A phylogeographic study of the Japanese earthworm, Metaphire sieboldi (Horst, 1883) (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae): Inferences from mitochondrial DNA sequences

Minamiya, Yukio; Yokoyama, Jun; Fukuda, Tatsuya

doi:10.1016/j.ejsobi.2009.06.004

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“…Phylogeography, the combined analysis of genealogical and geographic data, has become a powerful tool for inferring historical biogeographic events (Avise, 2009;Minamiya et al, 2009;Knowles, 2009). DNA sequence data potentially offered an independent means of inferring the population on phylogeography (Avise, 2000), as well as population demographic changes, such as range expansions and their timing (Rogers and Harpending, 1992).…”

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Phylogeography of Chinese bamboo partridge, Bambusicola thoracica thoracica (Aves: Galliformes) in south China: Inference from mitochondrial DNA control-region sequences

Huang

Liu

Liang

et al. 2010

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

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Phylogeography of Chinese bamboo partridge, Bambusicola thoracica thoracica (Aves: Galliformes) in south China: Inference from mitochondrial DNA control-region sequences

Huang

Liu

Liang

et al. 2010

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

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“…Moreover, molecular tools can be used to support phylogeography analysis for single species or a group of closely related species (e.g. Chang & Chen 2005;Minamiya et al 2009) as well as discriminating between native and exotic species (Cameron et al 2008;. In conjunction with phylogenetic analyses, DNA barcoding analyses not only contribute to the discovery of new species and the identification of specimens, but also enhance our understanding of earthworms' ecology, taxonomy and evolutionary history (Domínguez et al 2015).…”

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Molecular identification and distribution of native and exotic earthworms in New Zealand human-modified soils

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Dickinson²,

Bowie³

et al. 2017

NZ J Ecol

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Important knowledge gaps remain with regards to the ecology and the systematics of New Zealand's native earthworms. With many putative new species yet to be described, often specimens cannot be named, which makes species inventory, monitoring and community comparisons difficult. Our work aimed to identify new putative taxa of New Zealand native species of earthworms, and describe their distribution in selected human-modified ecosystems. A total of 24 earthworm taxa (13 native and 11 exotic) were identified using a DNA barcoding approach focusing on 16S rDNA and COI (cytochrome oxidase subunit 1). The combination of morphological and molecular analyses were complementary in elucidating species identity. However, of the 13 native taxa, eight could not be named and are likely to be undescribed species from the genera Octochaetus, Maoridrilus and Deinodrilus. Most native species appeared to have a restricted geographic distribution linked to soil conditions, in particular pH and organic matter.

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“…We added our results to a previously published GenBank sequence (accession no. AB425818 [Minamiya et al, 2009]). The length of the sequences was 690 bp, without insertions or deletions.…”

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“…The isolated DNA was resuspended in TE buffer and stored at -20°C until use. In all samples, a 690-base fragment in the protein coding region of the COI gene was amplified using the primers which were designed by Minamiya et al (2009): Meta-2F (5'-ATRC-CAGTATTYATTGGDGG-3') and Meta-1R (5'-CTRAAT-ACTTTRATTCCTGT-3'). Double-stranded DNA was amplified by PCR by incubating at 94°C for 10 sec, followed by 45 cycles of incubations at 94°C for 1.5 min, 48°C for 2 min, and 72°C for 3 min, with a final extension at 72°C for 15 min.…”

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“…Recently, numerous molecular phylogenetic studies on earthworms have been conducted (Jamieson et al, 2002;Pop et al, 2003Pop et al, , 2007Heethoff et al, 2004;Pérez-Losada et al, 2005Chang et al, , 2007Chang et al, , 2008Chang et al, , 2009Admassu et al, 2006;Huang et al, 2007;King et al, 2008;Cameron et al, 2008;Minamiya et al, 2009;Richard et al, 2009;Novo et al, 2009Novo et al, , 2010Knott and Haimi, 2010). Many of these studies used the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) gene (Pop et al, 2003(Pop et al, , 2007Pérez-Losada et al, 2005Admassu et al, 2006;Chang et al, 2007Chang et al, , 2008Chang et al, , 2009Huang et al, 2007;King et al, 2008;Cameron et al, 2008;Minamiya et al, 2009;Rougerie et al, 2009;Novo et al, 2009Novo et al, , 2010Knott and Haimi, 2010) because of the ease of primer design and the range of phylogenetic signals and rapid evolutionary rate of this gene (Hebert et al, 2003). To clarify the phylogenetic relationships of A. vittatus with different degree of degraded reproductive organs, we examined the morphological variations, such as the possession rate of both the male and spermathecal pores in A. vittatus found in various locations in Sendai city around Mt.…”

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Variability of sexual organ possession rates and phylogenetic analyses of a parthenogenetic Japanese earthworm, Amynthas vittatus (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae)

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Although earthworms are hermaphroditic animals with biparental sexual reproduction, some parthenogenetic species have been found. Evolutionary trends in parthenogenetic earthworms revealed a reduction in the reproductive organs. To clarify the phylogenetic relationships of parthenogenetic earthworms with different degree of degraded reproductive organs, we conducted a morphological analysis of the reproductive organs and molecular phylogenetic analyses of Amynthas vittatus which usually degraded a part of reproductive organs. Morphological analysis revealed that almost all individuals collected around Mt. Aobayama, Sendai city of northeastern Japan, possessed male pores, while individuals collected from areas located across Hirose River did not. Phylogenetic analysis using mitochondrial DNA sequences of 48 individuals representing 20 populations indicated that almost all individuals collected around Mt. Aobayama belonged to a different lineage from the other populations collected around Sendai, and that almost all individuals collected from across Japan belonged to the latter lineage. We suggest that the difference in the male pore possession rate was caused by histories of each population, but the A. vittatus population found on Mt. Aobayama belongs to a different lineage as compared to the other Japanese populations and not the primitive population. Thus, the parthenogenetic earthworm A. vittatus has undergone at least two morphological evolutionary processes.

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A phylogeographic study of the Japanese earthworm, Metaphire sieboldi (Horst, 1883) (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae): Inferences from mitochondrial DNA sequences

Cited by 29 publications

References 20 publications

Phylogeography of Chinese bamboo partridge, Bambusicola thoracica thoracica (Aves: Galliformes) in south China: Inference from mitochondrial DNA control-region sequences

Phylogeography of Chinese bamboo partridge, Bambusicola thoracica thoracica (Aves: Galliformes) in south China: Inference from mitochondrial DNA control-region sequences

Molecular identification and distribution of native and exotic earthworms in New Zealand human-modified soils

Variability of sexual organ possession rates and phylogenetic analyses of a parthenogenetic Japanese earthworm, Amynthas vittatus (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae)

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