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Georges A, Gruber B, Pauly GB, White D, Adams M, Young MJ, Kilian A, Zhang X, Shaffer HB, Unmack PJ. Genomewide
SNP
markers breathe new life into phylogeography and species delimitation for the problematic short‐necked turtles (Chelidae:
Emydura
) of eastern Australia. Mol Ecol 2018; 27:5195-5213. [DOI: 10.1111/mec.14925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2017] [Revised: 10/17/2018] [Accepted: 10/22/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Arthur Georges
- Institute for Applied Ecology University of Canberra Canberra Australian Capital Territory Australia
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- Institute for Applied Ecology University of Canberra Canberra Australian Capital Territory Australia
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- Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Los Angeles California
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- Institute for Applied Ecology University of Canberra Canberra Australian Capital Territory Australia
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- Institute for Applied Ecology University of Canberra Canberra Australian Capital Territory Australia
- Department of Biological Sciences University of Adelaide Adelaide South Australia Australia
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- Institute for Applied Ecology University of Canberra Canberra Australian Capital Territory Australia
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- Diversity Arrays Technology Pty Ltd University of Canberra Canberra Australian Capital Territory Australia
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- Institute for Applied Ecology University of Canberra Canberra Australian Capital Territory Australia
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science Institute of the Environment and Sustainability University of California Los Angeles California
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- Institute for Applied Ecology University of Canberra Canberra Australian Capital Territory Australia
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Bryant LM, Krosch MN. Lines in the land: a review of evidence for eastern Australia's major biogeographical barriers to closed forest taxa. Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2016. [DOI: 10.1111/bij.12821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Litticia M. Bryant
- School of Earth, Environmental and Biological Sciences; Queensland University of Technology; Brisbane Qld 4000 Australia
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- School of Earth, Environmental and Biological Sciences; Queensland University of Technology; Brisbane Qld 4000 Australia
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Schmidt DJ, Brockett B, Espinoza T, Connell M, Hughes JM. Complete mitochondrial genome of the endangered Mary River turtle (Elusor macrurus) and low mtDNA variation across the species' range. AUST J ZOOL 2016. [DOI: 10.1071/zo16013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
Abstract
Elusor macrurus is an endangered short-necked turtle restricted to the Mary River catchment in south-eastern Queensland. Shotgun sequencing of genomic DNA was used to generate a complete mitochondrial genome sequence for E. macrurus using the Illumina MiSeq platform. The mitogenome is 16 499 base pairs (bp) long with 37 genes arranged in the typical vertebrate order and a relatively short 918-bp control region, which does not feature extensive tandem repeats as observed in some turtles. Primers were designed to amplify a 1270-bp region that includes 81% of the typically hypervariable control region. Two haplotypes were detected in a sample of 22 wild-caught individuals from eight sites across its natural range. The Mary River turtle is a species with low mtDNA nucleotide variability relative to other Chelidae. The combination of a very restricted distribution and dramatic reduction in population size due to exploitation for the pet trade are the conditions likely to have led to very low mtDNA variability in this endangered species.
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