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Ghanavi HR, Rahimi P, Tavana M, Rezaei Tavabe K, Jouladeh-Roudbar A, Doadrio I. The evolutionary journey of freshwater crabs of the genus Potamon (Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamidae). Mol Phylogenet Evol 2023; 180:107690. [PMID: 36586544 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2022] [Revised: 12/22/2022] [Accepted: 12/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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AIM Freshwater ecosystems host a rich biodiversity, including freshwater crabs. The family Potamidae is a diverse group of freshwater crabs with a Palearctic and Oriental distribution. Specifically, the genus Potamon is found in the Middle East, Southern Europe, and Northern Africa. Potamon species are considered true freshwater crabs due to their total independence from the marine environment, which makes them idea organisms to study historical freshwater connectivity dynamics. In this study we aim to elucidate the phylogenetic relationships of the genus Potamon and discuss the historical freshwater connectivity in the Mediterranean region. METHODS Here we use up to eleven genetic markers to reconstruct a robust phylogenetic tree of the group and use Bayesian methods to time-calibrate the tree. We further use historical biogeography methods implemented in a Bayesian framework to assess the ancestral distribution ranges of the group. RESULTS In this study we generate the most complete dataset for the group, covering practically the whole distribution range of the genus. We obtained a robust phylogenetic hypothesis and evaluated the times of divergence of the group. The result of the historical biogeography shows the evolution of historical distribution ranges of species of Potamon. MAIN CONCLUSIONS The Mediterranean Sea is placed in a key intersection for the exchange of fauna and flora. Here we present evidence for the potential of freshwater fauna exchange, through the Mediterranean Sea after a period of desiccation and the loss of contact with the ocean. The origin of Potamon genus is found to be in Western Asia, probably Eastern Iran.
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- Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, MNCN-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Fisheries Department, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
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- Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, MNCN-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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Diversity and Distribution of the Inland Water Decapods of Sicily (Crustacea, Malacostraca). DIVERSITY 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/d14040246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The current knowledge of Sicilian inland water decapod malacostracans is scarce and an updated synopsis on species distribution is lacking. Therefore, we reviewed the checklist and recent distribution of Sicilian inland water decapods based on published and unpublished records and novel observations with the aim of providing an exhaustive repository, also to be used as a sound baseline for future surveys. Overall, five native decapod species occur in the study area, i.e., the atyid shrimp Atyaephyra desmarestii, the palaemonid shrimps Palaemon adspersus, P. antennarius, and P. elegans, and the freshwater crab Potamon fluviatile, and their current local distributions are described. In addition, three alien species were recorded: the common yabby Cherax destructor and the red swamp crayfish Procambarus clarkii, strictly linked to inland waters, and the Atlantic blue crab Callinectes sapidus, a mainly marine species that can also colonise the lower stretches of rivers and coastal brackish waters. The collected data suggest the existence of a partial segregation of native versus non-native species, with the latter currently confined to coastal water bodies and the lower stretches of rivers. Moreover, the exclusively freshwater caridean A. desmarestii and P. antennarius show a parapatric distribution in the study area, which may suggest the existence of mutual exclusion phenomena. The results obtained raise some concerns about the effects of alien species on the native biota, and dedicated monitoring and management strategies should be implemented in order to better understand and mitigate their impact.
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Marrone F, Vecchioni L, Deidun A, Mabrouki Y, Arab A, Arculeo M. DNA taxonomy of the potamid freshwater crabs from Northern Africa (Decapoda, Potamidae). ZOOL SCR 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- Federico Marrone
- Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (STEBICEF) University of Palermo Palermo Italy
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- Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (STEBICEF) University of Palermo Palermo Italy
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- Department of Geosciences Physical Oceanography Research Group University of Malta Msida Malta
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- Faculty of Sciences Dhar el Mahraz (Biotechnology, Conservation and Valorisation of Natural Resources Laboratory) Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University Fes Morocco
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- University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene AlgiersAlgeria
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- Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (STEBICEF) University of Palermo Palermo Italy
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Population Structure of the Freshwater Crab Potamon algeriense (Bott, 1967) Inhabiting Oued Zegzel, (Northeast of Morocco). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY 2019. [DOI: 10.1155/2019/7281725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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This is the first study to determine the population structure of the freshwater crab Potamon algeriense in Oued Zegzel, a mountain stream in the northeast of Morocco. Monthly collections were carried out by hand, from October 2017 to September 2018. A total of 669 individuals, 378 males and 291 females, were captured, measured, marked, and released. Due to their extremely cryptic behavior during egg incubation, few ovigerous females were caught during the entire sampling period. The average size of males (28.98 ± 10.78 mm CW) is significantly larger than that of the females (28.62 ± 8.48 mm CW). Significant deviation from 1 : 1 sex ratio during the study period was recorded, and the size distribution of the sampled population presented an abnormal distribution where specimens over 31 and under 25 mm CW were often males, whereas females were represented more in the 26–30 mm CW range.
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A new species of Parasesarma (Decapoda: Brachyura: Sesarmidae) from northern Australian mangroves and its distinction from morphologically similar species. ZOOL ANZ 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2019.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Shahdadi A, Davie PJF, Schubart CD. Systematics and phylogeography of the Australasian mangrove crabs Parasesarma semperi and P. longicristatum (Decapoda : Brachyura : Sesarmidae) based on morphological and molecular data. INVERTEBR SYST 2018. [DOI: 10.1071/is17040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Parasesarma semperi (Bürger, 1893) was first described from Bohol in the Philippines and is considered to be widely distributed in Southeast Asia. Parasesarma longicristatum (Campbell, 1967) was originally described as a subspecies of P. semperi from Queensland, Australia, and later recognised as a full species. In this study, we re-examine specimens of the two species from across their entire geographic range using genetic markers, a morphometric analysis, and traditional morphological characters. Previous taxonomic species diagnoses were found to be unreliable, but morphometric principle component analyses consistently separate the two species, with the length to width ratio of the propodus of the fourth pereiopod being of particular importance. Genetic data corresponding to the mitochondrial genes COI, ND1 and 16S confirmed a close sister relationship between the two species, forming reciprocally monophyletic groups. Both species have high haplotype diversities and high intraspecific gene flow.
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Vecchioni L, Deidun A, Sciberras J, Sciberras A, Marrone F, Arculeo M. The late Pleistocene origin of the Italian and Maltese populations of Potamon fluviatile (Malacostraca: Decapoda): insights from an expanded sampling of molecular data. THE EUROPEAN ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL 2017. [DOI: 10.1080/24750263.2017.1405084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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- L. Vecchioni
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche Chimiche e Farmaceutiche, Università degli Studi di Palermo , Palermo, Italy
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- Physical Oceanography Research Group, Department of Geosciences, University of Malta , Msida, Malta
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche Chimiche e Farmaceutiche, Università degli Studi di Palermo , Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche Chimiche e Farmaceutiche, Università degli Studi di Palermo , Palermo, Italy
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Jelić M, Klobučar GIV, Grandjean F, Puillandre N, Franjević D, Futo M, Amouret J, Maguire I. Insights into the molecular phylogeny and historical biogeography of the white-clawed crayfish (Decapoda, Astacidae). Mol Phylogenet Evol 2016; 103:26-40. [PMID: 27404041 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2015] [Revised: 07/07/2016] [Accepted: 07/08/2016] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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In this study, the evolutionary history of the white-clawed crayfish (WCC) was evaluated using large-scale datasets comprising >1350 specimens from the entire distribution range. Using species delimitation methods on mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences, we propose four primary species hypotheses for WCC. Sequences for several nuclear regions were screened but none showed significant variation within WCC. This result favours a single secondary species hypothesis and indicates the existence of a mito-nuclear discordance in WCC. Therefore, mtDNA groups were considered only as genetic units that carry information about ancient divergences within WCC and not as taxonomic units. The reconstruction of ancestral ranges and divergence time estimates were used to link the current genetic structure with paleogeographic processes. These results showed that the emergence of mtDNA groups in WCC could be related to the Messinian Salinity Crisis, the climate cooling during the Pliocene and Pleistocene, and (paleo)shifting of the Adriatic Sea coastline in the Padanovenezian Plain. The most recent common ancestor of the mtDNA groups most likely originated from Dalmatia (eastern Adriatic coast) as indicated by the reconstruction of ancestral ranges. This ecoregion, along with the Gulf of Venice Drainages, harbours a high genetic diversity and should be emphasised as an area of the highest conservation priority.
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- Mišel Jelić
- University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Division of Zoology, Rooseveltov trg 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Division of Zoology, Rooseveltov trg 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Université de Poitiers, UMR CNRS 7267, Laboratoire "Ecologie et Biologie des Interactions", équipe "Ecologie, Evolution, Symbiose", 6 rue Michel Brunet, F-86073 Poitiers, France
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- Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité ISYEB - UMR 7205 - CNRS, MNHN, UPMC, EPHE Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Sorbonne Universités, 43 rue Cuvier, CP26 F-75005 Paris, France
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- University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Division of Zoology, Rooseveltov trg 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- University of Münster, Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, Animal Evolutionary Ecology Group, Hüfferstrasse 1, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- University of Iceland, Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Sturlugötu 7, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland
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- University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Division of Zoology, Rooseveltov trg 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
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Fang F, Ji Y, Zhao Q, Wang Y, Gao W, Chu K, Sun H. Phylogeography of the Chinese endemic freshwater crabSinopotamon acutum(Brachyura, Potamidae). ZOOL SCR 2015. [DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Fang Fang
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology; College of Life Sciences; Nanjing Normal University; Nanjing 210023 China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology; College of Life Sciences; Nanjing Normal University; Nanjing 210023 China
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- College of Life Sciences; Nanjing Normal University; Nanjing 210023 China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology; College of Life Sciences; Nanjing Normal University; Nanjing 210023 China
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- College of Life Sciences; Nanjing Normal University; Nanjing 210023 China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology; College of Life Sciences; Nanjing Normal University; Nanjing 210023 China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology; College of Life Sciences; Nanjing Normal University; Nanjing 210023 China
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Pfenninger M, Weigand A, Bálint M, Klussmann-Kolb A. Misperceived invasion: the Lusitanian slug (Arion lusitanicus auct. non-Mabille or Arion vulgaris Moquin-Tandon 1855) is native to Central Europe. Evol Appl 2014; 7:702-13. [PMID: 25067951 PMCID: PMC4105919 DOI: 10.1111/eva.12177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2013] [Accepted: 05/06/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The Lusitanian slug, presumed to be native to south-west Europe, was ranked among the 100 worst invading species in Central Europe. However, from the very beginning of its recognition in the presumed invasion area, there was little evidence that the species was actually anthropogenically introduced. We investigated the invasive status of the species by comparing specific predictions on the population genetic structure in the invasion area with the pattern actually found. In a DNA-taxonomy approach, the species could not be found in its presumed native range. Using statistical phylogeographic techniques on a mitochondrial (COI) and nuclear (ZF) marker and species distribution modelling, we could show that the species is with very high probability not an invasor, but native to Central Europe. The study underlines the value of statistical phylogeography in rigorously testing hypotheses on the dynamics of biological invasions.
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- Markus Pfenninger
- Biodiversity und Climate Research Centre by Senckenberg Naturforschende Gesellschaft, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Germany
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- Institute for Ecology, Evolution and Diversity, J.W. Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Germany
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- Biodiversity und Climate Research Centre by Senckenberg Naturforschende Gesellschaft, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Germany
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- Institute for Ecology, Evolution and Diversity, J.W. Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Germany
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Poulakakis N, Kapli P, Lymberakis P, Trichas A, Vardinoyiannis K, Sfenthourakis S, Mylonas M. A review of phylogeographic analyses of animal taxa from the Aegean and surrounding regions. J ZOOL SYST EVOL RES 2014. [DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Nikos Poulakakis
- Natural History Museum of Crete; University of Crete; Iraklion Greece
- Biology Department; University of Crete; Iraklion Greece
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- Natural History Museum of Crete; University of Crete; Iraklion Greece
- Biology Department; University of Crete; Iraklion Greece
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- Natural History Museum of Crete; University of Crete; Iraklion Greece
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- Natural History Museum of Crete; University of Crete; Iraklion Greece
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- Natural History Museum of Crete; University of Crete; Iraklion Greece
- Biology Department; University of Crete; Iraklion Greece
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Korábek O, Juřičková L, Petrusek A. ResurrectingHelix straminea, a forgotten escargot with trans-Adriatic distribution: first insights into the genetic variation within the genusHelix(Gastropoda: Pulmonata). Zool J Linn Soc 2014. [DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Ondřej Korábek
- Department of Zoology; Charles University in Prague; Viničná 7 CZ-128 44 Prague 2 Czech Republic
- Department of Ecology; Charles University in Prague; Viničná 7 CZ-128 44 Prague 2 Czech Republic
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- Department of Zoology; Charles University in Prague; Viničná 7 CZ-128 44 Prague 2 Czech Republic
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- Department of Ecology; Charles University in Prague; Viničná 7 CZ-128 44 Prague 2 Czech Republic
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Jesse R, Véla E, Pfenninger M. Phylogeography of a land snail suggests trans-Mediterranean neolithic transport. PLoS One 2011; 6:e20734. [PMID: 21731622 PMCID: PMC3120762 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2011] [Accepted: 05/08/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background Fragmented distribution ranges of species with little active dispersal capacity raise the question about their place of origin and the processes and timing of either range fragmentation or dispersal. The peculiar distribution of the land snail Tudorella sulcata s. str. in Southern France, Sardinia and Algeria is such a challenging case. Methodology Statistical phylogeographic analyses with mitochondrial COI and nuclear hsp70 haplotypes were used to answer the questions of the species' origin, sequence and timing of dispersal. The origin of the species was on Sardinia. Starting from there, a first expansion to Algeria and then to France took place. Abiotic and zoochorous dispersal could be excluded by considering the species' life style, leaving only anthropogenic translocation as parsimonious explanation. The geographic expansion could be dated to approximately 8,000 years before present with a 95% confidence interval of 10,000 to 3,000 years before present. Conclusions This period coincides with the Neolithic expansion in the Western Mediterranean, suggesting a role of these settlers as vectors. Our findings thus propose that non-domesticated animals and plants may give hints on the direction and timing of early human expansion routes.
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- Ruth Jesse
- Institute of Ecology, Evolution and Diversity, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
- Molecular Ecology Group, Biodiversity & Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt, Germany
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- University of Montpellier-2, UMR AMAP, TA A51/PS2, Montpellier, France
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- Molecular Ecology Group, Biodiversity & Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt, Germany
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Evolution of freshwater crab diversity in the Aegean region (Crustacea: Brachyura: Potamidae). Mol Phylogenet Evol 2011; 59:23-33. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2010] [Revised: 12/20/2010] [Accepted: 12/21/2010] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Zhan A, Macisaac HJ, Cristescu ME. Invasion genetics of the Ciona intestinalis species complex: from regional endemism to global homogeneity. Mol Ecol 2010; 19:4678-94. [PMID: 20875067 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2010.04837.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Determining the degree of population connectivity and investigating factors driving genetic exchange at various geographical scales are essential to understanding population dynamics and spread potential of invasive species. Here, we explore these issues in the highly invasive vase tunicate, Ciona intestinalis, a species whose invasion history has been obscured by its poorly understood taxonomy and population genetics. Recent phylogenetic and comparative genomic studies suggest that C. intestinalis is a cryptic species complex consisting of at least three species. We reconstructed phylogenies based on both mitochondrial (cytochrome c oxidase subunit 3--NADH dehydrogenase subunit 1 region and NADH dehydrogenase subunit 4 gene) and nuclear (internal transcribed spacer 1) sequences, results of which support four major phylogroups corresponding to the previously reported spA, spB and Ciona spp. (spC) as well as an undescribed cryptic species (spD). While spC and spD remain restricted to their native ranges in the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea, respectively, the highly invasive species (spA and spB) have disjunct global distributions. Despite extensive interspecific divergences, we identified low phylogeographical structure within these two invasive species. Haplotype network analyses revealed comparatively limited mutation steps among haplotypes within each species. Population genetic analyses based on two mtDNA fragments and eight unlinked microsatellites illustrated relatively low population differentiation and high population connectivity at both regional and continental scales in the two invasive species. Human-mediated dispersal coupled with a high potential for natural dispersal is probably responsible for the observed genetic homogeneity.
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- Aibin Zhan
- Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Avenue, Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
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Temporal speciation pattern in the western Mediterranean genus Tudorella P. Fischer, 1885 (Gastropoda, Pomatiidae) supports the Tyrrhenian vicariance hypothesis. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2010; 54:427-36. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.09.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2009] [Revised: 09/14/2009] [Accepted: 09/16/2009] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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