Morphometrics and genetics highlight the complex history of Eastern Mediterranean spiny mice
Authors: Renaud, S. et al.
Journal: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
Volume: 130
Issue: 3
Pages: 599-614
eISSN: 1095-8312
ISSN: 0024-4066
DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blaa063
Abstract:Spiny mice of the Acomys cahirinus group display a complex geographical structure in the Eastern Mediterranean area, as shown by previous genetic and chromosomal studies. To better elucidate the evolutionary relationships between insular populations from Crete and Cyprus and continental populations from North Africa and Cilicia in Turkey, genetic and morphometric variations were investigated, based on mitochondrial D-loop sequences, and the size and shape of the first upper molar. The Cypriot and the Cilician populations show idiosyncratic divergence in molar size and shape, while Cretan populations present a geographical structure with at least three differentiated subpopulations, as shown by congruent distributions of haplogroups, Robertsonian fusions and morphometric variation. A complex history of multiple introductions is probably responsible for this structure, and insular isolation coupled with habitat shift should have further promoted a pronounced and rapid morphological evolution in molar size and shape on Crete and Cyprus.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/34554/
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Morphometrics and genetics highlight the complex history of Eastern Mediterranean spiny mice
Authors: Renaud, S. et al.
Journal: BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY
Volume: 130
Issue: 3
Pages: 599-614
eISSN: 1095-8312
ISSN: 0024-4066
DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blaa063
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/34554/
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Morphometrics and genetics highlight the complex history of Eastern Mediterranean spiny mice
Authors: Renaud, S. et al.
Journal: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
Volume: 130
Issue: 3
Pages: 599-614
eISSN: 1095-8312
ISSN: 0024-4066
DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blaa063
Abstract:© 2020 The Linnean Society of London, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. Spiny mice of the Acomys cahirinus group display a complex geographical structure in the Eastern Mediterranean area, as shown by previous genetic and chromosomal studies. To better elucidate the evolutionary relationships between insular populations from Crete and Cyprus and continental populations from North Africa and Cilicia in Turkey, genetic and morphometric variations were investigated, based on mitochondrial D-loop sequences, and the size and shape of the first upper molar. The Cypriot and the Cilician populations show idiosyncratic divergence in molar size and shape, while Cretan populations present a geographical structure with at least three differentiated subpopulations, as shown by congruent distributions of haplogroups, Robertsonian fusions and morphometric variation. A complex history of multiple introductions is probably responsible for this structure, and insular isolation coupled with habitat shift should have further promoted a pronounced and rapid morphological evolution in molar size and shape on Crete and Cyprus.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/34554/
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Morphometrics and genetics highlight the complex history of Eastern Mediterranean spiny mice
Authors: Renaud, S. et al.
Journal: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
Volume: 130
Issue: 3
Pages: 599-614
ISSN: 0024-4066
Abstract:© 2020 The Linnean Society of London, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. Spiny mice of the Acomys cahirinus group display a complex geographical structure in the Eastern Mediterranean area, as shown by previous genetic and chromosomal studies. To better elucidate the evolutionary relationships between insular populations from Crete and Cyprus and continental populations from North Africa and Cilicia in Turkey, genetic and morphometric variations were investigated, based on mitochondrial D-loop sequences, and the size and shape of the first upper molar. The Cypriot and the Cilician populations show idiosyncratic divergence in molar size and shape, while Cretan populations present a geographical structure with at least three differentiated subpopulations, as shown by congruent distributions of haplogroups, Robertsonian fusions and morphometric variation. A complex history of multiple introductions is probably responsible for this structure, and insular isolation coupled with habitat shift should have further promoted a pronounced and rapid morphological evolution in molar size and shape on Crete and Cyprus.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/34554/
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