Phylogenetic Relationships of the Canary Islands Endemic Lizard GenusGallotia(Sauria: Lacertidae), Inferred from Mitochondrial DNA Sequences

González, Pedro; Pinto, Francisco M.; Nogales, Manuel; Jimenez-Asensio, J.; Hernández, Mariano; Cabrera, Vicente M.

doi:10.1006/mpev.1996.0058

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“…Radiations which are contemporary with island formation commonly show a stepwise Ôisland colonized as it emergesÕ pattern from older to younger islands in the group. This has been observed among Hawaiian island birds (Fleischer et al, 1998) and crickets (Shaw, 1996), as well as Canary island lizards (Gonza alez et al, 1996;Thorpe et al, 1994), skinks (Brown and Pestano, 1998), geckos (Nogales et al, 1998), and beetles Juan et al, 1997Juan et al, , 1998. By contrast, several studies of radiation which post-date island formation have shown relatively rapid expansion and speciation, with a relatively short coalescence time within an archipelago.…”

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Molecular phylogeography reveals island colonization history and diversification of western Indian Ocean sunbirds (Nectarinia: Nectariniidae)

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Bermingham

Bowie

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Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

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Molecular phylogeography reveals island colonization history and diversification of western Indian Ocean sunbirds (Nectarinia: Nectariniidae)

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Bermingham

Bowie

et al. 2003

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

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“…Bats provide an interesting additional group: they have very different biologies and in particular very different dispersal capabilities, compared with many of the aforementioned taxa. For example, it is of biogeographical interest to know whether they show patterns of mtDNA differentiation between islands that reflect relatively recent colonisation of new islands, as seen in nonvolant vertebrates such as lizards (González et al, 1996;Brown and Pestano, 1998). Studies of genetic differentiation will also throw new light on the ecology and behaviour of this group (Burland and Wilmer, 2001).…”

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Intraspecific evolution of Canary Island Plecotine bats, based on mtDNA sequences

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Island differentiation and relationships with congenerics were investigated in the endemic Canary Island bat Plecotus teneriffae, based on B1 kb of mtDNA from the 16S rRNA and cytochrome b genes. P. teneriffae had closer affinities with P. austriacus than with P. auritus. Levels of differentiation between Canary Islands were quite high relative to Pipistrelle-like bats, consistent with philopatric behaviour in the Plecotus genus. Cladogenesis within P. teneriffae appears to have occurred after the emergence of the islands of El Hierro and La Palma during the Pleistocene. An intraspecific network shows that haplotypes from the younger islands of La Palma and El Hierro are connected to the Tenerife haplotype by a similarly large number of mutational steps. This suggests that they were both colonised at a similar time from the much older island of Tenerife. The other Plecotine bat species, Barbastellus barbastellus shows close affinities with B. barbastellus from mainland Spain, with levels of mtDNA divergence being comparable with intraspecific variation within other mammal species.

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“…Guillaume & Lanza 1982;Capula 1994Capula , 1997 have been used to investigate the relationships of lacertid genera and species groups, but results often con£ict and also frequently di¡er from those derived from morphology. Mitochondrial DNA sequence data have been used to examine the relationships within some genera (Thorpe et al 1994;Gonzalez et al 1996;Fu et al 1997;Harris et al 1998a).…”

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Relationships of lacertid lizards (Reptilia: Lacertidae) estimated from mitochondrial DNA sequences and morphology

Harris

Arnold

Thomas

1998

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DNA sequences from parts of the 12S, 16S and cytochrome b mitochondrial genes, which totalled 1049 aligned base pairs, were used to estimate the relationships of 49 species of Lacertidae, including representatives of 19 out of the 23 recognized genera and 23 species of the paraphyletic genus Lacerta. These data were used, together with morphological information, to estimate the relationships within the family. Molecular evidence corroborates the monophyletic status of many genera and species groups originally based on morphology. It indicates that Psammodromus forms a clade with Gallotia, which is the sister taxon of all other lacertids. These comprise three units: the primarily Afrotropical armatured group; the largely Oriental Takydromus; and the west Palaearctic Lacerta and its derivatives, Podarcis and Algyroides. Morphology also supports the ¢rst three assemblages, but suggests that they are derived from a paraphyletic Lacerta. Within Lacerta and its allies, DNA sequence analysis corroborates the a¤nity of some members of each of the subgenera Lacerta s. str. and Timon, and of the L. saxicola group. It also supports the relationship of L. monticola, L. bonnali and L. horvathi, and suggests that the L. parvaL. fraasi clade and L. brandti are not related to Psammodromus^Gallotia, as morphology indicates, but instead are associated respectively with the L. danfordi and L. saxicola groups. DNA sequence data provide additional evidence that the eastern Arabian`Lacerta' jayakari and`L.' cyanura are members of the armatured clade and also sister species. Our analysis supports an origin for present lacertids in west Eurasia. The armatured clade invaded Africa, probably in the mid-Miocene, spreading widely and evolving increasingly xeric-adapted forms, one lineage of which later moved back into the Palaearctic. Lacerta' jayakari and`L.' cyanura are assigned to Omanosaura, Lutz and Mayer 1986. The name Gallotiinae Cano, Baez, Lopez-Jurado & Ortega, 1984 is available for the Gallotia^Psammodromus clade, Eremiainae Shcherbak 1975 for the armatured clade and Lacertinae for Lacerta, Podarcis and Algyroides. Two new subgenera of Lacerta are proposed here: Caucasilacerta for L. saxicola and its allies, and Parvilacerta for L. parva and L. fraasi.

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Phylogenetic Relationships of the Canary Islands Endemic Lizard GenusGallotia(Sauria: Lacertidae), Inferred from Mitochondrial DNA Sequences

Cited by 68 publications

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Molecular phylogeography reveals island colonization history and diversification of western Indian Ocean sunbirds (Nectarinia: Nectariniidae)

Molecular phylogeography reveals island colonization history and diversification of western Indian Ocean sunbirds (Nectarinia: Nectariniidae)

Intraspecific evolution of Canary Island Plecotine bats, based on mtDNA sequences

Relationships of lacertid lizards (Reptilia: Lacertidae) estimated from mitochondrial DNA sequences and morphology

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