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Amir Afzali Y, Naderloo R, Keikhosravi A, Klaus S. Phylogeography of the freshwater crab Potamon persicum (Decapoda: Potamidae): an ancestral ring species? J Hered 2024; 115:277-291. [PMID: 38501510 DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esae016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2023] [Accepted: 03/17/2024] [Indexed: 03/20/2024] Open
Abstract
The Zagros Mountains, characterized by complex topography and three large drainage systems, harbor the endemic freshwater crab Potamon persicum in Iran. Our study delves into the evolutionary history of P. persicum, utilizing two mitochondrial and one nuclear marker. We collected 214 specimens from 24 localities, identifying 21 haplotypes grouped into two major evolutionary lineages. Substantial differentiation exists between drainage systems and lineages. Historical demographic analysis revealed a significant decrease in population size during the late Holocene, accompanied by a recent population bottleneck. Species distribution modeling has revealed eastward shifts in suitable habitats between the last glacial maximum and the present day. Following the last glacial maximum, habitat fragmentation occurred, resulting in the establishment of small populations. These smaller populations are more vulnerable to climatic and geological events, thereby limiting gene flow and accelerating genetic differentiation within species. Historical biogeographic analysis traced the origin of P. persicum to the western Zagros Mountains, with major genetic divergence occurring during the Pleistocene. Our genetic analyses suggest that P. persicum may have shown a genetic pattern similar to a classical ring species before the Pleistocene. The Namak Lake sub-basin could have served as a contact zone where populations did not interbreed but were connected through gene flow in a geographic ring. Currently, genetic separation is evident between basins, indicating that P. persicum in the Zagros Mountains is not a contemporary ring species. Also, our biogeographical analysis estimated that range evolution may have been driven initially by dispersal, and only during the late Pleistocene by vicariance.
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- Yaser Amir Afzali
- Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran 1417935840, Iran
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran 1417935840, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar 9617976487, Iran
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- Environmental Resources Management, Managing Consultant, ERM GmbH, Siemensstr. 9, Neu-Isenburg 63263, Germany
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Lyu B, Liu Q, Wu Y, Nguyen TQ, Che J, Nguyen SN, Myers EA, Burbrink FT, Guo P, Wang J. Genomic analysis reveals deep population divergence in the water snake Trimerodytes percarinatus (Serpentes, Natricidae). Ecol Evol 2024; 14:e11278. [PMID: 38628918 PMCID: PMC11019134 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.11278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2023] [Revised: 02/26/2024] [Accepted: 04/02/2024] [Indexed: 04/19/2024] Open
Abstract
Although several phylogeographic studies of Asian snakes have been conducted, most have focused on pitvipers, with non-venomous snakes, such as colubrids or natricids, remaining poorly studied. The Chinese keelback water snake (Trimerodytes percarinatus Boulenger) is a widespread, semiaquatic, non-venomous species occurring in China and southeastern Asia. Based on mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) data, we explored the population genetic structure, genetic diversity, and evolutionary history of this species. MtDNA-based phylogenetic analysis showed that T. percarinatus was composed of five highly supported and geographically structured lineages. SNP-based phylogenetic analysis, principal component analysis, and population structure analysis consistently revealed four distinct, geographically non-overlapping lineages, which was different from the mtDNA-based analysis in topology. Estimation of divergence dates and ancestral area of origin suggest that T. percarinatus originated ~12.68 million years ago (95% highest posterior density: 10.36-15.96 Mya) in a region covering southwestern China and Vietnam. Intraspecific divergence may have been triggered by the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau uplift. Population demographics and ecological niche modeling indicated that the effective population size fluctuated during 0.5 Mya and 0.002 Mya. Based on the data collected here, we also comment on the intraspecific taxonomy of T. percarinatus and question the validity of the subspecies T. p. suriki.
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- Bing Lyu
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Ecology of Tropical Islands, Key Laboratory of Tropical Animal and Plant Ecology of Hainan Province, College of Life SciencesHainan Normal UniversityHaikouChina
- Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Food EngineeringYibin UniversityYibinChina
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Food EngineeringYibin UniversityYibinChina
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Food EngineeringYibin UniversityYibinChina
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- Institute of Ecology and Biological ResourcesVietnam Academy of Science and TechnologyHanoiVietnam
- Vietnam Academy of Science and TechnologyGraduate University of Science and TechnologyHanoiVietnam
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution & Yunnan Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Ecological Conservation of Gaoligong Mountain, Kunming Institute of ZoologyChinese Academy of SciencesKunmingChina
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- Institute of Tropical BiologyVietnam Academy of Science and TechnologyHo Chi Minh CityVietnam
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- Department of HerpetologyCalifornia Academy of SciencesSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of HerpetologyAmerican Museum of Natural HistoryNew YorkNew YorkUSA
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Food EngineeringYibin UniversityYibinChina
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Ecology of Tropical Islands, Key Laboratory of Tropical Animal and Plant Ecology of Hainan Province, College of Life SciencesHainan Normal UniversityHaikouChina
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Fu J, Wen L. Impacts of Quaternary glaciation, geological history and geography on animal species history in continental East Asia: A phylogeographic review. Mol Ecol 2023; 32:4497-4514. [PMID: 37332105 DOI: 10.1111/mec.17053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2023] [Revised: 05/31/2023] [Accepted: 06/07/2023] [Indexed: 06/20/2023]
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Continental East Asia has a mild Pleistocene climate and a complex recent geological history. Phylogeographic studies of animals over the last 30 years have produced several distinctive patterns. Glaciation refugia are numerous and are not restricted to any particular regions. Most of them are localized and species-specific, although several large refugia, for example the mountains of SW China, are shared by multiple species and have refugia-within-refugia. Furthermore, postglaciation range expansion events vary greatly in time, scale and direction. Large-scale south-to-north post-LGM expansions are few and mostly occurred in the northern regions. Additionally, several unique geographic features, including the three-step terrain of China and the northern arid belt, have significant impacts on many species histories. Overall, the impacts of Pleistocene glaciations, particularly the LGM, on species history vary drastically from nondetectable to significant. The impacts are the least for species from the southwestern region and are most dominant for species from the north. Geological events play a more significant role in shaping species history than Pleistocene climatic changes. Phylogeographic patterns among animals species are highly consistent with those of plants. Future phylogeographic endeavour in East Asia should be hypothesis-driven and seek processes that underlie common patterns. The wide use of genomic data allow accurate estimates of historical population processes and exploration of older history beyond the Pleistocene.
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- Jinzhong Fu
- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
- Key Laboratory of Sichuan Institute for Protecting Endangered Birds in the Southwest Mountains, College of Life Sciences, Leshan Normal University, Leshan, China
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Zhang L, Chen J, Zhao R, Zhong J, Lin L, Li H, Ji X, Qu Y. Genomic insights into local adaptation in the Asiatic toad Bufo gargarizans, and its genomic offset to climate warming. Evol Appl 2023; 16:1071-1083. [PMID: 37216027 PMCID: PMC10197391 DOI: 10.1111/eva.13555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2022] [Revised: 03/31/2023] [Accepted: 04/20/2023] [Indexed: 05/24/2023] Open
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Genomic signatures of local adaptation have been identified in many species but remain sparsely studied in amphibians. Here, we explored genome-wide divergence within the Asiatic toad, Bufo gargarizans, to study local adaptation and genomic offset (i.e., the mismatch between current and future genotype-environment relationships) under climate warming scenarios. We obtained high-quality SNP data for 94 Asiatic toads from 21 populations in China to study spatial patterns of genomic variation, local adaptation, and genomic offset to warming in this wide-ranging species. Population structure and genetic diversity analysis based on high-quality SNPs revealed three clusters of B. gargarizans in the western, central-eastern, and northeastern portions of the species' range in China. Populations generally dispersed along two migration routes, one from the west to the central-east and one from the central-east to the northeast. Both genetic diversity and pairwise F ST were climatically correlated, and pairwise F ST was also correlated with geographic distance. Spatial genomic patterns in B. gargarizans were determined by the local environment and geographic distance. Global warming will increase the extirpation risk of B. gargarizans.
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- Lu‐Wen Zhang
- College of Life SciencesNanjing Normal UniversityNanjingChina
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- College of Life SciencesNanjing Normal UniversityNanjingChina
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- College of Life SciencesNanjing Normal UniversityNanjingChina
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Water Environment and Marine Biological Resources Protection, College of Life and Environmental SciencesWenzhou UniversityWenzhouChina
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- College of Life and Environmental SciencesHangzhou Normal UniversityHangzhouChina
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- College of Life SciencesNanjing Normal UniversityNanjingChina
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Water Environment and Marine Biological Resources Protection, College of Life and Environmental SciencesWenzhou UniversityWenzhouChina
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- College of Life SciencesNanjing Normal UniversityNanjingChina
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Wei XY, Wang T, Zhou J, Sun WY, Jin DM, Xiang JY, Shao JW, Yan YH. Simplified Genomic Data Revealing the Decline of Aleuritopteris grevilleoides Population Accompanied by the Uplift of Dry-Hot Valley in Yunnan, China. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:1579. [PMID: 37050204 PMCID: PMC10096919 DOI: 10.3390/plants12071579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2023] [Revised: 03/16/2023] [Accepted: 03/21/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Understanding the evolutionary history of endangered species is crucial for identifying the main reasons for species endangerment in the past and predicting the changing trends and evolutionary directions of their future distribution. In order to study the impact of environmental changes caused by deep valley incision after the uplift of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau on endangered species, we collected 23 samples belonging to four populations of Aleuritopteris grevilleoides, an endangered fern endemic to the dry-hot valleys (DHV) of Yunnan. Single-nucleotide variation sites (SNPs) were obtained by the genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) method, and approximately 8085 SNP loci were identified. Through the reconstruction and analysis of genetic diversity, population structure, population dynamics, evolution time, and ancestral geographical distribution, combined with geological historical events such as the formation of dry-hot valleys, this study explores the formation history, current situation, reasons for endangerment and scientifically sound measures for the protection of A. grevilleoides. In our study, A. grevilleoides had low genetic diversity (Obs_Het = 0.16, Exp_Het = 0.32, Pi = 0.33) and a high inbreeding coefficient (Fis = 0.45). The differentiation events were 0.18 Mya, 0.16 Mya, and 0.11 Mya in the A. grevilleoides and may have been related to the formation of terraces within the dry-hot valleys. The history of population dynamics results shows that the diversion of the river resulted in a small amount of gene flow between the two clades, accompanied by a rapid increase in the population at 0.8 Mya. After that, the effective population sizes of A. grevilleoides began to contract continuously due to topographic changes resulting from the continuous expansion of dry-hot valleys. In conclusion, we found that the environmental changes caused by geological events might be the main reason for the changing population size of A. grevilleoides.
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- Xue-Ying Wei
- College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, China
- Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization, The Orchid Conservation and Research Center of Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518114, China
- Anhui Key Laboratory of Biological Resources Conservation and Utilization, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, China
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- Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization, The Orchid Conservation and Research Center of Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518114, China
- Yunnan Academy of Biodiversity, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, China
- Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization, The Orchid Conservation and Research Center of Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518114, China
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- Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization, The Orchid Conservation and Research Center of Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518114, China
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- Eastern China Conservation Centre for Wild Endangered Plant Resources, Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai 201602, China
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- Yunnan Academy of Biodiversity, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, China
- Anhui Key Laboratory of Biological Resources Conservation and Utilization, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, China
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- Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization, The Orchid Conservation and Research Center of Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518114, China
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Li J, Fu C, Ai Q, Xie S, Huang C, Zhao M, Fu J, Wu H. Whole-genome resequencing reveals complex effects of geographical-palaeoclimatic interactions on diversification of moustache toads in East Asia. Mol Ecol 2023; 32:644-659. [PMID: 36380736 DOI: 10.1111/mec.16781] [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: 01/29/2022] [Revised: 11/10/2022] [Accepted: 11/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Geographical features and palaeoclimatic fluctuations are two classical evolutionary forces that shape genetic diversification within species. Fine-grained analysis of the mechanisms involved through population demographic processes, however, remains limited. Taking advantage of two recently published reference genomes, we resequenced the genomes and examined the evolutionary history of the moustache toads, a group endemic to East Asia where complex topography and fluctuating palaeoclimate are known to have had profound impacts on organisms. Moustache toads probably originated in southeast Yunnan, China, and diversified towards the northwestern of Yunnan, as well as central and eastern China. Further exploration based on three widespread species (Leptobrachium ailaonicum, L. boringii and L. liui) using demographic modelling and species distribution models revealed that mountains and river valleys in East Asia not only functioned as geographical barriers, but also provided dispersal corridors and facilitated continuous migration or post-glacial secondary contact among moustache toad populations. Furthermore, periodic oscillation of effective population sizes accompanying fluctuations of historical temperature and population contraction at the Last Glacial Maximum support the widespread impact of climatic changes of the Pleistocene on species diversification in East Asia. This impact was moderate for populations of L. ailaonicum and L. boringii in the southwestern mountains but severe for populations of L. liui in the eastern lowland regions of continental East Asia, which is supported by different degrees of change of their effective population sizes. Our findings reveal mechanisms underlying genetic diversification among moustache toads, and highlight the power of genomic data and demographic modelling for examining complex historical population-level processes and for understanding how geographical and palaeoclimatic factors interactively shape current intraspecific diversity.
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- Jun Li
- Institute of Evolution and Ecology, International Research Centre of Ecology and Environment, School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Institute of Evolution and Ecology, International Research Centre of Ecology and Environment, School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Institute of Evolution and Ecology, International Research Centre of Ecology and Environment, School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Institute of Evolution and Ecology, International Research Centre of Ecology and Environment, School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Institute of Evolution and Ecology, International Research Centre of Ecology and Environment, School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Institute of Evolution and Ecology, International Research Centre of Ecology and Environment, School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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- Institute of Evolution and Ecology, International Research Centre of Ecology and Environment, School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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Luo Y, Li S. The stepwise Indian-Eurasian collision and uplift of the Himalayan-Tibetan plateau drove the diversification of high-elevation Scytodes spiders. Cladistics 2022; 38:582-594. [PMID: 35802675 DOI: 10.1111/cla.12512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2021] [Revised: 05/17/2022] [Accepted: 05/25/2022] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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The Cenozoic Indian-Eurasian collision and uplift of the Himalayan-Tibetan Plateau (HTP) are among the most important geological events in the world. They have affected the diversification of regional biota of many taxonomic groups on and around the HTP. However, the exact timing and model of the collision and uplift events and speciation on and around the HTP are still in debate. The Himalayas group of Scytodes spitting spiders (Araneae: Scytodidae) are distributed at high elevations of the HTP and northern Indochina. Here, we reconstruct a dated molecular phylogeny for pan-Himalayan Scytodes spiders, including the Himalayas group, with full geographical sampling of the species from the HTP and Indochina. We test a hypothesis to explain that the rich montane biodiversity of the region is uplift-driven diversification-that orogeny drives rapid in situ speciation of the resident Scytodes lineages. Our findings revealed that the separation of the Himalayas clade from the Myanmar clade took place during the middle Oligocene, reflecting the final collision of India with Eurasia. The deep divergences among three clades (the Himalayas, the Myanmar and the Indochina clades) occurred from the middle Eocene to the middle Oligocene, corresponding to two early uplift events of the HTP. The evolutionary split between the Himalayas + Myanmar and Indochina clades were simultaneous with the rapid lateral extrusion of Indochina by the initial Himalayan uplift around the Eocene. This study highlights the importance of the diversification of dispersal-limited, high-elevation invertebrates as independent lines of evidence to reflect key tectonic events in the Himalayan-Indochina region, supporting the stepwise model for the Indian-Eurasian collision and uplift of HTP.
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- Yufa Luo
- School of Life Sciences, Shaoxing University, Shaoxing, 312000, China.,School of Life Sciences, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou, 341000, China.,School of Life Sciences, Shangrao Normal University, Shangrao, 334001, China
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- Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.,Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yezin, Nay Pyi Taw, 05282, Myanmar
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Wei S, Sun S, Dou H, An F, Gao H, Guo C, Hua Y. Influence of Pleistocene climate fluctuations on the demographic history and distribution of the critically endangered Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla). BMC ZOOL 2022; 7:50. [PMID: 37170389 PMCID: PMC10127079 DOI: 10.1186/s40850-022-00153-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2021] [Accepted: 08/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background
Pleistocene climate fluctuations have strongly modified species genetic diversity and distributions. The Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla) has been recognized as a critically endangered animal due to heavy poaching and trafficking. However, the effect of Pleistocene climate fluctuations on the genetic diversity and spatial distribution of the Chinese pangolin remains largely unknown. Here, we combined whole genome sequencing data, analysis of complete mitochondrial genomes, and a large amount of occurrence data from field surveys to infer the ancestral demographic history and predict the past spatial dynamics of the Chinese pangolin in Guangdong Province, China.
Results
Our results indicated that there were two subpopulations, which showed similar trends of population size change in response to past climatic changes. We estimated a peak effective population size (Ne) during the last interglacial (LIG), followed by a marked decrease (~ 0.5 to fivefold change) until the last glacial maximum (LGM) and a rebound to a small peak population size during the Mid-Holocene (MH). The estimated time of the separation event between two subpopulations was approximately 3,000–2,500 years ago (ka). We estimated that the distribution of suitable areas shrank by 14.4% from the LIG to LGM, followed by an expansion of 31.4% from the LGM to MH and has been stable since then. In addition, we identified an elevational shift and suitable area decreased significantly during the LGM, but that the geographic extent of suitable areas in the western region increased from the LIG to present. The eastern region of Guangdong Province had the highest habitat suitability across all the climate scenarios.
Conclusions
Our results suggested that Pleistocene climate fluctuations played an important role in shaping patterns of genetic diversity and spatial distribution, and that human stressors likely contributed to the recent divergence of two Chinese pangolin subpopulations sampled here. We argue that a key protected area should be established in the eastern region of Guangdong Province. As such, this study provides a more thorough understanding of the impacts of Pleistocene climate fluctuations impacts on a mammalian species in southern China and suggests more robust management and conservation plans for this Critically Endangered species of special interest.
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Arekar K, Tiwari N, Sathyakumar S, Khaleel M, Karanth P. Geography vs. past climate: the drivers of population genetic structure of the Himalayan langur. BMC Ecol Evol 2022; 22:100. [PMID: 35971061 PMCID: PMC9377076 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-022-02054-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2021] [Accepted: 08/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Background Contemporary species distribution, genetic diversity and evolutionary history in many taxa are shaped by both historical and current climate as well as topography. The Himalayas show a huge variation in topography and climatic conditions across its entire range, and have experienced major climatic fluctuations in the past. However, very little is known regarding how this heterogenous landscape has moulded the distribution of Himalayan fauna. A recent study examined the effect of these historical events on the genetic diversity of the Himalayan langurs in Nepal Himalaya. However, this study did not include the samples from the Indian Himalayan region (IHR). Therefore, here we revisit the questions addressed in the previous study with a near complete sampling from the IHR, along with the samples from the Nepal Himalaya. We used the mitochondrial Cytochrome-b (Cyt-b, 746 bp) region combined with multiple phylogeographic analyses and palaeodistribution modelling. Results Our dataset contained 144 sequences from the IHR as well as the Nepal Himalaya. Phylogenetic analysis showed a low divergent western clade nested within high divergent group of eastern lineages and in the network analysis we identified 22 haplotypes over the entire distribution range of the Himalayan langurs. Samples from the Nepal Himalaya showed geographically structured haplotypes corresponding to different river barriers, whereas samples from IHR showed star-like topology with no structure. Our statistical phylogeography analysis using diyABC supported the model of east to west colonisation of these langurs with founder event during colonisation. Analysis of demographic history showed that the effective population size of the Himalayan langurs decreased at the onset of last glacial maximum (LGM) and started increasing post LGM. The palaeodistribution modelling showed that the extent of suitable habitat shifted from low elevation central Nepal, and adjoining parts of north India, during LGM to the western Himalaya at present. Conclusion The current genetic diversity and distribution of Himalayan langurs in the Nepal Himalaya has been shaped by river barriers, whereas the rivers in the IHR had relatively less time to act as a strong genetic barrier after the recent colonisation event. Further, the post LGM expansion could have had confounding effect on Himalayan langur population structure in both Nepal Himalaya and IHR. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12862-022-02054-1.
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Gu Q, Zhong H, Sun Y, Yuan H, Li S, Shen Z, Wen M. Reanalysis on Phylogeographic Pattern of Sharpbelly Hemiculter leucisculus (Cyprinidae: Cultrinae) in China: A Review and the Implications for Conservation. Front Ecol Evol 2022. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2022.865089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Hemiculter leucisclus, as a widely distributed freshwater fish in China, provides an interesting model to explore the impact of drainage evolution and geologic history in the Pleistocene on diversification patterns. We collected the mitochondrial cytochrome b (cytb) gene and the recombination activating gene 2 (RAG2) from 1,070 individuals from 59 sampling locations. Phylogenetic and population genetic approaches were used to describe the phylogeographic pattern and to test how the geological and climatic factors on diversification. The results suggested that there existed four sublineages of the H. leucisclus across six river systems, among which two sublineages, showing strongly indigenous characteristics, are constrained to particular geographical regions in China. The molecular data and ancestral states demonstrated that the H. leucisclus possibly originated from the Pearl River basin during the later Pliocene. The phylogeographic pattern in H. leucisclus appears to have been driven by palaeoenvironmental perturbations rather than anthropogenic translocations. The geographically constrained sublineages A in the middle and lower Pearl River basin and sublineage B in the upper Yangtze River basin deserves special protection.
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Myers EA, Strickland JL, Rautsaw RM, Mason AJ, Schramer TD, Nystrom GS, Hogan MP, Yooseph S, Rokyta DR, Parkinson CL. De Novo Genome Assembly Highlights the Role of Lineage-Specific Duplications in the Evolution of Venom in Fea’s Viper. Genome Biol Evol 2022; 14:6603630. [PMID: 35670514 PMCID: PMC9256536 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evac082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Despite the medical significance to humans and important ecological roles filled by vipers, few high-quality genomic resources exist for these snakes outside of a few genera of pitvipers. Here we sequence, assemble, and annotate the genome of Fea’s Viper (Azemiops feae). This taxon is distributed in East Asia and belongs to a monotypic subfamily, sister to the pitvipers. The newly sequenced genome resulted in a 1.56 Gb assembly, a contig N50 of 1.59 Mb, with 97.6% of the genome assembly in contigs >50 Kb, and a BUSCO completeness of 92.4%. We found that A. feae venom is primarily composed of phospholipase A2 (PLA2) proteins expressed by genes that likely arose from lineage-specific PLA2 gene duplications. Additionally, we show that renin, an enzyme associated with blood pressure regulation in mammals and known from the venoms of two viper species including A. feae, is expressed in the venom gland at comparative levels to known toxins and is present in the venom proteome. The cooption of this gene as a toxin may be more widespread in viperids than currently known. To investigate the historical population demographics of A. feae, we performed coalescent-based analyses and determined that the effective population size has remained stable over the last 100 kyr. This suggests Quaternary glacial cycles likely had minimal influence on the demographic history of A. feae. This newly assembled genome will be an important resource for studying the genomic basis of phenotypic evolution and understanding the diversification of venom toxin gene families.
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- Edward A. Myers
- Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University , Clemson, SC 29634, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University , Clemson, SC 29634, USA
- Department of Biology, University of South Alabama , Mobile, AL 36688, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University , Clemson, SC 29634, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University , Clemson, SC 29634, USA
- Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University , Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University , Clemson, SC 29634, USA
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- Department of Biological Science, Florida State University , Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA
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- Department of Biological Science, Florida State University , Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, Genomics and Bioinformatics Cluster, University of Central Florida, 4000 Central Florida Blvd , Orlando, FL, 32816, USA
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- Department of Biological Science, Florida State University , Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University , Clemson, SC 29634, USA
- Department of Forestry and Environmental Conservation, Clemson University , Clemson, SC 29634, USA
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Jiang Y, Yan S, Luo T, Xiao N, Deng H, Zhou J. Large mountains make small barriers: Species composition and spatial dynamics history of the
Odorrana schmackeri
complex in the karst area of Guizhou, China. DIVERS DISTRIB 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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- Yu Jiang
- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences Xiamen University Xiamen China
- School of Life Sciences Guizhou Normal University Guiyang China
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- School of Karst Sciences Guizhou Normal University Guiyang China
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- School of Life Sciences Guizhou Normal University Guiyang China
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- Guiyang Healthcare Vocational University Guiyang China
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- School of Life Sciences Guizhou Normal University Guiyang China
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- School of Karst Sciences Guizhou Normal University Guiyang China
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Gu Q, Wang S, Zhong H, Yuan H, Yang J, Yang C, Huang X, Xu X, Wang Y, Wei Z, Wang J, Liu S. Phylogeographic relationships and the evolutionary history of the Carassius auratus complex with a newly born homodiploid raw fish (2nNCRC). BMC Genomics 2022; 23:242. [PMID: 35350975 PMCID: PMC8962218 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-022-08468-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2021] [Accepted: 03/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background
An important aspect of studying evolution is to understand how new species are formed and their uniqueness is maintained. Hybridization can lead to the formation of new species through reorganization of the adaptive system and significant changes in phenotype. Interestingly, eight stable strains of 2nNCRC derived from interspecies hybridization have been established in our laboratory. To examine the phylogeographical pattern of the widely distributed genus Carassius across Eurasia and investigate the possible homoploid hybrid origin of the Carassius auratus complex lineage in light of past climatic events, the mitochondrial genome (mtDNA) and one nuclear DNA were used to reconstruct the phylogenetic relationship between the C. auratus complex and 2nNCRC and to assess how demographic history, dispersal and barriers to gene flow have led to the current distribution of the C. auratus complex.
Results
As expected, 2nNCRC had a very close relationship with the C. auratus complex and similar morphological characteristics to those of the C. auratus complex, which is genetically distinct from the other three species of Carassius. The estimation of divergence time and ancestral state demonstrated that the C. auratus complex possibly originated from the Yangtze River basin in China. There were seven sublineages of the C. auratus complex across Eurasia and at least four mtDNA lineages endemic to particular geographical regions in China. The primary colonization route from China to Mongolia and the Far East (Russia) occurred during the Late Pliocene, and the diversification of other sublineages of the C. auratus complex specifically coincided with the interglacial stage during the Early and Mid-Pleistocene in China.
Conclusion
Our results support the origin of the C. auratus complex in China, and its wide distribution across Eurasia was mainly due to natural Pleistocene dispersal and recent anthropogenic translocation. The sympatric distribution of the ancestral area for both parents of 2nNCRC and the C. auratus complex, as well as the significant changes in the structure of pharyngeal teeth and morphological characteristics between 2nNCRC and its parents, imply that homoploid hybrid speciation (HHS) for C. auratus could likely have occurred in nature. The diversification pattern indicated an independent evolutionary history of the C. auratus complex, which was not separated from the most recent common ancestor of C. carassius or C. cuvieri. Considering that the paleoclimate oscillation and the development of an eastward-flowing drainage system during the Pliocene and Pleistocene in China provided an opportunity for hybridization between divergent lineages, the formation of 2nNCRC in our laboratory could be a good candidate for explaining the HHS of C. auratus in nature.
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Yang S, Wang X, Hu J. Mountain frog species losing out to climate change around the Sichuan Basin. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 806:150605. [PMID: 34592288 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2021] [Revised: 09/22/2021] [Accepted: 09/22/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Amphibians are particularly vulnerable to climate changes that are expected to cause habitat fragmentation and loss and, ultimately, local extirpations. However, little is known about how the interaction between climate change and fragmentation may impede the ability of amphibians to adapt to climate change. Here, we used the iconic mountain frog Quasipaa boulengeri as an indicator species to extrapolate climate-driven shifts in its habitat availability and connectivity in central and southern China according to the minimum and maximum representative concentration pathways. The models projected an average habitat loss of 36%-71% and the in situ and ex situ climate-change refugia to be 29%-64% and 5%-18% of the present-day suitable habitats, respectively. An increase in habitat fragmentation was reflected in a 51% decrease in core patch size, a 9% increase in the mean least-cost path (LCP) length, and a 19% increase in the cost-weighted distance. These climate-driven shifts varied spatially around the Sichuan Basin, with those in the southeast of the Basin being the most pronounced habitat and connectivity losses and those along the Basin being relatively optimistic. The effectiveness of refugia may only be maintained through a narrow passageway along the southern Sichuan Basin because of the presence of LCPs over time. Our results emphasize the need to understand how climate change and connectivity will jointly affect the distribution of mountain amphibians and to accordingly adopt conservation strategies. Further, our findings highlight the importance of identifying and preserving climate-change refugia and habitat connectivity for species persistence and conservation planning.
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- Shengnan Yang
- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China.
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Dufresnes C, Litvinchuk SN. Diversity, distribution and molecular species delimitation in frogs and toads from the Eastern Palaearctic. Zool J Linn Soc 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Biodiversity analyses can greatly benefit from coherent species delimitation schemes and up-to-date distribution data. In this article, we have made the daring attempt to delimit and map described and undescribed lineages of anuran amphibians in the Eastern Palaearctic (EP) region in its broad sense. Through a literature review, we have evaluated the species status considering reproductive isolation and genetic divergence, combined with an extensive occurrence dataset (nearly 85k localities). Altogether 274 native species from 46 genera and ten families were retrieved, plus eight additional species introduced from other realms. Independent hotspots of species richness were concentrated in southern Tibet (Medog County), the circum-Sichuan Basin region, Taiwan, the Korean Peninsula and the main Japanese islands. Phylogeographic breaks responsible for recent in situ speciation events were shared around the Sichuan Mountains, across Honshu and between the Ryukyu Island groups, but not across shallow water bodies like the Yellow Sea and the Taiwan Strait. Anuran compositions suggested to restrict the zoogeographical limits of the EP to East Asia. In a rapidly evolving field, our study provides a checkpoint to appreciate patterns of species diversity in the EP under a single, spatially explicit, species delimitation framework that integrates phylogeographic data in taxonomic research.
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- Christophe Dufresnes
- LASER, College of Biology & Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
- Department of Biology, Dagestan State University, Makhachkala, Russia
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Dufresnes C, Ambu J, Prasad VK, Borzée A, Litvinchuk SN. A phylogeographical framework for Zhangixalus gliding frogs, with insight on their plasticity of nesting behaviour. Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blab143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Old World tree frogs from the family Rhacophoridae, one of the most species-rich groups of amphibians worldwide, are becoming a model in ecological and evolutionary research, notably for their tremendous diversity of breeding systems. In this study, we provide the most comprehensive temporally and spatially explicit phylogeographical framework for the tropical neo-genus Zhangixalus, with a specific focus on the evolution of inter- and intraspecific polymorphism in their egg-laying strategies. We combined ~500 sequences spanning ~4 kb of mitochondrial genes, representative of nearly all known Zhangixalus species from 373 localities. We recovered a robust timetree featuring ~60 phylogeographical lineages assigned to 36 taxa, illustrating a vast under-appreciation of the diversity of the genus. Patterns of diversification were intimately linked to climatic trends since the Mid-Miocene, leading to a remarkable biogeographical scenario for the onset of Taiwanese diversity. Finally, in contrast to the macro-evolution of conserved breeding strategies in rhacophorids, the striking variation of nesting behaviour documented across Zhangixalus species, whereby foamy egg nests are alternatively fossorial, deposited on the edge of the water or suspended on the overhanging vegetation, seems to have evolved rapidly from arboreal ancestors in all major clades, implying micro-evolutionary processes and/or phenotypic plasticity.
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- Christophe Dufresnes
- College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
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- College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
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- College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
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- College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
- Department of Biology, Dagestan State University, Makhachkala, Russian Federation
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Oyundelger K, Harpke D, Herklotz V, Troeva E, Zheng Z, Li Z, Oyuntsetseg B, Wagner V, Wesche K, Ritz CM. Phylogeography of Artemisia frigida (Anthemideae, Asteraceae) based on genotyping-by-sequencing and plastid DNA data: Migration through Beringia. J Evol Biol 2021; 35:64-80. [PMID: 34792226 DOI: 10.1111/jeb.13960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2021] [Revised: 11/03/2021] [Accepted: 11/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Artemisia frigida is a temperate grassland species that has the largest natural range among its genus, with occurrences across the temperate grassland biomes of Eurasia and North America. Despite its wide geographic range, we know little about the species' distribution history. Hence, we conducted a phylogeographical study to test the hypothesis that the species' distribution pattern is related to a potential historical migration over the 'Bering land bridge'. We applied two molecular approaches: genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) and Sanger sequencing of the plastid intergenic spacer region (rpl32 - trnL) to investigate genetic differentiation and relatedness among 21 populations from North America, Middle Asia, Central Asia and the Russian Far East. Furthermore, we identified the ploidy level of individuals based on GBS data. Our results indicate that A. frigida originated in Asia, spread northwards to the Far East and then to North America across the Bering Strait. We found a pronounced genetic structuring between Middle and Central Asian populations with mixed ploidy levels, tetraploids in the Far East, and nearly exclusively diploids in North America except for one individual. According to phylogenetic analysis, two populations of Kazakhstan (KZ2 and KZ3) represent the most likely ancestral diploids that constitute the basally branching lineages, and subsequent polyploidization has occurred on several occasions independently. Mantel tests revealed weak correlations between genetic distance and geographical distance and climatic conditions, which indicates that paleoclimatic fluctuations may have more profoundly influenced A. frigida's spatial genetic structure and distribution than the current environment.
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- Khurelpurev Oyundelger
- Chair of Biodiversity of Higher Plants, International Institute (IHI) Zittau, Technische Universität Dresden, Zittau, Germany.,Department of Botany, Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz, Görlitz, Germany
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- Leibniz Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung (IPK), Seeland, Germany
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- Department of Botany, Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz, Görlitz, Germany
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- Institute for Biological Problems of Cryolithozone, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Yakutsk, Russia
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- College of Life Sciences, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, China
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- Department of Biology, School of Arts and Sciences, National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Chair of Biodiversity of Higher Plants, International Institute (IHI) Zittau, Technische Universität Dresden, Zittau, Germany.,Department of Botany, Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz, Görlitz, Germany
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- Chair of Biodiversity of Higher Plants, International Institute (IHI) Zittau, Technische Universität Dresden, Zittau, Germany.,Department of Botany, Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz, Görlitz, Germany
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Liu W, Xie J, Zhou H, Kong H, Hao G, Fritsch PW, Gong W. Population dynamics linked to glacial cycles in Cercis chuniana F. P. Metcalf (Fabaceae) endemic to the montane regions of subtropical China. Evol Appl 2021; 14:2647-2663. [PMID: 34815745 PMCID: PMC8591333 DOI: 10.1111/eva.13301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2020] [Revised: 08/19/2021] [Accepted: 09/01/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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The mountains of subtropical China are an excellent system for investigating the processes driving the geographical distribution of biodiversity and radiation of plant populations in response to Pleistocene climate fluctuations. How the major mountain ranges in subtropical China have affected the evolution of plant species in the subtropical evergreen broadleaved forest is an issue with long-term concern. Here, we focused on Cercis chuniana, a woody species endemic to the southern mountain ranges in subtropical China, to elucidate its population dynamics. We used genotyping by sequencing (GBS) to investigate the spatial pattern of genetic variation among 11 populations. Geographical isolation was detected between the populations located in adjacent mountain ranges, thought to function as geographical barriers due to their complex physiography. Bayesian time estimation revealed that population divergence occurred in the middle Pleistocene, when populations in the Nanling Mts. separated from those to the east. The orientation and physiography of the mountain ranges of subtropical China appear to have contributed to the geographical pattern of genetic variation between the eastern and western populations of C. chuniana. Complex physiography plus long-term stable ecological conditions across glacial cycles facilitated the demographic expansion in the Nanling Mts., from which contemporary migration began. The Nanling Mts. are thus considered as a suitable area for preserving population diversity and large population sizes of C. chuniana compared with other regions. As inferred by ecological niche modeling and coalescent simulations, secondary contact occurred during the warm Lushan-Tali Interglacial period, with intensified East Asia summer monsoon and continuous habitat available for occupation. Our data support the strong influence of both climatic history and topographic characteristics on the high regional phytodiversity of the subtropical evergreen broadleaved forest in subtropical China.
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- Wanzhen Liu
- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, & College of Life SciencesSouth China Agricultural UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, & College of Life SciencesSouth China Agricultural UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, & College of Life SciencesSouth China Agricultural UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical GardenChinese Academy of SciencesGuangzhouChina
- Center of Conservation BiologyCore Botanical GardensChinese Academy of SciencesGuangzhouChina
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- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, & College of Life SciencesSouth China Agricultural UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, & College of Life SciencesSouth China Agricultural UniversityGuangzhouChina
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Zheng Y, Zhang S, Lu Q, Zhang S, Wang L, Hong M, Nguyen T, Zhao J, Yao M. Population genetic patterns of a mangrove‐associated frog reveal its colonization history and habitat connectivity. DIVERS DISTRIB 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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- Yitao Zheng
- School of Life Sciences Peking University Beijing China
- Institute of Ecology College of Urban and Environmental Sciences Peking University Beijing China
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- School of Life Sciences Peking University Beijing China
- Institute of Ecology College of Urban and Environmental Sciences Peking University Beijing China
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- School of Life Sciences Peking University Beijing China
- Institute of Ecology College of Urban and Environmental Sciences Peking University Beijing China
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- School of Life Sciences Peking University Beijing China
- Institute of Ecology College of Urban and Environmental Sciences Peking University Beijing China
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- College of Life Sciences Hainan Normal University Haikou China
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- College of Life Sciences Hainan Normal University Haikou China
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- Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources Academy of Science and Technology Hanoi Vietnam
- Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology Graduate University of Science and Technology Hanoi Vietnam
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- School of Life Sciences Peking University Beijing China
- Institute of Ecology College of Urban and Environmental Sciences Peking University Beijing China
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- School of Life Sciences Peking University Beijing China
- Institute of Ecology College of Urban and Environmental Sciences Peking University Beijing China
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Borzée A, Litvinchuk SN, Ri K, Andersen D, Nam TY, Jon GH, Man HS, Choe JS, Kwon S, Othman SN, Messenger K, Bae Y, Shin Y, Kim A, Maslova I, Luedtke J, Hobin L, Moores N, Seliger B, Glenk F, Jang Y. Update on Distribution and Conservation Status of Amphibians in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Conclusions Based on Field Surveys, Environmental Modelling, Molecular Analyses and Call Properties. Animals (Basel) 2021; 11:2057. [PMID: 34359183 PMCID: PMC8300379 DOI: 10.3390/ani11072057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2021] [Revised: 05/25/2021] [Accepted: 07/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Determining the range, status, ecology and behaviour of species from areas where surveys and samplings are uncommon or difficult to conduct is a challenge, such as in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPR Korea). Here, we used genetic samples, field surveys, call recordings, photographic identification and a literature review to estimate the presence, range and status of amphibians in the DPR Korea. From our combined results and based on the IUCN Red List categories and criteria, we were able to estimate the national threat levels for most species. Our results demonstrated the presence of 18 native species and the suspected presence of Karsenia koreana and two Onychodactylus species. We reported the first record for Rana uenoi in the vicinity of Pyongyang using molecular tools and similarly confirmed the presence of Dryophytes japonicus at the same location. Based on distribution and modelling, we can expect the contact zone between species within the Rana and Onychodactylus genera to be located along the Changbai Massif, a mountain range that marks a shift in ecoregions and acts as a barrier to dispersion. The species richness was higher in the lowlands and at lower latitudes, with such areas populated by up to 11 species, while more northern regions were characterised by species richness of about half of that value. The combination of ecological models and known threats resulted in the recommendation of ten species as threatened at the national level following the IUCN Red List categories and criteria. This high number of threatened species was anticipated based on the high threat level to amphibians in bordering nations and globally. While the ecology of species in the DPR Korea is still understudied, we argue that species relying on agricultural wetlands such as rice paddies are not under imminent threat due to the enduring presence of extensive agricultural landscapes with low rates of chemical use and mechanisation. The maintenance of such landscapes is a clear benefit to amphibian species, in contrast to more industrialised agricultural landscapes in neighbouring nations. In comparison, the status of species dependent on forested habitats is unclear and threat levels are likely to be higher because of deforestation, as in neighbouring nations.
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- Amaël Borzée
- Laboratory of Animal Behaviour and Conservation, College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, 159 Longpan Rd, Nanjing 210037, China; (Y.B.); (Y.S.)
- Amphibian Specialist Group, IUCN Species Survival Commission, Toronto, ON L5A, Canada; (J.L.); (L.H.)
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- Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Tikhoretsky pr. 4, 194064 St. Petersburg, Russia;
- Department of Zoology and Physiology, Dagestan State University, Gadzhiyev str. 43-a, Makhachkala, 3367000 Dagestan, Russia
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- Department of International Economic Cooperation, Ministry of Land and Environment Protection, Pyongyang, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
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- Interdisciplinary Program of Eco Creative, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea; (D.A.); (S.K.); (S.N.O.); (A.K.)
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- Institute of Zoology, State Academy of Science, Daesong-dong, Daesong District, Pyongyang, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
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- Department of Ecology, State Academy of Science, Daesong-dong, Daesong District, Pyongyang, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
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- Department of Ecology, Life Science College, Kim Il Sung University, Ryongnam-dong, Daesong-dong, Daesong District, Pyongyang, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
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- Department of Ecology, Life Science College, Kim Il Sung University, Ryongnam-dong, Daesong-dong, Daesong District, Pyongyang, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
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- Interdisciplinary Program of Eco Creative, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea; (D.A.); (S.K.); (S.N.O.); (A.K.)
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- Interdisciplinary Program of Eco Creative, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea; (D.A.); (S.K.); (S.N.O.); (A.K.)
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- Herpetology and Applied Conservation Lab, College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, 159 Longpan Rd, Nanjing 210037, China;
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- Laboratory of Animal Behaviour and Conservation, College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, 159 Longpan Rd, Nanjing 210037, China; (Y.B.); (Y.S.)
- Interdisciplinary Program of Eco Creative, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea; (D.A.); (S.K.); (S.N.O.); (A.K.)
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- Laboratory of Animal Behaviour and Conservation, College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, 159 Longpan Rd, Nanjing 210037, China; (Y.B.); (Y.S.)
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- Interdisciplinary Program of Eco Creative, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea; (D.A.); (S.K.); (S.N.O.); (A.K.)
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- Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 690022 Vladivostok, Russia;
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- Amphibian Specialist Group, IUCN Species Survival Commission, Toronto, ON L5A, Canada; (J.L.); (L.H.)
- Re:wild, Austin, TX 78746, USA
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- Amphibian Specialist Group, IUCN Species Survival Commission, Toronto, ON L5A, Canada; (J.L.); (L.H.)
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- Birds Korea, 101-1902, Hyundai I Park, Busan 48559, Korea;
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- Hanns Seidel Foundation, Seoul 04419, Korea; (B.S.); (F.G.)
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- Department of Life Sciences and Division of EcoScience, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea;
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Yan F, Nneji LM, Jin JQ, Yuan ZY, Chen JM, Mi X, Chen HM, Murphy RW, Che J. Multi-locus genetic analyses of Quasipaa from throughout its distribution. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2021; 163:107218. [PMID: 34082130 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2020] [Revised: 02/24/2021] [Accepted: 05/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Montane frogs of the genus Quasipaa Dubois, 1992 occur from southern China to Southeast Asia (Frost 2021). Analyses of mtDNA (Cytb) and nuDNA data (Rag1, Rag2, Rhod, Tyr) for samples from 93 localities throughout its distribution yield a phylogeny. Clades A and B occur in Southeast Asia, clade C in northern Yangtze River, China, clade D in southwestern China, and clades E and F in southeastern China. Results place Q. yei within monophyletic Quasipaa and identify two new species. Based on nuDNA data, the basal split of clade A and B indicates an Indochinese origin of Quasipaa. The west-east diversification of five species across South China (Q. spinosa, Q. exilispinosa, Q. jiulongensis, Q. shini, Q. boulengeri) corresponds to topographic terrains II and III of China. Divergence of species from southeastern China (Q. shini, Q. jiulongensis, Q. spinosa, Q. exilispinosa) and southwestern China (Q. boulengeri) dates to 15.30-16.56 Ma (million years ago). A principal component analysis (PCA) and t-test involving 19 bioclimatic variables identifies significantly different environmental conditions between the two regions. Species' distribution models (SDM) for Q. spinosa and Q. boulengeri identify the best areas to be eastern and western South China, respectively. Thus, environmental variation appears to have influenced the genetic divergence and distributions of Quasipaa in South China. Mito-nuclear discordance indicates that some individuals of Q. exilispinosa and Q. spinosa hybridized historically.
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- Fang Yan
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China; College of Forestry, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, Yunnan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China; Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2C6, Canada
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China.
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Li S, Wei G, Liu J, Xu H. Mitochondrial DNA phylogeography of the Guizhou odorous frog: limited population genetic structure and evidence for recent population size expansion. MITOCHONDRIAL DNA PART B-RESOURCES 2021; 6:1592-1596. [PMID: 34212081 PMCID: PMC8218851 DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1914215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The Guizhou odorous frog Odorrana kweichowensis is endemic to Guizhou Province, China. In this study, a comparative analysis of the mitochondrial COI and ND2 gene sequences was performed to examine genetic diversity in 109 individuals from ten localities across the geographic range of the species. Haplotype diversity and nucleotide diversity were 0.576 and 0.00055, respectively. Phylogenetic analyses almost nested all haplotypes into one lineage. AMOVA indicated that total variation was mainly derived from variation within individual populations. Neutral tests indicated that a recent expansion occurred in the total population. Fst estimations indicated that genetic divergence was not correlated with geographic distance. Accordingly, the species probably experienced a recent population expansion, and there no obvious population genetic structure is apparent. The findings provide useful information for the conservation of this species.
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- Shize Li
- Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction in the Plateau Mountainous Region, Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center for Mountain Ecology and Agro-Bioengineering (CICMEAB), College of Life Sciences, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China.,Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics Breeding of Guizhou Province, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China.,Department of Food Science and Engineering, Moutai Institute, Renhuai, China
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- Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory, Guiyang College, Guiyang, China
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- Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory, Guiyang College, Guiyang, China
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- Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction in the Plateau Mountainous Region, Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center for Mountain Ecology and Agro-Bioengineering (CICMEAB), College of Life Sciences, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China.,Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics Breeding of Guizhou Province, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China
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Othman SN, Putri ET, Messenger KR, Bae Y, Yang Y, Bova T, Reed T, Amin H, Chuang MF, Jang Y, Borzée A. Impact of the Miocene orogenesis on Kaloula spp. radiation and implication of local refugia on genetic diversification. Integr Zool 2021; 17:261-284. [PMID: 33734569 DOI: 10.1111/1749-4877.12538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The phylogeography of the Kaloula genus in East Asia is still poorly understood. One of the difficulties is the absence of fossils to corroborate molecular dating estimates. Here, we examined the mitochondrial structure of Kaloula spp. in East Asia and focused on the impact of glaciations on the northernmost species: Kaloula borealis. We determined the phylogenetic relationships, molecular dating, and genetic connectivity assessments within the genus from 1211 bp of concatenated mitochondrial 12S and 16S. The relaxed clock analyses reveal the emergence of Kaloula spp. common ancestor in East and Southeast Asia between the Eocene and Oligocene, c. 38.47 Ma (24.69-53.65). The genetic diversification of lineages then increased on the East Asian Mainland during the Lower Miocene, c. 20.10 (8.73-30.65), most likely originating from the vicariance and radiation triggered by the orogeny of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Later, the dispersal towards the North East Asian Mainland during the Upper Miocene drove the population diversification of K. borealis c. 9.01 Ma (3.66-15.29). Finally, the central mainland population became isolated following orogenesis events and diverged into K. rugifera during the Pliocene, c. 3.06 Ma (0.02-10.90). The combination of population genetic and barrier analyses revealed a significant genetic isolation between populations of Kaloula spp. matching with the massive Qinling-Daba Mountain chain located in south-central China. Finally, we highlight a young divergence within the Eastern Mainland population of K. borealis, possibly attributed to refugia in south eastern China from which populations later expanded.
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- Siti N Othman
- Department of Life Sciences and Division of EcoScience, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences and Division of EcoScience, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.,Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, Andalas University, Indonesia
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- Herpetology and Applied Conservation Laboratory, College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Life Sciences and Division of EcoScience, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Herpetology and Applied Conservation Laboratory, College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Herpetology and Applied Conservation Laboratory, College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Herpetology and Applied Conservation Laboratory, College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Herpetology and Applied Conservation Laboratory, College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Life Sciences and Division of EcoScience, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences and Division of EcoScience, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Laboratory of Animal Behaviour and Conservation, College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Wang X, Bernhardsson C, Ingvarsson PK. Demography and Natural Selection Have Shaped Genetic Variation in the Widely Distributed Conifer Norway Spruce (Picea abies). Genome Biol Evol 2020; 12:3803-3817. [PMID: 31958121 PMCID: PMC7046165 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evaa005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Under the neutral theory, species with larger effective population size are expected to harbor higher genetic diversity. However, across a wide variety of organisms, the range of genetic diversity is orders of magnitude more narrow than the range of effective population size. This observation has become known as Lewontin’s paradox and although aspects of this phenomenon have been extensively studied, the underlying causes for the paradox remain unclear. Norway spruce (Picea abies) is a widely distributed conifer species across the northern hemisphere, and it consequently plays a major role in European forestry. Here, we use whole-genome resequencing data from 35 individuals to perform population genomic analyses in P. abies in an effort to understand what drives genome-wide patterns of variation in this species. Despite having a very wide geographic distribution and an corresponding enormous current population size, our analyses find that genetic diversity of P. abies is low across a number of populations (π = 0.0049 in Central-Europe, π = 0.0063 in Sweden-Norway, π = 0.0063 in Finland). To assess the reasons for the low levels of genetic diversity, we infer the demographic history of the species and find that it is characterized by several reoccurring bottlenecks with concomitant decreases in effective population size can, at least partly, provide an explanation for low polymorphism we observe in P. abies. Further analyses suggest that recurrent natural selection, both purifying and positive selection, can also contribute to the loss of genetic diversity in Norway spruce by reducing genetic diversity at linked sites. Finally, the overall low mutation rates seen in conifers can also help explain the low genetic diversity maintained in Norway spruce.
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- Xi Wang
- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, Sweden.,Linnean Centre for Plant Biology, Department of Plant Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, Sweden.,Linnean Centre for Plant Biology, Department of Plant Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.,Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Linnean Centre for Plant Biology, Department of Plant Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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Zheng Y, Dai Q, Guo X, Zeng X. Dynamics behind disjunct distribution, hotspot-edge refugia, and discordant RADseq/mtDNA variability: insights from the Emei mustache toad. BMC Evol Biol 2020; 20:111. [PMID: 32859147 PMCID: PMC7456009 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-020-01675-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2019] [Accepted: 08/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Background The distribution of genetic diversity and the underlying processes are important for conservation planning but are unknown for most species and have not been well studied in many regions. In East Asia, the Sichuan Basin and surrounding mountains constitute an understudied region that exhibits a “ring” of high species richness overlapping the eastern edge of the global biodiversity hotspot Mountains of Southwest China. We examine the distributional history and genetic diversification of the Emei mustache toad Leptobrachium boringii, a typical “ring” element characterized by disjunct ranges in the mountains, by integrating time-calibrated gene tree, genetic variability, individual-level clustering, inference of population splitting and mixing from allele frequencies, and paleoclimatic suitability modeling. Results The results reveal extensive range dynamics, including secondary contact after long-term isolation via westward dispersal accompanied by variability loss. They allow the proposal of a model that combines recurrent contractions caused by Quaternary climatic changes and some failed expansions under suitable conditions for explaining the shared disjunct distribution pattern. Providing exceptional low-elevation habitats in the hotspot area, the eastern edge harbors both long-term refugial and young immigrant populations. This finding and a synthesis of evidence from other taxa demonstrate that a certain contributor to biodiversity, one that preserves and receives low-elevation elements of the east in this case, can be significant for only a particular part of a hotspot. By clarifying the low variability of these refugial populations, we show that discordant mitochondrial estimates of diversity can be obtained for populations that experienced admixture, which would have unlikely left proportional immigrant alleles for each locus. Conclusions Dispersal after long-term isolation can explain much of the spatial distribution of genetic diversity in this species, while secondary contact and long-term persistence do not guarantee a large variation. The model for the formation of disjunct ranges may apply to many other taxa isolated in the mountains surrounding the Sichuan Basin. Furthermore, this study provides insights into the heterogeneous nature of hotspots and discordant variability obtained from genome-wide and mitochondrial data.
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- Yuchi Zheng
- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, #9 of Section 4, Ren-Min-Nan Road, Wuhou District, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan Province, China. .,Key Laboratory of Southwest China Wildlife Resources Conservation (Ministry of Education), China West Normal University, Nanchong, 637009, Sichuan Province, China.
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, #9 of Section 4, Ren-Min-Nan Road, Wuhou District, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan Province, China
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, #9 of Section 4, Ren-Min-Nan Road, Wuhou District, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan Province, China
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, #9 of Section 4, Ren-Min-Nan Road, Wuhou District, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan Province, China
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Out of the Hengduan Mountains: Molecular phylogeny and historical biogeography of the Asian water snake genus Trimerodytes (Squamata: Colubridae). Mol Phylogenet Evol 2020; 152:106927. [PMID: 32771547 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2019] [Revised: 06/30/2020] [Accepted: 08/03/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The Asian water snake genus Trimerodytes (formerly Sinonatrix) is endemic to East and Southeast Asia. Although several species have been included in various phylogenetic studies previously, the evolution and relationships among members of this genus as a whole remain unexplored. In this study, we report the sequencing two protein-coding mitochondrial gene fragments (MTCYB and ND2) and three nuclear genes (c-mos, NT3, and Rag1), reconstruct interspecific phylogeny, and explore biogeography for the genus Trimerodytes. Both Bayesian inference and maximum likelihood analyses consistently recover the monophyly of Trimerodytes with strong support, with T. yapingi the sister-group to the remaining species. The divergence date and ancestral area estimation suggest that Trimerodytes likely originated in Hengduan Mountains (eastern Tibetan Plateau) in western China at 23.93 Ma (95% HPD: 17.09-31.30), and intraspecific divergence began at about 4.23 Ma (95% HPD: 2.74-6.10). Analyses support the validity of T. yunnanensis.
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Yan P, Pan T, Wu G, Kang X, Ali I, Zhou W, Li J, Wu X, Zhang B. Species Delimitation and Evolutionary History of Tree Frogs in the Hyla chinensis Group (Hylidae, Amphibian). Front Ecol Evol 2020. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2020.00234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Wei S, Li Z, Momigliano P, Fu C, Wu H, Merilä J. The roles of climate, geography and natural selection as drivers of genetic and phenotypic differentiation in a widespread amphibian Hyla annectans (Anura: Hylidae). Mol Ecol 2020; 29:3667-3683. [PMID: 32762086 DOI: 10.1111/mec.15584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2018] [Revised: 06/16/2020] [Accepted: 07/28/2020] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The role of geological events and Pleistocene climatic fluctuations as drivers of current patterns of genetic variation in extant species has been a topic of continued interest among evolutionary biologists. Nevertheless, comprehensive studies of widely distributed species are still rare, especially from Asia. Using geographically extensive sampling of many individuals and a large number of nuclear single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), we studied the phylogeography and historical demography of Hyla annectans populations in southern China. Thirty-five sampled populations were grouped into seven clearly defined genetic clusters that closely match phenotype-based subspecies classification. These lineages diverged 2.32-5.23 million years ago (Ma), a timing that closely aligns with the rapid and drastic uplifting of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and adjacent southwest China. Demographic analyses and species distribution models indicate that different populations of this species have responded differently to past climatic changes. In the Hengduan Mountains, most populations experienced a bottleneck, whereas the populations located outside of the Hengduan Mountains have gradually declined in size since the end of the last glaciation. In addition, the levels of phenotypic and genetic divergence were strongly correlated across major clades. These results highlight the combined effects of geological events and past climatic fluctuations, as well as natural selection, as drivers of contemporary patterns of genetic and phenotypic variation in a widely distributed anuran in Asia.
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- Shichao Wei
- Institute of Evolution and Ecology, School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- Ecological Genetics Research Unit, Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Ecological Genetics Research Unit, Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute of Evolution and Ecology, School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- Institute of Evolution and Ecology, School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- Ecological Genetics Research Unit, Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Miura O, Urabe M, Mori H, Chiba S. Ancient drainage networks mediated a large-scale genetic introgression in the East Asian freshwater snails. Ecol Evol 2020; 10:8186-8196. [PMID: 32788971 PMCID: PMC7417214 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.6523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2020] [Revised: 05/29/2020] [Accepted: 06/08/2020] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Biogeography and genetic variation of freshwater organisms are influenced not only by current freshwater connections but also by past drainage networks. The Seto Inland Sea is a shallow enclosed sea in Japan, but geological evidence showed that a large freshwater drainage had intermittently appeared in this area between the late Pliocene and Pleistocene. Here, we demonstrated that this paleodrainage greatly affected the genetic variation of the East Asian freshwater snails, Semisulcospira spp. We found that the mtDNA haplotypes originated in the Lake Biwa endemic Semisulcospira species at the upstream side of the paleodrainage were frequently observed in the riverine Semisulcospira species at its downstream side. The genome-wide DNA and morphological analyses consistently showed that there was no clear evidence of nuclear introgression between the Lake Biwa endemics and riverine species. These results suggest that the large paleodrainage had facilitated mitochondrial introgression and had broadly spread the introgressed mtDNA haplotypes to its downstream region around the Seto Inland Sea. Our study highlights the role of paleodrainages in shaping the genetic variation of freshwater organisms.
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- Osamu Miura
- Faculty of Agriculture and Marine ScienceKochi UniversityNankokuJapan
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- Department of Ecosystem StudiesSchool of Environmental ScienceThe University of Shiga PrefectureHikoneJapan
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- Division of Ecology and Evolutionary BiologyGraduate School of Life SciencesTohoku UniversitySendaiJapan
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Othman SN, Chen YH, Chuang MF, Andersen D, Jang Y, Borzée A. Impact of the Mid-Pleistocene Revolution and Anthropogenic Factors on the Dispersion of Asian Black-Spined Toads ( Duttaphrynus melanostictus). Animals (Basel) 2020; 10:E1157. [PMID: 32650538 PMCID: PMC7401666 DOI: 10.3390/ani10071157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2020] [Revised: 06/28/2020] [Accepted: 07/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Divergence-time estimation critically improves the understanding of biogeography processes underlying the distribution of species, especially when fossil data is not available. We hypothesise that the Asian black-spined toad, Duttaphrynus melanostictus, expanded into the Eastern Indomalaya following the Quaternary glaciations with the subsequent colonisation of new landscapes during the Last Glacial Maximum. Divergence dating inferred from 364 sequences of mitochondrial tRNAGly ND3 supported the emergence of a common ancestor to the three D. melanostictus clades around 1.85 (±0.77) Ma, matching with the Lower to Mid-Pleistocene transition. Duttaphrynus melanostictus then dispersed into Southeast Asia from the central Indo-Pacific and became isolated in the Southern Sundaic and Wallacea regions 1.43 (±0.10) Ma through vicariance as a result of sea level oscillations. The clade on the Southeast Asian mainland then colonised the peninsula from Myanmar to Vietnam and expanded towards Southeastern China at the end of the Mid-Pleistocene Revolution 0.84 (±0.32) Ma. Population dynamics further highlight an expansion of the Southeast Asian mainland population towards Taiwan, the Northeastern edge of the species' range after the last interglacial, and during the emergence of the Holocene human settlements around 7000 BP. Thus, the current divergence of D. melanostictus into three segregated clades was mostly shaped by Quaternary glaciations, followed by natural dispersion events over land bridges and accelerated by anthropogenic activities.
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- Siti N. Othman
- Department of Life Sciences and Division of EcoScience, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea; (S.N.O.); (M.-F.C.); (D.A.); (Y.J.)
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- Department of Life Science, Chinese Culture University, Taipei 11114, Taiwan;
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- Department of Life Sciences and Division of EcoScience, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea; (S.N.O.); (M.-F.C.); (D.A.); (Y.J.)
- Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 40227, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Sciences and Division of EcoScience, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea; (S.N.O.); (M.-F.C.); (D.A.); (Y.J.)
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- Department of Life Sciences and Division of EcoScience, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea; (S.N.O.); (M.-F.C.); (D.A.); (Y.J.)
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- Laboratory of Animal Behaviour and Conservation, College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
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Wu H, Gu Q, Zhou C, Tang Y, Husemann M, Meng X, Zhang J, Nie G, Li X. Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of Triplophysa stone loaches in the Central Chinese Mountains. Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blaa060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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AbstractThe geological structure and history of mountains often cause highly complex patterns of evolution. The origin and diversity of the genus Triplophysa is considered to be closely associated with the rapid and persistent rise of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP). Species of the genus are widely distributed in the QTP and adjacent regions, and are strongly adapted to its extreme environments. However, the Central Chinese Mountains (CCM), which are far apart from the QTP, also have many Triplophysa populations and yet their taxonomy, phylogeny and origin are unknown. We used three mitochondrial genes of 266 individuals from 29 sites in the CCM to shed light on the evolution of these Triplophysa populations. Phylogenetic analyses and species delimitation revealed seven distinct molecular operational taxonomic units (mOTUs) in the CCM, each with low genetic diversity. Molecular clock and biogeographic analyses suggested that vicariance events resulting from the rapid uplifting of the Qinling and Taihang Mountains initialized diversification in the Pliocene. During the early Pleistocene, dispersal events in the central parts of the Yellow River drainage altered genetic diversity and led to the currently observed biogeographic patterns. Our results suggest the presence of at least six species of Triplophysa in the CCM and more are likely to be discovered in the future.
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- Huihui Wu
- College of Fisheries, Engineering Technology Research Center of Henan Province for Aquatic Animal Cultivation, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan, P.R. China
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- College of Fisheries, Engineering Technology Research Center of Henan Province for Aquatic Animal Cultivation, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan, P.R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, P.R. China
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- College of Fisheries, Engineering Technology Research Center of Henan Province for Aquatic Animal Cultivation, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan, P.R. China
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- College of Fisheries, Engineering Technology Research Center of Henan Province for Aquatic Animal Cultivation, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan, P.R. China
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- Centrum für Naturkunde, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- College of Fisheries, Engineering Technology Research Center of Henan Province for Aquatic Animal Cultivation, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan, P.R. China
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- College of Fisheries, Engineering Technology Research Center of Henan Province for Aquatic Animal Cultivation, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan, P.R. China
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- College of Fisheries, Engineering Technology Research Center of Henan Province for Aquatic Animal Cultivation, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan, P.R. China
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- College of Fisheries, Engineering Technology Research Center of Henan Province for Aquatic Animal Cultivation, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan, P.R. China
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Yang C, Zhu EJ, He QJ, Yi CH, Wang XB, Hu SJ, Wei SJ. Strong genetic differentiation among populations of Cheirotonus gestroi (Coleoptera: Euchiridae) in its native area sheds lights on species conservation. Mitochondrial DNA A DNA Mapp Seq Anal 2020; 31:108-119. [PMID: 32202195 DOI: 10.1080/24701394.2020.1741565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The long-armed scarab (Cheirotonus gestroi) is an endangered large insect in southwestern China and neighboring countries; however, limited information is available regarding its population genetics, hindering conservation efforts. Therefore, we investigated the population genetic structure and evolutionary history of C. gestroi in southwestern China. Twenty-five haplotypes were obtained from 47 specimens across five populations. The Dawei Mountain (DWS) population differed from other populations by a high genetic distance. Population structure analysis generated three distinct clades, corresponding to Hengduan Mountains (HM), Ailao Mountains (AM), and Dawei Mountains (DM), and high-level genetic diversity was found in two HM populations. Collectively, the strong genetic differentiation among populations might be due to limited gene flow, geographical isolation, and habitat fragmentation. Therefore, while developing a conservation strategy, HM, AM, and DM groups should be defined as separate management units. Additionally, the DWS population should be given priority protection due to its uniqueness and low genetic diversity.
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- Chen Yang
- Key Lab Forest Disaster Warning and Control Yunnan, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, China.,Yunnan Academy of Biodiversity, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, China
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- Key Lab Forest Disaster Warning and Control Yunnan, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, China.,Yunnan Academy of Biodiversity, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, China
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- Key Lab Forest Disaster Warning and Control Yunnan, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, China
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- Key Lab Forest Disaster Warning and Control Yunnan, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, China.,Yunnan Academy of Biodiversity, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, China
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- Yunnan Academy of Biodiversity, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, China
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory of International Rivers and Transboundary Eco-security, Yunnan University, Kunming, China.,Institute of International Rivers and Eco-security, Yunnan University, Kunming, China
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- Institute of Plant and Environmental Protection, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
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Chen Z, Li H, Zhai X, Zhu Y, He Y, Wang Q, Li Z, Jiang J, Xiong R, Chen X. Phylogeography, speciation and demographic history: Contrasting evidence from mitochondrial and nuclear markers of the Odorrana graminea sensu lato (Anura, Ranidae) in China. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2020; 144:106701. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2019] [Revised: 11/21/2019] [Accepted: 12/03/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Liu Y, Pham HT, He Z, Wei C. Phylogeography of the cicada Platypleura hilpa in subtropical and tropical East Asia based on mitochondrial and nuclear genes and microsatellite markers. Int J Biol Macromol 2020; 151:529-544. [PMID: 32084484 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.02.183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2020] [Revised: 02/16/2020] [Accepted: 02/16/2020] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Climate change and geographical events play key roles in driving population genetic structure of organisms, but different scenarios were suggested for species occurring in tropical and subtropical areas. We investigated the population genetic structure, diversity and demographic history of the cicada Platypleura hilpa which occurs in coastal areas of southern China and northeastern Indo-Burma, and analysed the potential impact of climate change and geological events on its evolutionary history. Our data imply that P. hilpa comprises five main lineages with nearly unique sets of haplotypes and distinct geographic distributions. A major split of the lineages occurred in the Pleistocene. Geographic distance and geomorphic barriers serve as the primary factors shaping the genetic population structure, and several climatic factors are associated with the divergence. The potential range during the Last Glacial Maximum has apparently increased in south China and the exposed South China Sea Shelf. The Pleistocene sea-level fluctuations had profound effects on the regional genetic structure. The Beibu Gulf represents a more important geographic barrier than the Qiongzhou Strait in blocking gene flow among populations. These results contribute to a better understanding of the pressure climatic change and geographical events impose on insects in coastal areas of East Asia.
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- Yunxiang Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management, Ministry of Education, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- Vietnam National Museum of Nature Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Street, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Viet Nam
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- College of Plant Science, Tarim University, Alar, Xinjiang 843300, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management, Ministry of Education, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China.
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Zhang D, Hui H, Yu G, Song X, Liu S, Yuan S, Xiao H, Rao D. Shared response to changes in drainage basin: Phylogeography of the Yunnan small narrow-mouthed frog, Glyphoglossus yunnanensis (Anura: Microhylidae). Ecol Evol 2020; 10:1567-1580. [PMID: 32076534 PMCID: PMC7029061 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.6011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2019] [Revised: 12/13/2019] [Accepted: 12/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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AIM With the late Cenozoic uplift of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP), drainage of the southeastern edge of the QTP changed significantly. However, the impact of this dramatic change on the geographical distribution and genetic diversity of endemic organisms is still poorly understood. Here, we examined the geographical patterns of genetic variation in the Yunnan small narrow-mouthed frog, Glyphoglossus yunnanensis (Microhylidae), and two alternative hypotheses were tested: That is, the geographical distribution of genetic variation was determined by either the contemporary drainage basin or historical drainage basins. LOCATION The Mountains of southwest China. MATERIALS AND METHODS Analyses were based on 417 specimens collected from across the distribution of the species. We reconstructed the genealogy (Bayesian and maximum parsimony methods) and assessed demographic history based on DNA sequencing data from mitochondrial and nuclear markers. We also mapped the genetic diversity and estimated the divergence times by a relaxed clock model. RESULTS The species has maintained a relatively stable population size without recent population expansion. Four major maternal lineages were identified with good support, one representing a possible cryptic species and the other three showing further subdivision. The distribution of these deeply differentiated lineages/sublineages corresponded well to geographical regions. The secondary contact zones and phylogeographic breaks in distinct lineages of G. yunnanensis were almost concordant with those of Nanorana yunnanensis. MAIN CONCLUSIONS Lineage division conformed to the hypothesis of drainage system evolution, that is, the phylogeographic pattern of G. yunnanensis was shaped by historical drainage patterns. Concordance in phylogeographic patterns may suggest a shared response to common hydrogeological history and also might indicate that there was more contribution of the drainage history than ecological or life-history traits in structuring genetic variation between these two disparate codistributed taxa G. yunnanensis and N. yunnanensis.
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- Dong‐Ru Zhang
- College of Life SciencesYunnan UniversityKunmingChina
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and EvolutionKunming Institute of ZoologyChinese Academy of SciencesKunmingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and EvolutionKunming Institute of ZoologyChinese Academy of SciencesKunmingChina
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- College of Life SciencesGuangxi Normal UniversityGuilinChina
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- Yingjing Administration of Daxiangling Nature ReserveYaanChina
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- Kunming Natural History Museum of ZoologyKunming Institute of ZoologyChinese Academy of SciencesKunmingChina
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- Bioengineering CollegeSichuan University of Science and EngineeringYibinChina
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- College of Life SciencesYunnan UniversityKunmingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and EvolutionKunming Institute of ZoologyChinese Academy of SciencesKunmingChina
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Liu X, Li W, Ye Z, Zhu Y, Hong X, Zhu X. Morphological characterization and phylogenetic relationships of Indochinese box turtles-The Cuora galbinifrons complex. Ecol Evol 2019; 9:13030-13042. [PMID: 31871627 PMCID: PMC6912918 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2019] [Revised: 08/10/2019] [Accepted: 09/05/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The members of the Indochinese box turtle complex, namely Cuora galbinifrons, Cuora bourreti, and Cuora picturata, rank the most critically endangered turtle species on earth after more than three decades of over-harvesting for food, traditional Chinese medicine, and pet markets. Despite advances in molecular biology, species boundaries and phylogenetic relationships, the status of the C. galbinifrons complex remains unresolved due to the small number of specimens observed and collected in the field. In this study, we present analyses of morphologic characters as well as mitochondrial and nuclear DNA data to reconstruct the species boundaries and systematic relationships within the C. galbinifrons complex. Based on principal component analysis (PCA) and statistical analysis, we found that phenotypic traits partially overlapped among galbinifrons, bourreti, and picturata, and that galbinifrons and bourreti might be only subspecifically distinct. Moreover, we used the mitochondrial genome, COI, and nuclear gene Rag1 under the maximum likelihood criteria and Bayesian inference criteria to elucidate whether C. galbinifrons could be divided into three separate species or subspecies. We found strong support for a sister relationship between picturata and the other two species, and consequently, we recommend maintaining picturata as a full species, and classifying bourreti and galbinifrons as subspecies of C. galbinifrons. These findings provide evidence for a better understanding of the evolutionary histories of these critically endangered turtles.
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- Xiaoli Liu
- Key Laboratory of Aquatic GenomicsMinistry of AgricultureKey Laboratory of Tropical & Subtropical Fishery Resource Application & Cultivation of Ministry of AgriculturePearl River Fisheries Research InstituteChinese Academy of Fishery SciencesGuangzhouChina
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- Key Laboratory of Aquatic GenomicsMinistry of AgricultureKey Laboratory of Tropical & Subtropical Fishery Resource Application & Cultivation of Ministry of AgriculturePearl River Fisheries Research InstituteChinese Academy of Fishery SciencesGuangzhouChina
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- Key Laboratory of Aquatic GenomicsMinistry of AgricultureKey Laboratory of Tropical & Subtropical Fishery Resource Application & Cultivation of Ministry of AgriculturePearl River Fisheries Research InstituteChinese Academy of Fishery SciencesGuangzhouChina
- College of Life Science and FisheriesShanghai Ocean UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Key Laboratory of Aquatic GenomicsMinistry of AgricultureKey Laboratory of Tropical & Subtropical Fishery Resource Application & Cultivation of Ministry of AgriculturePearl River Fisheries Research InstituteChinese Academy of Fishery SciencesGuangzhouChina
- College of Life Science and FisheriesShanghai Ocean UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Key Laboratory of Aquatic GenomicsMinistry of AgricultureKey Laboratory of Tropical & Subtropical Fishery Resource Application & Cultivation of Ministry of AgriculturePearl River Fisheries Research InstituteChinese Academy of Fishery SciencesGuangzhouChina
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- Key Laboratory of Aquatic GenomicsMinistry of AgricultureKey Laboratory of Tropical & Subtropical Fishery Resource Application & Cultivation of Ministry of AgriculturePearl River Fisheries Research InstituteChinese Academy of Fishery SciencesGuangzhouChina
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Pan T, Wang H, Duan S, Ali I, Yan P, Cai R, Wang M, Zhang J, Zhang H, Zhang B, Wu X. Historical population decline and habitat loss in a critically endangered species, the Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis). Glob Ecol Conserv 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Huang Y, Zhao W, Ding L, Bao X, Wang J, Lin Y, Ran J, Yang D, Zou H, Liu J. Habitat Selection and Genetic Structure of the Endangered Frog Species Odorrana wuchuanensis (Anura: Ranidae). Zoolog Sci 2019; 36:402-409. [PMID: 33319964 DOI: 10.2108/zs180141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2018] [Accepted: 03/11/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Understanding the habitat selection and population genetic structure of an endangered species can play important roles in its protection. The Wuchuan odorous frog (Odorrana wuchuanensis) is endemic to the karst regions of southwest China. This frog is currently listed as "Critically Endangered" by the IUCN, but little is known about its habitat selection and population genetics. In this study, we conducted analyses of habitat selection with occurrence/absence sites and environmental data, and assessed the genetic structure between north and south populations in Guizhou provinces in China using three mitochondrial markers. The results revealed that the probability of this frog occupying cave habitats increased with higher average humidity in July and higher lowest temperature in January, but was negatively related to precipitation in January. Analyses of F statistics combined with analyses of median-joining haplotype networks and the phylogenetic tree showed low genetic differentiation between the two populations of O. wuchuanensis. Considering the small population size and geographic isolation because of the complex karst terrains, we suggest careful management practices are needed to protect this species.
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- Yongjie Huang
- Institute of Wetland Research, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China
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- Gansu Key Laboratory of Biomonitoring and Bioremediation for Environmental Pollution, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Gansu Key Laboratory of Biomonitoring and Bioremediation for Environmental Pollution, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Gansu Key Laboratory of Biomonitoring and Bioremediation for Environmental Pollution, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China,
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- Institute of Wetland Research, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China
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- Institute of Wetland Research, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China,
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- Guizhou Management Station of Wildlife, Guiyang 550000, China
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- Mayang River National Nature Reserve, Yanhe 565300, China
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- Mayang River National Nature Reserve, Yanhe 565300, China
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Pan T, Zhou K, Zhang S, Shu Y, Zhang J, Li E, Wang M, Yan P, Wu H. Effects of dispersal barriers and geographic distance on the genetic structure of a narrowly distributed frog in a spatially structured landscape. J Zool (1987) 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/jzo.12730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- T. Pan
- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resources College of Life Sciences Anhui Normal University Wuhu China
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- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resources College of Life Sciences Anhui Normal University Wuhu China
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- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resources College of Life Sciences Anhui Normal University Wuhu China
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- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resources College of Life Sciences Anhui Normal University Wuhu China
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- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resources College of Life Sciences Anhui Normal University Wuhu China
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- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resources College of Life Sciences Anhui Normal University Wuhu China
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- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resources College of Life Sciences Anhui Normal University Wuhu China
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- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resources College of Life Sciences Anhui Normal University Wuhu China
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- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resources College of Life Sciences Anhui Normal University Wuhu China
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Liang Z, Chen W, Wang D, Zhang S, Wang C, He S, Wu Y, He P, Xie J, Li C, Merilä J, Wei Q. Phylogeographic patterns and conservation implications of the endangered Chinese giant salamander. Ecol Evol 2019; 9:3879-3890. [PMID: 31015973 PMCID: PMC6467858 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2018] [Revised: 01/27/2019] [Accepted: 02/11/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Understanding genetic diversity patterns of endangered species is an important premise for biodiversity conservation. The critically endangered salamander Andrias davidianus, endemic to central and southern mainland in China, has suffered from sharp range and population size declines over the past three decades. However, the levels and patterns of genetic diversity of A. davidianus populations in wild remain poorly understood. Herein, we explore the levels and phylogeographic patterns of genetic diversity of wild-caught A. davidianus using larvae and adult collection with the aid of sequence variation in (a) the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) fragments (n = 320 individuals; 33 localities), (b) 19 whole mtDNA genomes, and (c) nuclear recombinase activating gene 2 (RAG2; n = 88 individuals; 19 localities). Phylogenetic analyses based on mtDNA datasets uncovered seven divergent mitochondrial clades (A-G), which likely originated in association with the uplifting of mountains during the Late Miocene, specific habitat requirements, barriers including mountains and drainages and lower dispersal ability. The distributions of clades were geographic partitioned and confined in neighboring regions. Furthermore, we discovered some mountains, rivers, and provinces harbored more than one clades. RAG2 analyses revealed no obvious geographic patterns among the five alleles detected. Our study depicts a relatively intact distribution map of A. davidianus clades in natural species range and provides important knowledge that can be used to improve monitoring programs and develop a conservation strategy for this critically endangered organism.
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- Zhi‐Qiang Liang
- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation, Ministry of Agriculture of China, Yangtze River Fisheries Research InstituteChinese Academy of Fishery SciencesWuhanChina
- Hunan Fisheries Science InstituteChangshaChina
- Collaborative Innovation Center for Efficient and Health Production of Fisheries in Hunan ProvinceChangdeChina
- College of Life ScienceSouthwest UniversityChongqingChina
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- The Key Laboratory of Aquatic Biodiversity and Conservation of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of HydrobiologyChinese Academy of SciencesWuhanChina
- Pearl River Fisheries Research InstituteChinese Academy of Fishery ScienceGuangzhouChina
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation, Ministry of Agriculture of China, Yangtze River Fisheries Research InstituteChinese Academy of Fishery SciencesWuhanChina
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation, Ministry of Agriculture of China, Yangtze River Fisheries Research InstituteChinese Academy of Fishery SciencesWuhanChina
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- The Key Laboratory of Aquatic Biodiversity and Conservation of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of HydrobiologyChinese Academy of SciencesWuhanChina
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- Hunan Fisheries Science InstituteChangshaChina
- Collaborative Innovation Center for Efficient and Health Production of Fisheries in Hunan ProvinceChangdeChina
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- Administrative Office of The National Giant Salamander Nature Reserve of ZhangjiajieHunanChina
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation, Ministry of Agriculture of China, Yangtze River Fisheries Research InstituteChinese Academy of Fishery SciencesWuhanChina
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- Hunan Fisheries Science InstituteChangshaChina
- Collaborative Innovation Center for Efficient and Health Production of Fisheries in Hunan ProvinceChangdeChina
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- Ecological Genetics Research Unit, Research Programme in Organismal and Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Department of BiosciencesUniversity of HelsinkiHelsinkiFinland
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation, Ministry of Agriculture of China, Yangtze River Fisheries Research InstituteChinese Academy of Fishery SciencesWuhanChina
- College of Life ScienceSouthwest UniversityChongqingChina
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Gu QH, Husemann M, Wu HH, Dong J, Zhou CJ, Wang XF, Gao YN, Zhang M, Zhu GR, Nie GX. Phylogeography of Bellamya (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Viviparidae) snails on different continents: contrasting patterns of diversification in China and East Africa. BMC Evol Biol 2019; 19:82. [PMID: 30898091 PMCID: PMC6429760 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-019-1397-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2018] [Accepted: 02/22/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Species diversity is determined by both local environmental conditions that control differentiation and extinction and the outcome of large-scale processes that affect migration. The latter primarily comprises climatic change and dynamic landscape alteration. In the past few million years, both Southeast Asia and Eastern Africa experienced drastic climatic and geological oscillations: in Southeast Asia, especially in China, the Tibetan Plateau significantly rose up, and the flow of the Yangtze River was reversed. In East Africa, lakes and rivers experienced frequent range expansions and regressions due to the African mega-droughts. To test how such climatic and geological histories of both regions relate to their respective regional species and genetic diversity, a large scale comparative phylogeographic study is essential. Bellamya, a species rich freshwater snail genus that is widely distributed across China and East Africa, represents a suitable model system to address this question. We sequenced mitochondrial and nuclear DNA for members of the genus from China and used published sequences from Africa and some other locations in Asia to investigate their phylogeny and distribution of genetic diversity. RESULTS Our phylogenetic analysis revealed two monophyletic groups, one in China and one in East Africa. Within the Chinese group, Bellamya species show little genetic differentiation. In contrast, we observe fairly deep divergence among the East African lakes with almost every lake possessing its unique clade. Our results show that strong divergence does not necessarily depend on intrinsic characteristics of a species, but rather is related to the landscape dynamics of a region. CONCLUSION Our phylogenetic results suggest that the Bellamya in China and East Africa are independent phylogenetic clades with different evolutionary trajectories. The different climate and geological histories likely contributed to the diverging evolutionary patterns. Repeated range expansions and regressions of lakes likely contributed to the great divergence of Bellamya in East Africa, while reversal of the river courses and intermingling of different lineages had an opposite effect on Bellamya diversification in China.
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- Qian H. Gu
- State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, No. 36 Lushan Road, Changsha City, 410081 Hunan People’s Republic of China
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- Centrum für Naturkunde, Universität Hamburg, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
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- College of Fisheries, Engineering Technology Research Center of Henan Province for Aquatic Animal Cultivation, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, 453007 Henan People’s Republic of China
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- College of Fisheries, Engineering Technology Research Center of Henan Province for Aquatic Animal Cultivation, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, 453007 Henan People’s Republic of China
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- College of Fisheries, Engineering Technology Research Center of Henan Province for Aquatic Animal Cultivation, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, 453007 Henan People’s Republic of China
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- College of Fisheries, Engineering Technology Research Center of Henan Province for Aquatic Animal Cultivation, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, 453007 Henan People’s Republic of China
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- College of Fisheries, Engineering Technology Research Center of Henan Province for Aquatic Animal Cultivation, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, 453007 Henan People’s Republic of China
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- College of Fisheries, Engineering Technology Research Center of Henan Province for Aquatic Animal Cultivation, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, 453007 Henan People’s Republic of China
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- College of Fisheries, Engineering Technology Research Center of Henan Province for Aquatic Animal Cultivation, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, 453007 Henan People’s Republic of China
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- College of Fisheries, Engineering Technology Research Center of Henan Province for Aquatic Animal Cultivation, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, 453007 Henan People’s Republic of China
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Li H, Kong L, Wang K, Zhang S, Motokawa M, Wu Y, Wang W, Li Y. Molecular phylogeographic analyses and species delimitations reveal that Leopoldamys edwardsi (Rodentia: Muridae) is a species complex. Integr Zool 2019; 14:494-505. [PMID: 30688015 DOI: 10.1111/1749-4877.12378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Leopoldamys edwardsi is a species with wide distribution ranges in southern China but is not discussed in studies on geographic variation and species differentiation. We used 2 mitochondrial (Cytb, CO1) and 3 nuclear (GHR, IRBP and RAG1) genes to clarify species phylogeography and geographical differentiation. Maximum likelihood (ML) and Bayesian phylogenetic inference (BI) trees consistently indicated that L. edwardsi is a species complex containing 3 main lineages with high Kimura-2-parameter (K2P) divergences (i.e. lineages LN , LS and LHN ) found in the northern and southern China and Hainan Island, respectively. The 3 species delimitation methods, automated barcoding gap discovery, Bayesian poisson tree process analysis and Bayesian phylogenetics and phylogeography, consistently supported the existence of cryptic species. Divergence times among the main lineages were inferred to be during the Pleistocene, with LHN /LS split at 1.33 Ma and LN /(LHN +LS ) at 2.61 Ma; the diversifications of L. edwardsi complex might be caused by the rapid uplifts of Tibetan Plateau, paleoclimate change and complex topography. The divergence between LHN and LS was probably related to the separation of Hainan Island from the mainland via the formation of the Qiongzhou Strait. Lineages LN and (LS +LHN ) likely diverged due to the Wuyi-Nanling mountain range forming a dispersal barrier. Our results suggested that L. edwardsi complex contains at least 3 distinct species: LHN represents L. hainanensis, endemic to Hainan Island and previously considered as a subspecies L. e. hainanensis; LS represents a cryptic species distributed throughout the southern Chinese continent; and LN represents the nominotypical species L. edwardsi.
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- Haotian Li
- Marine College, Shandong University, Weihai, China
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- Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- College of Life Science, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, China
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- Institute of Tropical Biosciences and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, China
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- Marine College, Shandong University, Weihai, China
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Pan T, Wang H, Orozcoterwengel P, Hu CC, Wu GY, Qian LF, Sun ZL, Shi WB, Yan P, Wu XB, Zhang BW. Long-term sky islands generate highly divergent lineages of a narrowly distributed stream salamander (Pachyhynobius shangchengensis) in mid-latitude mountains of East Asia. BMC Evol Biol 2019; 19:1. [PMID: 30606099 PMCID: PMC6318985 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-018-1333-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2018] [Accepted: 12/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Climate oscillation may have a profound effect on species distributions, gene flow patterns and population demography. In response to environmental change, those species restricted to montane habitats experienced expansions and contractions along elevation gradients, which can drive differentiation among sky islands. RESULTS The Shangcheng stout salamander (Pachyhynobius shangchengensis) is a cool stream amphibian restricted to high-elevation areas in the Dabie Mountains, East China. In the present study, we used mtDNA genes (Cyt b and ND2) of 193 individuals and 12 nuclear microsatellite loci genotyped on 370 individuals, representing 6 populations (JTX, KHJ, MW, TTZ, BYM and KJY) across the taxon's distribution area, to investigate their genetic variation and evolutionary history of P. shangchengensis. Most populations showed unusually high levels of genetic diversity. Phylogenetic analyses revealed five monophyletic clades with divergence times ranging from 3.96 to 1.4 Mya. Accordingly, significant genetic differentiation was present between these populations. Bayesian skyline plot analyses provided that all populations underwent long-term population expansions since the last inter-glacial (0.13 Mya ~ 0.12 Mya). Msvar analyses found recent signals of population decline for two northern populations (JTX and KHJ) reflecting a strong bottleneck (approximately 15-fold decrease) during the mid-Holocene (about 6000 years ago). Ecological niche modelling has shown a discontinuity in suitable habitats for P. shangchengensis under different historical climatic conditions. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that the niche conservatism of P. shangchengensis and sky island effects may have led to long-term isolation between populations. In sky island refuges, the mid-latitude Dabie Mountains have provided a long-term stable environment for P. shangchengensis, which has led to the accumulation of genetic diversity and has promoted genetic divergence.
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- Tao Pan
- Anhui Key Laboratory of Eco–engineering and Bio-technique, School of Life Sciences, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601 Anhui China
- School of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000 Anhui China
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- Anhui Key Laboratory of Eco–engineering and Bio-technique, School of Life Sciences, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601 Anhui China
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- Analytical and Testing Center, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210046 Jiangsu China
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- Anhui Key Laboratory of Eco–engineering and Bio-technique, School of Life Sciences, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601 Anhui China
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- Anhui Key Laboratory of Eco–engineering and Bio-technique, School of Life Sciences, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601 Anhui China
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- Anhui Key Laboratory of Eco–engineering and Bio-technique, School of Life Sciences, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601 Anhui China
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- Anhui Key Laboratory of Eco–engineering and Bio-technique, School of Life Sciences, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601 Anhui China
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- School of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000 Anhui China
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- School of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000 Anhui China
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- Anhui Key Laboratory of Eco–engineering and Bio-technique, School of Life Sciences, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601 Anhui China
- School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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Multilocus phylogeography of the brown-spotted pitviper Protobothrops mucrosquamatus (Reptilia: Serpentes: Viperidae) sheds a new light on the diversification pattern in Asia. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2018; 133:82-91. [PMID: 30594733 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.12.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2018] [Revised: 12/13/2018] [Accepted: 12/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Understanding the influence of geographical events and climate changes on genetic diversity is essential in explaining current patterns of genetic structure and geographic distribution of organisms. We inferred phylogenetic relationships, investigated historical demography, explored the evolutionary history, and clarified intraspecific taxonomy of Protobothrops mucrosquamatus, which is one of the commonest and most wide-ranging Asian pitvipers. A total of 184 samples from 54 localities were sequenced and analyzed for two mitochondrial gene fragments and two nuclear genes. Phylogenetic reconstruction based on mtDNA sequences revealed the existence of a minimum of five geographically structured and well-supported lineages within P. mucrosquamatus. Based on the mtDNA gene tree, and the geographic relationship between populations allied by matrilineal lineages, a complex longitudinal and latitudinal diversification pattern was uncovered in P. mucrosquamatus. The estimated date of the origin of the species (about 5.3 Ma) and divergence of the intraspecific lineages match the rapid uplifting of Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, and is also consistent with those of some other co-distributed Asian pitvipers. Formation of the two island lineages (Taiwan and Hainan) was generally congruent with the first isolation of the islands, but the two lineages showed different relationships with the continental Asian populations in comparison with some other pitvipers. Population historical demographic analyses, based on three methods, showed that all lineages have experienced slight population expansion in and around the Dali Glacial. Tests of intraspecific taxonomy indicated that no cryptic taxon is present within this widely distributed snake.
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Feng C, Zhou W, Tang Y, Gao Y, Chen J, Tong C, Liu S, Wanghe K, Zhao K. Molecular systematics of the Triplophysa robusta (Cobitoidea) complex: Extensive gene flow in a depauperate lineage. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2018; 132:275-283. [PMID: 30550962 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2018] [Revised: 12/04/2018] [Accepted: 12/07/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Gene flow between populations assumed to be isolated frequently leads to incorrect inferences of evolutionary history. Understanding gene flow and its causes has long been a key topic in evolutionary biology. In this study, we explored the evolutionary history of the Triplophysa robusta complex, using a combination of multilocus analyses and coalescent simulation. Our multilocus approach detected conspicuous mitonuclear discordances in the T. robusta complex. Mitochondrial results showed reticular clades, whereas the nuclear results corresponded with the morphological data. Coalescent simulation indicated that gene flow was the source of these discordances. Molecular clock analysis combined with geological processes suggest that intense geological upheavals have shaped a complicated evolutionary history for the T. robusta complex since the late Miocene, causing extensive gene flow which has distorted the molecular systematics of the T. robusta complex. We suggest that frequent gene flow may restrict speciation in the T. robusta complex, leading to such a depauperate lineage. Based on this comprehensive understanding, we provide our proposals for taxonomic revision of the T. robusta complex.
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- Chenguang Feng
- Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, and Laboratory of Plateau Fish Evolutionary and Functional Genomics, and Qinghai Key Laboratory of Animal Ecological Genomics, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining 810008, Qinghai, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, Yunnan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, and Laboratory of Plateau Fish Evolutionary and Functional Genomics, and Qinghai Key Laboratory of Animal Ecological Genomics, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining 810008, Qinghai, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, Yunnan, China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, Yunnan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, and Laboratory of Plateau Fish Evolutionary and Functional Genomics, and Qinghai Key Laboratory of Animal Ecological Genomics, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining 810008, Qinghai, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, and Laboratory of Plateau Fish Evolutionary and Functional Genomics, and Qinghai Key Laboratory of Animal Ecological Genomics, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining 810008, Qinghai, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, and Laboratory of Plateau Fish Evolutionary and Functional Genomics, and Qinghai Key Laboratory of Animal Ecological Genomics, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining 810008, Qinghai, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, and Laboratory of Plateau Fish Evolutionary and Functional Genomics, and Qinghai Key Laboratory of Animal Ecological Genomics, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining 810008, Qinghai, China.
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Qiao L, Wen G, Qi Y, Lu B, Hu J, Song Z, Fu J. Evolutionary melting pots and reproductive isolation: A ring-shaped diversification of an odorous frog (Odorrana margaratea
) around the Sichuan Basin. Mol Ecol 2018; 27:4888-4900. [DOI: 10.1111/mec.14899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2017] [Revised: 09/04/2018] [Accepted: 10/03/2018] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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- Liang Qiao
- Chengdu Institute of Biology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Chengdu Sichuan China
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Chengdu Sichuan China
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Chengdu Sichuan China
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Chengdu Sichuan China
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Chengdu Sichuan China
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- College of Life Sciences; Sichuan University; Chengdu Sichuan China
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Chengdu Sichuan China
- Department of Integrative Biology; University of Guelph; Guelph Ontario Canada
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Low population genetic differentiation in two Tamarix species (Tamarix austromongolica and Tamarix chinensis) along the Yellow River. Genetica 2018; 147:13-22. [DOI: 10.1007/s10709-018-0047-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2018] [Accepted: 11/16/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Hu G, Hua Y, Hebert PDN, Hua B. Evolutionary history of the scorpionfly
Dicerapanorpa magna
(Mecoptera, Panorpidae). ZOOL SCR 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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- Gui‐Lin Hu
- Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management Ministry of Education College of Plant Protection Northwest A&F University Yangling China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management Ministry of Education College of Plant Protection Northwest A&F University Yangling China
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- Centre for Biodiversity Genomics University of Guelph Guelph Ontario Canada
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management Ministry of Education College of Plant Protection Northwest A&F University Yangling China
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Yuan X, Xia Y, Zeng X. Suppressed Recombination of Sex Chromosomes Is Not Caused by Chromosomal Reciprocal Translocation in Spiny Frog ( Quasipaa boulengeri). Front Genet 2018; 9:288. [PMID: 30210524 PMCID: PMC6119705 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2018.00288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2018] [Accepted: 07/11/2018] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Chromosome rearrangements (CRs) are perceived to be related to sex chromosome evolution, but it is a matter of controversy whether CRs are the initial causative mechanism of suppressed recombination for sex differentiation. The early stages of sex chromosome evolution in amphibians may represent intermediate states of differentiation, and if so, they potentially shed light on the ultimate cause of suppressed recombination and the role of CRs in sex chromosome differentiation. In this paper, we showed that sex determination differs among 16 populations of spiny frog (Quasipaa boulengeri), in which individuals have normal and rearranged chromosomes caused by reciprocal translocation. In eastern areas, without translocation, genetic differentiation between sexes was relatively low, suggesting unrestricted recombination. In comparison, in western populations that have both normal and translocated chromosomes, a male-heterogametic system and lack of X-Y recombination were identified by male-specific alleles and heterozygote excess. However, such genetic differentiation between sexes in western populations was not directly related to karyotypes, as it was found in individuals with both normal and translocated karyotypes. In the western Sichuan Basin, male-specific and translocation-specific allelic frequency distributions suggested that recombination of sex-differentiation ceased in all populations, but recombination suppression caused by translocation did not exist in some populations. Combined with phylogenetic inference, this indicated that the establishment of sex-linkage had taken place independently of reciprocal translocation, and translocation was not the ultimate cause of sex chromosome differentiation. Furthermore, comparison of the genetic diversity of alleles on Y chromosomes, X chromosomes, and autosomes in western populations showed a reduction of effective population size on sex chromosomes, which may be caused by reciprocal translocation. It indicates that, although it is not the ultimate cause of recombination suppression, reciprocal translocation may enhance sex chromosome differentiation.
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- Xiuyun Yuan
- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China
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Jiang L, You Z, Yu P, Ruan Q, Chen W. The first complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Nanorana parkeri and Nanorana ventripunctata (Amphibia: Anura: Dicroglossidae), with related phylogenetic analyses. Ecol Evol 2018; 8:6972-6987. [PMID: 30073060 PMCID: PMC6065340 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2017] [Revised: 04/20/2018] [Accepted: 04/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Members of the Nanorana genus (family Dicroglossidae) are often referred to as excellent model species with which to study amphibian adaptations to extreme environments and also as excellent keystone taxa for providing insights into the evolution of the Dicroglossidae. However, a complete mitochondrial genome is currently only available for Nanorana pleskei. Thus, we analyzed the complete mitochondrial genomes of Nanorana parkeri and Nanorana ventripunctata to investigate their evolutionary relationships within Nanorana and their phylogenetic position in the family Dicroglossidae. Our results showed that the genomes of N. parkeri (17,837 bp) and N. ventripunctata (18,373 bp) encode 13 protein‐coding genes (PCGs), two ribosomal RNA genes, 23 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes, and a noncoding control region. Overall sequences and genome structure of the two species showed high degree of similarity with N. pleskei, although the motif structures and repeat sequences of the putative control region showed clear differences among these three Nanorana species. In addition, a tandem repeat of the tRNA‐Met gene was found located between the tRNA‐Gln and ND2 genes. On both the 5′ and 3′‐sides, the control region possessed distinct repeat regions; however, the CSB‐2 motif was not found in N. pleskei. Based on the nucleotide sequences of 13 PCGs, our phylogenetic analyses, using Bayesian inference and maximum‐likelihood methods, illustrate the taxonomic status of Nanorana with robust support showing that N. ventripunctata and N. pleskei are more closely related than they are to N. parkeri. In conclusion, our analyses provide a more robust and reliable perspective on the evolutionary history of Dicroglossidae than earlier analyses, which used only a single species (N. pleskei).
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- Lichun Jiang
- Ecological Security and Protection Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province Mianyang Normal University Mianyang Sichuan China.,Key Laboratory for Molecular Biology and Biopharmaceutics School of Life Science and Technology Mianyang Normal University Mianyang Sichuan China
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- Ecological Security and Protection Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province Mianyang Normal University Mianyang Sichuan China
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- Key Laboratory for Molecular Biology and Biopharmaceutics School of Life Science and Technology Mianyang Normal University Mianyang Sichuan China
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- Key Laboratory for Molecular Biology and Biopharmaceutics School of Life Science and Technology Mianyang Normal University Mianyang Sichuan China
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- Ecological Security and Protection Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province Mianyang Normal University Mianyang Sichuan China
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