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Alsamman AM, El Allali A, Mokhtar MM, Al-Sham’aa K, Nassar AE, Mousa KH, Kehel Z. AlignStatPlot: An R package and online tool for robust sequence alignment statistics and innovative visualization of big data. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0291204. [PMID: 37729135 PMCID: PMC10511070 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0291204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2023] [Accepted: 08/23/2023] [Indexed: 09/22/2023] Open
Abstract
Multiple sequence alignment (MSA) is essential for understanding genetic variations controlling phenotypic traits in all living organisms. The post-analysis of MSA results is a difficult step for researchers who do not have programming skills. Especially those working with large scale data and looking for potential variations or variable sample groups. Generating bi-allelic data and the comparison of wild and alternative gene forms are important steps in population genetics. Customising MSA visualisation for a single page view is difficult, making viewing potential indels and variations challenging. There are currently no bioinformatics tools that permit post-MSA analysis, in which data on gene and single nucleotide scales could be combined with gene annotations and used for cluster analysis. We introduce "AlignStatPlot," a new R package and online tool that is well-documented and easy-to use for MSA and post-MSA analysis. This tool performs both traditional and cutting-edge analyses on sequencing data and generates new visualisation methods for MSA results. When compared to currently available tools, AlignStatPlot provides a robust ability to handle and visualise diversity data, while the online version will save time and encourage researchers to focus on explaining their findings. It is a simple tool that can be used in conjunction with population genetics software.
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- African Genome Center, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Ben Guerir, Morocco
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- Agricultural Genetic Engineering Research Institute, Giza, Egypt
- African Genome Center, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Ben Guerir, Morocco
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- International Center for Agriculture Research in the Dry Areas, Giza, Egypt
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- Agricultural Genetic Engineering Research Institute, Giza, Egypt
- International Center for Agriculture Research in the Dry Areas, Giza, Egypt
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- Agricultural Genetic Engineering Research Institute, Giza, Egypt
- International Center for Agriculture Research in the Dry Areas, Giza, Egypt
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- International Center for Agriculture Research in the Dry Areas, Giza, Egypt
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Galbreath KE, Makarikov AA, Bell KC, Greiman SE, Allen JM, M S Haas G, Li C, Cook JA, Hoberg EP. Late Cenozoic History And The Role Of Beringia In Assembling A Holarctic Cestode Species Complex. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2023; 183:107775. [PMID: 36972794 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107775] [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: 01/10/2023] [Revised: 03/13/2023] [Accepted: 03/23/2023] [Indexed: 03/29/2023]
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The dynamic climate history that drove sea level fluctuation during past glacial periods mediated the movement of organisms between Asia and North America via the Bering Land Bridge. Investigations of the biogeographic histories of small mammals and their parasites demonstrate facets of a complex history of episodic geographic colonization and refugial isolation that structured diversity across the Holarctic. We use a large multi-locus nuclear DNA sequence dataset to robustly resolve relationships within the cestode genus Arostrilepis (Cyclophyllidea: Hymenolepididae), a widespread parasite of predominantly arvicoline rodents (voles, lemmings). Using this phylogeny, we confirm that several Asian Arostrilepis lineages colonized North America during up to four distinct glacial periods in association with different rodent hosts, consistent with taxon-pulse dynamics. A previously inferred westward dispersal across the land bridge is rejected. We also refine interpretations of past host colonization, providing evidence for several distinct episodes of expanding host range, which probably contributed to diversification by Arostrilepis. Finally, Arostrilepis is shown to be paraphyletic with respect to Hymenandrya thomomyis, a parasite of pocket gophers, confirming that ancient Arostrilepis species colonized new host lineages upon arriving in North America.
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- Kurt E Galbreath
- Northern Michigan University, 1401, Presque Isle Ave, Marquette, MI 49855.
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- Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900, Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90007
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- Department of Biology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30458
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- Biology Department, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV 89557
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- Northern Michigan University, 1401, Presque Isle Ave, Marquette, MI 49855
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- Key Laboratory of Exploration and Utilization of Aquatic Genetic Resources, Ministry of Education, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Biology and Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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- Department of Biology and Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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Raspopova AA, Lebedev VS, Searle JB, Bannikova AA. Discordant phylogenies in the
Sorex araneus
group (Soricidae, Mammalia): Footprints of past reticulations? ZOOL SCR 2023. [DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2023]
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Cornell University Ithaca New York USA
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Song WY, Onditi KO, Li XY, Chen ZZ, He SW, Li Q, Jiang XL. Decomposing niche components reveals simultaneous effects of opposite deterministic processes structuring alpine small mammal assembly. Front Ecol Evol 2023. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2022.999573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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IntroductionSpecies distribution in alpine areas is constrained by multiple abiotic and biotic stressors. This leads to discrepant assembly patterns between different locations and study objects as opposite niche-based processes—limiting similarity and habitat filtering—simultaneously structure communities, masking overall patterns. We aimed to address how these processes structure small mammal communities in the alpine tree line transition zone, one of the most distinct vegetation transitions between alpine and montane habitats.MethodsWe compiled a dataset of species checklist, phylogeny, and functional traits from field collection and published sources spanning 18 mountains in southwest China. We first examined hypothetical niche-based processes with frequently used phylogenetic and trait approaches using this dataset. The species traits were decomposed into different niche components to explore the respective effects of specific stressors. Indices representing evolutionary history, trait space, and pairwise species distance were estimated and compared with null model expectations. Linear mixed-effect models were used to assess the association patterns between diversity indices and elevation.ResultsThe results indicated that phylogenetic and functional richness were positively correlated with species richness. In contrast, distance-based indices were either negatively or weakly positively correlated with species richness. Null model analyses suggested no evidence of non-random phylogenetic or overall trait patterns. However, the resource acquisition niche tended to be more overdispersed (positive slopes), while the habitat affinity niche tended to be more clustered (negative slopes) beyond the high elevation tree line.DiscussionThese findings show that opposite niche-based processes simultaneously structure small mammal communities in alpine areas. Overall, the present study provides vital insights into the complexity of assembly processes in these habitats. It also highlights the importance of relating relevant traits to distinguish the influences of specific abiotic and biotic stressors.
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Multi-locus phylogeny and species delimitations of the striped-back shrew group (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae): Implications for cryptic diversity, taxonomy and multiple speciation patterns. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2022; 177:107619. [PMID: 36007821 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107619] [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: 11/26/2021] [Revised: 08/01/2022] [Accepted: 08/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The striped-back shrew group demonstrates remarkable variation in skull and body size, tail length, and brightness of the dorsal stripe; and karyotypic and DNA variation has been reported in recent years. In this study, we investigated the phylogenetic structure of the group, as well as speciation patterns and demographic history in Mountains of Southwestern China and adjacent mountains, including the southern Himalayas, Mts. Bashan, Wushan, and Qinling. We sequenced a total of 462 specimens from 126 localities in the known range of the group, which were sequenced and analyzed based on 6.2 kb of sequence data from two mitochondrial, six nuclear, and two Y chromosome markers. Phylogenetic analyses of the concatenated mtDNA data revealed 14 sympatric and independently evolving lineages within the striped-back shrew group, including Sorex bedfordiae, S. cylindricauda, S. excelsus, S. sinalis and several cryptic species. All concatenated data (ten genes) showed a consistent genetic structure compared to the mtDNA lineages for the group, whereas the nuclear and the Y chromosome data showed a discordant genetic structure compared to the mtDNA lineages for the striped-back shrew group. Species delimitation analyses and deep genetic distance clearly support the species status of the 14 evolving lineages. The divergence time estimation suggested that the striped-back shrew group began to diversify from the middle Pleistocene (2.34 Ma), then flourished at approximately 2.14 Ma, followed by a series of rapid diversifications through the Pleistocene. Our results also revealed multiple mechanisms of speciation in the Mountains of Southwestern China and Adjacent Mountains with complex landscapes and climate. The uplifting of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, Quaternary climate oscillations, riverine barriers, ecological elevation gradients, topographical diversity, and their own low dispersal capacity may have driven the speciation, genetic structure, and phylogeographic patterns of the striped-back shrew group.
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High diversity of small insectivorous mammals on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and first description of karyotype for four endemics of China. Sci Rep 2021; 11:24496. [PMID: 34969948 PMCID: PMC8718536 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-03809-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2021] [Accepted: 12/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Among seven species of the order Eulipotyphla (from southern Gansu and northern Sichuan Provinces, Central China) studied cytogenetically, karyotypes of one talpid species, Uropsilus aff. soricipes (2n = 36, NFa = 54), and three soricid species, Chodsigoa hypsibia (2n = 65, NFa = 66), Sorex cansulus (2n = 42, NFa = 64) and Sorex thibetanus (2n = 42, NFa = 60), are described cytogenetically for the first time. All four species are endemic to China with distribution ranges restricted to the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau and adjacent mountain ranges. The Ch. hypsibia karyotype consists of mostly acrocentric autosomes and one metacentric pair of autosomes; besides, a B chromosome was identified. No polymorphism was detected among karyotypes of other species, including shrews Sorex bedfordiae (2n = 26, NFa = 44), Anourosorex squamipes (2n = 48, NFa = 92) and Crocidura suaveolens (2n = 40, NFa = 44). The Chinese shrew mole U. aff. soricipes and three shrew species (S. bedfordiae, Ch. hypsibia and A. squamipes) represent autochthonous fauna of Central/Western China, whereas S. thibetanus, S. cansulus and C. suaveolens belong to phylogenetic groups occurring mostly to the north and west from China; therefore, they should be considered relatively recent colonisers. Thus, considering the relationships of the species within phylogenetic groups, our results on karyotypes are in good agreement with molecular genetic data.
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Phylogeographic pattern and Pleistocene range reconstruction in the long-tailed hamster Cricetulus longicaudatus (Rodentia, Cricetidae) support its Tibetan origin. MAMMAL RES 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s13364-021-00585-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Greiman SE, Cook JA, Odom T, Cranmer K, Liphardt SW, Menning DM, Sonsthagen SA, Talbot SL. Microbiomes From Biorepositories? 16S rRNA Bacterial Amplicon Sequencing of Archived and Contemporary Intestinal Samples of Wild Mammals (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae). Front Ecol Evol 2020. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2020.555386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Bannikova AA, Jenkins PD, Solovyeva EN, Pavlova SV, Demidova TB, Simanovsky SA, Sheftel BI, Lebedev VS, Fang Y, Dalen L, Abramov AV. Who are you, Griselda? A replacement name for a new genus of the Asiatic short-tailed shrews (Mammalia, Eulipotyphla, Soricidae): molecular and morphological analyses with the discussion of tribal affinities. Zookeys 2019; 888:133-158. [PMID: 31754323 PMCID: PMC6861342 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.888.37982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2019] [Accepted: 10/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The first genetic study of the holotype of the Gansu short-tailed shrew, Blarinella griselda Thomas, 1912, is presented. The mitochondrial analysis demonstrated that the type specimen of B. griselda is close to several recently collected specimens from southern Gansu, northern Sichuan and Shaanxi, which are highly distinct from the two species of Asiatic short-tailed shrews of southern Sichuan, Yunnan, and Vietnam, B. quadraticauda and B. wardi. Our analysis of four nuclear genes supported the placement of B. griselda as sister to B. quadraticauda / B. wardi, with the level of divergence between these two clades corresponding to that among genera of Soricinae. A new generic name, Parablarinella, is proposed for the Gansu short-tailed shrew. Karyotypes of Parablarinella griselda (2n = 49, NFa = 50) and B. quadraticauda (2n = 49, NFa = 62) from southern Gansu are described. The tribal affinities of Blarinellini and Blarinini are discussed.
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- Anna A. Bannikova
- Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Vorobievy Gory, 1/12, Moscow, Russia 2 The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UKLomonosov Moscow State UniversityMoscowRussia
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- Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Vorobievy Gory, 1/12, Moscow, Russia 2 The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UKLomonosov Moscow State UniversityMoscowRussia
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- Zoological Museum of Lomonosov Moscow State University, B. Nikitskaya 6, Moscow, RussiaZoological Museum of Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityMoscowRussia
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- A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr. 33, Moscow, RussiaA.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of SciencesMoscowRussia
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- A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr. 33, Moscow, RussiaA.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of SciencesMoscowRussia
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- A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr. 33, Moscow, RussiaA.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of SciencesMoscowRussia
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- A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr. 33, Moscow, RussiaA.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of SciencesMoscowRussia
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- Zoological Museum of Lomonosov Moscow State University, B. Nikitskaya 6, Moscow, RussiaZoological Museum of Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityMoscowRussia
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- Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100101, ChinaInstitute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of ScienceBeijingChina
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Genetics of Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, SwedenDepartment of Bioinformatics and Genetics of Swedish Museum of Natural HistoryStockholmSweden
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- Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab. 1, Saint-Petersburg 199034, RussiaZoological Institute, Russian Academy of SciencesSaint-PetersburgRussia
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Voyta LL, Zazhigin VS, Petrova EA, Krjutchkova LY. Shrew dentition (Lipotyphla: Soricidae)—endodontic morphology and its phylogenetic resolving power. MAMMAL RES 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s13364-019-00455-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Stojak J, Tarnowska E. Polish suture zone as the goblet of truth in post-glacial history of mammals in Europe. MAMMAL RES 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s13364-019-00433-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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