@article{PAR00001282,
  title = {{F}ounder effects, inbreeding and effective sizes in the {S}outhern cattle tick: the effect of transmission dynamics and implications for pest management},
  author = {{K}offi, {B}rou {B}asile and {D}e {M}eeûs, {T}hierry and {B}arr{\'e}, {N}. and {D}urand, {P}atrick and {A}rnathau, {C}{\'e}line and {C}hevillon, {C}hristine},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{S}ince its immigration in the {P}acific island of {N}ew {C}aledonia in 1942 (i.e. about 240 tick-generations ago), the cattle tick {B}oophilus microplus has experienced a remarkable adaptive diversification there. {I}n order to better understand the population factors involved, we have investigated the {B}. microplus population structure on that main host-species, {B}os taurus. {T}his study was based microsatellite loci and confirmed that the island colonization came along with a significant bottleneck. {K}nowledge on {B}. microplus biology led us to expect {B}. microplus populations to be composed of highly inbred lineages irregularly dispatched among the individual hosts belonging to the same herds. {I}nstead, this study evidenced a weak inbreeding level and an absence of genetic differentiation within herds. {C}omplementarily, a significant signal of isolation by distance exhibited that human-traffic of cattle does not promote high tick dispersal within the island. {F}inally, the tick density was found to be about a few hundreds of reproducing adults per squared kilometre, for a gene dispersal range of about a few hundred metres per tick generation. {R}esults are discussed with regard to the evolution of new adaptive changes.},
  keywords = {{B}oophilus microplus ; bottleneck ; effective population size ; inbreeding ; isolation by distance ; parasite},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{M}olecular {E}cology},
  volume = {15},
  numero = {14},
  pages = {4603--4611},
  ISSN = {0962-1083},
  year = {2006},
  DOI = {10.1111/j.1365-294{X}.2006.03098.x},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/{PAR}00001282},
}