Molecular Phylogeny of Owls (Strigiformes) Inferred from DNA Sequences of the Mitochondrial Cytochrome<i>b</i>and the Nuclear<i>RAG-1</i>gene

Wink, Michael; El‐Sayed, Amr; Sauer‐Gürth, Hedwig; González, Javier

doi:10.5253/078.097.0425

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“…The phylogenetic tree revealed that N. strenua was clustered most closely to N. novaeseelandiae, Tasmanian spotted owl which is found throughout Tasmania and New Zealand (Figure 1), and is consistent with previous research (Wink et al 2009). We expect the complete mitogenome of N. strenua will be a useful database for further research and host-phylogenetic analysis of Strigidae species, and their implication for the conservation of the species.…”

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“…The avian order Strigiformes represents an intriguing model, which occupies the ecological niche of nocturnal raptor (Wink et al 2009). Owls are birds from the order Strigiformes which includes about 200 species.…”

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“…The Powerful owl is currently listed as Vulnerable or threatened in Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria, whereas the species has been listed as Endangered in South Australia under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 (NPW Act). The systematic position of the family Strigidae has been studied using morphological, and molecular characters' dependent on the Cytochrome b and the Nuclear RAG-1 genes (Wink et al 2009). A well-resolved avian phylogenetic tree is required for understanding biogeographic evolutionary structure, whilst there are still major uncertainties in the position of many avian species due to a lack of abundant mitochondrial (mt) data sets.…”

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The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of an Endangered powerful owl (Ninox strenua)

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“…Geographically there is considerable amount of morphological variation, leading to the recognition of a large number of subspecies, and recently König et al (2008), partially influenced by the work of Wink et al (2008), elevated eight of these subspecies to species rank. Wink et al (2008Wink et al ( , 2009) sequenced the mitochondrial protein coding cytochrome b gene [cob] and the nuclear RAG-1 gene from a large range of owl species. They found a large sequence divergence (up to ~5% in cob) between a New World clade (furcata, n = 4 sequences for RAG-1, n = 7 sequences for cob) and an Old World clade (alba, n = 4 and n = 6, respectively), however, bootstrap support for the splits were generally low (i.e., < 70%).…”

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DNA Barcoding as a Tool for Elucidating Species Delineation in Wide-ranging Species as Illustrated by Owls (Tytonidae and Strigidae)

Nijman

Aliabadian

2013

Zoological Science

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The mitochondrial cytochrome c-oxidase subunit I (cox1) can serve as a fast and accurate marker for the identification of animal species, and for the discovery of new species across the tree of life. Distinguishing species using this universal molecular marker, a technique known as DNA barcoding, relies on the identifying the gap between intra-and interspecific divergence. One of the difficulties could be wide-ranging, cosmopolitan species that show large amounts of morphological variation. The barn owl Tyto alba is a case in point. It occurs worldwide and varies morphologically, leading to the recognition of many subspecies or, more recently, species. We analysed data from the cox1 gene for 31 individuals of seven subspecies, and compared this with 214 sequences from 29 other owl species. Phylogenetic analysis of the T. alba samples gives very strong support for an Old World alba-clade (three subspecies) and a New World furcata-clade (four subspecies) that are genetically equidistant. The amount of intraspecific variation within each of these clades ranges from 0.66-0.99%, but variation among these clades ranges from 5.33-6.20%. Combined these data suggest that barn owl of the Old World is indeed best considered a separate species different from that of the New World. For combined dataset, sample size of owl species (n between 1 and 21 sequences) increased with geographic range size but we did not find significant relationships between interspecific divergence and sample size or between interspecific divergence and geographic range. For 21/24 species of owls with sample sizes of n ≥ 4 the maximum interspecific divergences was ≤ 3.00%. However, similar to those found in barn owls, the largest amount of divergence (3.23-4.09%) was present in two other wide-ranging species (Strix nebulosa and Aegolius funereus) raising the possibility of multiple species in other wide-ranging owls as well.

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“…The taxonomic status of this species with other related Otus species is not clear. Several studies have been performed to resolve this issue (Heidrich et al, 1995;Wink and Heidrich, 2000;Ryu and Park, 2003;Wink et al, 2004;Fuchs et al, 2008) (König et al, 1999;Weick, 2006;Fuchs et al, 2008;Lok et al, 2009). Their population has been decreasing gradually owing to many anthropogenic factors especially collision and traffic accidents (Kim, 2006;CHA, 2010).…”

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Determining the Specific Status of Korean Collared Scops Owls

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Kim²,

Murata³

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Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity

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The collared scops owl that occurs in Korea is a protected species but its exact specific status has been questioned. To resolve the species status, a molecular phylogenetic analysis was conducted using two fragments of mitochondrial DNA, cytochrome b (cyt b, 891 bp) and NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 (ND2, 627 bp) genes. Phylogenetic trees of cyt b revealed that all Korean specimens formed a monophyletic group with Japanese scops owl Otus semitorques with very low sequence divergence (d= =0.008). We obtained a similar ND2 tree as well (d= =0.003); however, the genetic distance between Korean individuals and O. lempiji from GenBank (AJ004026-7, EU348987, and EU601036) was very high and sufficient enough to separate them as species (cyt b, d= =0.118; ND2, d= =0.113). We also found that Korean species showed high differentiation from O. bakkamoena (AJ004018-20 and EU601034; cyt b, d= =0.106; ND2, d= =0.113) and O. lettia (EU601109 and EU601033, cyt b, d= =0.110; ND2, d= =0.117) as well. Therefore, we suggest that the Korean collared scops owl should be designated as Otus semitorques.

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Molecular Phylogeny of Owls (Strigiformes) Inferred from DNA Sequences of the Mitochondrial Cytochromeband the NuclearRAG-1gene

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Cited by 114 publications

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The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of an Endangered powerful owl (Ninox strenua)

The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of an Endangered powerful owl (Ninox strenua)

DNA Barcoding as a Tool for Elucidating Species Delineation in Wide-ranging Species as Illustrated by Owls (Tytonidae and Strigidae)

Determining the Specific Status of Korean Collared Scops Owls

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