作者
W Babik, W Branicki, J CRNOBRNJA‐ISAILOVIĆ, D Cogălniceanu, I Sas, K Olgun, NA Poyarkov, M Garcia‐Paris, JW Arntzen
发表日期
2005
期刊
Molecular Ecology
卷号
14
期号
8
页码范围
2475-2491
简介
The newts Triturus vulgaris and Triturus montandoni are sister species that exhibit contrasting levels of intraspecific morphological variation. Triturus vulgaris has a broad Eurasiatic distribution encompassing both formerly glaciated and unglaciated areas and shows substantial morphological differentiation in the southern part of its range, while T. montandoni, confined to the Carpathians, is morphologically uniform. We analysed sequence variation of two mtDNA fragments of the total length of c. 1850 bp in 285 individuals of both species collected from 103 localities. Phylogenetic analysis of 200 unique haplotypes defined 12 major clades, their age estimated at c. 4.5–1.0 million years (Myr). Most of the older clades were found in the southern part of the range, and also in central Europe, mainly in Romania. The distribution of mtDNA clades points to the existence of several glacial refugia, located in the Caucasus …
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