Morphometrics and genetics highlight the complex history of Eastern Mediterranean spiny mice

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Renaud S., Hardouin E. A., Chevret P., Papayiannis K., Lymberakis P., MATUR F., ...Daha Fazla

BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY, cilt.130, sa.3, ss.599-614, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 130 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1093/biolinnean/blaa063
  • Dergi Adı: BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Agricultural & Environmental Science Database, Animal Behavior Abstracts, Applied Science & Technology Source, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), Artic & Antarctic Regions, BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, Geobase, Veterinary Science Database
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.599-614
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Acomys minous, Acomys cilicicus, Acomys nesiotes, Crete, Cyprus, D-loop, geometric morphometrics, insular evolution, molar shape, phylogeography
  • Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

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.