Discrimination of the sibling species Apodemus flavicollis and A. sylvaticus (Rodentia, Muridae)

Jojić, Vida; Bugarski-Stanojević, Vanja; Blagojević, Jelena; Vujošević, Mladen

doi:10.1016/j.jcz.2014.02.002

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“…, Jojić et al. ). Besides being time consuming and expensive, these methods require the examination of skulls (e.g.…”

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confidence: 98%

“…At present these species can be reliably recognised only in the laboratory (Bugarski-Stanojević et al 2013) by skull morphology (Amori & Contoli 1994, Reutter et al 1999, Debernardi et al 2003, Barčiová & Macholán 2009), enzyme (Filippucci et al 1996) or DNA analyses (Michaux et al 2001, Jojić et al 2014. Besides being time consuming and expensive, these methods require the examination of skulls (e.g.…”

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A novel approach to field identification of cryptic Apodemus wood mice: calls differ more than morphology

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Field identification of European wood mice Apodemus spp. is challenging due to their morphological resemblance and frequent sympatry. We developed discriminant functions based on body mass and acoustic variables of distress calls to identify three cryptic species of wood mice (Apodemus alpicola, Apodemus flavicollis and Apodemus sylvaticus) in Italy. We achieved an overall correct classification rate of 86–98%; the best results (100% correct classification) were obtained for Apodemus sylvaticus calls. This minimally invasive, effective and low‐cost method highlights the potential role of bioacoustics as a powerful tool for field discrimination of cryptic species of terrestrial mammals.

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“…, Jojić et al. ). Besides being time consuming and expensive, these methods require the examination of skulls (e.g.…”

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confidence: 98%

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confidence: 99%

A novel approach to field identification of cryptic Apodemus wood mice: calls differ more than morphology

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“…In the Western Palearctic, the yellow-necked mice A. flavicollis (Melchior, 1934) and the woodmice A. sylvaticus (Linnaeus, 1758) are widespread, sympatric and occasionally syntopic species. They are often difficult to distinguish morphologically in their southern range [30], but in the Central and Northern Europe both are easily recognisable by the yellow collar around the neck of A. flavicollis , absent in A. sylvaticus .…”

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Population structure of Apodemus flavicollis and comparison to Apodemus sylvaticus in northern Poland based on RAD-seq

Cerezo

Kučka

Zub

et al. 2019

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Background: Mice of the genus Apodemus are one the most common mammals in the Palaearctic region. Despite their broad range and long history of ecological observations, there are no whole-genome data available for Apodemus, hindering our ability to further exploit the genus in evolutionary and ecological genomics context.Results: Here we present results from the whole-genome, high-density genotyping using double-digest restriction site-associated DNA sequencing (ddRAD-seq) on 72 individuals of A. flavicollis and 10 A. sylvaticus from four populations, sampled across 500 km distance in northern Poland. Our data present clear genetic divergence of the two species, with average sequence divergence, based on 21377 common loci, of 1.51% and an evolutionary rate of 0.0019 substitutions per site per million years. We provide a catalogue of 117 highly divergent loci that enable genetic differentiation of the two species in Poland and to a large degree of 20 unrelated samples from several European countries and Tunisia. We also show evidence of admixture between the three A. flavicollis populations but demonstrate that they have negligible average genome-wide population structure, with largest pairwise F ST < 0.086. Conclusion:Our study demonstrates the feasibility of genome-wide, high-density genotyping in Apodemus and provides the first insights into the population genomics of one of the species. 1 2 Background 3 Mice of the genus Apodemus (Kaup, 1829) (Rodentia: Muridae) are one the most 4 common mammals in the Palaearctic region [43]. The genus comprises of three 5 subgenera (Sylvaemus, Apodemus and Karstomys) [43], however the systematic 6 classification of the 20 species belonging to the genus [16] is not fully settled [36]. 7 In the Western Palearctic, the yellow-necked mice A. flavicollis (Melchior, 1934) 8 and the woodmice A. sylvaticus (Linnaeus, 1758) are widespread, sympatric and 9 occasionally syntopic species. They are often difficult to distinguish morphologically 10 in their southern range [30], but in the Central and Northern Europe both are 11 easily recognisable by the yellow collar around the neck of A. flavicollis, absent in 12 A. sylvaticus. 13 Their prevalence in Western Palearctic and common status in Western and Central 14 Europe made them one of the model organisms to study post-glacial movement of context, as one of the vectors of Borellia-carrying ticks Ixodes ricinus, who often feed 17 on Apodemus [13, 61], tick-borne encephalitis virus [47] and hantaviruses [33, 50] 18 and have been used as markers for environmental quality [40, 66]. Lastly, they 19 have extra-autosomal chromosomes, called B chromosomes, with varied distribution 20 among the populations [59] but unknown role, although it has been suggested they 21are involved in cellular metabolism [34, 39]. 22Previous studies on Apodemus typically employed a small number of microsatellite 23 [62] and mtDNA markers [24, 42, 44, 45], which are insufficient to learn about the 24 species' population structure and admixture patterns in detail,...

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“…However, it is well known that A. sylvaticus and A. flavicollis (Melchior 1834) are phenotypically highly similar species, unidentifiable in South and eastern Europe at the individual level by morphological methods used by palaeontological approach (Jojić et al. ). Moreover, the species identification of specimens from Turkey and Israel should be confirmed since several taxa from the Middle East previously assigned to A. sylvaticus were recently identified as a different species (Filippucci et al.…”

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New molecular data favour an anthropogenic introduction of the wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) in North Africa

Lalis

Leblois

Liefried

et al. 2015

J Zoolog Syst Evol Res

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According to fossil data, the wood mouse arrived in North Africa 7500 ya, while it was present in Europe since Early Pleistocene. Previous molecular studies suggested that its introduction in North Africa probably occurred via the Strait of Gibraltar more than 0.4 Mya ago. In this study, we widely sampled wood mice to get a better understanding of the geographic and demographic history of this species in North Africa and possibly to help resolving the discrepancy between genetic and palaeontological data. Specifically, we wanted to answer the following questions: (1) When and how did the wood mouse arrive in North Africa? and (2) What is its demographic and geographic history in North Africa since its colonization? We collected in the field 438 new individuals and used both mtDNA and six microsatellite markers to answer these questions. Our results confirm that North African wood mice have a south‐western European origin and colonized the Maghreb through the Strait of Gibraltar probably during the Mesolithic or slightly after. They first colonized the Tingitana Peninsula and then expanded throughout North Africa. Our genetic data suggest that the ancestral population size comprised numerous individuals reinforcing the idea that wood mice did not colonize Morocco accidentally through rafting of a few individuals, but via recurrent/multiple anthropogenic translocations. No spatial structuring of the genetic variability was recorded in North Africa, from Morocco to Tunisia.

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Discrimination of the sibling species Apodemus flavicollis and A. sylvaticus (Rodentia, Muridae)

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References 47 publications

A novel approach to field identification of cryptic Apodemus wood mice: calls differ more than morphology

A novel approach to field identification of cryptic Apodemus wood mice: calls differ more than morphology

Population structure of Apodemus flavicollis and comparison to Apodemus sylvaticus in northern Poland based on RAD-seq

New molecular data favour an anthropogenic introduction of the wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) in North Africa

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