Here we demonstrate the power of the public to aid in collections-based research, where through an international citizen science project, Pieris Project, we were able to generate genetic evidence and combine it with historical records to uncover routes of invasion of the small cabbage white butterfly—Pieris rapae. We find that the spread of this butterfly across Eurasia occurred relatively recently (<3,000 years ago) and was later followed by a near linear series of introductions beginning in Europe. These invasions coincided with human migration, trade, and the diversification of the butterflies’ food plants. The success of this butterfly despite repeated losses in genetic diversity provides further evidence that species’ invasions may not always be impeded by loss of genetic diversity.
Accession | PRJNA542919 |
Data Type | Raw sequence reads |
Scope | Multispecies |
Grants | - "USING GENOMICS AND CITIZEN SCIENCE TO ASSESS AND MONITOR GENETIC VARIATION IN A GLOBALLY INVASIVE AGRICULTURAL PEST AND ASSOCIATED PATHOGEN (BACULOVIRUS)" (Grant ID 2017-67012-26999, United States Department of Food and Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture)
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Submission | Registration date: 14-May-2019 University of Tennessee, Knoxville |
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Relevance | Agricultural |
Project Data:
Resource Name | Number of Links |
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Sequence data |
SRA Experiments | 672 |
Other datasets |
BioSample | 672 |