A mtDNA phylogeny of bustards (family Otididae) based on nucleotide sequences of the cytochromeb-gene

Broders, Olaf; Osborne, Tim

doi:10.1007/bf02465645

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“…To root the tree in the divergence time analyses, we included the White-throated Needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus) as an external outgroup (Pereira et al 2007). Additionally, time divergences were estimated by using a molecular clock based on amino acid and non-synonymous substitutions and divergence dates of flightless ratites (Hedges et al 1996;van Tuinen et al 1998;Haddrath and Baker 2001;Broders et al 2003). See ESM for detailed information about estimation of divergence times.…”

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Use of mitochondrial and nuclear genes to infer the origin of two endemic pigeons from the Canary Islands

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Use of mitochondrial and nuclear genes to infer the origin of two endemic pigeons from the Canary Islands

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“…Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to amplify a fragment containing the target sequence (1,143 nt of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene) as described in Leisler et al (1997), Broders et al (2003) and Dietzen et al (2003).…”

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Phylogeography of island canary (Serinus canaria) populations

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Island canaries (Serinus canaria) are characterised as a species living exclusively on North Atlantic islands, mainly on the Azores, Madeira and Canary Islands. Although they are very common in their habitats, their behaviour and breeding system has only recently been studied systematically. To advance the understanding of their ecology and to see if the rather isolated archipelagos are already promoting a genetic differentiation, we investigated their phylogeographic relationship as revealed by mtDNA sequences of the cytochrome b gene and investigated whether this measure corresponds to morphological characteristics within the islands. Genetic distances were very low throughout the distribution range of the species. Although the variation of genetic distances within the population of Pico (Azores) was larger than that on Madeira and Canary Islands, the genetic distances between island populations were very low throughout which prevented a clear phylogeographic differentiation. Moreover, morphological measurements did not reveal a consistent pattern to reliably separate the populations, although the measures of beak length and body weight revealed a clear island-specific differentiation. These data lead to the assumption that the colonisation of the Atlantic islands by the canaries occurred very recently, while there is no persisting gene flow between the populations.

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“…(Helbig et al 1996), bustards Chlamydotis spec. (Gaucher et al 1996;Broders et al 2003), robins Erithacus spec. (Dietzen et al 2003), goldcrests Regulus spec.…”

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Phylogeography of the blue tit (Parus teneriffae-group) on the Canary Islands based on mitochondrial DNA sequence data and morphometrics

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An analysis of the sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene (1005 bp) of the Parus teneriffaegroup from the Canary Islands and North Africa revealed new insights into the phylogeography of this taxon. The origin of the radiation on the Canarian Archipelago was apparently one of the central islands-Tenerife or Gran Canaria. The populations on El Hierro (P. t. ombriosus) and La Palma (P. t. palmensis) represent distinct monophyletic lineages. Blue tits from Gran Canaria are genetically distinct from those of La Gomera and Tenerife (P. t. teneriffae), which supports the results of other studies and suggests the existence of an-until now-undescribed taxon there. In contrast, the populations on the eastern islands of Fuerteventura and Lanzarote (P. t. degener) could not be distinguished from North African blue tits (P. t. ultramarinus), and these populations should be subsumed under the subspecies ultramarinus. Taxonomic recommendations based on these results include the distinction of the northern European P. caeruleus from P. teneriffae, including blue tits from North Africa and the Canary Islands, the treatment of degener and ultramarinus as synonymous (P. teneriffae ultramarinus) and a new blue tit taxon on the island of Gran Canaria (P. t. hedwigii nov. ssp.), which is formally described. The genetic results are in parts supported by bioacoustic and morphological data.

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A mtDNA phylogeny of bustards (family Otididae) based on nucleotide sequences of the cytochromeb-gene

Cited by 27 publications

References 22 publications

Use of mitochondrial and nuclear genes to infer the origin of two endemic pigeons from the Canary Islands

Use of mitochondrial and nuclear genes to infer the origin of two endemic pigeons from the Canary Islands

Phylogeography of island canary (Serinus canaria) populations

Phylogeography of the blue tit (Parus teneriffae-group) on the Canary Islands based on mitochondrial DNA sequence data and morphometrics

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