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Barrera CA, Ortega J, Gutierrez-Guerrero YT, Baeza JA. Comparative mitochondrial genomics of American nectar-feeding long-nosed bats Leptonycteris spp. with insights into the phylogeny of the family Phyllostomidae. Gene 2023:147588. [PMID: 37364695 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2023.147588] [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: 02/17/2023] [Revised: 05/05/2023] [Accepted: 06/21/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023]
Abstract
Among leaf-nosed bats (family Phyllostomidae), the genus Leptonycteris (subfamily Glossophaginae), contains three migratory and obligate nectar-dwelling species of great ecological and economic importance; the greater long-nosed bat L. nivalis, the lesser long-nosed bat L. yerbabuenae, and the southern long-nosed bat L. curasoae. According to the IUCN, the three species are categorized as 'vulnerable', 'endangered', and 'near threatened', respectively. In this study, we assembled and characterized in detail the mitochondrial genome of Leptonycteris spp. and examined the phylogenetic position of this genus in the family Phyllostomidae based on protein coding genes (PCGs). The mitogenomes of L. nivalis, L. curasoae, and L. yerbabuenae are 16,708, 16,758, and 16,729 bp in length and each encode 13 PCGs, 22 transfer RNA genes, 2 rRNA genes, and a putative control region (CR). Mitochondrial gene order is identical to that reported before for the family Phyllostomidae. All tRNAs exhibit a 'cloverleaf' secondary structure, except tRNA-Serine-1 that is missing the DHU arm in the three species. All PCGs are exposed to purifying selection with atp8 experiencing the most relaxed purifying selection as the ω ratio was higher for this gene compared to the other PCGs in each species. The CR of each species contains three functional domains: extended termination associated sequence (ETAS), Central, and conserved sequence block domain (CSB). A phylomitogenomic analysis revealed that Leptonycteris is monophyletic and most closely related to the genus Glossophaga. The analysis also supported the monophyly of the family Glossophaginae in the speciose family Phyllostomidae. The mitochondria characterization of these species provides relevant information to develop molecular markers for conservation purposes.
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- Carlos A Barrera
- Laboratorio de Bioconservación y Manejo, Posgrado en Ciencias Quimicobiológicas, Departamento de Zoología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, 11340 Mexico City, Mexico.
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- Laboratorio de Bioconservación y Manejo, Posgrado en Ciencias Quimicobiológicas, Departamento de Zoología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, 11340 Mexico City, Mexico.
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- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, US.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University, 132 Long Hall, Clemson, SC 29634, USA; Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce, 701 Seaway Drive, Fort Pierce, FL 34949, USA; Departamento de Biología Marina, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad Católica del Norte, Larrondo, Coquimbo 1281, Chile.
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Zamora-Mejías D, Trejo-Salazar RE, Eguiarte LE, Ojeda M, Rodríguez-Herrera B, Morales-Malacara JB, Medellín RA. Traveler Mites: Population Genetic Structure of the Wing Mites Periglischrus paracaligus (Acari: Mesostigmata: Spinturnicidae). JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY 2022; 59:1198-1210. [PMID: 35639803 DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjac059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2020] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Wing mites of the genus Periglischrus are ectoparasites exclusively associated with phyllostomid bats. These mites show high host specificity and have been studied to understand the evolutionary history of their bat hosts mainly by using a morphological variation. Through a phylogeographic approach, we analyzed the genetic diversity and population genetic structure of the ectoparasite Periglischrus paracaligus Herrin and Tipton which parasitizes Leptonycteris yerbabuenae Martínez and Villa (lesser long-nosed bat) in Mexico. By the implementation of a multilocus approach, we found that P. paracaligus populations were diverse for haplotype diversity, and had values ranging from 0.5 to 1. No genetic structuring in the P. paracaligus parasites was observed along with the distribution of the host, L. yerbabuenae, in Mexico, nor when populations or regions were compared, but our results revealed a process of historical demographic expansion in all the analyzed markers. We discuss possible scenarios that could explain the lack of population structure in the light of the data analyzed for the parasites and the biology of L. yerbabuenae, such as the interplay between parasite and host traits being responsible for the genetic make-up of parasite populations. We also inferred its phylogenetic position among wing mites parasitizing the two other species of Leptonycteris bats. Long-nosed bats' monophyly helps to explain the observed presence of distinctive clades in the wing mite's phylogeny in specific association with each long-nosed bat host species.
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- Daniel Zamora-Mejías
- Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Tercer Circuito Exterior s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, Ciudad de México, CP 04510, México
- Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70-275 04510, Circuito Exterior s/n Anexo al Jardín Botánico, Ciudad Universitaria, Ciudad de México, CP 04510, México
- Universidad de Costa Rica, A.P. 2060, San Pedro de Montes de Oca, San José, Costa Rica
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- Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Biomédicas, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior s/n Anexo al Jardín Botánico, Ciudad Universitaria, Ciudad de México, CP 04510, México
- Departamento de Ecología Evolutiva, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Tercer Circuito Exterior s/n Anexo al Jardín Botánico, Ciudad Universitaria, Ciudad de México, CP 04510, México
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- Departamento de Ecología Evolutiva, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Tercer Circuito Exterior s/n Anexo al Jardín Botánico, Ciudad Universitaria, Ciudad de México, CP 04510, México
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- Laboratorio de Ecología y Sistemática de Microartrópodos, Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior s/n, Coyoacán, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510, Ciudad de México, México
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- Unidad Multidisciplinaria de Docencia e Investigación, Facultad de Ciencias, Campus Juriquilla, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Querétaro, 76230, México
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- Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70-275 04510, Circuito Exterior s/n Anexo al Jardín Botánico, Ciudad Universitaria, Ciudad de México, CP 04510, México
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Zamora-Mejías D, Ojeda M, Medellín RA, Rodríguez-Herrera B, Morales-Malacara JB. Morphological Variation in the Wing Mite Periglischrus paracaligus (Acari: Spinturnicidae) Associated With Different Moving Strategies of the Host Leptonycteris yerbabuenae (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY 2022; 59:1291-1302. [PMID: 35604414 DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjac058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2020] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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We evaluated the morphometric variation of wing mite Periglischrus paracaligus Herrin and Tipton, along with the distribution of their host Leptonycteris yerbabuenae Martinez and Villa, in Mexico. A total of 115 female and 96 male specimens of P. paracaligus were used to conduct linear and geometric morphometric analyses. We assessed the influence of the geographic distribution of the migratory and nonmigratory populations of its bat host species on changes in size and shape on these parasites. Both analyses revealed high intraspecific variation in P. paracaligus, but subtle geographic differentiation. None of the approaches used identified a consistent pattern that separates unambiguously migratory from nonmigratory populations. Females presented more phenotypic variation than males and UPGMA analyses showed southern and northern colonies grouped in two distinct clades. Males on the other hand showed randomly grouped colonies with no geographic concordance. Interestingly, the most differentiated colony was the north Pacific colony of Jalisco. For both, males and females, isolation by distance (IBD) was not observed. We discuss these results as a possible scenario of contact between migratory populations located in northern Mexico with nonmigratory populations in other localities in central and southern Mexico conforming to a panmictic population along with their distribution range.
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- Daniel Zamora-Mejías
- Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Tercer Circuito Exterior s/n, CP 04510, México, D. F., México
- Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70-275 04510, Ciudad Universitaria, México
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- Laboratorio de Ecología y Sistemática de Microartrópodos, Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Circuito Exterior s/n, Coyoacán, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510, Ciudad de México, México
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- Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70-275 04510, Ciudad Universitaria, México
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- Lab. Espeleobiología y Acarología, Unidad Multidisciplinaria de Docencia e Investigación, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Campus Juriquilla, Boulevard Juriquilla 3001, CP 76230, Querétaro, Querétaro, México
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Simal F, Smith L, Doest O, de Lannoy C, Franken F, Zaandam I, Simal D, Nassar JM. Bat Inventories at Caves and Mines on the Islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao, and Proposed Conservation Actions. ACTA CHIROPTEROLOGICA 2022. [DOI: 10.3161/15081109acc2021.23.2.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Fernando Simal
- WILDCONSCIENCE, Kaya Platina 42, Kralendijk, Bonaire, Caribbean Netherlands
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- Arikok National Park, San Fuego 70, Aruba, Dutch Caribbean
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- Veterinary Practice Doest, St Michielsweg # 41, Willemstad, Curaçao, Dutch Caribbean
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- CARMABI, Piscaderabaai z/n, P.O. Box 2090, Willemstad, Curaçao, Dutch Caribbean
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- Department of Agriculture, Husbandry and Fisheries, Piedra Plat 114-A, Oranjestad, Aruba, Dutch Caribbean
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- Arikok National Park, San Fuego 70, Aruba, Dutch Caribbean
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- WILDCONSCIENCE, Kaya Platina 42, Kralendijk, Bonaire, Caribbean Netherlands
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- Laboratorio de Biología de Organismos, Centro de Ecología, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Carretera Panamericana km 11, Caracas 1204, Venezuela
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García-Rawlins AM, Nassar JM, Tárano Z. Roosting Behaviour and Time Budgets of the CuraÇAoan Long-Nosed Bat, Leptonycteris curasoae (Phyllostomatidae, Glossophaginae) in Captivity. ACTA CHIROPTEROLOGICA 2020. [DOI: 10.3161/15081109acc2020.22.2.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Ariany M. García-Rawlins
- Laboratorio de Biología de Organismos, Centro de Ecología, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Carretera Panamericana Km 11, Caracas 1204, Venezuela
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- Laboratorio de Biología de Organismos, Centro de Ecología, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Carretera Panamericana Km 11, Caracas 1204, Venezuela
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- Laboratorio de Comportamiento Animal, Instituto de Biología Experimental, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Calle Suapure, Colinas de Bello Monte, Caracas 1041-A, Venezuela
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