Genetic Structure in European Populations of the Earthworm Lumbricus Terrestris

Front Cover -- Titelseite -- Impressum -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Terrestrial ecosystems and ecosystem engineers -- 1.2 Biology of Lumbricus terrestris -- 1.3 Biogeography of Lumbricus terrestris -- 1.4 AFLPs -- 1.5 Objectives -- 2 Material and Methods -- 2.1 Sampling locations and geographic data -- 2.2 Sampling of Lumbricus terrestris -- 2.3 Isolation of DNA -- 2.4 AFLP -- 2.4.1 Production of AFLP fingerprints -- 2.4.2 Scoring of AFLP fingerprints -- 2.4.3 Analysis of AFLP data -- 3 Results -- 3.1 General AFLP results -- 3.2 Genetic Diversity -- 3.3 Genetic differentiation -- 3.3.1 Comparison between interindividual distances within and between sampling locations -- 3.3.2 Comparison between genetic and geographic distances - Mantel test -- 3.3.3 Comparison between genetic and geographic distances- Distograms -- 3.3.4 Pairwise distances between sampling locations -- 3.3.5 Genetic boundaries -- 3.3.6 Quantification of overall differantiation -- 3.3.7 Arrangements of regions tested with AMOVA -- 4 Discussion -- 4.1 AFLP in Lumbricus terrestris -- 4.2 Genetic diversity -- 4.3 Genetic differentiation -- 4.4 Postglacial recolonization of Europe by Lumbricus terrestris -- 4.5 Conclusion -- 5 Summary -- Bibliography -- Appendix -- Acknowledgements -- Zusammenfassung -- Back cover