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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Deep evolutionary lineages in a Western Mediterranean snake (Vipera latastei/monticola group) and high genetic structuring in Southern Iberian populations
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Volume 65, No. 3, Year 2012
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Phylogeographic studies during the last decade confirmed an internal complexity of the Iberian Peninsula and northern Maghreb as refugial areas during the Miocene to Pleistocene period. Species with low vagility that experienced the complex climatic and palaeogeographic processes occurred in the Western Mediterranean Basin are excellent candidates to study the extent of lineage diversification in this region. We applied phylogenetic analyses based on mitochondrial data to infer the evolutionary history of Vipera latastei/monticola and identify the major biogeographic events structuring the genetic diversity within this group. We obtained a well-resolved phylogeny, with four highly divergent lineages (one African and three Iberian) that originated in the Tertiary. Coalescence-based estimations suggest that the differentiation of the four major lineages in V. latastei/monticola corresponds to the Messinian salinity crisis and the reopening of the Strait of Gibraltar during the Miocene. Subsequent Pliocene and Pleistocene climatic oscillations continued to isolate both Iberian and Maghrebian populations and led to a high genetic structuring in this group, particularly in Southern Iberia, a complex palaeogeographic and topographic region with high endemism levels. This study does not support the current taxonomy of the group, thus suggesting that an integrative evaluation of Iberian and African populations is needed to resolve its systematics. © 2012 Elsevier Inc.
Authors & Co-Authors
Velo-Antón, Guillermo
Portugal, Fornelo e Vairao
Cibio - Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos
Godinho, Raquel
Portugal, Fornelo e Vairao
Cibio - Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos
Harris, David James
Portugal, Fornelo e Vairao
Cibio - Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos
Portugal, Porto
Universidade do Porto
Santos, Xavier
Portugal, Fornelo e Vairao
Cibio - Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos
Martínez-Freiría, Fernando
Portugal, Fornelo e Vairao
Cibio - Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos
Fahd, Soumia
Morocco, Tetouan
Faculté Des Sciences de Tétouan
Larbes, Saïd
Algeria, Tizi Ouzou
Université Mouloud Mammeri de Tizi Ouzou
Pleguezuelos, Juan Manuel
Spain, Granada
Universidad de Granada, Facultad de Ciencias
Brito, J. C.
Portugal, Fornelo e Vairao
Cibio - Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos
Portugal, Porto
Universidade do Porto
Statistics
Citations: 48
Authors: 9
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.ympev.2012.08.016
ISSN:
10557903
e-ISSN:
10959513
Research Areas
Environmental
Genetics And Genomics