parnassius mnemosyne (L.) (Lepidoptera) populations in North-East Hungary: variation within a subspecies group. Genetica 101, 59–66 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018368622549

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