Phylogenetic relationships of the populations of Iranolacerta brandtii (de Filippi, 1863) (Squamata: Lacertidae) recently found in Eastern Anatolia, Turkey


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Rato C., YILDIZ M. Z., Igci N., OLGUN K., ILGAZ Ç., AVCI A., ...Daha Fazla

ZOOLOGY IN THE MIDDLE EAST, cilt.61, sa.4, ss.324-331, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 61 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/09397140.2015.1101925
  • Dergi Adı: ZOOLOGY IN THE MIDDLE EAST
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.324-331
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Iranolacerta brandtii, Lacertidae, Anatolia, glacial refugia, mtDNA, MITOCHONDRIAL-DNA, LIZARDS REPTILIA, DIVERSITY, HISTORY, BIOGEOGRAPHY, MAXIMUM
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The Persian Lizard, Iranolacerta brandtii, was until recently considered to be restricted to north-western Iran (Azerbaijan and Esfahan provinces). However, two recent studies have revealed the existence of populations in Eastern Anatolia, extending the range of this species for about 230km westwards. The fragmented distribution of this species has been considered to be a consequence of the climatic oscillations during the Pleistocene and Holocene, which created events of alternating contact and isolation of populations in distinct glacial refugia. According to our obtained genealogy derived from three mitochondrial fragments (12S rRNA, 16S rRNA and cytb), the Turkish specimens cluster together but form an independent clade, sister to the individuals from Tabriz in Iran. The separation of these two clades is concurrent with the cladogenesis between the Esfahan and Ardabil clades, estimated to have taken place during the late Holocene.