Phylogeography of the Common Vole Microtus arvalis, the Obscurus Form (Rodentia, Arvicolinae): New Data on the Mitochondrial DNA Variability

Sibiryakov, P. A.; Товпинец, Н. Н.; Дупал, Т. А.; Семериков, В. Л.; Yalkovskaya, L. E.; Маркова, Е. А.

doi:10.1134/s1022795418100137

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“…Although Remington (1968) suggested that other suture zones could be found in the Ural and central Europe, for a long time, these regions have been treated cursorily and omitted in phylogeographic studies. Moreover, high inaccessibility of data from eastern Europe (such as from the Russian Federation, Belarus, or Ukraine) is also a challenge, as data is frequently published only in Russian, or translated into English with a delay (Pavlov 1999;Abramson et al 2009;Bulatova et al 2010;Zhigileva and Gorbacheva 2017;Sibiryakov et al 2018).…”

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Polish suture zone as the goblet of truth in post-glacial history of mammals in Europe

Stojak

Tarnowska

2019

Mamm Res

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Present-day species distribution and patterns of genetic diversity in Europe are a result of post-glacial re-colonization from glacial refugia after the Last Glacial Maximum. This process led to the formation of secondary contact zones (suture zones) between the haplogroups of different species, and were induced by several factors, including climate and evolutionary processes like selection and adaptation. One such suture zone has been found in Poland, where a complex network of different phylogenetic lineages of predators, ungulates, and rodents is present. The phylogeography of mammals in western Europe has been widely studied, but central and eastern Europe have been treated cursorily. Only a few samples from these areas were analyzed in previous studies, resulting in a simplified and false description of local genetic structure. In this review, results of previous phylogeographic studies on carnivore, ungulate, and rodent species from central and eastern Europe were collected and synthesized to verify the Polish suture zone hypothesis and examine how it is affected by different variables (geomorphological features like the Carpathian Mountains and Vistula River, climate, or anthropogenic factors). Our data reflects the importance of precise studies in this region and the value they contribute to further studies of large-scale European phylogeography.

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Polish suture zone as the goblet of truth in post-glacial history of mammals in Europe

Stojak

Tarnowska

2019

Mamm Res

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“…Europe was also recolonised by some species from Central Asian refugia after the last glacial maximum, i.e. voles Myodes glareolus (Deffontaine et al 2005); Microtus agrestis (Herman et al 2014); Microtus arvalis (Sibiryakov et al 2018); or the wood lemming, Myopus schisticolor (Fedorov et al 2008).…”

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Phylogeography of the striped field mouse, Apodemus agrarius (Rodentia: Muridae), throughout its distribution range in the Palaearctic region

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To better understand the evolutionary history of oriental wildlife newcomers in Europe, we studied the phylogeography and demographic history of the striped field mouse, Apodemus agrarius, throughout its Palaearctic distribution area. Genetic datasets including cytochrome b gene sequences and microsatellite markers were analysed using a large range of population genetics methodologies, including coalescent models and approximate Bayesian computations. Our results showed high mitochondrial genetic homogeneity among A. agrarius populations throughout the Palaearctic region, but microsatellite markers detected a finer population structure with the genetic differentiation of populations from the Eastern and Western distribution ranges. The Western colonisation likely originated from Far East Russian populations during one of the last interglacials. After their colonisation of the Central Asia and Western regions, the Central Palaearctic populations became isolated from their Eastern relatives. Our coalescent-based approaches suggested a separation between these two distribution ranges around 38 kya or more recently (around 11 kya). Limited gene flow still happened between populations in the two main distribution ranges, mainly from the Eastern to Western populations. Our study, for the first time, provides an overview of the evolutionary and demographic history of the striped field mouse throughout the Palaearctic region. A. agrarius appears to be an Asiatic immigrant and a relatively new member of the European fauna community. This study further confirms the important role of Far East Asian regions as a source of European biodiversity.

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“…Genetic studies of the field mouse using data on the nucleotide sequences of mitochondrial markers have shown that the modern intraspecific genetic structure and, consequently, the evolutionary history of the species are associated with the dynamics of the physiographic conditions of the individual regions during the Quaternary against the background of the global climate change [14,[16][17][18]. However, the central part of Northern Eurasia has remained practically unexplored, although it has been shown that the Urals, Altai and Western Siberia have played an important role in the modern genetic structure formation for a number of small mammalian species [40][41][42][43].…”

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Phylogeography of the striped field mouse (Apodemus agrarius Pallas, 1771) in light of new data from central part of Northern Eurasia

Yalkovskaya

Sibiryakov²,

Бородин³

2022

PLoS ONE

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A phylogeographic analysis of A. agrarius based on the complete mtDNA cytochrome b and control region sequences has been performed using data obtained for the first time for the species from large regions of the central part of Northern Eurasia (23 localities of Altai, Western Siberia, and the Urals). The obtained results have demonstrated a complex intraspecific differentiation of A. agrarius, which has manifested not only in the isolation of the isles populations in Southeast Asia (Jeju and Taiwan), but also in the genetic heterogeneity of mainland populations, which has reflected the history of the modern intraspecific genetic diversity formation against the background of changing physiographic conditions of Eurasia in the Quaternary. The divergence of genetic lineages has taken place apparently simultaneously (in mid-Pleistocene) on the territory of the Eastern part of the modern disjunctive range, where all the identified lineages are present today. The demographic history and possible evolutionary scenarios for A. agrarius in the Western part of the range have been considered. TMRC reconstructions have shown that the lifetime of the common ancestor of the lineage that expanded in the Western Palearctic is about 17.7 [95% HPD 13.2–22.5] kyr. This suggests that the transcontinental expansion of A. agrarius is a relatively recent event that has occurred after the LGM.

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Phylogeography of the Common Vole Microtus arvalis, the Obscurus Form (Rodentia, Arvicolinae): New Data on the Mitochondrial DNA Variability

Cited by 11 publications

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Polish suture zone as the goblet of truth in post-glacial history of mammals in Europe

Polish suture zone as the goblet of truth in post-glacial history of mammals in Europe

Phylogeography of the striped field mouse, Apodemus agrarius (Rodentia: Muridae), throughout its distribution range in the Palaearctic region

Phylogeography of the striped field mouse (Apodemus agrarius Pallas, 1771) in light of new data from central part of Northern Eurasia

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