Extensive human-mediated jump dispersal within and across the native and introduced ranges of the invasive termiteReticulitermes flavipes
Pierre-André Eyer1†, Alexander J. Blumenfeld1†, Laura N. L. Johnson1,2, Elfie Perdereau3, Phillip Shults1, Shichen Wang4, Franck Dedeine3, Simon Dupont3, Anne-Geneviève Bagnères3,5#, Edward L. Vargo1#
1Department of Entomology, 2143 TAMU, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 77843-2143, USA
2Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, 82070, USA
3IRBI, UMR 7261 CNRS-Université de Tours. Avenue Monge, Parc Grandmont, Tours 37200, France
4Texas A&M Agrilife Genomics and Bioinformatics Service , College Station, USA
5CEFE, CNRS, Univ Montpellier, Univ Paul Valéry Montpellier, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier 34000, France
Pierre-André Eyer and Alexander J. Blumenfeld should be considered joint first author
#Edward L. Vargo and Anne-Geneviève Bagnères should be considered joint last authors
*Corresponding author:
Pierre-André Eyer
Department of Entomology,
Texas A&M University,
College Station, 77843, Texas, USA
e-mail: pieyer@live.fr
Keywords: Population genetics, Phylogeography, Social insects, Invasive species, ABC