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Contrasting evolutionary histories of the legless lizards slow worms (Anguis) shaped by the topography of the Balkan Peninsula

SYSNO ASEP	0459276
Document Type	J - Journal Article
R&D Document Type	Journal Article
Subsidiary J	Článek ve WOS
Title	Contrasting evolutionary histories of the legless lizards slow worms (Anguis) shaped by the topography of the Balkan Peninsula
Author(s)	Jablonski, D. (SK) Jandzik, D. (SK) Mikulíček, P. (SK) Džukić, G. (RS) Ljubisavljević, K. (RS) Tzankov, N. (BG) Jelić, D. (HR) Thanou, E. (GR) Moravec, J. (CZ) Gvoždík, Václav (UBO-W)_{RID, SAI, ORCID}
Number of authors	10
Article number	99
Source Title	BMC Evolutionary Biology. - : BioMed Central - ISSN 1471-2148 Roč. 16, č. 1 (2016)
Number of pages	18 s.
Language	eng - English
Country	GB - United Kingdom
Keywords	Anguidae ; Squamata ; phylogeography ; biogeography ; speciation ; contact zones ; microrefugia ; Balkan mountains
Subject RIV	EG - Zoology
Institutional support	UBO-W - RVO:68081766
UT WOS	000375682700002
EID SCOPUS	85008622386
DOI	10.1186/s12862-016-0669-1
Annotation	We inferred phylogenetic relationships, compared genetic structure and historical demography of slow worms using nucleotide sequence variation of mitochondrial DNA. Four Anguis species with mostly parapatric distributions occur in the Balkan Peninsula. They show different levels of genetic diversity. A signature of population growth was detected in all four species but with various courses in particular populations. We found a strong correlation between genetic diversity of slow-worm populations and topographic ruggedness of the ranges (mountain systems) they inhabit. Areas with more rugged terrain harbour higher genetic diversity. Phylogeographical pattern of the genus Anguis in the Balkans is concordant with the refugiawithin-refugia model previously proposed for both several other taxa in the region and other main European Peninsulas. While slow-worm populations from the southern refugia mostly have restricted distributions and have not dispersed much from their refugial areas, populations from the extra-Mediterranean refugia in northern parts of the Balkans have colonized vast areas of eastern, central, and western Europe. Besides climatic historical events, the heterogeneous topography of the Balkans has also played an important role in shaping genetic diversity of slow worms.
Workplace	Institute of Vertebrate Biology
Contact	Hana Slabáková, slabakova@ivb.cz, Tel.: 543 422 524
Year of Publishing	2017

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