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Arntzen JW, Üzüm N, Ajduković MD, Ivanović A, Wielstra B. Absence of heterosis in hybrid crested newts. PeerJ 2018; 6:e5317. [PMID: 30065885 PMCID: PMC6063215 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.5317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2018] [Accepted: 07/04/2018] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Relationships between phylogenetic relatedness, hybrid zone spatial structure, the amount of interspecific gene flow and population demography were investigated, with the newt genus Triturus as a model system. In earlier work, a bimodal hybrid zone of two distantly related species combined low interspecific gene flow with hybrid sterility and heterosis was documented. Apart from that, a suite of unimodal hybrid zones in closely related Triturus showed more or less extensive introgressive hybridization with no evidence for heterosis. We here report on population demography and interspecific gene flow in two Triturus species (T. macedonicus and T. ivanbureschi in Serbia). These are two that are moderately related, engage in a heterogeneous uni-/bimodal hybrid zone and hence represent an intermediate situation. This study used 13 diagnostic nuclear genetic markers in a population at the species contact zone. This showed that all individuals were hybrids, with no parentals detected. Age, size and longevity and the estimated growth curves are not exceeding that of the parental species, so that we conclude the absence of heterosis in T. macedonicus-T. ivanbureschi. Observations across the genus support the hypothesis that fertile hybrids allocate resources to reproduction and infertile hybrids allocate resources to growth. Several Triturus species hybrid zones not yet studied allow the testing of this hypothesis.
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Adnan Menderes University, Aydin, Turkey
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- Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković”, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Institute of Zoology, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Arntzen JW, Wallis GP. RESTRICTED GENE FLOW IN A MOVING HYBRID ZONE OF THE NEWTSTRITURUS CRISTATUSANDT. MARMORATUSIN WESTERN FRANCE. Evolution 2017; 45:805-826. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1991.tb04352.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/1990] [Accepted: 11/21/1990] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- J. W. Arntzen
- Institute of Taxonomic Zoology; University of Amsterdam; Mauritskade 57, P.O. Box 4766 1009 AT Amsterdam THE NETHERLANDS
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- Department of Zoology; University of Leicester; University Road Leicester LEI 7RH UK
- Department of Zoology; University of Western Australia; Nedlands WA 6009 AUSTRALIA
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Vörös J, Mikulíček P, Major Á, Recuero E, Arntzen JW. Phylogeographic analysis reveals northerly refugia for the riverine amphibianTriturus dobrogicus(Caudata: Salamandridae). Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2016. [DOI: 10.1111/bij.12866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Judit Vörös
- Department of Zoology; Hungarian Natural History Museum; Baross u. 13. 1088 Budapest Hungary
- Molecular Taxonomy Laboratory; Hungarian Natural History Museum; Ludovika tér 2-6. 1083 Budapest Hungary
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- Department of Zoology; Faculty of Natural Sciences; Comenius University in Bratislava; Mlynská dolina Ilkovičova 6 SK-84215 Bratislava Slovak Republic
- Institute of Vertebrate Biology; Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic v.v.i.; Květná 8 CZ-60365 Brno Czech Republic
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- Molecular Taxonomy Laboratory; Hungarian Natural History Museum; Ludovika tér 2-6. 1083 Budapest Hungary
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- Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva; Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales MNCN-CSIC; C/José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2 28006 Madrid Spain
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- Naturalis Biodiversity Center; P.O. BOX 9517 2300 RA Leiden the Netherlands
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Wielstra B, Vörös J, Arntzen J. Is the Danube crested newt Triturus dobrogicus polytypic? A review and new nuclear DNA data. AMPHIBIA-REPTILIA 2016. [DOI: 10.1163/15685381-00003041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The Danube crested newtTriturus dobrogicushas been proposed to comprise two subspecies:T. d. dobrogicusandT. d. macrosoma. Uncertainty exists in the literature over their distribution and diagnosability. We conduct a multilocus phylogeographical survey and review published data to determine whether a two taxon treatment is warranted. Newly produced and published nuclear DNA data suggest intraspecific variation in the Pannonian Plain part of the range, but with extensive genetic admixture, whereas mitochondrial DNA data shows a lack of geographical structuring inT. dobrogicusaltogether. None of the studied morphological characters suggest the presence of two geographical groups inT. dobrogicusunequivocally. Although Danube Delta newts do have relatively short bodies compared to the remainder of the range (the Pannonian and Lower Danube Plains and the Dnepr Delta), we argue that this finding can be explained by phenotypic plasticity – particularly in light of the incongruent evolutionary scenario suggested by genetic data. We conclude that the total body of evidence does not support the two subspecies hypothesis and recommend thatT. dobrogicusis treated as a monotypic species.
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- Ben Wielstra
- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, S10 2TN Sheffield, UK
- Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, 1088 Budapest, Hungary
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- Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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Slijepčević M, Galis F, Arntzen JW, Ivanović A. Homeotic transformations and number changes in the vertebral column of Triturus newts. PeerJ 2015; 3:e1397. [PMID: 26587355 PMCID: PMC4647568 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.1397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2015] [Accepted: 10/20/2015] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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We explored intraspecific variation in vertebral formulae, more specifically the variation in the number of thoracic vertebrae and frequencies of transitional sacral vertebrae in Triturus newts (Caudata: Salamandridae). Within salamandrid salamanders this monophyletic group shows the highest disparity in the number of thoracic vertebrae and considerable intraspecific variation in the number of thoracic vertebrae. Triturus species also differ in their ecological preferences, from predominantly terrestrial to largely aquatic. Following Geoffroy St. Hilaire's and Darwin's rule which states that structures with a large number of serially homologous repetitive elements are more variable than structures with smaller numbers, we hypothesized that the variation in vertebral formulae increases in more elongated species with a larger number of thoracic vertebrae. We furthermore hypothesized that the frequency of transitional vertebrae will be correlated with the variation in the number of thoracic vertebrae within the species. We also investigated potential effects of species hybridization on the vertebral formula. The proportion of individuals with a number of thoracic vertebrae different from the modal number and the range of variation in number of vertebrae significantly increased in species with a larger number of thoracic vertebrae. Contrary to our expectation, the frequencies of transitional vertebrae were not correlated with frequencies of change in the complete vertebrae number. The frequency of transitional sacral vertebra in hybrids did not significantly differ from that of the parental species. Such a pattern could be a result of selection pressure against transitional vertebrae and/or a bias towards the development of full vertebrae numbers. Although our data indicate relaxed selection for vertebral count changes in more elongated, aquatic species, more data on different selective pressures in species with different numbers of vertebrae in the two contrasting, terrestrial and aquatic environments are needed to test for causality.
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- Maja Slijepčević
- Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković”, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Institute of Zoology, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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Haran J, Roques A, Bernard A, Robinet C, Roux G. Altitudinal Barrier to the Spread of an Invasive Species: Could the Pyrenean Chain Slow the Natural Spread of the Pinewood Nematode? PLoS One 2015; 10:e0134126. [PMID: 26222551 PMCID: PMC4519352 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2015] [Accepted: 07/06/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Mountain ranges may delimit the distribution of native species as well as constitute potential barriers to the spread of invasive species. The invasive pinewood nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, is a severe forest pest inducing pine wilt disease. It is vectored in Europe by a native long-horned beetle, Monochamus galloprovincialis. This study explored the potential of the Pyrenean chain to slow or prevent the natural spread of nematode-infested beetles from the Iberian Peninsula, where the nematode is established and is expanding its range, towards France and the rest of Europe. An analysis of the genetic structure and migration patterns of the beetle populations throughout the Pyrenean mountain range was combined with a spread model simulating the potential movements of nematode-infested beetles across it. The central part of the Pyrenees, which corresponds to the highest elevation zone, was shown to prevent gene flow between the French and Spanish populations of M. galloprovincialis on each side of the mountains. Conversely, strong admixture was detected between populations located on both sides of low elevation hills, and especially at the east and west extremities of the mountain range. Simulations of the spread of nematode-infested beetles under various thresholds of beetle survival and pine wilt disease expression gave results consistent with the variation in genetic make-up, suggesting that western and eastern hillsides may represent corridors favoring natural spread of the nematode from the Iberian Peninsula to France. Simulations also showed that temperature rise due to climate change may significantly reduce the extent of the barrier formed by highest elevations. Our results support the hypothesis that the Pyrenean chain represents a partial barrier to the natural spread of nematode-infested beetles. These results, which have to be considered together with potential human-assisted long-distance spread of the nematode, highlight priority zones for future pest monitoring and management programs. More generally, such an integrated approach could be used to assess the role of mountain chains in the potential spread of other invasive pests.
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- Julien Haran
- INRA, UR633 Zoologie Forestière, F-45075 Orléans, France
- Université d’Orléans, Orléans, France
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- INRA, UR633 Zoologie Forestière, F-45075 Orléans, France
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- INRA, UR633 Zoologie Forestière, F-45075 Orléans, France
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- INRA, UR633 Zoologie Forestière, F-45075 Orléans, France
- Université d’Orléans, Orléans, France
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Wielstra B, Babik W, Arntzen JW. The crested newtTriturus cristatusrecolonized temperate Eurasia from an extra-Mediterranean glacial refugium. Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2015. [DOI: 10.1111/bij.12446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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- Ben Wielstra
- Naturalis Biodiversity Center; P.O. Box 9517 2300 RA Leiden The Netherlands
- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences; University of Sheffield; Sheffield S10 2TN UK
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- Institute of Environmental Sciences; Jagiellonian University; Gronostajowa 7 30-387 Kraków Poland
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- Naturalis Biodiversity Center; P.O. Box 9517 2300 RA Leiden The Netherlands
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Arntzen JW, Wielstra B, Wallis GP. The modality of nineTriturusnewt hybrid zones assessed with nuclear, mitochondrial and morphological data. Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2014. [DOI: 10.1111/bij.12358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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- Jan W. Arntzen
- Naturalis Biodiversity Center; PO Box 9517 2300 RA Leiden the Netherlands
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- Naturalis Biodiversity Center; PO Box 9517 2300 RA Leiden the Netherlands
- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences; University of Sheffield; S10 2TN Sheffield UK
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- Naturalis Biodiversity Center; PO Box 9517 2300 RA Leiden the Netherlands
- Department of Zoology; University of Otago; PO Box 56 Dunedin 9054 New Zealand
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Wielstra B, Arntzen JW. Exploring the effect of asymmetric mitochondrial DNA introgression on estimating niche divergence in morphologically cryptic species. PLoS One 2014; 9:e95504. [PMID: 24743746 PMCID: PMC3990694 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2014] [Accepted: 03/27/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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If potential morphologically cryptic species, identified based on differentiated mitochondrial DNA, express ecological divergence, this increases support for their treatment as distinct species. However, mitochondrial DNA introgression hampers the correct estimation of ecological divergence. We test the hypothesis that estimated niche divergence differs when considering nuclear DNA composition or mitochondrial DNA type as representing the true species range. We use empirical data of two crested newt species (Amphibia: Triturus) which possess introgressed mitochondrial DNA from a third species in part of their ranges. We analyze the data in environmental space by determining Fisher distances in a principal component analysis and in geographical space by determining geographical overlap of species distribution models. We find that under mtDNA guidance in one of the two study cases niche divergence is overestimated, whereas in the other it is underestimated. In the light of our results we discuss the role of estimated niche divergence in species delineation.
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- Ben Wielstra
- Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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Wielstra B, Sillero N, Vörös J, Arntzen JW. The distribution of the crested and marbled newt species (Amphibia: Salamandridae: Triturus) – an addition to the New Atlas of Amphibians and Reptiles of Europe. AMPHIBIA-REPTILIA 2014. [DOI: 10.1163/15685381-00002960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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In the recently published New Atlas of Amphibians and Reptiles of Europe (Sillero et al., 2014a), the distribution of the newt genusTrituruswas not resolved at the level of the species. The main reason for this was the lack of high quality distribution data from in and around the parapatric contact zones between species, where interspecific hybridization occurs. We are working extensively onTriturusand the (particularly genetic) data we have accumulated allow us to map the individualTriturusspecies at the appropriate scale. We here provide a database composed of distribution data for the individual species, at generally high resolution, particularly from in and around contact zones. Based on this database we produce maps at the 50 × 50 km UTM grid resolution as used in the new atlas and highlight those grid cells in which more than oneTriturusspecies occurs.
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- Ben Wielstra
- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, S10 2TN Sheffield, UK
- Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Centro de Investigação em Ciências Geo-Espaciais, Observatório Astronómico Prof. Manuel de Barros, Alameda do Monte da Virgem, 4430-146 Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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- Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, 1088 Budapest, Hungary
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- Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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Wielstra B, Crnobrnja-Isailović J, Litvinchuk SN, Reijnen BT, Skidmore AK, Sotiropoulos K, Toxopeus AG, Tzankov N, Vukov T, Arntzen JW. Tracing glacial refugia of Triturus newts based on mitochondrial DNA phylogeography and species distribution modeling. Front Zool 2013; 10:13. [PMID: 23514662 PMCID: PMC3608019 DOI: 10.1186/1742-9994-10-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2013] [Accepted: 03/11/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION The major climatic oscillations during the Quaternary Ice Age heavily influenced the distribution of species and left their mark on intraspecific genetic diversity. Past range shifts can be reconstructed with the aid of species distribution modeling and phylogeographical analyses. We test the responses of the different members of the genus Triturus (i.e. the marbled and crested newts) as the climate shifted from the previous glacial period (the Last Glacial Maximum, ~21 Ka) to the current interglacial. RESULTS We present the results of a dense mitochondrial DNA phylogeography (visualizing genetic diversity within and divergence among populations) and species distribution modeling (using two different climate simulations) for the nine Triturus species on composite maps. CONCLUSIONS The combined use of species distribution modeling and mitochondrial phylogeography provides insight in the glacial contraction and postglacial expansion of Triturus. The combined use of the two independent techniques yields a more complete understanding of the historical biogeography of Triturus than both approaches would on their own. Triturus newts generally conform to the 'southern richness and northern purity' paradigm, but we also find more intricate patterns, such as the absence of genetic variation and suitable area at the Last Glacial Maximum (T. dobrogicus), an 'extra-Mediterranean' refugium in the Carpathian Basin (T. cristatus), and areas where species displaced one another postglacially (e.g. T. macedonicus and western T. karelinii). We provide a biogeographical scenario for Triturus, showing the positions of glacial refugia, the regions that were postglacially colonized and the areas where species displaced one another as they shifted their ranges.
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- Ben Wielstra
- Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P, O, Box 9517, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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- Lumír Gvoždík
- Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Department of Population Biology, Květná 8, 603 65 Brno, Czech Republic
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Mikulíček P, Horák A, Zavadil V, Kautman J, Piálek J. Hybridization between three crested newt species (Triturus cristatussuperspecies) in the Czech Republic and Slovakia: comparison of nuclear markers and mitochondrial DNA. FOLIA ZOOLOGICA 2012. [DOI: 10.25225/fozo.v61.i3.a4.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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- Peter Mikulíček
- Comenius University, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Zoology, Mlynská dolina B-1, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
- Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Květná 8, 603 65 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Biology Centre of Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Institute of Parasitology, Branišovská 31, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
- University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Molecular Biology, Branišovská 31, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- ENKI, o.p.s., Dukelská 145, 379 01 Třeboň, Czech Republic
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- Slovak National Museum — Museum of Natural History, Department of Zoology, Vajanského nábrežie 2, 814 36 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Květná 8, 603 65 Brno, Czech Republic
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Wielstra B, Arntzen JW. Postglacial species displacement in Triturus newts deduced from asymmetrically introgressed mitochondrial DNA and ecological niche models. BMC Evol Biol 2012; 12:161. [PMID: 22935041 PMCID: PMC3520116 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-12-161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2012] [Accepted: 08/25/2012] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND If the geographical displacement of one species by another is accompanied by hybridization, mitochondrial DNA can introgress asymmetrically, from the outcompeted species into the invading species, over a large area. We explore this phenomenon using the two parapatric crested newt species, Triturus macedonicus and T. karelinii, distributed on the Balkan Peninsula in south-eastern Europe, as a model. RESULTS We first delimit a ca. 54,000 km(2) area in which T. macedonicus contains T. karelinii mitochondrial DNA. This introgression zone bisects the range of T. karelinii, cutting off a T. karelinii enclave. The high similarity of introgressed mitochondrial DNA haplotypes with those found in T. karelinii suggests a recent transfer across the species boundary. We then use ecological niche modeling to explore habitat suitability of the location of the present day introgression zone under current, mid-Holocene and Last Glacial Maximum conditions. This area was inhospitable during the Last Glacial Maximum for both species, but would have been habitable at the mid-Holocene. Since the mid-Holocene, habitat suitability generally increased for T. macedonicus, whereas it decreased for T. karelinii. CONCLUSION The presence of a T. karelinii enclave suggests that T. karelinii was the first to colonize the area where the present day introgression zone is positioned after the Last Glacial Maximum. Subsequently, we propose T. karelinii was outcompeted by T. macedonicus, which captured T. karelinii mitochondrial DNA via introgressive hybridization in the process. Ecological niche modeling suggests that this replacement was likely facilitated by a shift in climate since the mid-Holocene. We suggest that the northwestern part of the current introgression zone was probably never inhabited by T. karelinii itself, and that T. karelinii mitochondrial DNA spread there through T. macedonicus exclusively. Considering the spatial distribution of the introgressed mitochondrial DNA and the signal derived from ecological niche modeling, we do not favor the hypothesis that foreign mitochondrial DNA was pulled into the T. macedonicus range by natural selection.
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- Ben Wielstra
- Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation – ITC, University of Twente, P.O. Box 6, 7500 AA, Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Wielstra B, Arntzen JW. Unraveling the rapid radiation of crested newts (Triturus cristatus superspecies) using complete mitogenomic sequences. BMC Evol Biol 2011; 11:162. [PMID: 21672214 PMCID: PMC3224112 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2011] [Accepted: 06/14/2011] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Background The rapid radiation of crested newts (Triturus cristatus superspecies) comprises four morphotypes: 1) the T. karelinii group, 2) T. carnifex - T. macedonicus, 3) T. cristatus and 4) T. dobrogicus. These vary in body build and the number of rib-bearing pre-sacral vertebrae (NRBV). The phylogenetic relationships of the morphotypes have not yet been settled, despite several previous attempts, employing a variety of molecular markers. We here resolve the crested newt phylogeny by using complete mitochondrial genome sequences. Results Bayesian inference based on the mitogenomic data yields a fully bifurcating, significantly supported tree, though Maximum Likelihood inference yields low support values. The internal branches connecting the morphotypes are short relative to the terminal branches. Seen from the root of Triturus (NRBV = 13), a basal dichotomy separates the T. karelinii group (NRBV = 13) from the remaining crested newts. The next split divides the latter assortment into T. carnifex - T. macedonicus (NRBV = 14) versus T. cristatus (NRBV = 15) and T. dobrogicus (NRBV = 16 or 17). Conclusions We argue that the Bayesian full mitochondrial DNA phylogeny is superior to previous attempts aiming to recover the crested newt species tree. Furthermore, our new phylogeny involves a maximally parsimonious interpretation of NRBV evolution. Calibrating the phylogeny allows us to evaluate potential drivers for crested newt cladogenesis. The split between the T. karelinii group and the three other morphotypes, at ca. 10.4 Ma, is associated with the separation of the Balkan and Anatolian landmasses (12-9 Ma). No currently known vicariant events can be ascribed to the other two splits, first at ca. 9.3 Ma, separating T. carnifex - T. macedonicus, and second at ca. 8.8 Ma, splitting T. cristatus and T. dobrogicus. The crested newt morphotypes differ in the duration of their annual aquatic period. We speculate on the role that this ecological differentiation could have played during speciation.
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- Ben Wielstra
- Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity-NCB Naturalis, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Wielstra B, Themudo GE, Güçlü Ö, Olgun K, Poyarkov N, Arntzen J. Cryptic crested newt diversity at the Eurasian transition: The mitochondrial DNA phylogeography of Near Eastern Triturus newts. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2010; 56:888-96. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.04.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2009] [Revised: 04/15/2010] [Accepted: 04/23/2010] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Multiple nuclear and mitochondrial genes resolve the branching order of a rapid radiation of crested newts (Triturus, Salamandridae). Mol Phylogenet Evol 2009; 52:321-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.03.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2008] [Revised: 02/27/2009] [Accepted: 03/28/2009] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Ramos Pereira MJ, Salgueiro P, Rodrigues L, Coelho MM, Palmeirim JM. Population structure of a cave-dwelling bat, Miniopterus schreibersii: does it reflect history and social organization? ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 100:533-44. [PMID: 19494031 DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esp032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Many colonial bat species make regional migrations, and the consequent gene flow may eliminate geographic genetic structure resulting from history of colonization. In this study, we verified that history and social organization have detectable impacts on the genetic structure of Miniopterus schreibersii, a cave-dwelling bat with high female philopatry. After studying all known nursing colonies in Portugal, we concluded that there is a significant geographic structure and that the overall pattern is similar for mitochondrial and nuclear DNA. Both pairwise Phi(ST) and F(ST) were significantly correlated with geographical distance, suggesting that isolation by distance is relevant for both mitochondrial and nuclear markers. However, structuring of mitochondrial DNA was much more marked than that of nuclear DNA, a consequence of the strong female philopatry and a bias for male-mediated gene flow. Wintering colonies were more genetically diverse than nursing colonies because the former receive individuals from distinct breeding populations. Haplotype diversity of the northern colonies, the more recent according to population expansion analyses, is only about half of that of the central and southern colonies. This is most likely a consequence of the colonization history of M. schreibersii, which presumably expanded northward from the south of the Iberian Peninsula or North Africa after the last glacial age.
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- Maria João Ramos Pereira
- Department of Animal Biology, Center for Environmental Biology, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal.
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GRAYBEAL ANNA. Phylogenetic relationships of bufonid frogs and tests of alternate macroevolutionary hypotheses characterizing their radiation. Zool J Linn Soc 2008. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1997.tb00139.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Goldberg TL, Ruvolo M. Molecular phylogenetics and historical biogeography of east African chimpanzees. Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2008. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.1997.tb01794.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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SUŠNIK SIMONA, SNOJ ALEŠ, DOVČ PETER. Evolutionary distinctness of grayling (Thymallus thymallus) inhabiting the Adriatic river system, as based on mtDNA variation. Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2008. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2001.tb01399.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Ursenbacher S, Schweiger S, Tomović L, Crnobrnja-Isailović J, Fumagalli L, Mayer W. Molecular phylogeography of the nose-horned viper (Vipera ammodytes, Linnaeus (1758)): evidence for high genetic diversity and multiple refugia in the Balkan peninsula. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2007; 46:1116-28. [PMID: 18267369 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2007] [Revised: 10/29/2007] [Accepted: 11/09/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The nose-horned viper (Vipera ammodytes) occurs in a large part of the south-eastern Europe and Asia Minor. Phylogenetic relationships were reconstructed for a total of 59 specimens using sequences from three mitochondrial regions (16S and cytochrome b genes, and control region, totalling 2308 bp). A considerable number of clades were observed within this species, showing a large genetic diversity within the Balkan peninsula. Splitting of the basal clades was evaluated to about 4 million years ago. Genetic results are in contradiction with presently accepted taxonomy based on morphological characters: V. a. gregorwallneri and V. a. ruffoi do not display any genetic difference compared with the nominotypic subspecies (V. a. ammodytes), involving that these subspecies can be regarded as synonyms. High genetic divergence in the central part of the Balkan peninsula is not concordant with low morphological differentiation. Finally, the extensive genetic diversity within the Balkan peninsula and the colonisation routes are discussed.
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- S Ursenbacher
- Laboratoire de Biologie de la Conservation, Département d'Ecologie et Evolution, Biophore, Université de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Vinšálková T, Gvoždík L. Mismatch between temperature preferences and morphology in F1 hybrid newts (Triturus carnifex×T. dobrogicus). J Therm Biol 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2007.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Hofman S, Spolsky C, Uzzell T, Cogălniceanu D, Babik W, Szymura JM. Phylogeography of the fire-bellied toads Bombina: independent Pleistocene histories inferred from mitochondrial genomes. Mol Ecol 2007; 16:2301-16. [PMID: 17561892 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2007.03309.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The fire-bellied toads Bombina bombina and Bombina variegata, interbreed in a long, narrow zone maintained by a balance between selection and dispersal. Hybridization takes place between local, genetically differentiated groups. To quantify divergence between these groups and reconstruct their history and demography, we analysed nucleotide variation at the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene (1096 bp) in 364 individuals from 156 sites representing the entire range of both species. Three distinct clades with high sequence divergence (K2P = 8-11%) were distinguished. One clade grouped B. bombina haplotypes; the two other clades grouped B. variegata haplotypes. One B. variegata clade included only Carpathian individuals; the other represented B. variegata from the southwestern parts of its distribution: Southern and Western Europe (Balkano-Western lineage), Apennines, and the Rhodope Mountains. Differentiation between the Carpathian and Balkano-Western lineages, K2P approximately 8%, approached interspecific divergence. Deep divergence among European Bombina lineages suggests their preglacial origin, and implies long and largely independent evolutionary histories of the species. Multiple glacial refugia were identified in the lowlands adjoining the Black Sea, in the Carpathians, in the Balkans, and in the Apennines. The results of the nested clade and demographic analyses suggest drastic reductions of population sizes during the last glacial period, and significant demographic growth related to postglacial colonization. Inferred history, supported by fossil evidence, demonstrates that Bombina ranges underwent repeated contractions and expansions. Geographical concordance between morphology, allozymes, and mtDNA shows that previous episodes of interspecific hybridization have left no detectable mtDNA introgression. Either the admixed populations went extinct, or selection against hybrids hindered mtDNA gene flow in ancient hybrid zones.
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- Sebastian Hofman
- Department of Comparative Anatomy, Jagiellonian University, Ingardena 6, 30-060 Kraków, Poland
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Schmitt T, Müller P. Limited hybridization along a large contact zone between two genetic lineages of the butterfly Erebia medusa (Satyrinae, Lepidoptera) in Central Europe. J ZOOL SYST EVOL RES 2007. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2006.00404.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Ursenbacher S, Conelli A, Golay P, Monney JC, Zuffi MAL, Thiery G, Durand T, Fumagalli L. Phylogeography of the asp viper (Vipera aspis) inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequence data: evidence for multiple Mediterranean refugial areas. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2005; 38:546-52. [PMID: 16213755 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2005.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2005] [Revised: 08/12/2005] [Accepted: 08/13/2005] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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- S Ursenbacher
- Laboratoire de Biologie de la Conservation, Département d'Ecologie et Evolution, Bâtiment de Biologie, Université de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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King TM, Kennedy M, Wallis GP. Phylogeographic genetic analysis of the alpine weta,Hemideina maori:evolution of a colour polymorphism and origins of a hybrid zone. J R Soc N Z 2003. [DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2003.9517755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The study of the patterns of reproductive isolation in relation to species divergence is critical for the understanding of the process of speciation. Comparative analyses of this kind were previously conducted in Drosophila, Lepidoptera, frogs, ducks, and birds in general. In the present study, we used information from the literature to analyze hybrid inviability in relation to species divergence in pigeons and doves. Four main patterns arose from this analysis: (1) as in the other groups studied, F1 hybrid inviability gradually increases as species diverge, the time needed to reach total inviability being higher in birds than in the other groups; (2) as expected, the presence of geographic overlap does not influence the evolution of postzygotic isolation; (3) the percentage of unhatched eggs does not differ between hybrids of the first generation and the backcrosses, but it increases in the second hybrid generation; and (4) pigeons and doves follow Haldane's rule, as found in the other groups studied so far. The similarity between the results of this and previous studies contributes to the growing evidence suggesting that the patterns of the evolution of postzygotic isolation, and the process of speciation in general, are shared among animal groups.
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- Darío A Lijtmaer
- División Ornitología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia, Avenida Angel Gallardo 470 (CI405DJR), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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García-París M, Alcobendas M, Buckley D, Wake DB. Dispersal of viviparity across contact zones in Iberian populations of fire salamanders (Salamandra) inferred from discordance of genetic and morphological traits. Evolution 2003; 57:129-43. [PMID: 12643573 DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2003.tb00221.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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We used partial sequences of the cytochrome b mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) gene, obtained from 76 individuals representing 45 populations of Iberian Salamandra salamandra plus 15 sequences of additional species of Salamandra and related genera, to investigate contact zones. These zones, identified by earlier allozymic and morphological analyses, are between populations of viviparous (S. s. bernardezi and S. s. fastuosa) and ovoviviparous (S. s. gallaica and S. s. terrestris) salamanders. The distribution of mtDNA and nuclear markers is mostly concordant at one contact zone (between S. s. gallaica and S. s. bernardezi), but at another (between S. s. fastuosa and S. s. terrestris) the markers are offset by about 250 km. The observed geographic variation fits a model of mtDNA capture. Among the potential mechanisms responsible for such discordance we favor a combination of range shifts due to climatic fluctuations and biased genetic admixture across moving contact zones. We apply our findings to the issue of possible homoplasy in the evolution of viviparity and conclude that viviparity likely arose only once within S. salamandra.
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- M García-París
- Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain.
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Zajc I, Arntzen JW. Evolutionary relationships among Europan newts (genus Triturus) as inferred from two mtDNA fragments. Pflugers Arch 2000. [DOI: 10.1007/bf03376509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Sumida M, Ogata M. Intraspecific Differentiation in the Japanese Brown Frog Rana japonica Inferred from Mitochondrial DNA Sequences of the CytochromebGene. Zoolog Sci 1998. [DOI: 10.2108/zsj.15.989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Walker D, Avise JC. PRINCIPLES OF PHYLOGEOGRAPHY AS ILLUSTRATED BY FRESHWATER AND TERRESTRIAL TURTLES IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1998. [DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.29.1.23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- DeEtte Walker
- Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602; e-mail: ,
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- Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602; e-mail: ,
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Mindell DP, Thacker CE. RATES OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION: Phylogenetic Issues and Applications. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1996. [DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.27.1.279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- David P. Mindell
- Department of Biology and Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1079
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- Department of Biology and Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1079
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Wallis GP. Population genetics and conservation in New Zealand: A hierarchical synthesis and recommendations for the 1990s. J R Soc N Z 1994. [DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1994.9517461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The Evolution of Courtship Behavior in Newts and Salamanders. ADVANCES IN THE STUDY OF BEHAVIOR 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/s0065-3454(08)60202-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Arntzen JW, Sparreboom M. A phylogeny for the Old World newts, genusTriturus: biochemical and behavioural data. J Zool (1987) 1989. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1989.tb02606.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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