Molecular phylogenetic study on the origin and evolution of Mustelidae

Yonezawa, Takahiro; Nikaido, Masato; Kohno, Naoki; Fukumoto, Yukio; Okada, Norihiro; Hasegawa, Masami

doi:10.1016/j.gene.2006.12.040

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“…Notably, Mustela was found to consistently group with Lutrinae to the exclusion of Martes (BS>85% and PP>0.95), indicating the paraphyly of Mustelinae. The sister-grouping of Mustela with Mustelinae and Lutrinae recovered here was in accordance with the results of previous studies based on analyses of other mito-chondrial and nuclear gene combinations (Sato et al, 2003(Sato et al, , 2004(Sato et al, , 2006Koepfli and Wayne, 2003;Marmi et al, 2004;Delisle and Strobeck, 2005;Flynn et al, 2005;Fulton and Strobeck, 2006;Yonezawa et al, 2007). The traditional view from fossil evidence (Wolsan, 1999) and from morphological data (Hunt, 1974;Wozencraft, 1989;Wyss and Flynn, 1993;Bryant et al, 1993), as well as from mustelid supertree construction (Bininda-Emonds et al, 1999), in which Lutrinae was closer to Mephitinae, was not supported in this study.…”

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confidence: 87%

“…The monophyly of the subfamilies in Mustelidae has also been a subject of controversies arising from previous investigations. Among them, Mustelinae, the largest and most diverse subfamily in Mustelidae, has been gradually accepted to be a paraphyletic group (Bryant et al, 1993;Dragoo and Honeycutt, 1997;Wayne, 1998, 2003;Hosoda et al, 2000;Sato et al, 2003Sato et al, , 2004Sato et al, , 2006Marmi et al, 2004;Delisle and Strobeck, 2005;Flynn et al, 2005;Fulton and Strobeck, 2006;Yonezawa et al, 2007), although there are still diverging views from molecular and morphological data (Bininda-Emonds et al, 1999). Our analyses confirmed non-monophyletic origin of this subfamily, as evidenced by its inclusion of Lutrinae.…”

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confidence: 68%

“…The family Mustelidae, the most heterogeneous and morphologically diverse family in the mammalian order Carnivora, includes 66 species and is traditionally grouped into five subfamilies: Mustelinae, Lutrinae, Melinae, Taxidiinae, and Mephitinae (Wozencraft, 1989;Yonezawa et al, 2007). Phylogenetic relationships among these subfamilies of living mustelids have been hotly disputed in recent studies and are not yet well established (Bininda-Emonds et al, 1999;Sato et al, 2003Sato et al, , 2004Sato et al, , 2006Koepfli and Wayne, 2003;Marmi et al, 2004;Flynn et al, 2005;Yonezawa et al, 2007).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Phylogenetic relationships among these subfamilies of living mustelids have been hotly disputed in recent studies and are not yet well established (Bininda-Emonds et al, 1999;Sato et al, 2003Sato et al, , 2004Sato et al, , 2006Koepfli and Wayne, 2003;Marmi et al, 2004;Flynn et al, 2005;Yonezawa et al, 2007). The main problem is that Mustelidae represents a typical example of rapid evolutionary radiation and recent speciation events (Koepfli and Wayne, 1998;Marmi et al, 2004), possibly dating back to Oligocene (Wolsan, 1993(Wolsan, , 19992005).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…It even remains ambiguous whether mephitines belongs in Mustelidae, and what their systematic placements are in Order Carnivora, if they are not mustelids. The unresolved trichotomy between Mephitinae and the other two carnivoran clades, Ailuridae and Procyonidae/nonmephitine Mustelidae, has been an evolutionary puzzle over the past few decades (Vrana et al, 1994;Ledje and Arnason, 1996a, b;Dragoo and Honeycutt, 1997;Flynn and Nedbal, 1998;Wolsan,1999;Flynn et al, 2000Flynn et al, , 2005Sato et al, 2004;Delisle and Strobeck, 2005;Fulton and Strobeck, 2006;Yonezawa et al, 2007).…”

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confidence: 99%

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New Insights into the Evolution of Intronic Sequences of the β-fibrinogen Gene and Their Application in Reconstructing Mustelid Phylogeny

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Mustelidae is the largest and most diverse family in the order Carnivora. The phylogenetic relationships among the subfamilies have especially long been a focus of study. Herein we are among the first to employ two new introns (4 and 7) of the nuclear β-fibrinogen gene to clarify these enigmatic problems. In addition, two previously available nuclear (IRBP exon 1 and TTR intron 1) and one mt (ND2) data sets were also combined and analyzed simultaneously with the newly obtained sequence data in this study. Detailed characterizations of the two intronic regions not only reveal the remarkable occurrences of short interspersed element (SINE) insertion events, providing a new example supporting the attractive hypothesis that attrition of an earlier retroposition may offer a proper environment for successive retropositions by forming a "dimer-like" structure, but also demonstrate their utility in the resolution of mustelid phylogeny. All of our analyses confirm the assemblage of Mustelinae, Lutrinae, and Melinae with confidence; moreover, two clades within Mustelinae were clearly recognized, i.e., genera Mustela and Martes. Notably, genus Martes of Mustelinae was found to branch off first, followed by Melinae and then a clade containing Lutrinae and genus Mustela of Mustelinae, indicating paraphyly of Mustelinae. In addition, Mephitinae diverges before the other mustelids and the monophyletic Procyonidae in all cases, supporting its elevation to a separate family. Additional independent genetic markers are still in need to resolve the trichotomy among Mephitinae and the other two carnivoran clades, Ailuridae and Procyonidae/non-mephitine Mustelidae.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Molecular phylogenetic study on the origin and evolution of Mustelidae

Cited by 66 publications

References 47 publications

New Insights into the Evolution of Intronic Sequences of the β-fibrinogen Gene and Their Application in Reconstructing Mustelid Phylogeny

New Insights into the Evolution of Intronic Sequences of the β-fibrinogen Gene and Their Application in Reconstructing Mustelid Phylogeny

Molecular Systematics of the Caniform Carnivora and its Implications for Conservation

Taxonomic status of otter species in Nakai‐Nam Theun National Park, Lao PDR, based on DNA evidence

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