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Tapanainen R, Aasumets K, Fekete Z, Goffart S, Dufour E, L O Pohjoismäki J. Species-specific variation in mitochondrial genome tandem repeat polymorphisms in hares (Lepus spp., Lagomorpha, Leporidae) provides insight into their evolution. Gene 2024; 926:148644. [PMID: 38851366 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2024.148644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2024] [Revised: 04/23/2024] [Accepted: 06/03/2024] [Indexed: 06/10/2024]
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The non-coding regions of the mitochondrial DNAs (mtDNAs) of hares, rabbits, and pikas (Lagomorpha) contain short (∼20 bp) and long (130-160 bp) tandem repeats, absent in related mammalian orders. In the presented study, we provide in-depth analysis for mountain hare (Lepus timidus) and brown hare (L. europaeus) mtDNA non-coding regions, together with a species- and population-level analysis of tandem repeat variation. Mountain hare short tandem repeats (SRs) as well as other analyzed hare species consist of two conserved 10 bp motifs, with only brown hares exhibiting a single, more variable motif. Long tandem repeats (LRs) also differ in sequence and copy number between species. Mountain hares have four to seven LRs, median value five, while brown hares exhibit five to nine LRs, median value six. Interestingly, introgressed mountain hare mtDNA in brown hares obtained an intermediate LR length distribution, with median copy number being the same as with conspecific brown hare mtDNA. In contrast, transfer of brown hare mtDNA into cultured mtDNA-less mountain hare cells maintained the original LR number, whereas the reciprocal transfer caused copy number instability, suggesting that cellular environment rather than the nuclear genomic background plays a role in the LR maintenance. Due to their dynamic nature and separation from other known conserved sequence elements on the non-coding region of hare mitochondrial genomes, the tandem repeat elements likely to represent signatures of ancient genetic rearrangements. clarifying the nature and dynamics of these rearrangements may shed light on the possible role of NCR repeated elements in mitochondria and in species evolution.
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- Riikka Tapanainen
- University of Eastern Finland, Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Joensuu, Finland
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- University of Eastern Finland, Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Joensuu, Finland
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- University of Eastern Finland, Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Joensuu, Finland; Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, Gödöllő, Hungary
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- University of Eastern Finland, Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Joensuu, Finland
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- Mitochondrial Bioenergetics and Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, FI-33014 Tampere University, Finland
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- University of Eastern Finland, Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Joensuu, Finland.
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Reid N, Hughes MF, Hynes RA, Montgomery WI, Prodöhl PA. Bidirectional hybridisation and introgression between introduced European brown hare, Lepus europaeus and the endemic Irish hare, L. timidus hibernicus. CONSERV GENET 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s10592-022-01471-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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AbstractIntroduced non-native species can threaten native species through interspecific hybridisation and genetic introgression. We assessed the prevalence of hybridisation and introgression between introduced European brown hare, Lepus europaeus, and the endemic Irish hare, L. timidus hibernicus. Roadkill hares (n = 56) were sequenced for a 379bp section of the mitochondrial DNA D-loop and a 474bp segment of the nuclear transferrin (Tf) gene. A species-specific indel in the transferrin gene was present in L.t. hibernicus and absent in L. europaeus. Excluding three hares from which molecular data could not be recovered, 28 hares (53%) were native L.t. hibernicus, 7 (13%) were non-native L. europaeus and 18 (34%) were hybrids; of which 5 (28%) were first generation (F1) involving bidirectional crosses with mismatched nuclear and mtDNA (3 ♂ europaeus x ♀ hibernicus and 2 ♂ hibernicus x ♀ europaeus). Mixed nuclear transferrin sequences suggested 13 (72%) of hybrids were at least 2nd generation (F2) with 9 (69%) possessing L.t. hibernicus and 4 (31%) L. europaeus mtDNA (the latter indicative of hybrid backcrossing with the non-native). The prevalence of hybridisation at similar mountain-brown hare contact zones throughout Europe is notably lower (4–16%) and typically unidirectional (♂ europaeus x ♀ timidus). A high prevalence of bidirectional hybridisation and introgression (in association with projected climate change) may favour the introduced species over the native. Genetic surveillance and population monitoring are needed to further explore the potential conservation implications of European brown hare in Ireland.
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Mori E, Carbone R, Viviano A, Calosi M, Fattorini N. Factors affecting spatiotemporal behaviour in the European brown hare
Lepus europaeus
: a meta‐analysis. Mamm Rev 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/mam.12290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Emiliano Mori
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Istituto di Ricerca sugli Ecosistemi Terrestri Via Madonna del Piano 10 Sesto Fiorentino (FI)50019Italia
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- Università degli Studi di Parma Parco Area delle Scienze 11a Parma43124Italia
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Istituto di Ricerca sugli Ecosistemi Terrestri Via Madonna del Piano 10 Sesto Fiorentino (FI)50019Italia
- Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie Alimentari e Agro‐ambientali Produzioni Agroalimentari e Gestione degli Agroecosistemi Università degli Studi di Pisa Via del Borghetto 80 Pisa56124Italia
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita Università degli Studi di Siena Via P.A. Mattioli 4 Siena53100Italia
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita Università degli Studi di Siena Via P.A. Mattioli 4 Siena53100Italia
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Luque-Machaca HA, Oberheim BE, Llerena-Reátegui G, Rodríguez-Bravo O, Carpio ALD, Pacheco JI, Iriarte A, Zúñiga AH. Diet of the puma (Puma concolor) in the alpine highlands of the Salinas y Aguada Blanca National Reserve, Peru. FOOD WEBS 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fooweb.2022.e00226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Hybridization with mountain hares increases the functional allelic repertoire in brown hares. Sci Rep 2021; 11:15771. [PMID: 34349207 PMCID: PMC8338973 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-95357-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2021] [Accepted: 07/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Brown hares (Lepus europaeus Pallas) are able to hybridize with mountain hares (L. timidus Linnaeus) and produce fertile offspring, which results in cross-species gene flow. However, not much is known about the functional significance of this genetic introgression. Using targeted sequencing of candidate loci combined with mtDNA genotyping, we found the ancestral genetic diversity in the Finnish brown hare to be small, likely due to founder effect and range expansion, while gene flow from mountain hares constitutes an important source of functional genetic variability. Some of this variability, such as the alleles of the mountain hare thermogenin (uncoupling protein 1, UCP1), might have adaptive advantage for brown hares, whereas immunity-related MHC alleles are reciprocally exchanged and maintained via balancing selection. Our study offers a rare example where an expanding species can increase its allelic variability through hybridization with a congeneric native species, offering a route to shortcut evolutionary adaptation to the local environmental conditions.
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Pasqualotto N, Boscolo D, Versiani NF, Paolino RM, Rodrigues TF, Krepschi VG, Chiarello AG. Niche opportunity created by land cover change is driving the European hare invasion in the Neotropics. Biol Invasions 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-020-02353-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Levänen R, Pohjoismäki JLO, Kunnasranta M. Home Ranges of Semi-Urban Brown Hares (Lepus europaeus) and Mountain Hares (Lepus timidus) at Northern Latitudes. ANN ZOOL FENN 2019. [DOI: 10.5735/086.056.0110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- Rikka Levänen
- Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 111, FI-80101 Joensuu, Finland
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- Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 111, FI-80101 Joensuu, Finland
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- Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 111, FI-80101 Joensuu, Finland
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Caravaggi A, Gatta M, Vallely MC, Hogg K, Freeman M, Fadaei E, Dick JT, Montgomery WI, Reid N, Tosh DG. Seasonal and predator-prey effects on circadian activity of free-ranging mammals revealed by camera traps. PeerJ 2018; 6:e5827. [PMID: 30498626 PMCID: PMC6252065 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.5827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2018] [Accepted: 09/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Endogenous circadian and seasonal activity patterns are adapted to facilitate effective utilisation of environmental resources. Activity patterns are shaped by physiological constraints, evolutionary history, circadian and seasonal changes and may be influenced by other factors, including ecological competition and interspecific interactions. Remote-sensing camera traps allow the collection of species presence data throughout the 24 h period and for almost indefinite lengths of time. Here, we collate data from 10 separate camera trap surveys in order to describe circadian and seasonal activity patterns of 10 mammal species, and, in particular, to evaluate interspecific (dis)associations of five predator-prey pairs. We recorded 8,761 independent detections throughout Northern Ireland. Badgers, foxes, pine martens and wood mice were nocturnal; European and Irish hares and European rabbits were crepuscular; fallow deer and grey and red squirrels were diurnal. All species exhibited significant seasonal variation in activity relative to the timing of sunrise/sunset. Foxes in particular were more crepuscular from spring to autumn and hares more diurnal. Lagged regression analyses of predator-prey activity patterns between foxes and prey (hares, rabbits and wood mice), and pine marten and prey (squirrel and wood mice) revealed significant annual and seasonal cross-correlations. We found synchronised activity patterns between foxes and hares, rabbits and wood mice and pine marten and wood mice, and asynchrony between squirrels and pine martens. Here, we provide fundamental ecological data on endemic, invasive, pest and commercially valuable species in Ireland, as well as those of conservation importance and those that could harbour diseases of economic and/or zoonotic relevance. Our data will be valuable in informing the development of appropriate species-specific methodologies and processes and associated policies.
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- Anthony Caravaggi
- School of Biological Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast, UK
- School of Biological Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- School or Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa
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- School of Biological Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast, UK
- Northern Ireland Environment Agency, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast, UK
- Institute of Global Food Security (IGFS), Queen’s University Belfast, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast, UK
- Institute of Global Food Security (IGFS), Queen’s University Belfast, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast, UK
- Institute of Global Food Security (IGFS), Queen’s University Belfast, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast, UK
- Institute of Global Food Security (IGFS), Queen’s University Belfast, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast, UK
- National Museums Northern Ireland, UK
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Barbar F, Lambertucci SA. The roles of leporid species that have been translocated: a review of their ecosystem effects as native and exotic species. Mamm Rev 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/mam.12126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Facundo Barbar
- Grupo de Investigaciones en Biología de la Conservación; Laboratorio Ecotono; INIBIOMA - CONICET (Universidad Nacional del Comahue); Quintral 1250, San Carlos de Bariloche Bariloche Río Negro 8400 Argentina
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- Grupo de Investigaciones en Biología de la Conservación; Laboratorio Ecotono; INIBIOMA - CONICET (Universidad Nacional del Comahue); Quintral 1250, San Carlos de Bariloche Bariloche Río Negro 8400 Argentina
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Rehnus M, Bollmann K, Schmatz DR, Hackländer K, Braunisch V. Alpine glacial relict species losing out to climate change: The case of the fragmented mountain hare population (Lepus timidus) in the Alps. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2018. [PMID: 29532601 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Alpine and Arctic species are considered to be particularly vulnerable to climate change, which is expected to cause habitat loss, fragmentation and-ultimately-extinction of cold-adapted species. However, the impact of climate change on glacial relict populations is not well understood, and specific recommendations for adaptive conservation management are lacking. We focused on the mountain hare (Lepus timidus) as a model species and modelled species distribution in combination with patch and landscape-based connectivity metrics. They were derived from graph-theory models to quantify changes in species distribution and to estimate the current and future importance of habitat patches for overall population connectivity. Models were calibrated based on 1,046 locations of species presence distributed across three biogeographic regions in the Swiss Alps and extrapolated according to two IPCC scenarios of climate change (RCP 4.5 & 8.5), each represented by three downscaled global climate models. The models predicted an average habitat loss of 35% (22%-55%) by 2100, mainly due to an increase in temperature during the reproductive season. An increase in habitat fragmentation was reflected in a 43% decrease in patch size, a 17% increase in the number of habitat patches and a 34% increase in inter-patch distance. However, the predicted changes in habitat availability and connectivity varied considerably between biogeographic regions: Whereas the greatest habitat losses with an increase in inter-patch distance were predicted at the southern and northern edges of the species' Alpine distribution, the greatest increase in patch number and decrease in patch size is expected in the central Swiss Alps. Finally, both the number of isolated habitat patches and the number of patches crucial for maintaining the habitat network increased under the different variants of climate change. Focusing conservation action on the central Swiss Alps may help mitigate the predicted effects of climate change on population connectivity.
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- Maik Rehnus
- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
- Institute of Wildlife Biology and Game Management, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Institute of Wildlife Biology and Game Management, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- Forest Research Institute of Baden-Württemberg, Freiburg, Germany
- Conservation Biology, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Levänen R, Kunnasranta M, Pohjoismäki J. Mitochondrial DNA Introgression at the Northern Edge of the Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus) Range. ANN ZOOL FENN 2018. [DOI: 10.5735/086.055.0103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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- Riikka Levänen
- Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 111, FI-80101 Joensuu, Finland
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- Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 111, FI-80101 Joensuu, Finland
- Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Yliopistokatu 6, FI-80100, Joensuu, Finland
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- Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 111, FI-80101 Joensuu, Finland
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Levänen R, Thulin CG, Spong G, Pohjoismäki JLO. Widespread introgression of mountain hare genes into Fennoscandian brown hare populations. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0191790. [PMID: 29370301 PMCID: PMC5784980 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0191790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2017] [Accepted: 01/11/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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In Fennoscandia, mountain hare (Lepus timidus) and brown hare (Lepus europaeus) hybridize and produce fertile offspring, resulting in gene flow across the species barrier. Analyses of maternally inherited mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) show that introgression occur frequently, but unavailability of appropriate nuclear DNA markers has made it difficult to evaluate the scale- and significance for the species. The extent of introgression has become important as the brown hare is continuously expanding its range northward, at the apparent expense of the mountain hare, raising concerns about possible competition. We report here, based on analysis of 6833 SNP markers, that the introgression is highly asymmetrical in the direction of gene flow from mountain hare to brown hare, and that the levels of nuclear gene introgression are independent of mtDNA introgression. While it is possible that brown hares obtain locally adapted alleles from the resident mountain hares, the low levels of mountain hare alleles among allopatric brown hares suggest that hybridization is driven by stochastic processes. Interspecific geneflow with the brown hare is unlikely to have major impacts on mountain hare in Fennoscandia, but direct competition may.
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- Riikka Levänen
- Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland
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- Molecular Ecology Group, Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden
- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Molecular Ecology Group, Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden
- Forestry and Environmental Resources, College of Natural Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland
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Marques JP, Ferreira MS, Farelo L, Callahan CM, Hackländer K, Jenny H, Montgomery WI, Reid N, Good JM, Alves PC, Melo-Ferreira J. Mountain hare transcriptome and diagnostic markers as resources to monitor hybridization with European hares. Sci Data 2017; 4:170178. [PMID: 29206218 PMCID: PMC5716010 DOI: 10.1038/sdata.2017.178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2017] [Accepted: 10/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We report the first mountain hare (Lepus timidus) transcriptome, produced by de novo assembly of RNA-sequencing reads. Data were obtained from eight specimens sampled in two localities, Alps and Ireland. The mountain hare tends to be replaced by the invading European hare (Lepus europaeus) in their numerous contact zones where the species hybridize, which affects their gene pool to a yet unquantified degree. We characterize and annotate the mountain hare transcriptome, detect polymorphism in the two analysed populations and use previously published data on the European hare (three specimens, representing the European lineage of the species) to identify 4 672 putative diagnostic sites between the species. A subset of 85 random independent SNPs was successfully validated using PCR and Sanger sequencing. These valuable genomic resources can be used to design tools to assess population status and monitor hybridization between species.
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- João P. Marques
- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Porto, Vairão 4485-661, Portugal
- Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências do Porto, Porto 4169-007, Portugal
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- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Porto, Vairão 4485-661, Portugal
- Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências do Porto, Porto 4169-007, Portugal
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- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Porto, Vairão 4485-661, Portugal
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, 32 Campus Drive, Missoula, MT 59812, USA
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- Institute of Wildlife Biology and Game Management, BOKU-University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna 1180, Austria
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- Amt für Jagd und Fischerei Graubünden, Chur 7001, Switzerland
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- Institute of Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast BT9 5BN, UK
- School of Biological Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7BL, UK
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- Institute of Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast BT9 5BN, UK
- School of Biological Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7BL, UK
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, 32 Campus Drive, Missoula, MT 59812, USA
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- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Porto, Vairão 4485-661, Portugal
- Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências do Porto, Porto 4169-007, Portugal
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- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Porto, Vairão 4485-661, Portugal
- Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências do Porto, Porto 4169-007, Portugal
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Leach K, Montgomery WI, Reid N. Characterizing biotic interactions within the Order Lagomorpha using Joint Species Distribution Models at 3 different spatial scales. J Mammal 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyx105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Niche overlap of mountain hare subspecies and the vulnerability of their ranges to invasion by the European hare; the (bad) luck of the Irish. Biol Invasions 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-016-1330-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Leach K, Montgomery WI, Reid N. Modelling the influence of biotic factors on species distribution patterns. Ecol Modell 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2016.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Leach K, Montgomery WI, Reid N. Biogeography, macroecology and species' traits mediate competitive interactions in the order Lagomorpha. Mamm Rev 2015. [DOI: 10.1111/mam.12035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- Katie Leach
- Quercus; School of Biological Sciences; Queen's University Belfast; Belfast BT9 7BL Northern Ireland UK
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- School of Biological Sciences; Queen's University Belfast; Belfast BT9 7BL Northern Ireland UK
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- School of Biological Sciences; Queen's University Belfast; Belfast BT9 7BL Northern Ireland UK
- Institute for Global Food Security (IGFS); Queen's University Belfast; Belfast BT9 5BN Northern Ireland UK
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Caravaggi A, Montgomery WI, Reid N. Range expansion and comparative habitat use of insular, congeneric lagomorphs: invasive European hares Lepus europaeus and endemic Irish hares Lepus timidus hibernicus. Biol Invasions 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-014-0759-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Invading and expanding: range dynamics and ecological consequences of the greater white-toothed shrew (Crocidura russula) invasion in Ireland. PLoS One 2014; 9:e100403. [PMID: 24955824 PMCID: PMC4067332 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2014] [Accepted: 05/27/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Establishing how invasive species impact upon pre-existing species is a fundamental question in ecology and conservation biology. The greater white-toothed shrew (Crocidura russula) is an invasive species in Ireland that was first recorded in 2007 and which, according to initial data, may be limiting the abundance/distribution of the pygmy shrew (Sorex minutus), previously Ireland's only shrew species. Because of these concerns, we undertook an intensive live-trapping survey (and used other data from live-trapping, sightings and bird of prey pellets/nest inspections collected between 2006 and 2013) to model the distribution and expansion of C. russula in Ireland and its impacts on Ireland's small mammal community. The main distribution range of C. russula was found to be approximately 7,600 km2 in 2013, with established outlier populations suggesting that the species is dispersing with human assistance within the island. The species is expanding rapidly for a small mammal, with a radial expansion rate of 5.5 km/yr overall (2008–2013), and independent estimates from live-trapping in 2012–2013 showing rates of 2.4–14.1 km/yr, 0.5–7.1 km/yr and 0–5.6 km/yr depending on the landscape features present. S. minutus is negatively associated with C. russula. S. minutus is completely absent at sites where C. russula is established and is only present at sites at the edge of and beyond the invasion range of C. russula. The speed of this invasion and the homogenous nature of the Irish landscape may mean that S. minutus has not had sufficient time to adapt to the sudden appearance of C. russula. This may mean the continued decline/disappearance of S. minutus as C. russula spreads throughout the island.
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McInerney CE, Maurice L, Robertson AL, Knight LRFD, Arnscheidt J, Venditti C, Dooley JSG, Mathers T, Matthijs S, Eriksson K, Proudlove GS, Hänfling B. The ancient Britons: groundwater fauna survived extreme climate change over tens of millions of years across NW Europe. Mol Ecol 2014; 23:1153-66. [DOI: 10.1111/mec.12664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2013] [Revised: 12/23/2013] [Accepted: 12/30/2013] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Caitríona E. McInerney
- Department of Biological Sciences; Evolutional Biology Group; The University of Hull; Hull HU6 7RX UK
- Environmental Sciences Research Institute; University of Ulster; Cromore Road Coleraine BT52 1SA Northern Ireland
- Biomedical Sciences Research Institute; University of Ulster; Cromore Road Coleraine BT52 1SA Northern Ireland
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- British Geological Survey; Maclean Building, Crowmarsh Gifford Wallingford OX10 8BB UK
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- Department of Life Sciences; Roehampton University; Holybourne Avenue London SW15 4JD UK
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- Environmental Sciences Research Institute; University of Ulster; Cromore Road Coleraine BT52 1SA Northern Ireland
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- Department of Biological Sciences; Evolutional Biology Group; The University of Hull; Hull HU6 7RX UK
- School of Biological Sciences; University of Reading; Reading RG6 6BX UK
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- Biomedical Sciences Research Institute; University of Ulster; Cromore Road Coleraine BT52 1SA Northern Ireland
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- Department of Biological Sciences; Evolutional Biology Group; The University of Hull; Hull HU6 7RX UK
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- Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences; Vautierstraat 29 Brussels 1000 Belgium
- Amphibian Evolution Lab; Department of Biology; Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Pleinlaan 2 Brussels 1050 Belgium
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- Environmental Sciences Research Institute; University of Ulster; Cromore Road Coleraine BT52 1SA Northern Ireland
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- Department of Entomology; The Manchester Museum; University of Manchester; Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- Department of Biological Sciences; Evolutional Biology Group; The University of Hull; Hull HU6 7RX UK
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Green K, Davis NE, Robinson WA, McAuliffe J, Good RB. Diet selection by European hares (Lepus europaeus) in the alpine zone of the Snowy Mountains, Australia. EUR J WILDLIFE RES 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/s10344-013-0723-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Parker H, Nummi P, Hartman G, Rosell F. Invasive North American beaverCastor canadensisin Eurasia: a review of potential consequences and a strategy for eradication. WILDLIFE BIOLOGY 2012. [DOI: 10.2981/12-007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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