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33 populations of Carabus auronitens F. were studied for variability at four loci by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The genetic differentiation in refugia populations and the process of postglacial area extension were of special interest. Genetic variability declines from origin populations to the northern ones in the sense of Reinig’s elimination hypothesis. From the high degree of genetic differentiation with many “private” alleles we postulate three refugia areas in southern France. The power of dispersal is different in the refugia populations. At least one of them shows the distribution of an endemic, while another population has expanded in area over a long distance since the last glaciation period.
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Assmann, T., Nolte, O., Reuter, H. (1994). Postglacial colonization of middle Europe by Carabus auronitens as revealed by population genetics (Coleoptera, Carabidae). In: Desender, K., Dufrêne, M., Loreau, M., Luff, M.L., Maelfait, JP. (eds) Carabid Beetles: Ecology and Evolution. Series Entomologica, vol 51. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0968-2_1
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