Patterns of genetic diversity and differentiation in the tsetse fly Glossina morsitans morsitans Westwood populations in East and southern Africa.

Genetic diversity and differentiation within and among nine G. morsitans morsitans populations from East and southern Africa was assessed by examining variation at seven microsatellite loci and a mitochondrial locus, cytochrome oxidase (COI). Mean COI diversity within populations was 0.63+/-0.33 and 0.81 taken over all populations. Diversities averaged over microsatellite loci were high (mean number of alleles/locus>or=7.4; mean HE>or=65%) in all populations. Diversities averaged across populations were greater in East Africa (mean number of alleles=22+/-2.6; mean he=0.773+/-0.033) than in southern Africa (mean number of alleles=18.7+/-4.0; mean he=0.713+/-0.072). Differentiation among all populations was highly significant (RST=0.25, FST=0.132). Nei's Gij statistics were 0.09 and 0.19 within regions for microsatellites and mitochondria, respectively; between regions, Gij was 0.14 for microsatellites and 0.23 for mitochondria. GST among populations was 0.23 for microsatellite loci and 0.40 for mitochondria. The F, G and R statistics indicate highly restricted gene flow among G. m. morsitans populations separated over geographic scales of 12-917 km.