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Tougard C, Justy F, Guinand B, Douzery EJP, Berrebi P. Salmo macrostigma (Teleostei, Salmonidae): Nothing more than a brown trout (S. trutta) lineage? JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY 2018; 93:302-310. [PMID: 29992566 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.13751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2018] [Accepted: 03/07/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We examined specimens of the macrostigma trout Salmo macrostigma, which refers to big black spots on the flanks, to assess whether it is an example of taxonomic inflation within the brown trout Salmo trutta complex. Using new specimens, publicly available data and a mitogenomic protocol to amplify the control and cytochrome b regions of the mitochondrial genome from degraded museum samples, including one syntype specimen, the present study shows that the macrostigma trout is not a valid species. Our results suggest the occurrence of a distinct evolutionary lineage of S. trutta in North Africa and Sicily. The name of the North African lineage is proposed for this lineage, which was found to be sister to the Atlantic lineage of brown trout, S. trutta.
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- ISEM, CNRS, Université de Montpellier, IRD, EPHE, Montpellier, France
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- ISEM, CNRS, Université de Montpellier, IRD, EPHE, Montpellier, France
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- ISEM, CNRS, Université de Montpellier, IRD, EPHE, Montpellier, France
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Abdelkrim J, Aznar-Cormano L, Fedosov AE, Kantor YI, Lozouet P, Phuong MA, Zaharias P, Puillandre N. Exon-Capture-Based Phylogeny and Diversification of the Venomous Gastropods (Neogastropoda, Conoidea). Mol Biol Evol 2018; 35:2355-2374. [DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msy144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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- Jawad Abdelkrim
- Outils et Méthodes de la Systématique Intégrative (OMSI) UMS 2700, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
- Institut Systématique Evolution Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, 57 rue Cuvier, CP 26, 75005 Paris, France
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- Outils et Méthodes de la Systématique Intégrative (OMSI) UMS 2700, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
- Institut Systématique Evolution Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, 57 rue Cuvier, CP 26, 75005 Paris, France
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- A.N. Severtzov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninski prospect 33, 119071 Moscow, Russian Federation
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- A.N. Severtzov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninski prospect 33, 119071 Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Direction des Collections, 55, rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Institut Systématique Evolution Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, 57 rue Cuvier, CP 26, 75005 Paris, France
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- Institut Systématique Evolution Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, 57 rue Cuvier, CP 26, 75005 Paris, France
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de Abreu-Júnior EF, Percequillo AR, Geise L, Leite YL, Loss AC. Unveiling the identity of Kerr's Atlantic tree rat, Phyllomys kerri (Rodentia, Echimyidae). Mamm Biol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2018.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Senn H, Murray-Dickson G, Kitchener AC, Riordan P, Mallon D. Response to Janecka et al. 2017. Heredity (Edinb) 2018; 120:581-585. [PMID: 29225352 PMCID: PMC5943311 DOI: 10.1038/s41437-017-0015-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2017] [Revised: 10/03/2017] [Accepted: 10/04/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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- H Senn
- RZSS WildGenes Laboratory, Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, 134 Corstorphine Road, Edinburgh, UK.
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- RZSS WildGenes Laboratory, Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, 134 Corstorphine Road, Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Natural Sciences, National Museums Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh, UK
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- Division of Biology and Conservation Ecology, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK
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Renan I, Assmann T, Freidberg A. Taxonomic revision of the Graphipterus serrator (Forskål) group (Coleoptera, Carabidae): an increase from five to 15 valid species. Zookeys 2018:23-82. [PMID: 29731681 PMCID: PMC5934354 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.753.22366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2017] [Accepted: 02/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The south-west Palaearctic Graphipterus serrator group is revised. The systematic concept of the G. serrator group has undergone many changes during the last two centuries, and several different classifications have been published in recent decades. Here, the numerical taxonomy approach is used with the morphological characterization similarity level of the sympatric taxa in order to delimit allopatrically occurring taxa at the species and subspecies level. A key to the species and distribution maps are provided along with analyses of the conservation status and habitat preferences of the taxa. The Graphipterus serrator group currently comprises 16 taxa. Five new species are described: Graphipterus magnus Renan & Assmann, sp. n., Graphipterus mauretensis Renan & Assmann, sp. n., Graphipterus piniamitaii Renan & Freidberg, sp. n., Graphipterus sharonae Renan & Assmann, sp. n., and Graphipterus stagonopsis Renan & Assmann, sp. n. In addition, five taxa are revalidated to full species status: Graphipterus heydeni Kraatz, 1890, stat. rest. (lectotype designated), Graphipterus multiguttatus (Olivier, 1790), stat. rest. (lectotype designated), Graphipterus peletieri Laporte de Castelnau, 1840, stat. rest. (the frequently used name lepeletieri is an error), Graphipterus rotundatus Klug, 1832, stat. rest. (lectotype designated), and Graphipterus valdanii Guérin-Méneville, 1859 stat. rest., and a full species status is proposed for Graphipterus reymondi Antoine, 1953, stat. n. One new synonymy is proposed: Graphipterus kindermanni Chaudoir, 1871, syn. n. of Carabus multiguttatus Olivier, 1790. Lectotype designations were made for Graphipterus heydeni, Graphipterus minutus Dejean, 1822, Graphipterus multiguttatus, and Graphipterus rotundatus. Neotype designations were made for Graphipterus reichei Guérin-Méneville, 1859, Graphipterus intermedius Guérin-Méneville, 1859, and Graphipterus valdanii Guérin-Méneville, 1859.
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- Department of Zoology, The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University, POB 39040, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Institute of Ecology, Leuphana University Lüneburg, Universitätsallee 1, D-21335 Lüneburg, Germany
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- Department of Zoology, The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University, POB 39040, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Skull morphometrics of Tragulus and Moschiola for an improved classification of tragulid collections. Mamm Biol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2018.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Zachos FE. Mammals and meaningful taxonomic units: the debate about species concepts and conservation. Mamm Rev 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/mam.12121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- Frank E. Zachos
- Natural History Museum Vienna; Mammal Collection; Burgring 7 1010 Vienna Austria
- Department of Integrative Zoology; University of Vienna; Althanstraße 14 1090 Vienna Austria
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Vidigal THDA, Coscarelli D, Paixão H, Bernardes S, Montresor LC, Pepato AR. Integrative taxonomy of the neotropical genusOmalonyx(Elasmognatha: Succineidae). ZOOL SCR 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Departamento de Zoologia; Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Belo Horizonte Brazil
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- Departamento de Zoologia; Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Belo Horizonte Brazil
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- Departamento de Zoologia; Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Belo Horizonte Brazil
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- Laboratório de Malacologia; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz; Fundação Oswaldo Cruz; Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- Departamento de Zoologia; Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Belo Horizonte Brazil
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Cooper SJB, Ottewell K, MacDonald AJ, Adams M, Byrne M, Carthew SM, Eldridge MDB, Li Y, Pope LC, Saint KM, Westerman M. Phylogeography of southern brown and golden bandicoots: implications for the taxonomy and distribution of endangered subspecies and species. AUST J ZOOL 2018. [DOI: 10.1071/zo19052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Southern brown (Isoodon obesulus) and golden (Isoodon auratus) bandicoots are iconic Australian marsupials that have experienced dramatic declines since European settlement. Conservation management programs seek to protect the remaining populations; however, these programs are impeded by major taxonomic uncertainties. We investigated the history of population connectivity to inform subspecies and species boundaries through a broad-scale phylogeographic and population genetic analysis of Isoodon taxa. Our analyses reveal a major east–west phylogeographic split within I. obesulus/I. auratus, supported by both mtDNA and nuclear gene analyses, which is not coincident with the current species or subspecies taxonomy. In the eastern lineage, all Tasmanian samples formed a distinct monophyletic haplotype group to the exclusion of all mainland samples, indicative of long-term isolation of this population from mainland Australia and providing support for retention of the subspecific status of the Tasmanian population (I. o. affinis). Analyses further suggest that I. o. obesulus is limited to south-eastern mainland Australia, representing a significant reduction in known range. However, the analyses provide no clear consensus on the taxonomic status of bandicoot populations within the western lineage, with further analyses required, ideally incorporating data from historical museum specimens to fill distributional gaps.
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Martin GM. Variability and variation in Dromiciops Thomas, 1894 (Marsupialia, Microbiotheria, Microbiotheriidae). J Mammal 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyx175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Co-occurrence and Hybridization between Necturus maculosus and a Heretofore Unknown Necturus in the Southern Appalachians. J HERPETOL 2017. [DOI: 10.1670/17-006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Gutiérrez EE, Helgen KM, McDonough MM, Bauer F, Hawkins MTR, Escobedo-Morales LA, Patterson BD, Maldonado JE. A gene-tree test of the traditional taxonomy of American deer: the importance of voucher specimens, geographic data, and dense sampling. Zookeys 2017; 697:87-131. [PMID: 29134018 PMCID: PMC5673856 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.697.15124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2017] [Accepted: 08/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The taxonomy of American deer has been established almost entirely on the basis of morphological data and without the use of explicit phylogenetic methods; hence, phylogenetic analyses including data for all of the currently recognized species, even if based on a single gene, might improve current understanding of their taxonomy. We tested the monophyly of the morphology-defined genera and species of New World deer (Odocoileini) with phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial DNA sequences. This is the first such test conducted using extensive geographic and taxonomic sampling. Our results do not support the monophyly of Mazama, Odocoileus, Pudu, M. americana, M. nemorivaga, Od. hemionus, and Od. virginianus. Mazama contains species that belong to other genera. We found a novel sister-taxon relationship between "Mazama" pandora and a clade formed by Od. hemionus columbianus and Od. h. sitkensis, and transfer pandora to Odocoileus. The clade formed by Od. h. columbianus and Od. h. sitkensis may represent a valid species, whereas the remaining subspecies of Od. hemionus appear closer to Od. virginianus. Pudu (Pudu) puda was not found sister to Pudu (Pudella) mephistophiles. If confirmed, this result will prompt the recognition of the monotypic Pudella as a distinct genus. We provide evidence for the existence of an undescribed species now confused with Mazama americana, and identify other instances of cryptic, taxonomically unrecognized species-level diversity among populations here regarded as Mazama temama, "Mazama" nemorivaga, and Hippocamelus antisensis. Noteworthy records that substantially extend the known distributions of M. temama and "M." gouazoubira are provided, and we unveil a surprising ambiguity regarding the distribution of "M." nemorivaga, as it is described in the literature. The study of deer of the tribe Odocoileini has been hampered by the paucity of information regarding voucher specimens and the provenance of sequences deposited in GenBank. We pinpoint priorities for future systematic research on the tribe Odocoileini.
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- Eliécer E. Gutiérrez
- PPG Biodiversidade Animal, Centro de Ciências Naturais e Exatas, Av. Roraima n. 1000, Prédio 17, sala 1140-D, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS 97105-900, Brazil
- Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade de Brasília, 70910-900 Brasília, DF, Brazil
- Division of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA
- Center for Conservation Genomics, National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences and Environment Institute, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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- Division of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA
- Center for Conservation Genomics, National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA
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- Museum of Zoology, Senckenberg Natural History Collections, Dresden, Germany
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- Division of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA
- Center for Conservation Genomics, National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA
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- Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, circuito exterior s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, CP04510, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Integrative Research Center, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL60605, USA
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- Center for Conservation Genomics, National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA
- Environmental Science & Policy, George Mason University, 4400 University Dr., Fairfax, VA 22030, USA
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Mahmoudi A, Kryštufek B, Darvish J, Aliabadian M, Tabatabaei Yazdi F, Yazdani Moghaddam F, Janžekovič F. Craniometrics are not outdated: Interspecific morphological divergence in cryptic arvicoline rodents from Iran. ZOOL ANZ 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2017.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Minelli A. Zachos, F.E. 2016. Species Concepts in Biology. Historical Development, Theoretical Foundations and Practical Relevance. Springer International Publishing Switzerland, [place not stated]. xii+220 pp. ISBN 978-3-319-44964-7. J ZOOL SYST EVOL RES 2017. [DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Groves CP, Cotterill FPD, Gippoliti S, Robovský J, Roos C, Taylor PJ, Zinner D. Species definitions and conservation: a review and case studies from African mammals. CONSERV GENET 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s10592-017-0976-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Gippoliti S, Cotterill FPD, Zinner D, Groves CP. Impacts of taxonomic inertia for the conservation of African ungulate diversity: an overview. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2017; 93:115-130. [PMID: 28429851 DOI: 10.1111/brv.12335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2016] [Revised: 03/23/2017] [Accepted: 03/27/2017] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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We review the state of African ungulate taxonomy over the last 120 years, with an emphasis on the introduction of the polytypic species concept and the discipline's general neglect since the middle of the 20th century. We single out negative consequences of 'orthodox' taxonomy, highlighting numerous cases of neglect of threatened lineages, unsound translocations that led to lineage introgression, and cases of maladaptation to local conditions including parasitic infections. Additionally, several captive breeding programmes have been hampered by chromosome rearrangements caused by involuntary lineage mixing. We advocate that specimen-based taxonomy should regain its keystone role in mammal research and conservation biology, with its scientific values augmented with genomic evidence. While integration with molecular biology, ecology and behaviour is needed for a full understanding of ungulate alpha diversity, we stress that morphological diversity has been neglected despite its tremendous practical importance for some groups of 'utilizers' such as trophy hunters, wildlife tourists and conservationists. We conclude that there is no evidence that purported 'taxonomic inflation' has adverse effects on ungulate conservation: rather, it is taxonomic inertia that has such adverse effects. We stress that sound science, founded on robust taxonomy, should underpin effective sustainable management (hunting, ranching, captive breeding and reintroduction programmes) of this unique African natural resource.
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- Spartaco Gippoliti
- Società Italiana di Storia della Fauna 'G. Altobello' Viale Liegi 48, 00198, Roma, Italy
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- Geoecodynamics Research Hub, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, 7602, South Africa
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- Cognitive Ethology Laboratory, German Primate Center, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- School of Archaeology & Anthropology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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The tuco-tucos rodents (genus Ctenomys) of the Corrientes group comprise several populations that inhabit the vast area under the influence of the Iberá wetland. Lineage delimitation within the recently diverged Corrientes group is a challenging task as morphological differentiation is not conspicuous between populations. However, delimitation is crucial for evolutionary studies and conservation issues. In this study, we performed a phylogenetic analysis including cytochrome b (cyt-b) sequences from taxa that had never been studied in a comprehensive context. We integrated previously published chromosomal studies, mitochondrial phylogenies and simple sequence repeat (SSR) variability analyses, and applied a delimitation criterion over the basis of chromosomal incompatibilities and genetic exclusivity. Under this integrative approach seven independently evolving lineages were delimited in the Corrientes group: Ctenomys roigi, which conserves its former definition, Ctenomys dorbignyi and Ctenomys perrensi complex which were redefined, Sarandicito which includes the population of Paraje Sarandicito and probably a group of nearby poorly studied populations, and Iberá i, ii and iii distributed at both sides of the Iberá wetland. We discuss future perspectives to evaluate the proposed lineages and conservation issues concerning these tuco-tucos.
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- Diego A. Caraballo
- IFIBYNE-CONICET, Laboratorio de Fisiología y Biología Molecular , Departamento de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Celular , Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria , Pabellón II, 2do piso, EHA1428 , Buenos Aires , Argentina
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- IFIBYNE-CONICET, Laboratorio de Fisiología y Biología Molecular , Departamento de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Celular , Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria , Pabellón II, 2do piso, EHA1428 , Buenos Aires , Argentina
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Mahmoudi A, Darvish J, Aliabadian M, Yazdani Moghaddam F, Kryštufek B. New insight into the cradle of the grey voles (subgenus Microtus) inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome b sequences. MAMMALIA 2017. [DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2016-0001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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AbstractOur aim in this study was to further the understanding of the taxonomic relationships and the evolutionary history of grey voles (subgenus
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Daïnou K, Blanc-Jolivet C, Degen B, Kimani P, Ndiade-Bourobou D, Donkpegan ASL, Tosso F, Kaymak E, Bourland N, Doucet JL, Hardy OJ. Revealing hidden species diversity in closely related species using nuclear SNPs, SSRs and DNA sequences - a case study in the tree genus Milicia. BMC Evol Biol 2016; 16:259. [PMID: 27903256 PMCID: PMC5131513 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-016-0831-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2016] [Accepted: 11/17/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Background Species delimitation in closely related plant taxa can be challenging because (i) reproductive barriers are not always congruent with morphological differentiation, (ii) use of plastid sequences might lead to misinterpretation, (iii) rare species might not be sampled. We revisited molecular-based species delimitation in the African genus Milicia, currently divided into M. regia (West Africa) and M. excelsa (from West to East Africa). We used 435 samples collected in West, Central and East Africa. We genotyped SNP and SSR loci to identify genetic clusters, and sequenced two plastid regions (psbA-trnH, trnC-ycf6) and a nuclear gene (At103) to confirm species’ divergence and compare species delimitation methods. We also examined whether ecological niche differentiation was congruent with sampled genetic structure. Results West African M. regia, West African and East African M. excelsa samples constituted three well distinct genetic clusters according to SNPs and SSRs. In Central Africa, two genetic clusters were consistently inferred by both types of markers, while a few scattered samples, sympatric with the preceding clusters but exhibiting leaf traits of M. regia, were grouped with the West African M. regia cluster based on SNPs or formed a distinct cluster based on SSRs. SSR results were confirmed by sequence data from the nuclear region At103 which revealed three distinct ‘Fields For Recombination’ corresponding to (i) West African M. regia, (ii) Central African samples with leaf traits of M. regia, and (iii) all M. excelsa samples. None of the plastid sequences provide indication of distinct clades of the three species-like units. Niche modelling techniques yielded a significant correlation between niche overlap and genetic distance. Conclusions Our genetic data suggest that three species of Milicia could be recognized. It is surprising that the occurrence of two species in Central Africa was not reported for this well-known timber tree. Globally, our work highlights the importance of collecting samples in a systematic way and the need for combining different nuclear markers when dealing with species complexes. Recognizing cryptic species is particularly crucial for economically exploited species because some hidden taxa might actually be endangered as they are merged with more abundant species. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12862-016-0831-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Kasso Daïnou
- Nature + asbl / TERRA Research Centre, Central African Forests, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liege, Passage des Déportés 2, 5030, Gembloux, Belgium. .,Université d'Agriculture de Kétou, BP 43, Kétou, Benin.
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- Thünen Institute of Forest Genetics, Sieker Landstrasse 2, 22927, Grosshansdorf, Germany
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- Thünen Institute of Forest Genetics, Sieker Landstrasse 2, 22927, Grosshansdorf, Germany
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- Kenya Forestry Research Institute, Biotechnology Section, P. O. Box 20412-00200, Nairobi, Kenya
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- TERRA Research Centre, Central African Forests, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liege, Passage des Déportés 2, 5030, Gembloux, Belgium
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- TERRA Research Centre, Central African Forests, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liege, Passage des Déportés 2, 5030, Gembloux, Belgium
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- Evolutionary Biology and Ecology - CP 160⁄12, Faculté des Sciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Av. F. Roosevelt 50, 1050, Brussels, Belgium
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- Service of Wood Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium
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- TERRA Research Centre, Central African Forests, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liege, Passage des Déportés 2, 5030, Gembloux, Belgium
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- Evolutionary Biology and Ecology - CP 160⁄12, Faculté des Sciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Av. F. Roosevelt 50, 1050, Brussels, Belgium
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Barrowclough GF, Cracraft J, Klicka J, Zink RM. How Many Kinds of Birds Are There and Why Does It Matter? PLoS One 2016; 11:e0166307. [PMID: 27880775 PMCID: PMC5120813 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0166307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2016] [Accepted: 10/23/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Estimates of global species diversity have varied widely, primarily based on variation in the numbers derived from different inventory methods of arthropods and other small invertebrates. Within vertebrates, current diversity metrics for fishes, amphibians, and reptiles are known to be poor estimators, whereas those for birds and mammals are often assumed to be relatively well established. We show that avian evolutionary diversity is significantly underestimated due to a taxonomic tradition not found in most other taxonomic groups. Using a sample of 200 species taken from a list of 9159 biological species determined primarily by morphological criteria, we applied a diagnostic, evolutionary species concept to a morphological and distributional data set that resulted in an estimate of 18,043 species of birds worldwide, with a 95% confidence interval of 15,845 to 20,470. In a second, independent analysis, we examined intraspecific genetic data from 437 traditional avian species, finding an average of 2.4 evolutionary units per species, which can be considered proxies for phylogenetic species. Comparing recent lists of species to that used in this study (based primarily on morphology) revealed that taxonomic changes in the past 25 years have led to an increase of only 9%, well below what our results predict. Therefore, our molecular and morphological results suggest that the current taxonomy of birds understimates avian species diversity by at least a factor of two. We suggest that a revised taxonomy that better captures avian species diversity will enhance the quantification and analysis of global patterns of diversity and distribution, as well as provide a more appropriate framework for understanding the evolutionary history of birds.
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- George F. Barrowclough
- Department of Ornithology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York United States of America
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- Department of Ornithology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York United States of America
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- Department of Biology and Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- School of Natural Resources, Nebraska State Museum, and School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America
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Evolutionary history and species delimitations: a case study of the hazel dormouse, Muscardinus avellanarius. CONSERV GENET 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s10592-016-0892-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Quiroga-Carmona M, DoNascimiento C. A new species of small-eared shrew of the genus Cryptotis Pomel, 1848 (Mammalia, Eulipotyphla, Soricidae) from the easternmost mountains of the Venezuelan Andes. Mamm Biol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2016.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Comparison of whole mitochondrial genome sequences of northern and southern white rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum): the conservation consequences of species definitions. CONSERV GENET 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s10592-016-0861-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Franz NM, Pier NM, Reeder DM, Chen M, Yu S, Kianmajd P, Bowers S, Ludäscher B. Two Influential Primate Classifications Logically Aligned. Syst Biol 2016; 65:561-82. [PMID: 27009895 PMCID: PMC4911943 DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syw023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2015] [Revised: 03/11/2016] [Accepted: 03/17/2016] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Classifications and phylogenies of perceived natural entities change in the light of new evidence. Taxonomic changes, translated into Code-compliant names, frequently lead to name:meaning dissociations across succeeding treatments. Classification standards such as the Mammal Species of the World (MSW) may experience significant levels of taxonomic change from one edition to the next, with potential costs to long-term, large-scale information integration. This circumstance challenges the biodiversity and phylogenetic data communities to express taxonomic congruence and incongruence in ways that both humans and machines can process, that is, to logically represent taxonomic alignments across multiple classifications. We demonstrate that such alignments are feasible for two classifications of primates corresponding to the second and third MSW editions. Our approach has three main components: (i) use of taxonomic concept labels, that is name sec. author (where sec. means according to), to assemble each concept hierarchy separately via parent/child relationships; (ii) articulation of select concepts across the two hierarchies with user-provided Region Connection Calculus (RCC-5) relationships; and (iii) the use of an Answer Set Programming toolkit to infer and visualize logically consistent alignments of these input constraints. Our use case entails the Primates sec. Groves (1993; MSW2-317 taxonomic concepts; 233 at the species level) and Primates sec. Groves (2005; MSW3-483 taxonomic concepts; 376 at the species level). Using 402 RCC-5 input articulations, the reasoning process yields a single, consistent alignment and 153,111 Maximally Informative Relations that constitute a comprehensive meaning resolution map for every concept pair in the Primates sec. MSW2/MSW3. The complete alignment, and various partitions thereof, facilitate quantitative analyses of name:meaning dissociation, revealing that nearly one in three taxonomic names are not reliable across treatments-in the sense of the same name identifying congruent taxonomic meanings. The RCC-5 alignment approach is potentially widely applicable in systematics and can achieve scalable, precise resolution of semantically evolving name usages in synthetic, next-generation biodiversity, and phylogeny data platforms.
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- Nico M Franz
- School of Life Sciences, PO Box 874501, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA;
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- School of Life Sciences, PO Box 874501, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
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- Department of Biology, Bucknell University, 1 Dent Drive, Lewisburg, PA 17837, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, 2063 Kemper Hall, 1 Shields Avenue, University of California at Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, 2063 Kemper Hall, 1 Shields Avenue, University of California at Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, 2063 Kemper Hall, 1 Shields Avenue, University of California at Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, 502 East Boone Avenue, AD Box 26, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA 99258, USA
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- Gradate School of Library and Information Science, 510 East Daniel Street, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL 61820
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Vadell MV, Gómez Villafañe IE. Environmental Variables Associated with Hantavirus Reservoirs and Other Small Rodent Species in Two National Parks in the Paraná Delta, Argentina: Implications for Disease Prevention. ECOHEALTH 2016; 13:248-60. [PMID: 27169561 DOI: 10.1007/s10393-016-1127-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2015] [Accepted: 03/18/2016] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) is a severe zoonotic disease caused by hantaviruses hosted in various rodents species. In Argentina, its transmission to humans has been associated to exposure during activities such as farming, recreation, and tourism which are carried out in wild and rural areas. The aim of this study was to analyze the macro- and micro-habitat use and spatio-temporal variation of small sylvan rodents in Pre Delta and Islas de Santa Fe national parks, located in an HPS-endemic area of Argentina. Rodent communities were studied at six sites: two islands, a riparian forest, an inland forest, a marsh, and the margins of a pond. A total of 453 individuals of five species were captured with a trapping effort of 9471 trap-nights. Maximum species richness was found at the marsh and the pond margin sites. Abundance of rodents was influenced by flooding events. Two hantavirus reservoirs, Oligoryzomys flavescens and Akodon azarae, were identified in the area. O. flavescens was captured in every habitat, but it was dominant in Islas de Santa Fe National Park where its abundance was strongly influenced by flooding. A. azarae was captured in every habitat except on the islands. A. azarae behaved as a generalist species at a micro-habitat scale in every habitat of Pre Delta National Park except for the marsh where it selected patches with low vegetation height. Based on these results, several disease prevention measures, including the use of rodent-proof containers for food, and keeping the grass short in the camp site, are proposed in order to reduce the risk to visitors and residents of contracting HPS.
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- María Victoria Vadell
- Grupo de Ecología de Enfermedades Transmitidas por Vectores, Instituto de Investigación e Ingeniería Ambiental, Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Ecología de Poblaciones, Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución, IEGEBA (CONICET-UBA), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Intendente Güiraldes 2160, Ciudad Universitaria, C1428EGA, Nuñez, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Gregorin R, Moras LM, Acosta LH, Vasconcellos KL, Poma JL, dos Santos FR, Paca RC. A new species of Eumops (Chiroptera: Molossidae) from southeastern Brazil and Bolivia. Mamm Biol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2016.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Zachos FE. Tree thinking and species delimitation: Guidelines for taxonomy and phylogenetic terminology. Mamm Biol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2015.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Turvey ST, Peters S, Brace S, Young RP, Crumpton N, Hansford J, Nuñez-Miño JM, King G, Tsalikidis K, Ottenwalder JA, Timpson A, Funk SM, Brocca JL, Thomas MG, Barnes I. Independent evolutionary histories in allopatric populations of a threatened Caribbean land mammal. DIVERS DISTRIB 2016. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- Samuel T. Turvey
- Institute of Zoology; Zoological Society of London; Regent's Park London NW1 4RY UK
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- Research Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment; University College London; Gower Street London WC1E 6BT UK
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- Natural History Museum; Cromwell Road London SW7 5BD UK
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- Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust; Les Augrès Manor Trinity Jersey JE3 5BP Channel Islands
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- Natural History Museum; Cromwell Road London SW7 5BD UK
- Research Department of Cell and Developmental Biology; University College London; Gower Street London WC1E 6BT UK
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- Institute of Zoology; Zoological Society of London; Regent's Park London NW1 4RY UK
- Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton; University of Southampton Waterfront Campus; European Way Southampton UK
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- Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust; Les Augrès Manor Trinity Jersey JE3 5BP Channel Islands
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- School of Biological Sciences; Royal Holloway University of London; Egham Hill Egham TW20 OEX UK
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- School of Biological Sciences; Royal Holloway University of London; Egham Hill Egham TW20 OEX UK
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- Institute of Archaeology; University College London; Gordon Square London WC1H 0PY UK
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- Sociedad Ornitológica de la Hispaniola; Parque Zoologico Nacional; Avenida de la Vega Real Arroyo Hondo Santo Domingo Dominican Republic
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- Research Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment; University College London; Gower Street London WC1E 6BT UK
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- Natural History Museum; Cromwell Road London SW7 5BD UK
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SHOTAKE TAKAYOSHI, SAIJUNTHA WEERACHAI, AGATSUMA TAKESHI, KAWAMOTO YOSHI. Genetic diversity within and among gelada ( Theropithecus gelada) populations based on mitochondrial DNA analysis. ANTHROPOL SCI 2016. [DOI: 10.1537/ase.160717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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- Walai Rukhavej Botanical Research Institute, Mahasarakham University, Maha Sarakham
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Turner TR, Coetzer WG, Schmitt CA, Lorenz JG, Freimer NB, Grobler JP. Localized population divergence of vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus spp.) in South Africa: Evidence from mtDNA. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 2016; 159:17-30. [PMID: 26265297 PMCID: PMC4715607 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2014] [Revised: 02/23/2015] [Accepted: 07/23/2015] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Vervet monkeys are common in most tree-rich areas of South Africa, but their absence from grassland and semi-desert areas of the country suggest potentially restricted and mosaic local population patterns that may have relevance to local phenotype patterns and selection. A portion of the mitochondrial DNA control region was sequenced to study patterns of genetic differentiation. METHODS DNA was extracted, and mitochondrial DNA sequences were obtained from 101 vervet monkeys at 15 localities, which represent both an extensive (widely across the distribution range) and intensive (more than one troop at most of the localities) sampling strategy. Analyses utilized Arlequin 3.1, MEGA 6, BEAST v1.5.2, and Network V3.6.1. RESULTS The dataset contained 26 distinct haplotypes, with six populations fixed for single haplotypes. Pairwise P-distance among population pairs showed significant differentiation among most population pairs, but with nonsignificant differences among populations within some regions. Populations were grouped into three broad clusters in a maximum likelihood phylogenetic tree and a haplotype network. These clusters correspond to i) north-western, northern, and north-eastern parts of the distribution range as well as the northern coastal belt; ii) central areas of the country; and iii) southern part of the Indian Ocean coastal belt and adjacent inland areas. CONCLUSIONS Apparent patterns of genetic structure correspond to current and past distribution of suitable habitat, geographic barriers to gene flow, geographic distance, and female philopatry. However, further work on nuclear markers and other genomic data are necessary to confirm these results.
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- Trudy R. Turner
- Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201
- Department of Genetics, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
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- Department of Genetics, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
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- Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics, University of California – Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095
- Human Evolution Research Center, University of California – Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720
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- Department of Anthropology & Museum Studies, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA 98926
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- Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics, University of California – Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095
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- Department of Genetics, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
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Morrison DA. Taxonomy of Australian Mammals. — By Stephen Jackson and Colin Groves. Syst Biol 2015. [DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syv085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Molecular systematics of the small-toothed palm civet (Arctogalidia trivirgata) reveals a strong divergence of Bornean populations. Mamm Biol 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2015.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Lorenzini R, Garofalo L. Insights into the evolutionary history of Cervus
(Cervidae, tribe Cervini) based on Bayesian analysis of mitochondrial marker sequences, with first indications for a new species. J ZOOL SYST EVOL RES 2015. [DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Rita Lorenzini
- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Regioni Lazio e Toscana; Centro di Referenza Nazionale per la Medicina Forense Veterinaria; Rieti Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Regioni Lazio e Toscana; Centro di Referenza Nazionale per la Medicina Forense Veterinaria; Rieti Italy
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Guerrini M, Forcina G, Panayides P, Lorenzini R, Garel M, Anayiotos P, Kassinis N, Barbanera F. Molecular DNA identity of the mouflon of Cyprus (Ovis orientalis ophion, Bovidae): Near Eastern origin and divergence from Western Mediterranean conspecific populations. SYST BIODIVERS 2015. [DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2015.1046409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- Monica Guerrini
- Dipartimento di Biologia, Unità di Zoologia e Antropologia, Via A. Volta 4, 56126 Pisa, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biologia, Unità di Zoologia e Antropologia, Via A. Volta 4, 56126 Pisa, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Regioni Lazio e Toscana, Centro di Referenza Nazionale per la Medicina Forense Veterinaria, Via Tancia 21, 02100 Rieti, Italy
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- Office National de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage, Centre National d'Études et de Recherche Appliquée Faune de Montagne, 5 allée de Bethléem, Z.I. Mayencin, 38610 Gières, France
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- Dipartimento di Biologia, Unità di Zoologia e Antropologia, Via A. Volta 4, 56126 Pisa, Italy
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Lukhtanov VA, Dantchenko AV, Vishnevskaya MS, Saifitdinova AF. Detecting cryptic species in sympatry and allopatry: analysis of hidden diversity inPolyommatus(Agrodiaetus) butterflies (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2015. [DOI: 10.1111/bij.12596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- Vladimir A. Lukhtanov
- Department of Karyosystematics; Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences; Universitetskaya nab. 1 199034 St. Petersburg Russia
- Department of Entomology; St Petersburg State University; Universitetskaya nab. 7/9 199034 St. Petersburg Russia
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- Department of Entomology; St Petersburg State University; Universitetskaya nab. 7/9 199034 St. Petersburg Russia
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- Department of Entomology; St Petersburg State University; Universitetskaya nab. 7/9 199034 St. Petersburg Russia
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- Department of Cytology and Histology; St Petersburg State University; Universitetskaya nab. 7/9 199034 St. Petersburg Russia
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Wilting A, Courtiol A, Christiansen P, Niedballa J, Scharf AK, Orlando L, Balkenhol N, Hofer H, Kramer-Schadt S, Fickel J, Kitchener AC. Planning tiger recovery: Understanding intraspecific variation for effective conservation. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2015; 1:e1400175. [PMID: 26601191 PMCID: PMC4640610 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1400175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2014] [Accepted: 05/05/2015] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Although significantly more money is spent on the conservation of tigers than on any other threatened species, today only 3200 to 3600 tigers roam the forests of Asia, occupying only 7% of their historical range. Despite the global significance of and interest in tiger conservation, global approaches to plan tiger recovery are partly impeded by the lack of a consensus on the number of tiger subspecies or management units, because a comprehensive analysis of tiger variation is lacking. We analyzed variation among all nine putative tiger subspecies, using extensive data sets of several traits [morphological (craniodental and pelage), ecological, molecular]. Our analyses revealed little variation and large overlaps in each trait among putative subspecies, and molecular data showed extremely low diversity because of a severe Late Pleistocene population decline. Our results support recognition of only two subspecies: the Sunda tiger, Panthera tigris sondaica, and the continental tiger, Panthera tigris tigris, which consists of two (northern and southern) management units. Conservation management programs, such as captive breeding, reintroduction initiatives, or trans-boundary projects, rely on a durable, consistent characterization of subspecies as taxonomic units, defined by robust multiple lines of scientific evidence rather than single traits or ad hoc descriptions of one or few specimens. Our multiple-trait data set supports a fundamental rethinking of the conventional tiger taxonomy paradigm, which will have profound implications for the management of in situ and ex situ tiger populations and boost conservation efforts by facilitating a pragmatic approach to tiger conservation management worldwide.
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- Andreas Wilting
- Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW), Alfred-Kowalke-Straße 17, 10315 Berlin, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW), Alfred-Kowalke-Straße 17, 10315 Berlin, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW), Alfred-Kowalke-Straße 17, 10315 Berlin, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW), Alfred-Kowalke-Straße 17, 10315 Berlin, Germany
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- Center for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, 1350 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW), Alfred-Kowalke-Straße 17, 10315 Berlin, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW), Alfred-Kowalke-Straße 17, 10315 Berlin, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW), Alfred-Kowalke-Straße 17, 10315 Berlin, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW), Alfred-Kowalke-Straße 17, 10315 Berlin, Germany
- Institute for Biochemistry and Biology, Potsdam University, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Natural Sciences, National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh EH1 1JF, UK
- Institute of Geography, School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9XP, UK
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Dalton DL, Linden B, Wimberger K, Nupen LJ, Tordiffe ASW, Taylor PJ, Madisha MT, Kotze A. New insights into samango monkey speciation in South Africa. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0117003. [PMID: 25798604 PMCID: PMC4370472 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2014] [Accepted: 12/17/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The samango monkey is South Africa's only exclusively forest dwelling primate and represents the southernmost extent of the range of arboreal guenons in Africa. The main threats to South Africa's forests and thus to the samango are linked to increasing land-use pressure and increasing demands for forest resources, resulting in deforestation, degradation and further fragmentation of irreplaceable habitats. The species belongs to the highly polytypic Cercopithecus nictitans group which is sometimes divided into two species C. mitis and C. albogularis. The number of subspecies of C. albogularis is also under debate and is based only on differences in pelage colouration and thus far no genetic research has been undertaken on South African samango monkey populations. In this study we aim to further clarify the number of samango monkey subspecies, as well as their respective distributions in South Africa by combining molecular, morphometric and pelage data. Overall, our study provides the most comprehensive view to date into the taxonomic description of samango monkeys in South Africa. Our data supports the identification of three distinct genetic entities namely; C. a. labiatus, C. a. erythrarchus and C. a. schwarzi and argues for separate conservation management of the distinct genetic entities defined by this study.
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- Desiré L. Dalton
- National Zoological Gardens of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa
- Genetics Department, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
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- Department of Zoology, School of Mathematical & Natural Sciences, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa
- SARChI Chair on Biodiversity Value & Change in the Vhembe Biosphere Reserve & Core Member of Centre for Invasion Biology, School of Mathematical & Natural Sciences, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa
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- National Zoological Gardens of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa
- Percy FitzPatrick Institute, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa
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- National Zoological Gardens of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa
- Department of Companion Animal Clinical Studies, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa
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- SARChI Chair on Biodiversity Value & Change in the Vhembe Biosphere Reserve & Core Member of Centre for Invasion Biology, School of Mathematical & Natural Sciences, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa
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- National Zoological Gardens of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa
- Genetics Department, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
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Moratelli R, Wilson DE. A second record ofMyotis diminutus(Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae): its bearing on the taxonomy of the species and discrimination fromM. nigricans. P BIOL SOC WASH 2015. [DOI: 10.2988/0006-324x-127.4.533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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Bryja J, Mikula O, Šumbera R, Meheretu Y, Aghová T, Lavrenchenko LA, Mazoch V, Oguge N, Mbau JS, Welegerima K, Amundala N, Colyn M, Leirs H, Verheyen E. Pan-African phylogeny of Mus (subgenus Nannomys) reveals one of the most successful mammal radiations in Africa. BMC Evol Biol 2014; 14:256. [PMID: 25496476 PMCID: PMC4280006 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-014-0256-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2014] [Accepted: 11/27/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Rodents of the genus Mus represent one of the most valuable biological models for biomedical and evolutionary research. Out of the four currently recognized subgenera, Nannomys (African pygmy mice, including the smallest rodents in the world) comprises the only original African lineage. Species of this subgenus became important models for the study of sex determination in mammals and they are also hosts of potentially dangerous pathogens. Nannomys ancestors colonized Africa from Asia at the end of Miocene and Eastern Africa should be considered as the place of their first radiation. In sharp contrast with this fact and despite the biological importance of Nannomys, the specimens from Eastern Africa were obviously under-represented in previous studies and the phylogenetic and distributional patterns were thus incomplete. RESULTS We performed comprehensive genetic analysis of 657 individuals of Nannomys collected at approximately 300 localities across the whole sub-Saharan Africa. Phylogenetic reconstructions based on mitochondrial (CYTB) and nuclear (IRBP) genes identified five species groups and three monotypic ancestral lineages. We provide evidence for important cryptic diversity and we defined and mapped the distribution of 27 molecular operational taxonomic units (MOTUs) that may correspond to presumable species. Biogeographical reconstructions based on data spanning all of Africa modified the previous evolutionary scenarios. First divergences occurred in Eastern African mountains soon after the colonization of the continent and the remnants of these old divergences still occur there, represented by long basal branches of M. (previously Muriculus) imberbis and two undescribed species from Ethiopia and Malawi. The radiation in drier lowland habitats associated with the decrease of body size is much younger, occurred mainly in a single lineage (called the minutoides group, and especially within the species M. minutoides), and was probably linked to aridification and climatic fluctuations in middle Pliocene/Pleistocene. CONCLUSIONS We discovered very high cryptic diversity in African pygmy mice making the genus Mus one of the richest genera of African mammals. Our taxon sampling allowed reliable phylogenetic and biogeographic reconstructions that (together with detailed distributional data of individual MOTUs) provide a solid basis for further evolutionary, ecological and epidemiological studies of this important group of rodents.
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- Josef Bryja
- Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Brno, Czech Republic.
- Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
- Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Research Facility Studenec, Studenec 122, 675 02, Koněšín, Czech Republic.
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- Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Brno, Czech Republic.
- Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Brno, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Biology, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Mekelle University, Tigray, Ethiopia.
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- Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Brno, Czech Republic.
- Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
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- College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya.
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- Department of Biology, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Mekelle University, Tigray, Ethiopia.
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- University of Kisangani, Eastern Province, Kisangani, DR, Congo.
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- CNRS UMR 6552/53, Université de Rennes 1, Station Biologique, Paimpont, France.
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- Evolutionary Ecology Group, Biology Department, University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium.
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- Evolutionary Ecology Group, Biology Department, University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium.
- Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences, Operational Direction Taxonomy and Phylogeny, Brussels, Belgium.
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Zachos FE. Taxonomic inflation, the Phylogenetic Species Concept and lineages in the Tree of Life - a cautionary comment on species splitting. J ZOOL SYST EVOL RES 2014. [DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Frank E. Zachos
- Natural History Museum Vienna; Mammal Collection; Vienna Austria
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Cronin MA, Cánovas A, Bannasch DL, Oberbauer AM, Medrano JF. Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) Variation of Wolves (Canis lupus) in Southeast Alaska and Comparison with Wolves, Dogs, and Coyotes in North America. J Hered 2014; 106:26-36. [DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esu075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Bertolino S, Girardello M, Amori G. Identifying conservation priorities when data are scanty: A case study with small mammals in Italy. Mamm Biol 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2014.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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This article reviews changes in primate taxonomy, especially those pertaining to the meaning of the term species, since its inception two and a half centuries ago. Despite continuing discoveries and the involvement of competent practitioners, the adoption of the polytypic species concept, especially underpinned by the biological species concept, ensured that primate taxonomy was in a sorry state by the middle of the twentieth century. In the latter half of the twentieth century, a gradual rethinking of the nature of species took place, and many different species concepts were proposed. The phylogenetic species concept has been widely adopted over the past ∼20 years, sustained by a gradual realization that species are evolutionary lineages. This review provides examples of how the old way of thinking about species hampered our understanding of primate biodiversity and of how the phylogenetic species concept (or the diagnosability criterion under the general lineage concept) has clarified matters, opening them up for discussion. The adoption of this evolutionary view of species has implications for conservation, particularly because it increases recognition of biodiversity.
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- Colin P. Groves
- Biological Anthropology, School of Archaeology and Anthropology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
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Phuong MA, Lim MCW, Wait DR, Rowe KC, Moritz C. Delimiting species in the genusOtospermophilus(Rodentia: Sciuridae), using genetics, ecology, and morphology. Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2014. [DOI: 10.1111/bij.12391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- Mark A. Phuong
- Department of Integrative Biology; Museum of Vertebrate Zoology; University of California; Berkeley, 3101 Valley Life Science Building Berkeley CA 94720 USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology; Museum of Vertebrate Zoology; University of California; Berkeley, 3101 Valley Life Science Building Berkeley CA 94720 USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology; Museum of Vertebrate Zoology; University of California; Berkeley, 3101 Valley Life Science Building Berkeley CA 94720 USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology; Museum of Vertebrate Zoology; University of California; Berkeley, 3101 Valley Life Science Building Berkeley CA 94720 USA
- Sciences Department; Museum Victoria; Melbourne VIC 3001 Australia
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- Department of Integrative Biology; Museum of Vertebrate Zoology; University of California; Berkeley, 3101 Valley Life Science Building Berkeley CA 94720 USA
- Research School of Biology; The Australian National University; Acton ACT 0200 Australia
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Ruiz-García M, Pinedo-Castro M, Shostell JM. How many genera and species of woolly monkeys (Atelidae, Platyrrhine, Primates) are there? The first molecular analysis of Lagothrix flavicauda, an endemic Peruvian primate species. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2014; 79:179-98. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.05.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2013] [Revised: 05/13/2014] [Accepted: 05/30/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Senn H, Banfield L, Wacher T, Newby J, Rabeil T, Kaden J, Kitchener AC, Abaigar T, Silva TL, Maunder M, Ogden R. Splitting or lumping? A conservation dilemma exemplified by the critically endangered dama gazelle (Nanger dama). PLoS One 2014; 9:e98693. [PMID: 24956104 PMCID: PMC4067283 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2014] [Accepted: 05/02/2014] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Managers of threatened species often face the dilemma of whether to keep populations separate to conserve local adaptations and minimize the risk of outbreeding, or whether to manage populations jointly to reduce loss of genetic diversity and minimise inbreeding. In this study we examine genetic relatedness and diversity in three of the five last remaining wild populations of dama gazelle and a number of captive populations, using mtDNA control region and cytochrome b data. Despite the sampled populations belonging to the three putative subspecies, which are delineated according to phenotypes and geographical location, we find limited evidence for phylogeographical structure within the data and no genetic support for the putative subspecies. In the light of these data we discuss the relevance of inbreeding depression, outbreeding depression, adaptive variation, genetic drift, and phenotypic variation to the conservation of the dama gazelle and make some recommendations for its future conservation management. The genetic data suggest that the best conservation approach is to view the dama gazelle as a single species without subspecific divisions.
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- Helen Senn
- WildGenes Laboratory, Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Conservation Department, Al Ain Zoo, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Conservation Programmes, Zoologicial Society of London, Regents Park, London, United Kingdom
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- Sahara Conservation Fund, L'Isle, Switzerland
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- WildGenes Laboratory, Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Department of Natural Sciences, National Museums Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Institute of Geography, School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, Drummond Street, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Almería, Spain
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- CIBIO/InBIO, Centro de Investigção em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos da Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal
- Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Almería, Spain
- Departamento de Biologia da, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- College of Arts and Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, United States of America
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- WildGenes Laboratory, Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Senn H, Ogden R, Frosch C, Syrůčková A, Campbell-Palmer R, Munclinger P, Durka W, Kraus RHS, Saveljev AP, Nowak C, Stubbe A, Stubbe M, Michaux J, Lavrov V, Samiya R, Ulevicius A, Rosell F. Nuclear and mitochondrial genetic structure in the Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) - implications for future reintroductions. Evol Appl 2014; 7:645-62. [PMID: 25067948 PMCID: PMC4105916 DOI: 10.1111/eva.12162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2013] [Accepted: 04/01/2014] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Many reintroduction projects for conservation fail, and there are a large number of factors that may contribute to failure. Genetic analysis can be used to help stack the odds of a reintroduction in favour of success, by conducting assessment of source populations to evaluate the possibility of inbreeding and outbreeding depression and by conducting postrelease monitoring. In this study, we use a panel of 306 SNP (single nucleotide polymorphism) markers and 487-489 base pairs of mitochondrial DNA control region sequence data to examine 321 individuals from possible source populations of the Eurasian beaver for a reintroduction to Scotland. We use this information to reassess the phylogenetic history of the Eurasian beavers, to examine the genetic legacy of past reintroductions on the Eurasian landmass and to assess the future power of the genetic markers to conduct ongoing monitoring via parentage analysis and individual identification. We demonstrate the capacity of medium density genetic data (hundreds of SNPs) to provide information suitable for applied conservation and discuss the difficulty of balancing the need for high genetic diversity against phylogenetic best fit when choosing source population(s) for reintroduction.
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- Helen Senn
- WildGenes Laboratory, Royal Zoological Society of Scotland Edinburgh, UK
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- WildGenes Laboratory, Royal Zoological Society of Scotland Edinburgh, UK
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- Conservation Genetics Group, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt Gelnhausen, Germany
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- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Community Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ Halle, Germany
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- Conservation Genetics Group, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt Gelnhausen, Germany
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- Russian Research Institute of Game Management and Fur Farming, Russian Academy of Sciences Kirov, Russia
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- Conservation Genetics Group, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt Gelnhausen, Germany
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- Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg Institut für Biologie Bereich Zoologie/Molekulare Ökologie Hoher Weg 4 Halle/Saale, Germany
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- Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg Institut für Biologie Domplatz 4 Halle/Saale, Germany
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- Conservation Genetics Unit, Institute of Botany (Bat. 22), University of Liège (Sart Tilman) Liège, Belgium
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- Department of Zoology, School of Biology and Biotechnology, National University of Mongolia Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
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- Faculty of Natural Sciences, Vilnius University Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Telemark University College, Department of Environmental Sciences Telemark, Norway
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Gippoliti S, Amori G, Castiglia R, Colangelo P, Capanna E. The relevance of Italian museum collections for research and conservation: the case of mammals. RENDICONTI LINCEI-SCIENZE FISICHE E NATURALI 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s12210-014-0304-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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