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Phylogeny of species and cytotypes of mole rats (Spalacidae) in Turkey inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome b gene sequencees
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SYSNO ASEP 0383774 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title Phylogeny of species and cytotypes of mole rats (Spalacidae) in Turkey inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome b gene sequencees Author(s) Kandemir, I. (TR)
Sozen, M. (TR)
Matur, F. (TR)
Kankilic, T. (TR)
Martínková, Natália (UBO-W) RID, ORCID, SAI
Colak, F. (TR)
Ozkurt, S. O. (TR)
Colak, E. (TR)Number of authors 8 Source Title Folia zoologica. - : Ústav biologie obratlovců AV ČR, v. v. i. - ISSN 0139-7893
Roč. 61, č. 1 (2012), s. 25-33Number of pages 9 s. Language eng - English Country CZ - Czech Republic Keywords Nannospalax ; molecular phylogeny ; chromosomal form ; Anatolia ; Thrace Subject RIV EG - Zoology Institutional support UBO-W - RVO:68081766 UT WOS 000304292800004 EID SCOPUS 84860114245 Annotation We described the genetic variation of cytochrome b gene sequences of blind mole rats in Turkey. We examined 47 individuals belonging to nine cytotypes of three superspecies Nannospalax leucodon, N. xanthodon and N. ehrenbergi in the 402bp gene sequence of cytochrome b. Phylogenetic analyses showed that relationships between cytotypes were well supported, but deeper divergence between species showed insignificant relationships. Cytotypes of N. xanthodon with low diploid number of chromosomes from western Turkey formed a monophyletic group distinct from the populations with higher number of chromosomes (2n = 56-60). The monophyly of N. xanthodon was supported with respect to N. leucodon (2n = 56) in the Bayesian and maximum likelihood phylogenies. The divergence between two analyzed cytotypes of N. ehrenbergi (2n = 52, 2n = 56) was 9.4 %, and the Kilis cytotype (2n = 52) appeared as the basal branch of the whole analysed dataset. N. ehrenbergi cytotypes were paraphyletic and they formed unsupported relationships with previously described N. galili (2n = 52), N. golani (2n = 54), N. carmeli (2n = 58) and N. judaei (2n = 60) from Israel. The results of this study showed that the Nannospalax species complex most likely represents more species than currently recognized, especially in N. xanthodon. We suggest that cytotypes of N. xanthodon and N. ehrenbergi from Turkey should be investigated in detail as possible candidates for being separate species. Workplace Institute of Vertebrate Biology Contact Hana Slabáková, slabakova@ivb.cz, Tel.: 543 422 524 Year of Publishing 2013
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