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Frantz AC, McDevitt AD, Pope LC, Kochan J, Davison J, Clements CF, Elmeros M, Molina-Vacas G, Ruiz-Gonzalez A, Balestrieri A, Van Den Berge K, Breyne P, Do Linh San E, Ågren EO, Suchentrunk F, Schley L, Kowalczyk R, Kostka BI, Ćirović D, Šprem N, Colyn M, Ghirardi M, Racheva V, Braun C, Oliveira R, Lanszki J, Stubbe A, Stubbe M, Stier N, Burke T. Revisiting the phylogeography and demography of European badgers (Meles meles) based on broad sampling, multiple markers and simulations. Heredity (Edinb) 2014; 113:443-53. [PMID: 24781805 PMCID: PMC4220720 DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2014.45] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2013] [Revised: 02/04/2014] [Accepted: 02/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
Although the phylogeography of European mammals has been extensively investigated since the 1990s, many studies were limited in terms of sampling distribution, the number of molecular markers used and the analytical techniques employed, frequently leading to incomplete postglacial recolonisation scenarios. The broad-scale genetic structure of the European badger (Meles meles) is of interest as it may result from historic restriction to glacial refugia and/or recent anthropogenic impact. However, previous studies were based mostly on samples from western Europe, making it difficult to draw robust conclusions about the location of refugia, patterns of postglacial expansion and recent demography. In the present study, continent-wide sampling and analyses with multiple markers provided evidence for two glacial refugia (Iberia and southeast Europe) that contributed to the genetic variation observed in badgers in Europe today. Approximate Bayesian computation provided support for a colonisation of Scandinavia from both Iberian and southeastern refugia. In the whole of Europe, we observed a decline in genetic diversity with increasing latitude, suggesting that the reduced diversity in the peripheral populations resulted from a postglacial expansion processes. Although MSVAR v.1.3 also provided evidence for recent genetic bottlenecks in some of these peripheral populations, the simulations performed to estimate the method's power to correctly infer the past demography of our empirical populations suggested that the timing and severity of bottlenecks could not be established with certainty. We urge caution against trying to relate demographic declines inferred using MSVAR with particular historic or climatological events.
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Affiliation(s)
- A C Frantz
- NERC Biomolecular Analysis Facility,
Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield,
Sheffield, UK
- Musée National d'Histoire
Naturelle, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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- School of Biology and Environmental
Science, University College Dublin, Dublin,
Ireland
| | - L C Pope
- School of Biological Science, University
of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland,
Australia
| | - J Kochan
- Department of Genetics and Animal
Breeding, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences,
Wrocław, Poland
| | - J Davison
- Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences,
University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
| | - C F Clements
- NERC Biomolecular Analysis Facility,
Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield,
Sheffield, UK
| | - M Elmeros
- Department of Bioscience, Aarhus
University, Rønde, Denmark
| | - G Molina-Vacas
- Animal Biology Department, University of
Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
| | - A Ruiz-Gonzalez
- Department of Zoology, Biogeography and
Population Dynamics Research Group, University of the Basque Country,
UPV/EHU, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
| | - A Balestrieri
- Department of Biosciences, University
of Milan, Milan, Italy
| | - K Van Den Berge
- Research Institute for Nature and
Forest, Geraardsbergen, Belgium
| | - P Breyne
- Research Institute for Nature and
Forest, Geraardsbergen, Belgium
| | - E Do Linh San
- Department of Zoology and Entomology,
University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa
| | - E O Ågren
- National Veterinary Institute,
Department of Pathology and Wildlife Diseases, Uppsala,
Sweden
| | - F Suchentrunk
- Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology,
University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna,
Austria
| | - L Schley
- Administration de la nature et des
forêts, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
| | - R Kowalczyk
- Mammal Research Institute,
Bialowieza, Poland
| | - B I Kostka
- Queen's University Belfast,
Northern Ireland, UK
| | - D Ćirović
- Faculty of Biology, University of
Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
| | - N Šprem
- Department of Fisheries, Beekeeping,
Game Management and Special Zoology, University of Zagreb,
Zagreb, Croatia
| | - M Colyn
- CNRS, UMR 6553, ECOBIO,
Université de Rennes 1, Rennes, France
| | - M Ghirardi
- Università degli Studi di
Torino, Torino, Italy
| | - V Racheva
- Balkani Wildlife Society,
Sofia, Bulgaria
| | - C Braun
- 9 chemin du Kilbs,
Bischoffsheim, France
| | - R Oliveira
- Departamento de Zoologia e
Antropologia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto,
Porto, Portugal
| | - J Lanszki
- Department of Nature Conservation,
University of Kaposvár, Kaposvár,
Hungary
| | - A Stubbe
- Domplatz 4,
Halle/Saale, Germany
| | - M Stubbe
- Domplatz 4,
Halle/Saale, Germany
| | - N Stier
- Institute of Forest Botany and Forest
Zoology, Dresden University of Technology, Tharandt,
Germany
| | - T Burke
- NERC Biomolecular Analysis Facility,
Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield,
Sheffield, UK
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Greenberg DB, Goorin A, Gebhardt MC, Gupta L, Stier N, Harmon D, Mankin H. Quality of life in osteosarcoma survivors. Oncology (Williston Park) 1994; 8:19-25; discussion 25-6, 32, 35. [PMID: 7826837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
Abstract
Charts of 89 osteosarcoma survivors from Massachusetts General Hospital and The Children's Hospital/Dana Farber Cancer Center, who had received primary treatment more than 1 year previously and had no evidence of disease, were reviewed. Sixty-two patients, mean 12 years from diagnosis, agreed to structured interviews. Rates of psychopathology did not differ significantly from the general population. High distress was noted in 13%. Twenty-three normal progeny had been born postchemotherapy to eight women and the wives of five male patients. One pregnancy was complicated by doxorubicin-induced cardiac toxicity. Only two with previous childhood tumors believed themselves infertile. All felt the effort to save the limb was worthwhile. In most, ongoing pain was mild; phantom pain and neuralgia common. Most survivors were in good mental and physical health with the capacity to bear children.
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- D B Greenberg
- Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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