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Erdin M, Polat C, Smura T, Irmak S, Cetintas O, Cogal M, Colak F, Karatas A, Sozen M, Matur F, Vapalahti O, Sironen T, Oktem IMA. Phylogenetic Characterization of Orthohantavirus dobravaense (Dobrava Virus). Emerg Infect Dis 2024; 30:779-782. [PMID: 38526228 PMCID: PMC10977844 DOI: 10.3201/eid3004.230912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/26/2024] Open
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We report complete coding sequences of Orthohantavirus dobravaense (Dobrava virus) Igneada strains and phylogenetic characterization of all available complete coding sequences. Our analyses suggested separation of host-dependent lineages, followed by geographic clustering. Surveillance of orthohantaviruses using complete genomes would be useful for assessing public health threats from Dobrava virus.
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Çelebi B, Yeni DK, Yılmaz Y, Matur F, Babür C, Öktem MA, Sözen M, Karataş A, Raoult D, Mediannikov O, Fournier PE. Borrelia miyamotoi in wild rodents from four different regions of Turkey. Ticks Tick Borne Dis 2023; 14:102143. [PMID: 36857879 DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2023.102143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2022] [Revised: 12/26/2022] [Accepted: 01/31/2023] [Indexed: 03/03/2023]
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Borrelia miyamotoi is a tick-borne zoonotic agent that causes hard tick-borne relapsing fever, an emerging disease in humans. Some small mammalian and bird species are reported to be reservoirs of B. miyamotoi. This study aims to examine Borrelia species present in rodents captured from rural areas of Turkey. Blood samples of rodents were initially screened with Borrelia 16S rRNA qPCR. The Borrelia flaB gene was subsequently amplified by conventional PCR, after which all positive samples were sequenced. Borrelia miyamotoi was observed in nine out of 536 blood samples (1.7%) collected from wild rodents. Phylogenetic analysis showed that all positive samples belonged to the European genotype clade of B. miyamotoi. PCR positivity was 5.3%, 3.7%, and 1.8% in Apodemus uralensis, Apodemus flavicollis, and Myodes glareolus, respectively. Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato that causes Lyme borreliosis in humans could not be detected in the rodents. In this study, presence of B. miyamotoi DNA is reported for the first time in rodents in Turkey.
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- Bekir Çelebi
- Microbiology Reference Laboratory Department, General Directorate of Public Health, Ministry of Health, Ankara, Turkey.
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- Veterinary Control Central Research Institute, Bacterial Disease Laboratory, Ankara, Turkey
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- Microbiology Reference Laboratory Department, General Directorate of Public Health, Ministry of Health, Ankara, Turkey
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- Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Science, Biology Department, Izmir, Turkey
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- Microbiology Reference Laboratory Department, General Directorate of Public Health, Ministry of Health, Ankara, Turkey
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- Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Izmir, Turkey
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- Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University, Faculty of Science, Biology Department, Zonguldak, Turkey
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- Nigde Omer Halisdemir University, Faculty of Science, Biology Department, Nigde, Turkey
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- Institut Méditerranée-Infection, Marseille, France; Aix-Marseille University, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), UMR Microbes Evolution Phylogeny and Infections (MEPHI), Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France
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- Institut Méditerranée-Infection, Marseille, France; Aix-Marseille University, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), UMR Microbes Evolution Phylogeny and Infections (MEPHI), Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France
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- Institut Méditerranée-Infection, Marseille, France; Aix-Marseille University, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), UMR Microbes Evolution Phylogeny and Infections (MEPHI), Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France
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Polat C, Çelebi B, Irmak S, Karataş A, Çolak F, Matur F, Sözen M, Öktem IMA. Characterization of Bartonella taylorii Strains in Small Mammals of the Turkish Thrace. Ecohealth 2020; 17:477-486. [PMID: 33788082 DOI: 10.1007/s10393-021-01518-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2020] [Revised: 11/26/2020] [Accepted: 01/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Rodents play role as a reservoir for some Bartonella species which cause different clinical manifestations in humans. Bartonella spp. existence in rodents of Turkish Thrace has been detected for the first time, and the risky habitat types were evaluated for the infection. Ninety individuals belonging to three small rodent species were screened by PCR, and the overall prevalence of Bartonella infection was 22.2%. The strains were characterized molecularly based on the phylogenetic analyses of two housekeeping genes, rpoB and gltA. They clustered with B. taylorii. The significant effects of habitat types and rodent species on Bartonella infections were observed. It was detected that B. taylorii prevalence was the highest in the swamp forest habitat and A. flavicollis species. The present study demonstrates that A. flavicollis is the reservoir of B. taylorii in the European part of Turkey.
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- Ceylan Polat
- Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
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- Department of Zoonotic and Vector Disease, General Directorate of Public Health, Republic of Turkey Ministry of Health, Ankara, Turkey
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- Science and Technology Application and Research Center, Balıkesir University, Balıkesir, Turkey
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University, Niğde, Turkey
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University, Zonguldak, Turkey
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University, Zonguldak, Turkey
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Tarkhnishvili D, Yanchukov A, Şahin MK, Gabelaia M, Murtskhvaladze M, Candan K, Galoyan E, Arakelyan M, Iankoshvili G, Kumlutaş Y, Ilgaz Ç, Matur F, Çolak F, Erdolu M, Kurdadze S, Barateli N, Anderson CL. Genotypic similarities among the parthenogenetic Darevskia rock lizards with different hybrid origins. BMC Evol Biol 2020; 20:122. [PMID: 32938384 PMCID: PMC7493426 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-020-01690-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2020] [Accepted: 09/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The majority of parthenogenetic vertebrates derive from hybridization between sexually reproducing species, but the exact number of hybridization events ancestral to currently extant clonal lineages is difficult to determine. Usually, we do not know whether the parental species are able to contribute their genes to the parthenogenetic vertebrate lineages after the initial hybridization. In this paper, we address the hypothesis, whether some genotypes of seven phenotypically distinct parthenogenetic rock lizards (genus Darevskia) could have resulted from back-crosses of parthenogens with their presumed parental species. We also tried to identify, as precise as possible, the ancestral populations of all seven parthenogens. RESULTS We analysed partial mtDNA sequences and microsatellite genotypes of all seven parthenogens and their presumed ansectral species, sampled across the entire geographic range of parthenogenesis in this group. Our results confirm the previous designation of the parental species, but further specify the maternal populations that are likely ancestral to different parthenogenetic lineages. Contrary to the expectation of independent hybrid origins of the unisexual taxa, we found that genotypes at multiple loci were shared frequently between different parthenogenetic species. The highest proportions of shared genotypes were detected between (i) D. sapphirina and D. bendimahiensis and (ii) D. dahli and D. armeniaca, and less often between other parthenogens. In case (ii), genotypes at the remaining loci were notably distinct. CONCLUSIONS We suggest that both observations (i-ii) can be explained by two parthenogenetic forms tracing their origin to a single initial hybridization event. In case (ii), however, occasional gene exchange between the unisexual and the parental bisexual species could have taken place after the onset of parthenogenetic reproduction. Indeed, backcrossed polyploid hybrids are relatively frequent in Darevskia, although no direct evidence of recent gene flow has been previously documented. Our results further suggest that parthenogens are losing heterozygosity as a result of allelic conversion, hence their fitness is expected to decline over time as genetic diversity declines. Backcrosses with the parental species could be a rescue mechanism which might prevent this decline, and therefore increase the persistance of unisexual forms.
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- Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Institute of Ecology, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia
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- Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir, Turkey
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- Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir, Turkey
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- Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir, Turkey
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- Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir, Turkey
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- Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University, Zonguldak, Turkey
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- Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Ankara, Turkey
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- Institute of Ecology, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia
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- Institute of Ecology, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia
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- Institute of Ecology, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia
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Karakuş M, Öktem MA, Sözen M, Matur F, Çolak F, Nalçaci M, Özbel Y, Töz S. First molecular detection and identification of Leishmania species in small wild rodents from Turkey. Parasitology 2020; 147:1088-1093. [PMID: 32404216 PMCID: PMC10317722 DOI: 10.1017/s0031182020000803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2020] [Revised: 05/06/2020] [Accepted: 05/07/2020] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease infecting animals and humans. Two clinical forms (Visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis) and four species are reported to be present in Turkey. Several studies have investigated canine and human leishmaniasis in Turkey but no study was performed to screen the infection among wild rodents, so far. The present study aims to investigate the role of small wild rodents as reservoir animals for Leishmania spp. in different regions of Turkey. Formalin-preserved tissue samples (spleen, liver, lung) of 712 rodents from 30 provinces were screened for the presence of Leishmania spp. DNA. Before DNA extraction, tissues were dried, rehydrated, and homogenated. Leishmania screening in rodent tissues and species determination was performed with a combination of real-time kDNA and ITS1 polymerase chain reaction protocols. Eight (1.12%) out of 712 animals were found to be positive for Leishmania spp. DNA and species typing revealed five L. infantum, two L. tropica and one L. major among positives. Leishmania major and L. infantum DNA were detected in Apodemus spp. from Zonguldak province located in the Western Black Sea Region, while L. tropica DNA was found in Meriones sp. and Gerbillus dasyurus from Adana and Hatay provinces located in Eastern Mediterranean Region of Turkey. The present study is first to report natural infection of L. infantum, L. major and L. tropica in small wild rodents in Turkey, suggesting their possible roles as reservoirs. Further studies are needed for planning epidemiological studies and also for developing rodent control measures in risky endemic areas to break the transmission cycle.
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- Mehmet Karakuş
- University of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology, İstanbul, Turkey
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- Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, İzmir, Turkey
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- Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology, Zonguldak, Turkey
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- Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, İzmir, Turkey
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- Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology, Zonguldak, Turkey
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- Ege University Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Department of Biology, Bornova, İzmir, Turkey
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- Ege University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Izmir, Turkey
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- Ege University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Izmir, Turkey
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Renaud S, Hardouin EA, Chevret P, Papayiannis K, Lymberakis P, Matur F, Garcia-Rodriguez O, Andreou D, Çetintaş O, Sözen M, Hadjisterkotis E, Mitsainas GP. Morphometrics and genetics highlight the complex history of Eastern Mediterranean spiny mice. Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blaa063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Spiny mice of the Acomys cahirinus group display a complex geographical structure in the Eastern Mediterranean area, as shown by previous genetic and chromosomal studies. To better elucidate the evolutionary relationships between insular populations from Crete and Cyprus and continental populations from North Africa and Cilicia in Turkey, genetic and morphometric variations were investigated, based on mitochondrial D-loop sequences, and the size and shape of the first upper molar. The Cypriot and the Cilician populations show idiosyncratic divergence in molar size and shape, while Cretan populations present a geographical structure with at least three differentiated subpopulations, as shown by congruent distributions of haplogroups, Robertsonian fusions and morphometric variation. A complex history of multiple introductions is probably responsible for this structure, and insular isolation coupled with habitat shift should have further promoted a pronounced and rapid morphological evolution in molar size and shape on Crete and Cyprus.
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- Sabrina Renaud
- Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, UMR5558, CNRS, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Université de Lyon, Campus de la Doua, Villeurbanne, France
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Bournemouth University, Poole, Dorset, UK
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- Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, UMR5558, CNRS, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Université de Lyon, Campus de la Doua, Villeurbanne, France
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- Archéozoologie – Archéobotanique, Société, Pratiques et Environnements (ASPE), UMR 7209 CNRS, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 55 rue Buffon, Paris, France
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- Natural History Museum of Crete, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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- Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Dokuz Eylül University, Buca, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Bournemouth University, Poole, Dorset, UK
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Bournemouth University, Poole, Dorset, UK
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- Department of Biology, Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University, Zonguldak, Turkey
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- Department of Biology, Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University, Zonguldak, Turkey
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- Section of Animal Biology, Department of Biology, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
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Solak HM, Yanchukov A, Çolak F, Matur F, Sözen M, Ayanoğlu İC, Winternitz JC. Altitudinal Effects on Innate Immune Response of a Subterranean Rodent. Zoolog Sci 2020; 37:31-41. [PMID: 32068372 DOI: 10.2108/zs190067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2019] [Accepted: 08/27/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Immune defense is costly to maintain and deploy, and the optimal investment into immune defense depends on risk of infection. Altitude is a natural environmental factor that is predicted to affect parasite abundance, with lower parasite abundance predicted at higher altitudes due to stronger environmental stressors, which reduce parasite transmission. Using high and low altitude populations of the Turkish blind mole-rat (TBMR) Nannospalax xanthodon, we tested for effects of altitude on constitutive innate immune defense. Field studies were performed with 32 wild animals in 2017 and 2018 from two low- and one high-altitude localities in the Central Taurus Mountains, at respective altitudes of 1010 m, 1115 m, and 2900 m above sea level. We first compared innate standing immune defense as measured by the bacteria-killing ability of blood serum. We then measured corticosterone stress hormone levels, as stressful conditions may affect immune response. Finally, we compared prevalence and intensity of gastrointestinal parasites of field-captured TBMR. We found that the bacteria-killing ability of serum is greater in the mole-rat samples from high altitude. There was no significant difference in stress (corticosterone) levels between altitude categories. Coccidian prevalence and abundance were significantly higher in 2017 than 2018 samples, but there was no significant difference in prevalence, abundance, or intensity between altitudes, or between sexes. Small sample sizes may have reduced power to detect true differences; nevertheless, this study provides support that greater standing innate immunity in high altitude animals may reflect greater investment into constitutive defense.
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- Halil Mert Solak
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Science, Bülent Ecevit University, Farabi Campus, 67100, İncivez, Zonguldak, Turkey
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Science, Bülent Ecevit University, Farabi Campus, 67100, İncivez, Zonguldak, Turkey
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Science, Bülent Ecevit University, Farabi Campus, 67100, İncivez, Zonguldak, Turkey
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Dokuz Eylül University, Tınaztepe Campus, 35390, Buca, İzmir, Turkey
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Science, Bülent Ecevit University, Farabi Campus, 67100, İncivez, Zonguldak, Turkey
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Science, Middle East Technical University, 06800 Çankaya, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Animal Behavior, Bielefeld University, Morgenbreede 45, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany,
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Colak F, Matur F. Do Seismic Signals Diverge at the Level of Cytotypes in Turkish Blind Mole Rats? PAK J ZOOL 2020. [DOI: 10.17582/journal.pjz/20190219110254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Usluca S, Celebi B, Karasartova D, Gureser AS, Matur F, Oktem MA, Sozen M, Karatas A, Babur C, Mumcuoglu KY, Taylan Ozkan A. Molecular Survey of Babesia microti (Aconoidasida: Piroplasmida) in Wild Rodents in Turkey. J Med Entomol 2019; 56:1605-1609. [PMID: 31143936 DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjz084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Babesia microti (Aconoidasida: Piroplasmida) (Franca, 1910) is an important tick-borne zoonotic parasite with rodents serving as reservoir hosts. In the present study, 536 rodents were captured from Burdur, Bartin, Giresun, and Yozgat provinces of Turkey between the years 2010 and 2012, and blood samples were examined for the presence of Babesia spp. using conventional PCR which targeted the 18S rRNA gene. The sequence analysis of PCR amplicons was tested for B. microti as well as for Hepatozoon spp., and Sarcocystis spp. Overall, 5.8% of the rodents were positive for B. microti: 41% in Myodes glareolus, 7.7% in Chionomys roberti, and 2% in Apodemus spp., whereas no Babesia DNA was detected in Mus macedonicus and Microtus spp. Six rodents were positive for Hepatozoon spp. and one rodent was positive for Sarcocystis spp. Overall, 14.9 and 4.5% of rodents captured from Bartin and Giresun provinces, respectively, were PCR positive for B. microti, whereas none of rodents captured in Burdur and Yozgat were positive for Babesia spp. The sequence data of B. microti from rodents revealed that all sequences belonged to the zoonotic genotype. Sequences of B. microti obtained from rodents of the Bartin province were genotypically closer to European isolates, whereas those obtained from rodents of the Giresun province were closer to Russian and Mongolian isolates.
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- Selma Usluca
- General Directorate of Public Health, Microbiology Reference Laboratories and Biological Products Department, Ankara, Turkey
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- General Directorate of Public Health Department of Zoonotic and Vectorial Diseases, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Microbiology, Hitit University, Faculty of Medicine, Corum, Turkey
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- Department of Microbiology, Hitit University, Faculty of Medicine, Corum, Turkey
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- Biology Department, Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Science, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
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- Biology Department, Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University, Faculty of Science, Zonguldak, Turkey
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- Biology Department, Nigde Omer Halisdemir University, Faculty of Science, Nigde, Turkey
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- General Directorate of Public Health, Microbiology Reference Laboratories and Biological Products Department, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Parasitology Unit, The Hebrew University - Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Microbiology, Hitit University, Faculty of Medicine, Corum, Turkey
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Matur F, Yanchukov A, Çolak F, Sözen M. Two major clades of blind mole rats (Nannospalax sp.) revealed by mtDNA and microsatellite genotyping in Western and Central Turkey. Mamm Biol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2018.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Polat C, Ergünay K, Irmak S, Erdin M, Brinkmann A, Çetintaş O, Çoğal M, Sözen M, Matur F, Nitsche A, Öktem İMA. A novel genetic lineage of Tula orthohantavirus in Altai voles (Microtus obscurus) from Turkey. Infect Genet Evol 2018; 67:150-158. [PMID: 30465911 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2018.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2018] [Revised: 11/16/2018] [Accepted: 11/16/2018] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Orthohantaviruses (family Hantaviridae order Bunyavirales) are emerging pathogens with a significant impact on human health. They are transmitted via aerosolized excreta of rodents which also act as reservoir hosts, constituting a unique route for dispersion. Dobrava-Belgrade and Puumala orthohantaviruses have been previously reported from Anatolia, in rodents, case reports and occasional outbreaks. We have collected rodents at several locations during a surveillance study in eastern Anatolia. The specimens were morphologically-identified and various tissues were screened via a generic orthohantavirus reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction assay. DNA barcoding via mitochondrial cytochrome b sequencing was performed in rodents with detectable orthohantavirus sequences. High throughput sequencing was performed for viral genome characterization. Fifty rodents were collected and identified morphologically as Microtus spp. (96%) and Apodemus spp. (4%). Orthohantavirus sequences were detected in lung and spleen or liver tissues of 4 voles (8%), barcoded as Microtus obscurus. The virus sequences were identified as Tula orthohantavirus (TULV) and near-complete genomic segments of the prototype viral genome, tentatively named as the Tula orthohantavirus-Turkey (TULV-T), could be characterized. Putative open reading frames for viral nucleocapsid and a nonstructural protein on the S segment, glycoproteins G1 and G2 on the M segment and viral replicase on the L segment were identified on the TULV-T. Several minor sequence variants were further characterized. No evidence of recombination could be detected and pairwise comparisons displayed over 95% amino acid sequence identities to various Eurasian TULV strains. Phylogenetic analyses revealed distinct clustering of all genome segments from previously-characterized TULV strains via various approaches and models. Here, TULV-T constituted a novel lineage, forming an intermediate among Asian and European TULV lineages. This report describes the initial documentation of TULV circulation and its potential reservoir in Anatolia. The extent of virus dispersion, alternate hosts or outcomes of human exposure require elucidation.
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- Ceylan Polat
- Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology, 35340 Izmir, Turkey
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- Hacettepe University, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology, Division of Ecology, Ankara, Turkey.
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- Balıkesir University, Science and Technology Application and Research Center, Balıkesir, Turkey
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- Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology, 35340 Izmir, Turkey
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- Robert Koch Institute; Centre for Biological Threats and Special Pathogens 1 (ZBS 1), Berlin, Germany
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- Bülent Ecevit University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology, Zonguldak, Turkey
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- Bülent Ecevit University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology, Zonguldak, Turkey
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- Bülent Ecevit University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology, Zonguldak, Turkey
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- Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Izmir, Turkey
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- Robert Koch Institute; Centre for Biological Threats and Special Pathogens 1 (ZBS 1), Berlin, Germany
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- Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology, 35340 Izmir, Turkey
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Polat C, Sironen T, Plyusnina A, Karatas A, Sozen M, Matur F, Vapalahti O, Oktem IMA, Plyusnin A. Dobrava hantavirus variants found in
Apodemus flavicollis
mice in Kırklareli Province, Turkey. J Med Virol 2018; 90:810-818. [DOI: 10.1002/jmv.25036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2017] [Accepted: 01/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Ceylan Polat
- Department of Medical Microbiology, Medical SchoolDokuz Eylül UniversityIzmirTurkey
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- Department of VirologyUniversity of HelsinkiHelsinkiFinland
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and SciencesÖmer Halisdemir UniversityNiğdeTurkey
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and SciencesBülent Ecevit UniversityZonguldakTurkey
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and SciencesBülent Ecevit UniversityZonguldakTurkey
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- Department of VirologyUniversity of HelsinkiHelsinkiFinland
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Medical SchoolDokuz Eylül UniversityIzmirTurkey
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- Atilla Arslan
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Selçuk University, 42031 Konya, Turkey
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- Slovenian Museum of Natural History, Prešernova 20, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Buca, 35370 İzmir, Turkey
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- Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Květná 8, 603 65 Brno, Czech Republic
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Polat C, Karataş A, Sözen M, Matur F, Abacıoğlu H, Öktem MA. [Optimization of ELISA and immunoblot methods for the detection of IgG antibodies against old world hantaviruses in wild rodents]. MIKROBIYOL BUL 2016; 50:245-55. [PMID: 27175497 DOI: 10.5578/mb.23161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Hantaviruses infect humans via inhalation of viral particles in infected rodents' secretions such as saliva, urine and faeces or via direct contact with infected rodents. The rodent species that are known as the carriers of Dobrava (DOBV), Puumala (PUUV), Saaremaa (SAAV), Tula (TULV) and Seoul (SEOV) viruses are found in our country. The presence of specific antibodies against hantaviruses have been demonstrated in rodents collected from Black Sea and Aegean Regions of Turkey in 2004 for the first time. The first hantavirus-related hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) cases were reported in Black Sea region in 2009. The determination of the hantavirus prevalence in wild life and rodent populations in the field is crucial for the information about hantavirus-related cases and to clarify the state of risk. There is no commercial product optimized for the screening of rodent serum samples in terms of HFRS agents like DOBV and PUUV that are widely seen in Eurasia as well as Turkey. In this study, the antigens belonging to the commercial enzyme-linked immunoassay (ELISA) and immunoblot tests that are produced for the screening of human sera were used for the development of antibody screening tests against hantavirus in rodent sera and were optimized. The most appropriate serum and conjugate dilutions were determined for the optimization of ELISA (Anti-Hantavirus Pool ELISA; Euroimmun, Germany) and immunoblot (Euroline Anti-Hanta Profile 1 strips; Euroimmun, Germany) methods. Optimized ELISA method was used for the screening and optimized immunoblot method was used for the confirmation. A total of 84 wild rodent sera that belonged to Apodemus and Microtus species were evaluated with this procedure and the cut-off value, sensitivity and specificity of optimized ELISA method were determined. For the optimization of ELISA 1/50, 1/100 and 1/200 serum dilutions and 1/10.000, 1/20.000 and 1/40.000 conjugate dilutions were tested. For the optimization of immunoblot, 1/50 and 1/100 serum dilutions and 1/5.000 and 1/10.000 conjugate dilutions were tested. The horseradish peroxidase conjugated goat anti-mouse IgG for ELISA and the alkaline phosphatase conjugated goat anti-mouse IgG for immunoblot were used. We followed the manufacturer's recommendations for the incubation parameters, substrate and the number of washes. 1/50 serum dilution and 1/10.000 conjugate dilution for ELISA and 1/100 serum dilution and 1/5.000 conjugate dilution for immunoblot were determined as optimal concentrations. By using the optimized ELISA, 26.2% (22/84) of rodents were found positive for hantavirus antibodies according the determined cut-off value (OD(450/620): 0.325). By using immunoblot as a confirmatory test, 20 out of 22 ELISA positive samples could be studied because of the insufficient amount of sera and 17 of them was found positive in terms of DOBV antibodies. Of these rodents 11 were Apodemus flavicollis, three were Apodemus agrarius, two were Microtus guentheri and one was Apodemus sylvaticus. When the results of ELISA were compared to immunoblot results, the optimized ELISA's sensitivity and specificity were found as 100% and 95%, respectively. In this study, a method that can be used in the screening of rodent sera was constituted which uses commercial antigens that can be provided easily, gives fast and reliable results. Similar serological methods optimized for different types of rodents are of great importance for the realization of active follow-up and monitoring of the studies in the field.
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- Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology, Izmir, Turkey.
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Sözen M, Çolak F, Sevındık M, Matur F. Two new cytotypes and additional karyological records for blind mole rats,Nannospalax xanthodonandN. ehrenbergi(Mammalia, Rodentia) in Turkey. Folia Zoologica 2015. [DOI: 10.25225/fozo.v64.i2.a10.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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- Mustafa Sözen
- Bülent Ecevit University, Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Biology, 67100 Zonguldak, Turkey;, , ,
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- Bülent Ecevit University, Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Biology, 67100 Zonguldak, Turkey;, , ,
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- Bülent Ecevit University, Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Biology, 67100 Zonguldak, Turkey;, , ,
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- Bülent Ecevit University, Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Biology, 67100 Zonguldak, Turkey;, , ,
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Oktem IMA, Uyar Y, Dincer E, Gozalan A, Schlegel M, Babur C, Celebi B, Sozen M, Karatas A, Ozkazanc NK, Matur F, Korukluoglu G, Ulrich RG, Ertek M, Ozkul A. Dobrava-Belgrade virus in Apodemus flavicollis and A. uralensis mice, Turkey. Emerg Infect Dis 2014; 20:121-5. [PMID: 24377763 PMCID: PMC3887490 DOI: 10.3201/eid2001.121024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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In 2009, human Dobrava-Belgrade virus (DOBV) infections were reported on the Black Sea coast of Turkey. Serologic and molecular studies of potential rodent reservoirs demonstrated DOBV infections in Apodemus flavicollis and A. uralensis mice. Phylogenetic analysis of DOBV strains showed their similarity to A. flavicollis mice–borne DOBV in Greece, Slovenia, and Slovakia.
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Kandemİr İ, Sözen M, Matur F, Kankılıç T, Martínková N, Çolak F, Özkurt SÖ, Çolak E. Phylogeny of species and cytotypes of mole rats (Spalacidae) in Turkey inferred from mitochondrial cytochromebgene sequences. Folia Zoologica 2012. [DOI: 10.25225/fozo.v61.i1.a5.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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- İrfan Kandemİr
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ankara University, 06100-Tandoğan, Ankara, Turkey;,
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Zonguldak Karaelmas University, 67100-Zonguldak, Turkey;, ,
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Zonguldak Karaelmas University, 67100-Zonguldak, Turkey;, ,
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Nigde University, Niğde, Turkey
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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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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Zonguldak Karaelmas University, 67100-Zonguldak, Turkey;, ,
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- Department of Biology Education, Faculty of Education, Ahi Evran University, Kırşehir, Turkey
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ankara University, 06100-Tandoğan, Ankara, Turkey;,
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Matur F, Colak F, Sevindik M, Sözen M. Chromosome differentiation of four 2n = 50 chromosomal forms of Turkish mole rat, Nannospalax nehringi. Zoolog Sci 2010; 28:61-7. [PMID: 21186949 DOI: 10.2108/zsj.28.61] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Nannospalax is a genus of blind rodents adapted to living in underground. The species have numerous chromosomal forms in Turkey, and their taxonomic position is still unknown. In this study, 15 mole rats of four different 2n = 50 forms were used; C- and G- banding processes were applied; and a comparison was made accordingly. Karyological results showed that the 2n = 50S form is a new form for Turkish blind mole rats. 2n = 50S form is determined from Andirin (Kahramanmaraş) and has NF = 70. The 2n = 50W form, on the other hand, differs from the others with NF = 74 form. C-banding results showed that heterochromatin blocks of all 2n = 50 are different, while only the 2n = 50W form has telomeric heterochromatin blocks. G-banding results, however, displayed homologies and differences among the chromosomal forms. After comparison, we determined that Robertsonian fusion is an efficient force on chromosomal evolution in blind mole rats in Turkey, and that telomeric heterochromatin is a distinctive character for the 2n = 50W form. We suggest that the chromosomal changing mechanism should be independent from climatic peculiarities. These results support the theory that ancestral karyotype should have the largest distribution in a chromosomally variable species.
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- Ferhat Matur
- Science and Art Faculty, Department of Biology, Zonguldak Karaelmas University, Zonguldak 67100, Türkiye.
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Matur F. A cytogenetic study on the Taurus Ground Squirrel,Spermophilus taurensisGündüz et al., 2007 (Mammalia: Rodentia), in Turkey. Zoology in the Middle East 2009. [DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2009.10638374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Ivanitskaya E, Sozen M, Rashkovetsky L, Matur F, Nevo E. Discrimination of 2n = 60 Spalax leucodon cytotypes (Spalacidae, Rodentia) in Turkey by means of classical and molecular cytogenetic techniques. Cytogenet Genome Res 2008; 122:139-49. [PMID: 19096209 DOI: 10.1159/000163091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/30/2008] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Comparative studies among seven populations of 2n = 60 S. leucodon employing classic cytogenetics (G- bands, C-bands, AgNOR-staining), fluorochrome staining, and fluorescence in situ hybridization of telomeric and rDNA probes are reported here for the first time. The studied specimens were assigned to two cytotypes: 2n = 60W and 2n = 60R. The basic karyotype of both cytotypes consisted of eight pairs of subtelocentric and 21 pairs of acrocentric autosomes, subtelocentric X and acrocentric Y chromosomes. Both cytotypes had variable numbers of B-chromosomes (1-3) and variable numbers of autosomal arms (NFa = 74-76) caused by amplification (deletion) of heterochromatin short arms in the second pair. The short arms of subtelocentric chromosomes were comprised of heterochromatin in both cytotypes. Nucleolar organizer regions (NORs) and rDNA clusters were detected at telomeric sites of the short arms in pairs Nos. 3, 5, 6, 9, and 13 in cytotype W, and in the short arms of pair No. 6, 8, 12, 13, and 16 in cytotype R. Different locations of rDNA clusters allowed unambiguous discrimination between two S. leucodon cytotypes possessing the same 2n = 60 and similar NFa (74-76) variability. Our findings suggest a high level of chromosomal divergence, which means that it is possible to consider these cytotypes as a well-differentiated, chromosomal lineage within the leucodon group.
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- E Ivanitskaya
- Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
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Karataş A, Sözen M, Özkurt Ş, Matur F. Karyology of three bat species of the genusMyotis (M. myotis, M. bechsteinii, M. brandtii)(Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from Turkey. Zoology in the Middle East 2007. [DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2007.10638198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Matur F, Sözen M. A karyological study on subterrranean mole rats of theSpalax leucodonNordmann, 1840 (Mammalia: Rodentia) superspecies in northwestern Turkey. Zoology in the Middle East 2005. [DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2005.10638121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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