Molecular phylogeny of brush-tailed mice of the genus Calomyscus (Rodentia: Calomyscidae) inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences (Cox1 gene)

Shahabi, Saeed; Aliabadian, Mansour; Darvish, Jamshid; Kilpatrick, C. William

doi:10.1515/mammalia-2012-0081

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“…) and brush‐tailed mice (Shahabi et al. ). White‐toothed shrew populations from central Iran (Kerman and Esfahan) are genetically divergent from populations from the north‐west, but the origin of this differentiation was not investigated (Dubey et al.…”

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“…The separation of the different entities in Iran seems to fit the geomorphology of the country: the Abarkooh Desert separates lineages I (Zagros Mountains and west of Alborz Mountains) and IIB (Kohrud Mountains and southern Zagros Mountains), while the Central Desert and Lut Desert separate lineages IIB (Kohrud Mountains and southern Zagros Mountains) and IIA (eastern mountains, eastern Alborz Mountains and Kopet Dagh Mountains). The role of the Central and Lut deserts as geographical barriers between Zagros or Kohrud Mountains populations and Kopet Dagh or eastern Alborz populations was previously emphasized in several phylogeographical studies (St€ ock et al 2006;Dubey et al 2007;Rajaei et al 2013;Shahabi et al 2013;Haddadian-Shad et al 2016). No genetic differentiation was found between Zagros Mountains and Kohrud Mountains (locality of Kerman) populations of green toad (St€ ock et al 2006) and brush-tailed mice (Shahabi et al 2013).…”

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“…The role of the Central and Lut deserts as geographical barriers between Zagros or Kohrud Mountains populations and Kopet Dagh or eastern Alborz populations was previously emphasized in several phylogeographical studies (St€ ock et al 2006;Dubey et al 2007;Rajaei et al 2013;Shahabi et al 2013;Haddadian-Shad et al 2016). No genetic differentiation was found between Zagros Mountains and Kohrud Mountains (locality of Kerman) populations of green toad (St€ ock et al 2006) and brush-tailed mice (Shahabi et al 2013). White-toothed shrew populations from central Iran (Kerman and Esfahan) are genetically divergent from populations from the north-west, but the origin of this differentiation was not investigated (Dubey et al 2007).…”

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Evolutionary history of the Persian Jird,Meriones persicus,based on genetics, species distribution modelling and morphometric data

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The Persian Jird, Meriones persicus, is distributed from Eastern Anatolia to Afghanistan and western Pakistan. Six subspecies were described based on skull features and coat colours, but the validity of these subspecies is uncertain, and no molecular work has ever been conducted on this species. Iran appears to be a key geographical region in which to revise the systematic and evolutionary history of this species, because five of the six subspecies are present in this country. To evaluate the phylogeographical history and taxonomy of this species in Iran, we used a combination of genetic (cytochrome b gene sequences of 70 specimens) and geometric morphometric (2D landmarks on the ventral side of skull of 258 specimens) analyses. We also used ecological niche modelling to make inferences about the evolutionary history of these lineages. Our molecular data highlight the existence of four genetic lineages, but they only partly correspond to the previously described subspecies. Our molecular and morphometric data confirm the validity of M. p. rossicus and show that it has a wider geographical range than previously thought. M. p. gurganensis and M. p. baptistae are genetically very close. The skull of M. p. gurganensis is morphologically distinguishable from other subspecies. The subspecies M. p. persicus and M. p. baptistae are genetically distinct, but morphologically close. Meriones p. ambrosius is genetically close to M. p. persicus, and additional analyses with more specimens are needed to validate its subspecific status. The genetic structure observed in Iran seems to fit the topography and biogeography of the country and emphasize the role of the Abarkooh, Central and Lut deserts as barriers to gene flow. All intraspecific divergent events within the Persian Jird occurred during the last 1.4 My, suggesting that climatic changes probably trigger diversification within this species. Our genetic and species niche modelling results suggest that potential refugial areas persisted during glacial periods for this species in north‐western Zagros Mountains, north‐eastern Alborz Mountains and Kohrud Mountains.

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Evolutionary history of the Persian Jird,Meriones persicus,based on genetics, species distribution modelling and morphometric data

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“…Each of his students has co-authored between three and four papers with him, and various molecular phylogenetic and phylogeographic analyses of Iranian rodents have been published under his supervision. Among the latter, one can quote the study of Microtus phylogeny by Mahmoudi et al (2017b,c,d), study of Apodemus (Shad et al 2016), the analysis of Allactaga evolution as well as phylogeography of Meriones persicus (Dianat et al 2010(Dianat et al , 2013(Dianat et al , 2016a, the phylogeny of Calomyscus by Shahabi et al (2011Shahabi et al ( , 2013a. Jamshid Darvish's interest in morphometric tools was never-ending and led to publications on skull geometric morphometrics in different rodents of Iran, particularly in Mus (Shabani et al 2014, Siahsarvie et al 2012, Apodemus (Siahsarvie and Darvish 2008), Microtus (Siahsarvie et al 2013), Allactaga (Tarahomi et al 2010) and Calomyscus (Zarei et al 2013).…”

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In memoriam Jamshid Darvish

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“…The first multivariate craniometric analysis of Calomyscus demonstrated distinct clusters [ 27 , 28 ] that did not always correspond to the karyotypic forms. For instance, C. m. mystax and C. m. zykovi, in spite of their karyotype differentiation, were lumped in the same craniometric sub-cluster.…”

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New Data on Comparative Cytogenetics of the Mouse-Like Hamsters (Calomyscus Thomas, 1905) from Iran and Turkmenistan

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Malikov

Mahmoudi

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The taxonomy of the genus Calomyscus remains controversial. According to the latest systematics the genus includes eight species with great karyotypic variation. Here, we studied karyotypes of 14 Calomyscus individuals from different regions of Iran and Turkmenistan using a new set of chromosome painting probes from a Calomyscus sp. male (2n = 46, XY; Shahr-e-Kord-Soreshjan-Cheshme Maiak Province). We showed the retention of large syntenic blocks in karyotypes of individuals with identical chromosome numbers. The only rearrangement (fusion 2/21) differentiated C. elburzensis, C. mystax mystax, and Calomyscus sp. from Isfahan Province with 2n = 44 from karyotypes of C. bailwardi, Calomyscus sp. from Shahr-e-Kord, Chahar Mahal and Bakhtiari-Aloni, and Khuzestan-Izeh Provinces with 2n = 46. The individuals from Shahdad tunnel, Kerman Province with 2n = 51–52 demonstrated non-centric fissions of chromosomes 4, 5, and 6 of the 46-chromosomal form with the formation of separate small acrocentrics. A heteromorphic pair of chromosomes in a specimen with 2n = 51 resulted from a fusion of two autosomes. C-banding and chromomycin A3-DAPI staining after G-banding showed extensive heterochromatin variation between individuals.

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Molecular phylogeny of brush-tailed mice of the genus Calomyscus (Rodentia: Calomyscidae) inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences (Cox1 gene)

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Evolutionary history of the Persian Jird,Meriones persicus,based on genetics, species distribution modelling and morphometric data

Evolutionary history of the Persian Jird,Meriones persicus,based on genetics, species distribution modelling and morphometric data

In memoriam Jamshid Darvish

New Data on Comparative Cytogenetics of the Mouse-Like Hamsters (Calomyscus Thomas, 1905) from Iran and Turkmenistan

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