Genetic Structure of Earthworm Populations at a Regional Scale: Inferences from Mitochondrial and Microsatellite Molecular Markers in Aporrectodea icterica (Savigny 1826)

Magally Torres-Leguizamon; Jérôme Mathieu; Thibaud Decaëns; Lise Dupont

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0101597

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Genetic Structure of Earthworm Populations at a Regional Scale: Inferences from Mitochondrial and Microsatellite Molecular Markers in Aporrectodea icterica (Savigny 1826)

Magally Torres-Leguizamon,

Affiliations University Paris Est Créteil, Institute of ecology and environmental sciences of Paris, Créteil, France, Unité de Zoologie Forestière UR0633, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Orléans, France
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Jérôme Mathieu,

Affiliation University Pierre and Marie Curie, Institute of ecology and environmental sciences of Paris, Paris, France
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Thibaud Decaëns,

Affiliation EA 1293 ECODIV, University of Rouen, Mont Saint Aignan, France
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Lise Dupont

* E-mail: lise.dupont@u-pec.fr

Affiliation University Paris Est Créteil, Institute of ecology and environmental sciences of Paris, Créteil, France
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Genetic Structure of Earthworm Populations at a Regional Scale: Inferences from Mitochondrial and Microsatellite Molecular Markers in Aporrectodea icterica (Savigny 1826)

Magally Torres-Leguizamon,
Jérôme Mathieu,
Thibaud Decaëns,
Lise Dupont

Published: July 8, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0101597

About the Authors

Magally Torres-Leguizamon

Affiliations University Paris Est Créteil, Institute of ecology and environmental sciences of Paris, Créteil, France, Unité de Zoologie Forestière UR0633, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Orléans, France

Jérôme Mathieu

Affiliation University Pierre and Marie Curie, Institute of ecology and environmental sciences of Paris, Paris, France

Thibaud Decaëns

Affiliation EA 1293 ECODIV, University of Rouen, Mont Saint Aignan, France

Lise Dupont

* E-mail: lise.dupont@u-pec.fr

Affiliation University Paris Est Créteil, Institute of ecology and environmental sciences of Paris, Créteil, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LD JM MTL. Performed the experiments: MTL. Analyzed the data: LD MTL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LD JM TD. Wrote the paper: MTL LD JM TD.

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