Communications Biology (Mar 2021)

High resolution DNA barcode library for European butterflies reveals continental patterns of mitochondrial genetic diversity

  • Vlad Dincă,
  • Leonardo Dapporto,
  • Panu Somervuo,
  • Raluca Vodă,
  • Sylvain Cuvelier,
  • Martin Gascoigne-Pees,
  • Peter Huemer,
  • Marko Mutanen,
  • Paul D. N. Hebert,
  • Roger Vila

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-01834-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Vlad Dincă, Leonardo Dapporto, and colleagues provide a continental-scale DNA barcode library for 97% of the 473 European butterfly species and examine patterns of haplotype diversity. Results of mitochondrial diversity show elevated haplotype richness in southern European refugia, and this dataset provides a valuable resource for specimen identification, conservation, and research.