Data from: Home loving boreal hare mitochondria survived several invasions in Iberia: the relative roles of recurrent hybridisation and allele surfing ...

• Main Authors: Melo-Ferreira, José, Farelo, Liliana, Freitas, Helder, Suchentrunk, Franz, Boursot, Pierre, Alves, Paulo C.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Dryad 2013
• Subjects: Recurret Hybridisation; Lepus granatensis; Upper Pleistocene; Allele surfing; Lepus europaeus; Lepus timidus; Y-linked loci; X-linked loci
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.qj864; https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.qj864

Genetic introgression from a resident species into an invading close relative can result from repeated hybridisation along the invasion front and/or allele surfing on the expansion wave. Cases where the phenomenon is massive and systematic, such as for hares (genus Lepus) in Iberia, would be best explained by recurrent hybridisation but this is difficult to prove since the donor populations are generally extinct. In the Pyrenean foothills, Lepus europaeus presumably replaced Lepus granatensis recently and the present species border is parallel to the direction of invasion, so that populations of L. granatensis in the contact zone represent proxies of existing variation before the invasion. Among three pairs of populations sampled across this border, we find less differentiation of mtDNA across than along it, as predicted under recurrent hybridisation at the invasion front. Using autosomal microsatellite loci and X and Y-linked diagnostic loci, we show that admixture across the border is quasi-absent, making ... : Melo-Ferreira_et_al_GenotypesGenotypes of 6 microsatellite loci (Sat2, Sat8, Sat12, INRACCDDv358, Lsa2, Sol30Le) from a total of 342 specimens from three species: Lepus granatensis, Lepus europaeus and Lepus timidus. Population code and number are indicated in the second and third column respectively.Melo-Ferreira_et_al_Data_Microsatellites.xlsxMelo_Ferreira_et_al_PHKA2_completeFinal alignment of PHKA2 sequences used in this work. Data is phased - alternative alleles in females are indicated by a and b.Melo_Ferreira_et_al_SMCX_completeFinal alignment of SMCX sequences used in this work. Data is phased - alternative alleles in females are indicated by a and b.Melo_Ferreira_et_al_MSN_completeFinal alignment of MSN sequences used in this work. Data is phased - alternative alleles in females are indicated by a and b.Melo_Ferreira_et_al_HPRT1_completeFinal alignment of HPRT1 sequences used in this work. Data is phased - alternative alleles in females are indicated by a and b. A polymorphic poly-T of undetermined ...