A new subspecies of the Iranian Vole, Microtus irani Thomas, 1921, from Turkey

0348466 - ÚBO 2011 RIV DE eng J - Článek v odborném periodiku
Kryštufek, B. - Vohralík, V. - Zima, Jan - Koubínová, D. - Bužan, E. V.
A new subspecies of the Iranian Vole, Microtus irani Thomas, 1921, from Turkey.
Zoology in the Middle East. Roč. 50, - (2010), s. 11-18. ISSN 0939-7140. E-ISSN 2326-2680
Výzkumný záměr: CEZ:AV0Z60930519
Klíčová slova: taxonomy * cytochrome b * karyotype * baculum * Arvicolinae
Kód oboru RIV: EG - Zoologie
Impakt faktor: 0.412, rok: 2010

Microtus irani Thomas, 1921, is known with certainty from two localities which are separated by a gap of almost 2000 km. In this paper we describe a population from Balkusan in Turkey as a new subspecies Micron's irani karamani. In a complete sequence for cytochrome b gene (1140 bp), the new subspecies has unique mutations when compared with a sequence of M. i. irani from the type locality (Shiraz, Iran) at 32 positions, and differs in 35 mutations and a mean nucleotide divergence of 3.19% +/- 0.50. It has 60 acrocentric chromosomes in the diploid complement. Morphologically. M. i. karamani ssp. n. is smaller than M. i. irani, with a shallower braincase, shallower rostrum, and shorter bullae. The new subspecies can be reliably separated from social voles occupying Turkey, Iran and adjacent regions of the Near East, by a combination of morphological, chromosomal and molecular data.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0188997