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Nummert G, Timm U, Maran T. Wood lemming (Myopus schisticolor) — a newcomer in Estonian mammal fauna? MAMMAL RES 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s13364-022-00625-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Lissovsky AA, Obolenskaya EV, Dokuchaev NE, Okhlopkov IM. Intraspecific variation and taxonomy of northern pika Ochotona hyperborea (Mammalia, Lagomorpha). J Mammal 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyaa150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Rock-dwelling pikas of the genus Ochotona have fragmented montane geographical distribution presumably associated with geological and climatic events of Late Quaternary. Within this genus, the northern pika, O. hyperborea has the widest distribution. Taxonomic composition and subspecific structure of this species has been controversial during the past century. Sixteen available names were combined in different manners into a variable number of weakly overlapping subspecies by previous authors. A comparison of data sets from the entire distribution range of northern pikas is presented here for the first time, including: craniometric, bioacoustic, and multilocus genetic data. We examined 301 skulls, and the mitochondrial COI gene and two nuclear introns in 79 specimens, as well as the structure of alarm calls from 107 individuals. Our results show that the six subspecies within O. hyperborea correspond to the six genetic parapatric lineages. Five of these are hypothesized to be involved in hybridization at the edges of their distribution. Three acoustic races completely correspond with the six genetic lineages: each acoustic race consists of two lineages. Morphometric data do not display any phylogenetic signal in our study. The subspecies from the Mountains of Khabarovsk Territory, north of Amur River, is described de novo as O. h. fedoseevi ssp. n. The type locality of O. hyperborea is defined more accurately. A neotype is designated for O. h. cinereofusca to stabilize use of names of pikas from the Amur region.
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- Andrey A Lissovsky
- Zoological Museum, Moscow State University, B. Nikitskaya, 6, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Biological Problems of the North, Far East Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Portovaya str. 18, Magadan, Russia
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- Institute of Biological Problems of Cryolithozone, prospekt Lenina, 41, Yakutsk, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia
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Li B, Lu J, Monakhov V, Kang H, Xu Y, An B, Ghani MU, Li M, Peng W, Ma X. Phylogeography of subspecies of the sable (Martes zibellina L.) based on mitochondrial genomes: implications for evolutionary history. Mamm Biol 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s42991-020-00092-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Polezhaeva MA, Tikhonova NA, Marchuk EA, Modorov MV, Ranyuk MN, Polezhaev AN, Badmayeva NK, Semerikov VL. Genetic structure of a widespread alpine shrub Rhododendron aureum (Ericaceae) across East Asia. JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH 2021; 134:91-104. [PMID: 33398441 DOI: 10.1007/s10265-020-01241-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2020] [Accepted: 11/13/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The vast territory of East Asia, including southwestern Beringia, is considered to have been almost ice free during the Pleistocene. Cold-resistant flora may have persisted in this region expanding or contracting its range during the climate cooling. Only a few plant genera have been studied with a sampling area across their entire geographic range in East Asia; therefore, the understanding of the biogeographic history of alpine flora in this region remains limited. In the present study, genetic variation and population structure in 21 populations of the alpine shrub Rhododendron aureum across its range in East Asia were assessed using 18 microsatellite loci. Phylogenetic analyses revealed three main genetic groups: Siberia, Northeast, and North Pacific. According to the geographical pattern of genetic diversity, the North Pacific group includes populations from Kamchatka, south of Russian Far East, and territories close to central Japan. This group is the most diverse and likely diverged earlier than the Siberia and Northeast groups. Ecological niche modeling predicts range expansion of this species during the period of cooling and, together with demographic history, suggests that the divergence between the three main genetic groups predated the Last Glacial Maximum. Similar to other cold-resistant species such as Larix sibirica and Juniperus communis, the pattern of genetic diversity of R. aureum supports the survival of the species at high latitudes during the Pleistocene with limited contribution of the southern populations to expansion of the species range to the Northeast region and Siberia.
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- Maria A Polezhaeva
- Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russia.
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- V. N. Sukachev Institute of Forest, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Botanical Garden-Institute, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia
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- Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russia
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- Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russia
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- Institute of the Biological Problems of the North, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Magadan, Russia
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- Institute of General and Experimental Biology, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ulan-Ude, Russia
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- Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russia
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Xue AT, Hickerson MJ. Comparative phylogeographic inference with genome‐wide data from aggregated population pairs. Evolution 2020; 74:808-830. [DOI: 10.1111/evo.13945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2017] [Revised: 01/24/2020] [Accepted: 01/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Alexander T. Xue
- Subprogram in Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior, Department of BiologyGraduate Center of City University of New York New York NY 10016
- Subprogram in Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior, Department of BiologyCity College of City University of New York New York NY 10031
- Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey and Department of GeneticsRutgers University Piscataway NJ 08854
- Simons Center for Quantitative BiologyCold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor NY 11724
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- Subprogram in Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior, Department of BiologyGraduate Center of City University of New York New York NY 10016
- Subprogram in Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior, Department of BiologyCity College of City University of New York New York NY 10031
- Division of Invertebrate ZoologyAmerican Museum of Natural History New York NY 10024
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Phylogeography of the striped field mouse, Apodemus agrarius (Rodentia: Muridae), throughout its distribution range in the Palaearctic region. Mamm Biol 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s42991-019-00001-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Tan HZ, Ng EYX, Tang Q, Allport GA, Jansen JJFJ, Tomkovich PS, Rheindt FE. Population genomics of two congeneric Palaearctic shorebirds reveals differential impacts of Quaternary climate oscillations across habitats types. Sci Rep 2019; 9:18172. [PMID: 31796810 PMCID: PMC6890745 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-54715-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2019] [Accepted: 11/08/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Intracontinental biotic divisions across the vast Palaearctic region are not well-characterized. Past research has revealed patterns ranging from a lack of population structure to deep divergences along varied lines of separation. Here we compared biogeographic patterns of two Palaearctic shorebirds with different habitat preferences, Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) and Eurasian curlew (N. arquata). Using genome-wide markers from populations across the Palaearctic, we applied a multitude of population genomic and phylogenomic approaches to elucidate population structure. Most importantly, we tested for isolation by distance and visualized barriers and corridors to gene flow. We found shallow Palaearctic population structure in subpolar bog and tundra-breeding whimbrels, consistent with other species breeding at a similarly high latitude, indicating connectivity across the tundra belt, both presently and during southward shifts in periods of global cooling. In contrast, the temperate grassland-breeding Eurasian curlew emerged in three distinct clades corresponding to glacial refugia. Barriers to gene flow coincided with areas of topographic relief in the central Palaearctic for whimbrels and further east for Eurasian curlews. Our findings highlight the interplay of historic and ecological factors in influencing present-day population structure of Palaearctic biota.
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- Hui Zhen Tan
- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 16 Science Drive 4, Singapore, 117558, Singapore
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 16 Science Drive 4, Singapore, 117558, Singapore
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 16 Science Drive 4, Singapore, 117558, Singapore
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- BirdLife International, The David Attenborough Building, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QZ, UK
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- Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Zoological Museum, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Bolshaya Nikitskaya Str. 2, Moscow, 125009, Russia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 16 Science Drive 4, Singapore, 117558, Singapore.
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Tsuda Y, Semerikov V, Sebastiani F, Vendramin GG, Lascoux M. Multispecies genetic structure and hybridization in theBetulagenus across Eurasia. Mol Ecol 2016; 26:589-605. [DOI: 10.1111/mec.13885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2015] [Accepted: 09/19/2016] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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- Yoshiaki Tsuda
- Department of Ecology and Genetics; Evolutionary Biology Centre; Science for Life Laboratory; Uppsala University; Norbyvägen 18D 75236 Uppsala Sweden
- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources; Division of Florence; National Research Council; Via Madonna del Piano 10 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (Firenze) Italy
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- Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology; Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Science; Ekaterinburg 620144 Russia
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- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources; Division of Florence; National Research Council; Via Madonna del Piano 10 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (Firenze) Italy
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- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources; Division of Florence; National Research Council; Via Madonna del Piano 10 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (Firenze) Italy
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- Department of Ecology and Genetics; Evolutionary Biology Centre; Science for Life Laboratory; Uppsala University; Norbyvägen 18D 75236 Uppsala Sweden
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Monakhov VG. Morphological peculiarities as indicators of natural history of sable (Martes zibellina) in North-Asia Pacific coast. RUSS J ECOL+ 2016. [DOI: 10.1134/s1067413616050088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Kramp K, Cizek O, Madeira PM, Ramos AA, Konvicka M, Castilho R, Schmitt T. Genetic implications of phylogeographical patterns in the conservation of the boreal wetland butterflyColias palaeno(Pieridae). Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2016. [DOI: 10.1111/bij.12840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- Katja Kramp
- Senckenberg German Entomological Institute; 15374 Müncheberg Germany
- Department of Biogeography; Trier University; 54296 Trier Germany
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- Hutur NGO; J. Purkyne 1616 50002 Hradec Kralove Czech Republic
- Faculty of Sciences; University South Bohemia; Branisovska 31 370 05 Ceske Budejovice Czech Republic
- Faculty of Environment; Czech University of Life Sciences; Kamycka 961 165 21 Praha Czech Republic
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- Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMAR); Universidade do Algarve; Campus de Gambelas 8005-139 Faro Portugal
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- Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMAR); Universidade do Algarve; Campus de Gambelas 8005-139 Faro Portugal
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- Faculty of Sciences; University South Bohemia; Branisovska 31 370 05 Ceske Budejovice Czech Republic
- Institute of Entomology; Biological Centre CAS; Branisovska 31 370 05 Ceske Budejovice Czech Republic
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- Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMAR); Universidade do Algarve; Campus de Gambelas 8005-139 Faro Portugal
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- Senckenberg German Entomological Institute; 15374 Müncheberg Germany
- Department of Biogeography; Trier University; 54296 Trier Germany
- Department of Zoology; Faculty Natural Sciences I; Institute of Biology; Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg; 06099 Halle (Saale) Germany
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Tsuda Y, Chen J, Stocks M, Källman T, Sønstebø JH, Parducci L, Semerikov V, Sperisen C, Politov D, Ronkainen T, Väliranta M, Vendramin GG, Tollefsrud MM, Lascoux M. The extent and meaning of hybridization and introgression between Siberian spruce (Picea obovata) and Norway spruce (Picea abies): cryptic refugia as stepping stones to the west? Mol Ecol 2016; 25:2773-89. [PMID: 27087633 DOI: 10.1111/mec.13654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2015] [Revised: 02/23/2016] [Accepted: 04/09/2016] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Boreal species were repeatedly exposed to ice ages and went through cycles of contraction and expansion while sister species alternated periods of contact and isolation. The resulting genetic structure is consequently complex, and demographic inferences are intrinsically challenging. The range of Norway spruce (Picea abies) and Siberian spruce (Picea obovata) covers most of northern Eurasia; yet their geographical limits and histories remain poorly understood. To delineate the hybrid zone between the two species and reconstruct their joint demographic history, we analysed variation at nuclear SSR and mitochondrial DNA in 102 and 88 populations, respectively. The dynamics of the hybrid zone was analysed with approximate Bayesian computation (ABC) followed by posterior predictive structure plot reconstruction and the presence of barriers across the range tested with estimated effective migration surfaces. To estimate the divergence time between the two species, nuclear sequences from two well-separated populations of each species were analysed with ABC. Two main barriers divide the range of the two species: one corresponds to the hybrid zone between them, and the other separates the southern and northern domains of Norway spruce. The hybrid zone is centred on the Urals, but the genetic impact of Siberian spruce extends further west. The joint distribution of mitochondrial and nuclear variation indicates an introgression of mitochondrial DNA from Norway spruce into Siberian spruce. Overall, our data reveal a demographic history where the two species interacted frequently and where migrants originating from the Urals and the West Siberian Plain recolonized northern Russia and Scandinavia using scattered refugial populations of Norway spruce as stepping stones towards the west.
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- Yoshiaki Tsuda
- Department of Ecology and Genetics, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18D, 75236, Uppsala, Sweden.,CNR, Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources, Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
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- Department of Ecology and Genetics, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18D, 75236, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology and Genetics, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18D, 75236, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology and Genetics, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18D, 75236, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology and Genetics, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18D, 75236, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Urals Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, 8 Marta Str., 202, 620144, Ekaterinburg, Russia
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- Swiss Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Zürcherstrasse 111, CH-8903, Birmendsdorf, Switzerland
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- Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Gubkin str. 3, 119991, Moscow, Russia
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- Environmental Change Research Unit (ECRU), Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, PO Box 65, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- Environmental Change Research Unit (ECRU), Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, PO Box 65, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- CNR, Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources, Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
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- Department of Ecology and Genetics, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18D, 75236, Uppsala, Sweden
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Comparative phylogeography of Meriones meridianus, Dipus sagitta, and Allactaga sibirica: Potential indicators of the impact of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau uplift. Mamm Biol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2015.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Lalis A, Leblois R, Stoetzel E, Benazzou T, Souttou K, Denys C, Nicolas V. Phylogeography and demographic history of Shaw's Jird (Meriones shawiicomplex) in North Africa. Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2015. [DOI: 10.1111/bij.12725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- Aude Lalis
- Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité; ISYEB-UMR 7205 CNRS, MNHN, UPMC, EPHE; Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle; Sorbonne Universités; 57 rue Cuvier, CP 51 75005 Paris France
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- Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité; ISYEB-UMR 7205 CNRS, MNHN, UPMC, EPHE; Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle; Sorbonne Universités; 57 rue Cuvier, CP 51 75005 Paris France
- Histoire Naturelle de l'Homme Préhistorique; HNHP-UMR 7194 CNRS; Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Département de Préhistoire; Sorbonne Universités; Musée de l'Homme, Palais de Chaillot; 17 place du Trocadéro 75016 Paris France
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- Département de Biologie; Faculté des Sciences; BP1014 Rabat Morocco
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- Laboratoire d'Ornithologie; Département de Zoologie; Institut d'Agronomie; Hacen badi 16200; El Harrach Alger Algeria
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- Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité; ISYEB-UMR 7205 CNRS, MNHN, UPMC, EPHE; Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle; Sorbonne Universités; 57 rue Cuvier, CP 51 75005 Paris France
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- Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité; ISYEB-UMR 7205 CNRS, MNHN, UPMC, EPHE; Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle; Sorbonne Universités; 57 rue Cuvier, CP 51 75005 Paris France
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Solovyev VI, Bogdanova VS, Dubatolov VV, Kosterin OE. Range of a Palearctic uraniid moth Eversmannia exornata (Lepidoptera: Uraniidae: Epipleminae) was split in the Holocene, as evaluated using histone H1 and COI genes with reference to the Beringian disjunction in the genus Oreta (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae). ORG DIVERS EVOL 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s13127-014-0195-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Kinoshita G, Sato JJ, Meschersky IG, Pishchulina SL, Simakin LV, Rozhnov VV, Malyarchuk BA, Derenko MV, Denisova GA, Frisman LV, Kryukov AP, Hosoda T, Suzuki H. Colonization history of the sableMartes zibellina(Mammalia, Carnivora) on the marginal peninsula and islands of northeastern Eurasia. J Mammal 2015. [DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyu021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Petrova TV, Zakharov ES, Samiya R, Abramson NI. Phylogeography of the narrow-headed vole Lasiopodomys
(Stenocranius
) gregalis
(Cricetidae, Rodentia) inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome b
sequences: an echo of Pleistocene prosperity. J ZOOL SYST EVOL RES 2014. [DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Tatyana V. Petrova
- Laboratory of Molecular Systematics; Zoological Institute RAS; Saint-Petersburg Russia
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- Laboratory of Vertebrate Ecology; Institute for Biological Problems of Cryolithozone SB RAS; Yakutsk Russia
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- Department of Zoology; National University of Mongolia; Ulaanbaatar Mongolia
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- Laboratory of Molecular Systematics; Zoological Institute RAS; Saint-Petersburg Russia
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Rueness EK, Naidenko S, Trosvik P, Stenseth NC. Large-scale genetic structuring of a widely distributed carnivore--the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx). PLoS One 2014; 9:e93675. [PMID: 24695745 PMCID: PMC3973550 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2013] [Accepted: 03/10/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Over the last decades the phylogeography and genetic structure of a multitude of species inhabiting Europe and North America have been described. The flora and fauna of the vast landmasses of north-eastern Eurasia are still largely unexplored in this respect. The Eurasian lynx is a large felid that is relatively abundant over much of the Russian sub-continent and the adjoining countries. Analyzing 148 museum specimens collected throughout its range over the last 150 years we have described the large-scale genetic structuring in this highly mobile species. We have investigated the spatial genetic patterns using mitochondrial DNA sequences (D-loop and cytochrome b) and 11 microsatellite loci, and describe three phylogenetic clades and a clear structuring along an east-west gradient. The most likely scenario is that the contemporary Eurasian lynx populations originated in central Asia and that parts of Europe were inhabited by lynx during the Pleistocene. After the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) range expansions lead to colonization of north-western Siberia and Scandinavia from the Caucasus and north-eastern Siberia from a refugium further east. No evidence of a Berinigan refugium could be detected in our data. We observed restricted gene flow and suggest that future studies of the Eurasian lynx explore to what extent the contemporary population structure may be explained by ecological variables.
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- Eli K. Rueness
- Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Dept. of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky pr. 33, Moscow, Russia
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- Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Dept. of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Dept. of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Jacquet F, Nicolas V, Colyn M, Kadjo B, Hutterer R, Decher J, Akpatou B, Cruaud C, Denys C. Forest refugia and riverine barriers promote diversification in the West African pygmy shrew (Crocidura obscuriorcomplex, Soricomorpha). ZOOL SCR 2013. [DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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- François Jacquet
- Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Département Systématique et Evolution, UMR 7205, Laboratoire Mammifères et Oiseaux; 55 rue Buffon 75005 Paris France
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- Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Département Systématique et Evolution, UMR 7205, Laboratoire Mammifères et Oiseaux; 55 rue Buffon 75005 Paris France
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- Université de Rennes 1, CNRS, Ecobio UMR 6553, Station Biologique; 35380 Paimpont France
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- Université de Cocody-Abidjan-UFR Biosciences, Systématique, Biologie et Ecologie des Mammifères; 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22 Côte d'Ivoire
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- Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum A. Koenig, Section of Mammals; Adenauerallee 160 D-53113 Bonn Germany
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- Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum A. Koenig, Section of Mammals; Adenauerallee 160 D-53113 Bonn Germany
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- Université de Cocody-Abidjan-UFR Biosciences, Systématique, Biologie et Ecologie des Mammifères; 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22 Côte d'Ivoire
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- Génoscope, Centre National de Séquençage; 2 rue Gaston Crémieux CP5706 91057 Evry Cedex France
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- Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Département Systématique et Evolution, UMR 7205, Laboratoire Mammifères et Oiseaux; 55 rue Buffon 75005 Paris France
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Semerikov VL, Semerikova SA, Polezhaeva MA, Kosintsev PA, Lascoux M. Southern montane populations did not contribute to the recolonization of West Siberian Plain by Siberian larch (Larix sibirica): a range-wide analysis of cytoplasmic markers. Mol Ecol 2013; 22:4958-71. [DOI: 10.1111/mec.12433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2012] [Revised: 06/26/2013] [Accepted: 06/29/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Vladimir L. Semerikov
- Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology; Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Science; 8 Marta Str., 202 620144 Ekaterinburg Russia
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- Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology; Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Science; 8 Marta Str., 202 620144 Ekaterinburg Russia
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- Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology; Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Science; 8 Marta Str., 202 620144 Ekaterinburg Russia
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- Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology; Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Science; 8 Marta Str., 202 620144 Ekaterinburg Russia
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- Department of Ecology & Genetics; EBC; Uppsala University; Norbyvägen 18D 75236 Uppsala Sweden
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Wang Y, Zhao LM, Fang FJ, Liao JC, Liu NF. Intraspecific molecular phylogeny and phylogeography of theMeriones meridianus(Rodentia: Cricetidae) complex in northern China reflect the processes of desertification and the Tianshan Mountains uplift. Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2013. [DOI: 10.1111/bij.12123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Ying Wang
- School of Life Sciences; Lanzhou University; Lanzhou; Gansu; 730000; China
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- School of Life Sciences; Lanzhou University; Lanzhou; Gansu; 730000; China
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- School of Life Sciences; Lanzhou University; Lanzhou; Gansu; 730000; China
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- School of Life Sciences; Lanzhou University; Lanzhou; Gansu; 730000; China
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- School of Life Sciences; Lanzhou University; Lanzhou; Gansu; 730000; China
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Malyarchuk B, Derenko M, Denisova G. Phylogeny and genetic history of the Siberian salamander (Salamandrella keyserlingii, Dybowski, 1870) inferred from complete mitochondrial genomes. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2013; 67:348-57. [PMID: 23415986 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2012] [Revised: 01/28/2013] [Accepted: 02/03/2013] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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We assessed phylogeny of the Siberian salamander (Salamandrella keyserlingii, Dybowski, 1870), the most northern ectothermic, terrestrial vertebrate in Eurasia, by sequence analysis of complete mitochondrial genomes in 26 specimens from different localities (China, Khabarovsk region, Sakhalin, Yakutia, Magadan region, Chukotka, Kamchatka, Ural, European part of Russia). In addition, a complete mitochondrial genome of the Schrenck salamander, Salamandrella schrenckii, was determined for the first time. Bayesian phylogenetic analysis of the entire mtDNA genomes of S. keyserlingii demonstrates that two haplotype clades, AB and C, radiated about 1.4 million years ago (Mya). Bayesian skyline plots of population size change through time show an expansion around 250 thousand years ago (kya) and then a decline around the Last Glacial Maximum (25 kya) with subsequent restoration of population size. Climatic changes during the Quaternary period have dramatically affected the population genetic structure of the Siberian salamanders. In addition, complete mtDNA sequence analysis allowed us to recognize that the vast area of Northern Eurasia was colonized only by the Siberian salamander clade C1b during the last 150 kya. Meanwhile, we were unable to find evidence of molecular adaptation in this clade by analyzing the whole mitochondrial genomes of the Siberian salamanders.
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- Boris Malyarchuk
- Institute of Biological Problems of the North, Magadan 685000, Russia.
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Kinoshita G, Nunome M, Han SH, Hirakawa H, Suzuki H. Ancient colonization and within-island vicariance revealed by mitochondrial DNA phylogeography of the mountain hare (Lepus timidus) in Hokkaido, Japan. Zoolog Sci 2013; 29:776-85. [PMID: 23106564 DOI: 10.2108/zsj.29.776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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We examined the phylogenetic status and history of the mountain hare Lepus timidus in and around Hokkaido using mitochondrial cytochrome b (cyt b) sequences from 158 samples from Hokkaido and 14 from Sakhalin, as well as four samples from the Korean hare, L. coreanus. The phylogenetic analysis of the cyt b sequences generated in this study and obtained from DNA databases showed the clear genetic specificity of the Hokkaido lineage as a clade. The Hokkaido lineage was estimated to have diverged from the other conspecific and L. coreanus lineages 0.46 and 0.30 million years ago (Mya), respectively. These results suggest that the common ancestor of the mitochondrial lineage in Hokkaido and Korea inhabited Far East Asia before colonization by the present continental lineages of L. timidus, including the Sakhalin population. We estimated the time of the most recent common ancestor of the Hokkaido population to be 0.17 Mya, and found two distinct haplogroups within the island. One group had greater genetic diversity (mean number of pairwise differences: π = 0.0188 ± 0.0108) and appears to have expanded from the west to the entire island of Hokkaido. The other had lower genetic diversity (π = 0.0038 ± 0.0037) and its distribution was concentrated in the east. These contrasting west/east trends indicate that the Hokkaido population was fragmented in the past, and then subsequently expanded. Our study suggests that Hokkaido was an important refugium for boreal species in the far eastern region, and allowed the formation of various population genetic structures within the island.
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- Gohta Kinoshita
- Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan.
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Phylogeography of the gray red-backed vole Craseomys rufocanus (Rodentia: Cricetidae) across the distribution range inferred from nonrecombining molecular markers. RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF THERIOLOGY 2012. [DOI: 10.15298/rusjtheriol.11.2.04] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Schmitt T, Varga Z. Extra-Mediterranean refugia: The rule and not the exception? Front Zool 2012; 9:22. [PMID: 22953783 PMCID: PMC3462695 DOI: 10.1186/1742-9994-9-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2012] [Accepted: 08/28/2012] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Some decades ago, biogeographers distinguished three major faunal types of high importance for Europe: (i) Mediterranean elements with exclusive glacial survival in the Mediterranean refugia, (ii) Siberian elements with glacial refugia in the eastern Palearctic and only postglacial expansion to Europe and (iii) arctic and/or alpine elements with large zonal distributions in the periglacial areas and postglacial retreat to the North and/or into the high mountain systems. Genetic analyses have unravelled numerous additional refugia both of continental and Mediterranean species, thus strongly modifying the biogeographical view of Europe. This modified notion is particularly true for the so-called Siberian species, which in many cases have not immigrated into Europe during the postglacial period, but most likely have survived the last, or even several glacial phases, in extra-Mediterranean refugia in some climatically favourable but geographically limited areas of southern Central and Eastern Europe. Recently, genetic analyses revealed that typical Mediterranean species have also survived the Last Glacial Maximum in cryptic northern refugia (e.g. in the Carpathians or even north of the Alps) in addition to their Mediterranean refuge areas.
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- Thomas Schmitt
- Biogeography, Trier University, D - 54 286, Trier, Germany.
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Sonsthagen SA, Chesser RT, Bell DA, Dove CJ. Hybridization among Arctic white-headed gulls (Larus spp.) obscures the genetic legacy of the Pleistocene. Ecol Evol 2012; 2:1278-95. [PMID: 22833800 PMCID: PMC3402200 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2011] [Revised: 02/10/2012] [Accepted: 02/13/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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We studied the influence of glacial oscillations on the genetic structure of seven species of white-headed gull that breed at high latitudes (Larus argentatus, L. canus, L. glaucescens, L. glaucoides, L. hyperboreus, L. schistisagus, and L. thayeri). We evaluated localities hypothesized as ice-free areas or glacial refugia in other Arctic vertebrates using molecular data from 11 microsatellite loci, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control region, and six nuclear introns for 32 populations across the Holarctic. Moderate levels of genetic structure were observed for microsatellites (FST= 0.129), introns (ΦST= 0.185), and mtDNA control region (ΦST= 0.461), with among-group variation maximized when populations were grouped based on subspecific classification. Two haplotype and at least two allele groups were observed across all loci. However, no haplotype/allele group was composed solely of individuals of a single species, a pattern consistent with recent divergence. Furthermore, northernmost populations were not well differentiated and among-group variation was maximized when L. argentatus and L. hyberboreus populations were grouped by locality rather than species, indicating recent hybridization. Four populations are located in putative Pleistocene glacial refugia and had larger τ estimates than the other 28 populations. However, we were unable to substantiate these putative refugia using coalescent theory, as all populations had genetic signatures of stability based on mtDNA. The extent of haplotype and allele sharing among Arctic white-headed gull species is noteworthy. Studies of other Arctic taxa have generally revealed species-specific clusters as well as genetic structure within species, usually correlated with geography. Aspects of white-headed gull behavioral biology, such as colonization ability and propensity to hybridize, as well as their recent evolutionary history, have likely played a large role in the limited genetic structure observed.
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Fan Z, Liu S, Liu Y, Liao L, Zhang X, Yue B. Phylogeography of the South China field mouse (Apodemus draco) on the southeastern Tibetan Plateau reveals high genetic diversity and glacial refugia. PLoS One 2012; 7:e38184. [PMID: 22666478 PMCID: PMC3364228 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2012] [Accepted: 05/01/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The southeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau (SEMTP) is a particularly interesting region due to its topographic complexity and unique geologic history, but phylogeographic studies that focus on this region are rare. In this study, we investigated the phylogeography of the South China field mouse, Apodemus draco, in order to assess the role of geologic and climatic events on the Tibetan Plateau in shaping its genetic structure. We sequenced mitochondrial cytochrome b (cyt b) sequences in 103 individuals from 47 sampling sites. In addition, 23 cyt b sequences were collected from GenBank for analyses. Phylogenetic, demographic and landscape genetic methods were conducted. Seventy-six cyt b haplotypes were found and the genetic diversity was extremely high (π = 0.0368; h = 0.989). Five major evolutionary clades, based on geographic locations, were identified. Demographic analyses implied subclade 1A and subclade 1B experienced population expansions at about 0.052-0.013 Mya and 0.014-0.004 Mya, respectively. The divergence time analysis showed that the split between clade 1 and clade 2 occurred 0.26 Mya, which fell into the extensive glacial period (EGP, 0.5-0.17 Mya). The divergence times of other main clades (2.20-0.55 Mya) were congruent with the periods of the Qingzang Movement (3.6-1.7 Mya) and the Kun-Huang Movement (1.2-0.6 Mya), which were known as the most intense uplift events in the Tibetan Plateau. Our study supported the hypothesis that the SEMTP was a large late Pleistocene refugium, and further inferred that the Gongga Mountain Region and Hongya County were glacial refugia for A. draco in clade 1. We hypothesize that the evolutionary history of A. draco in the SEMTP primarily occurred in two stages. First, an initial divergence would have been shaped by uplift events of the Tibetan Plateau. Then, major glaciations in the Pleistocene added complexity to its demographic history and genetic structure.
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- Zhenxin Fan
- Sichuan Key Laboratory of Conservation Biology on Endangered Wildlife, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People’s Republic of China
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- Sichuan Academy of Forestry, Chengdu, People’s Republic of China
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- Sichuan Academy of Forestry, Chengdu, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioresources and Ecoenvironment (Ministry of Education), Sichuan University, Chengdu, People’s Republic of China
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- Sichuan Key Laboratory of Conservation Biology on Endangered Wildlife, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioresources and Ecoenvironment (Ministry of Education), Sichuan University, Chengdu, People’s Republic of China
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Hung CM, Drovetski SV, Zink RM. Multilocus coalescence analyses support a mtDNA-based phylogeographic history for a widespread Palearctic passerine bird, Sitta europaea. Evolution 2012; 66:2850-64. [PMID: 22946807 DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2012.01657.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Our understanding of species phylogeography in much of the Palearctic is incomplete. In addition, many existing studies based solely on mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) can provide a biased view of phylogeographic history because of the effects of lineage sorting, natural selection, or hybridization. We analyzed 13 introns to assess a mtDNA study of the Eurasian nuthatch (Sitta europaea) that suggested a seemingly contemporaneous origin of distinct taxa in the Caucasus, Europe, and Asia. Neutrality tests showed no evidence of selection on either the mtDNA or nuclear sequences. Most nuclear gene trees, except for Z-linked ones, did not recover the three lineages, which we attribute to recent splitting. Analyses of the 13 introns combined revealed the same three groups as did the mtDNA and suggested that nuthatches experienced a trichotomous (or two indistinguishable) split(s) 1-2 million years ago (Mya) and have remained isolated with trifling if not zero gene flow since then, and the Asian group increased in population size. This result demonstrates the usefulness of mtDNA in discovering phylogeographic patterns. The use of multiple nuclear loci facilitated detection of an introgressed individual and improved estimates of process parameters such as divergence time and population expansion. We recommend that phylogeographic studies should be based on both mtDNA and nuclear genes.
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- Chih-Ming Hung
- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, Bell Museum of Natural History, University of Minnesota, St Paul, Minnesota 55108, USA.
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Palma RE, Boric-Bargetto D, Torres-Pérez F, Hernández CE, Yates TL. Glaciation effects on the phylogeographic structure of Oligoryzomys longicaudatus (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) in the southern Andes. PLoS One 2012; 7:e32206. [PMID: 22396751 PMCID: PMC3291571 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2011] [Accepted: 01/24/2012] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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The long-tailed pygmy rice rat Oligoryzomys longicaudatus (Sigmodontinae), the major reservoir of Hantavirus in Chile and Patagonian Argentina, is widely distributed in the Mediterranean, Temperate and Patagonian Forests of Chile, as well as in adjacent areas in southern Argentina. We used molecular data to evaluate the effects of the last glacial event on the phylogeographic structure of this species. We examined if historical Pleistocene events had affected genetic variation and spatial distribution of this species along its distributional range. We sampled 223 individuals representing 47 localities along the species range, and sequenced the hypervariable domain I of the mtDNA control region. Aligned sequences were analyzed using haplotype network, bayesian population structure and demographic analyses. Analysis of population structure and the haplotype network inferred three genetic clusters along the distribution of O. longicaudatus that mostly agreed with the three major ecogeographic regions in Chile: Mediterranean, Temperate Forests and Patagonian Forests. Bayesian Skyline Plots showed constant population sizes through time in all three clusters followed by an increase after and during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM; between 26,000-13,000 years ago). Neutrality tests and the "g" parameter also suggest that populations of O. longicaudatus experienced demographic expansion across the species entire range. Past climate shifts have influenced population structure and lineage variation of O. longicaudatus. This species remained in refugia areas during Pleistocene times in southern Temperate Forests (and adjacent areas in Patagonia). From these refugia, O. longicaudatus experienced demographic expansions into Patagonian Forests and central Mediterranean Chile using glacial retreats.
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- R Eduardo Palma
- Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Ecología y Biodiversidad, CASEB, and Departamento de Ecología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
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Sato JJ, Hosoda T, Kryukov AP, Kartavtseva IV, Suzuki H. Genetic Diversity of the Sable (Martes zibellina, Mustelidae) in Russian Far East and Hokkaido Inferred from Mitochondrial NADH Dehydrogenase Subunit 2 Gene Sequences. MAMMAL STUDY 2011. [DOI: 10.3106/041.036.0404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Gutiérrez-García TA, Vázquez-Domínguez E. Comparative Phylogeography: Designing Studies while Surviving the Process. Bioscience 2011. [DOI: 10.1525/bio.2011.61.11.5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Bernard R, Heiser M, Hochkirch A, Schmitt T. Genetic homogeneity of the Sedgling
Nehalennia speciosa
(Odonata: Coenagrionidae) indicates a single Würm glacial refugium and trans‐Palaearctic postglacial expansion. J ZOOL SYST EVOL RES 2011. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2011.00630.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [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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- Rafał Bernard
- Department of General Zoology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
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- Department of Biogeography, Trier University, Trier, Germany
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- Department of Biogeography, Trier University, Trier, Germany
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- Department of Biogeography, Trier University, Trier, Germany
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Malyarchuk BA. Adaptive intraspecific divergence: An example using the animal cytochrome b gene. RUSS J GENET+ 2011. [DOI: 10.1134/s1022795411070143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Fijarczyk A, Nadachowska K, Hofman S, Litvinchuk SN, Babik W, Stuglik M, Gollmann G, Choleva L, Cogălniceanu D, Vukov T, Džukić G, Szymura JM. Nuclear and mitochondrial phylogeography of the European fire-bellied toads Bombina bombina and Bombina variegata supports their independent histories. Mol Ecol 2011; 20:3381-98. [PMID: 21749513 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2011.05175.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Exact location and number of glacial refugia still remain unclear for many European cold-blooded terrestrial vertebrates. We performed a fine-scaled multilocus phylogeographic analysis of two Bombina species combining mitochondrial variation of 950 toads from 385 sites and nuclear genes (Rag-1, Ncx-1) from a subset of samples to reconstruct their colonization and contemporary variation patterns. We identified the lowlands northwest of the Black Sea and the Carpathians to be important refugial areas for B. bombina and B. variegata, respectively. This result emphasizes the importance of Central European refugia for ectothermic terrestrial species, far north of the Mediterranean areas regarded as exclusive glacial refugia for the animals. Additional refugia for B. variegata have been located in the southern Apennines and Balkans. In contrast, no evidence for the importance of other east European plains as refugial regions has been found. The distribution of mtDNA and Ncx-1 variation suggests the presence of local refugia near the Black Sea for B. bombina; however, coalescent simulations did not allow to distinguish whether one or two refugia were present in the region. Strong genetic drift apparently accompanied postglacial expansions reducing diversity in the colonization areas. Extended sampling, coupled with the multilocus isolation with migration analysis, revealed a limited and geographically restricted gene flow from the Balkan to Carpathian populations of B. variegata. However, despite proximity of inferred B. bombina and B. variegata refugia, gene exchange between them was not detected.
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- Anna Fijarczyk
- Department of Comparative Anatomy, Institute of Zoology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 9, 30-387 Kraków, Poland
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Fan Z, Liu S, Liu Y, Zhang X, Yue B. How Quaternary geologic and climatic events in the southeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau influence the genetic structure of small mammals: inferences from phylogeography of two rodents, Neodon irene and Apodemus latronum. Genetica 2011; 139:339-51. [DOI: 10.1007/s10709-011-9553-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2010] [Accepted: 01/19/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Hewitt GM. Quaternary phylogeography: the roots of hybrid zones. Genetica 2011; 139:617-38. [DOI: 10.1007/s10709-011-9547-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 244] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2010] [Accepted: 01/03/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Svenning JC, Fløjgaard C, Baselga A. Climate, history and neutrality as drivers of mammal beta diversity in Europe: insights from multiscale deconstruction. J Anim Ecol 2010; 80:393-402. [PMID: 21070238 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01771.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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1. Environmental sorting, historical factors and neutral dynamics may all drive beta diversity (change in species composition across space), but their relative importance remains unresolved. In the case of European mammals, key potential drivers of large-scale beta diversity include current climate, neutral dynamics and two historical factors: Pleistocene glaciations and peninsular dynamics (immigration from extra-regional eastern faunal source areas and inter-linked relictual survival and evolutionary differentiation in isolated areas). 2. We assessed the relative importance of these drivers using a novel analytical framework to deconstruct beta diversity of non-volant mammals in Europe (138 species) into its turnover (change in species composition because of species replacements) and nestedness components (change in species composition because of species richness differences) at continental and regional (250,000 km(2) ) scales. 3. We found continental-scale mammal beta diversity to be mainly caused by spatial turnover (99·9%), with only a small contribution (0·1%) from nestedness. 4. Current climate emerged as an important driver of beta diversity, given the strong continental-scale turnover, particularly in north-south direction, i.e., in line with the latitudinal climate gradient, and, more directly, the strong correlation of climate with spatial turnover at both continental and regional scales. 5. However, there was also evidence for the importance of non-climatic drivers. Notably, the compositional variation purely accounted for by space was greater than that purely accounted for by environment for both the turnover and the nestedness component of beta diversity. Furthermore, the strong longitudinal turnover within Southern Europe is in accordance with the region's long-term climatic stability having allowed multiple refugia and local evolutionary diversification. As expected from peninsular dynamics, there was increasing dissimilarity with geographic distance in an east-west direction because of nestedness, but only in Central and Northern Europe. 6. In conclusion, European mammal beta diversity mainly reflects spatial turnover and only to a limited extent nestedness and is driven by current climate in combination with historical - and perhaps, neutral - dynamics. These findings suggest that a key challenge for climate-change predictive studies will be taking the influence of non-climatic factors into account.
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- Jens-Christian Svenning
- Ecoinformatics & Biodiversity Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 114, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
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TAMMELEHT E, REMM J, KORSTEN M, DAVISON J, TUMANOV I, SAVELJEV A, MÄNNIL P, KOJOLA I, SAARMA U. Genetic structure in large, continuous mammal populations: the example of brown bears in northwestern Eurasia. Mol Ecol 2010; 19:5359-70. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2010.04885.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BANNIKOVA ANNAA, DOKUCHAEV NIKOLAIE, YUDINA EUGENIAV, BOBRETZOV ANATOLYV, SHEFTEL BORISI, LEBEDEV VLADIMIRS. Holarctic phylogeography of the tundra shrew (Sorex tundrensis) based on mitochondrial genes. Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2010. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01510.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Hope AG, Waltari E, Dokuchaev NE, Abramov S, Dupal T, Tsvetkova A, Henttonen H, MacDonald SO, Cook JA. High-latitude diversification within Eurasian least shrews and Alaska tiny shrews (Soricidae). J Mammal 2010. [DOI: 10.1644/09-mamm-a-402.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Russo IRM, Chimimba CT, Bloomer P. Bioregion heterogeneity correlates with extensive mitochondrial DNA diversity in the Namaqua rock mouse, Micaelamys namaquensis (Rodentia: Muridae) from southern Africa--evidence for a species complex. BMC Evol Biol 2010; 10:307. [PMID: 20942924 PMCID: PMC2967545 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-10-307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2009] [Accepted: 10/13/2010] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Intraspecific variation within the diverse southern African murine rodents has not been extensively investigated, yet cryptic diversity is evident in several taxa studied to date. The Namaqua rock mouse, Micaelamys namaquensis Smith, 1834 is a widespread endemic murine rodent from the subregion. Currently, a single species with four subspecies is recognised, but in the past up to 16 subspecies were described. Thus, this species is a good candidate for the investigation of patterns and processes of diversification in a diverse but under-studied mammalian subfamily and geographic region. Here, we report genetic differentiation based on mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) cytochrome b (cyt b) sequences among samples collected over an extensive coverage of the species' range. RESULTS Cytochrome b sequences of 360 widely sampled individuals identified 137 unique maternal alleles. Gene tree and phylogeographic analyses of these alleles suggest the presence of at least eight lineages or haplogroups (A-H), with varying degrees of intra-lineage diversity. This differentiation is in contrast with the most recent taxonomic treatment based on cranial morphometrics which only recognised four subspecies. The mtDNA diversity strongly supports earlier views that this taxon may represent a species complex. We further show statistical support for the association of several of these lineages with particular vegetation biomes of southern Africa. The time to the most recent common ancestor (TMRCA) dates to the Pliocene (~5 Mya) whereas coalescent-based divergence time estimates between lineages vary between 813 Kya [0.22-1.36] and 4.06 Mya [1.21-4.47]. The major diversification within lineages occurred during the Pleistocene. The identification of several regions of sympatry of distinct lineages offers future opportunities for the elucidation of the underlying speciation processes in the suggested species complex. CONCLUSIONS Similar to other African murine rodents, M. namaquensis radiated during the Pliocene and Pleistocene coinciding with major periods of aridification and the expansion of savanna habitats. The suggested species complex is represented by at least eight lineages of which the majority are confined to only one or a few neighbouring biomes/bioregions. Contrasting intra-lineage phylogeographic patterns suggest differences in adaptation and responses to Plio-Pleistocene climatic and vegetation changes. The role of ecological factors in driving speciation in the group needs further investigation.
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- Isa-Rita M Russo
- Molecular Ecology & Evolution Programme (MEEP), Department of Genetics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002 South Africa
- Mammal Research Institute (MRI), Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002 South Africa
- Cardiff School of Biosciences, Biomedical Sciences Building, Cardiff University, Museum Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3AX UK
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- Mammal Research Institute (MRI), Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002 South Africa
- DST-NRF Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology (CIB), Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002 South Africa
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- Molecular Ecology & Evolution Programme (MEEP), Department of Genetics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002 South Africa
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Chelomina GN, Atopkin DM. Molecular genetic evidence of a deep phylogenetic discontinuity between the asian and european races of pygmy wood mouse based on the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene variation. Mol Biol 2010. [DOI: 10.1134/s0026893310050043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BRYJA J, GRANJON L, DOBIGNY G, PATZENHAUEROVÁ H, KONEČNÝ A, DUPLANTIER JM, GAUTHIER P, COLYN M, DURNEZ L, LALIS A, NICOLAS V. Plio‐Pleistocene history of West African Sudanian savanna and the phylogeography of the
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complex (Rodentia): the environment/geography/genetic interplay. Mol Ecol 2010; 19:4783-99. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2010.04847.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- J. BRYJA
- Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Květná 8, 603 65 Brno, Czech Republic
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- IRD, CBGP (UMR IRD / INRA / CIRAD / MontpellierSupAgro), Campus International de Baillarguet, CS 30016, 34988 Montferrier‐sur‐Lez Cedex, France
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- IRD, CBGP (UMR IRD / INRA / CIRAD / MontpellierSupAgro), Campus International de Baillarguet, CS 30016, 34988 Montferrier‐sur‐Lez Cedex, France
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- Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Květná 8, 603 65 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Květná 8, 603 65 Brno, Czech Republic
- IRD, CBGP (UMR IRD / INRA / CIRAD / MontpellierSupAgro), Campus International de Baillarguet, CS 30016, 34988 Montferrier‐sur‐Lez Cedex, France
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- IRD, CBGP (UMR IRD / INRA / CIRAD / MontpellierSupAgro), Campus International de Baillarguet, CS 30016, 34988 Montferrier‐sur‐Lez Cedex, France
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- IRD, CBGP (UMR IRD / INRA / CIRAD / MontpellierSupAgro), Campus International de Baillarguet, CS 30016, 34988 Montferrier‐sur‐Lez Cedex, France
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- UMR CNRS 6553 Ecobio, Université de Rennes 1, Station Biologique, 35380 Paimpont, France
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- Evolutionary Ecology Group, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, B‐2020 Antwerp, Belgium & Mycobacteriology Unit, Department of Microbiology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nationalestraat 155, B‐2000 Antwerp, Belgium
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- Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Département de Systématique et Evolution, UMR CNRS 7205, Laboratoire Mammifères et Oiseaux, 47 rue Cuvier, CP 51, 75005 Paris, France
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- Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Département de Systématique et Evolution, UMR CNRS 7205, Laboratoire Mammifères et Oiseaux, 47 rue Cuvier, CP 51, 75005 Paris, France
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Hedenäs L. Phylogeography and origin of EuropeanSanionia uncinata(Amblystegiaceae, Bryophyta). SYST BIODIVERS 2010. [DOI: 10.1080/14772001003767600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Malyarchuk B, Derenko M, Berman D, Perkova M, Grzybowski T, Lejrikh A, Bulakhova N. Phylogeography and molecular adaptation of Siberian salamander Salamandrella keyserlingii based on mitochondrial DNA variation. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2010; 56:562-71. [PMID: 20398779 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2009] [Revised: 04/06/2010] [Accepted: 04/06/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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We assessed the phylogeographic pattern of Siberian salamander (Salamandrella keyserlingii, Dybowski, 1870), which appear to be the most northern ectothermic, terrestrial vertebrate in Northern Eurasia, by sequence analysis of a 611-bp fragment of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene in 159 specimens from different localities (Khabarovsk region, Sakhalin, Yakutia, Magadan region, Chukotka, Kamchatka and others). The data revealed that cytochrome b lineages of S. keyserlingii are divided into haplogroups A, B and C. Haplogroup A and B sequences are widespread in the Far East region, whereas haplogroup C consisting of several phylogenetic clusters (C1, C2, C3) is present in the all range of S. keyserlingii. Among them, cluster C3 appears to be specific for Sakhalin; most likely, it has arisen in situ in this island, with the entry time of the founder mtDNA estimated at about 0.4 MY. Analysis of cytochrome b gene variation by using different neutrality tests (including those based on K(A)/K(S)-ratio) has shown that differences between haplogroups were statistically insignificant, thus suggesting selective neutrality. However, analysis of amino acid changes allowed us to detect a signature of molecular adaptation, which might have led to appearance of adaptive cytochrome b variants in haplogroup C, originating most likely at the end of Eopleistocene (about 0.64 MY based on the haplogroup C divergence level). It seems probable that this adaptive mechanism could promote subsequent populating of new regions.
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- Boris Malyarchuk
- Institute of Biological Problems of the North, Magadan 685000, Russia.
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POLEZHAEVA MARIAA, LASCOUX MARTIN, SEMERIKOV VLADIMIRL. Cytoplasmic DNA variation and biogeography ofLarixMill. in Northeast Asia. Mol Ecol 2010; 19:1239-52. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2010.04552.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Saitoh T, Alström P, Nishiumi I, Shigeta Y, Williams D, Olsson U, Ueda K. Old divergences in a boreal bird supports long-term survival through the Ice Ages. BMC Evol Biol 2010; 10:35. [PMID: 20128930 PMCID: PMC2848155 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-10-35] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2009] [Accepted: 02/04/2010] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background Unlike northern Europe and most of northern North America, the Eastern Palearctic and the northwesternmost tip of North America are believed to have been almost unglaciated during the Quarternary glacial periods. This could have facilitated long-term survival of many organisms in that area. To evaluate this, we studied the phylogeography in east Asia and Alaska of a boreal migratory passerine bird, the Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis, and compared our results with published data on especially North American species. Results In a sample of 113 individuals from 18 populations we identified 42 haplotypes of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene, which separated into three clades: A - Alaska and mainland Eurasia (except Kamchatka); B - Kamchatka, Sakhalin and Hokkaido; and C - Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu (i.e. Japan except Hokkaido). The oldest split among these clades, between A/B and C, is estimated to have taken place sometime between the mid Pliocene and early Pleistocene, and the second divergence, between clades A and B, in the early to mid Pleistocene. Within all of the three main clades, there are signs of population expansion. Conclusions The Arctic Warbler separated into three main clades in close succession around the Pliocene/Pleistocene border, with the two northern clades diverging last. All three clades probably experienced population bottlenecks during the Pleistocene as a result of range shifts and contractions, but nevertheless survived and maintained their integrities. Several other clades of Northeastern Palearctic birds are noted to have diversified during the Pliocene. In contrast, avian species or phylogroups presently occupying formerly glaciated North American ground are generally younger. The differences between these regions could be due to slower speciation rates in the Eastern Palearctic due to less fragmentation of forest habitats during glacial periods, or to longer survival of Eastern Palearctic clades as a result of less severe conditions in that region compared to northern North America. Several other Palearctic organisms show concordant biogeographical patterns to that of the Arctic Warbler, indicating common causes of their diversifications.
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- Takema Saitoh
- Department of Life Science, Rikkyo University, 3-34-1 Nishi-ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
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NICOLAS VIOLAINE, GRANJON LAURENT, DUPLANTIER JEANMARC, CRUAUD CORINNE, DOBIGNY GAUTHIER. Phylogeography of spiny mice (genus Acomys, Rodentia: Muridae) from the south-western margin of the Sahara with taxonomic implications. Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2009. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01273.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BENKE M, BRÄNDLE M, ALBRECHT C, WILKE T. Pleistocene phylogeography and phylogenetic concordance in cold-adapted spring snails (Bythinellaspp.). Mol Ecol 2009; 18:890-903. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2008.04073.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Nicolas V, Bryja J, Akpatou B, Konecny A, Lecompte E, Colyn M, Lalis A, Couloux A, Denys C, Granjon L. Comparative phylogeography of two sibling species of forest-dwelling rodent (Praomys rostratus and P. tullbergi) in West Africa: different reactions to past forest fragmentation. Mol Ecol 2009; 17:5118-34. [PMID: 19120992 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2008.03974.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Two sibling species of the rodent genus Praomys occur in West African forests: P. tullbergi and P. rostratus. By sampling across their geographical ranges (459 individuals from 77 localities), we test the hypothesis that climatic oscillations during the Quaternary made an impact on the observed pattern of cytochrome b sequence variation. We show that, although these two species have parapatric geographical distributions, their phylogeographical histories are dissimilar, which could be related to their distinct ecological requirements. Since the arid phases of the Pleistocene were characterized by isolated forest patches, and intervening wetter periods by forest expansion, these changes in forest cover may be the common mechanism responsible for the observed phylogeographical patterns in both of these species. For example, in both species, most clades had either allopatric or parapatric geographical distributions; however, genetic diversity was much lower in P. tullbergi than in P. rostratus. The genetic pattern of P. tullbergi fits the refuge hypothesis, indicating that a very small number of populations survived in distinct forest blocks during the arid phases, then expanded again with forest recovery. In contrast, a number of populations of P. rostratus appear to have survived during the dry periods in more fragmented forest habitats, with varying levels of gene flow between these patches depending on climatic conditions and forest extent. In addition, historical variations of the West African hydrographic network could also have contributed to the pattern of genetic differentiation observed in both species.
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- Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Département de Systématique et Evolution, UMR 5202, Laboratoire Mammifères et Oiseaux, 57 rue Cuvier, CP 51, 75005 Paris, France.
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