DNA footprints of European hedgehogs, <i>Erinaceus europaeus</i> and <i>E. concolor</i>: Pleistocene refugia, postglacial expansion and colonization routes

Seddon, Jennifer M.; Santucci, F; Reeve, Nigel; Hewitt, Godfrey M.

doi:10.1046/j.0962-1083.2001.01357.x

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“…Moreover, to the exception of some data obtained on the hedgehog (Santucci et al, 1998;Seddon et al, 2001), the woodmouse (Michaux et al, 2003) and the lesser white-toothed shrew (Taberlet et al, 1998), very little information exists concerning the role of Turkey and Near East regions as refugia for European mammals during glaciations as well as their role as a source for postglacial recolonisers of the Western Palearctic region.…”

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Phylogeographic history of the yellow-necked fieldmouse (Apodemus flavicollis) in Europe and in the Near and Middle East

Michaux

Libois

Paradis

et al. 2004

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

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The exact location of glacial refugia and the patterns of postglacial range expansion of European mammals are not yet completely elucidated. Therefore, further detailed studies covering a large part of the Western Palearctic region are still needed. In this order, we sequenced 972 bp of the mitochondrial DNA cytochrome b (mtDNA cyt b) from 124 yellow-necked fieldmice (Apodemus flavicollis) collected from 53 European localities. The aims of the study were to answer the following questions:• Did the Mediterranean peninsulas act as the main refuge for yellow-necked fieldmouse or did the species also survive in more easterly refugia (the Caucasus or the southern Ural) and in Central Europe? • What is the role of Turkey and Near East regions as Quaternary glacial refuges for this species and as a source for postglacial recolonisers of the Western Palearctic region?The results provide a clear picture of the impact of the quaternary glaciations on the genetic and geographic structure of the fieldmouse. This species survived the ice ages in two main refuges, the first one in the Italo-Balkan region; the second one in Turkey and the Near East regions. It is from the Balkan refuge that it recolonised all European regions at the end of the last glaciation. The Turkish and Near East populations are distinct from the European ones and they did not recolonise the Palearctic region probably because: (i) they were blocked by the Black Sea and the Caucasus, (ii) the long term presence of fieldmice populations in the Balkans prevented their expansion. These are genetically differentiated from the European and Russian ones and could be described as a particular subspecies. This result emphasises the importance of Turkey and the Near and Middle East regions as a refuge for Palearctic mammals.

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Phylogeographic history of the yellow-necked fieldmouse (Apodemus flavicollis) in Europe and in the Near and Middle East

Michaux

Libois

Paradis

et al. 2004

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

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“…For amplification of the 5¢ segment of the mitochondrial control region (410 bp), including the left hypervariable domain, we used the primers ProL-He, which was located in the tRNA Pro gene region, and DLH-He, which was located in the conserved sequence block of the E region (Seddon et al, 2001). Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) conditions were set according to Seddon et al (2001).…”

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“…As insectivores, the hedgehogs were undoubtedly greatly influenced by climate-dependent changes in the availability of insect food during the Quaternary period and the dramatic range dynamic must have left clear imprints in the genetic architecture of this taxon (Santucci et al, 1998;Seddon et al, 2001Seddon et al, , 2002Berggren et al, 2005). Recently, three species of the genus Erinaceus were recognised in the western Palearctic (Aulagnier et al, 2009).…”

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“…The range of southern white-breasted hedgehogs (E. concolor) includes Asia Minor and Levant, but it is isolated from the range of E. roumanicus by the Bosporus Strait and Caucasus Mountains (Seddon et al, 2002). Although the imprints of glacial oscillations are obvious, the roots of the divergence are Pliocene (3.2-4.5 Myr; Seddon et al, 2001). The distribution of E. europaeus and E. roumanicus is parapatric on a macrogeographical scale, and contact zones are situated in Central Europe (Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria and Italy) and north-eastern Europe (Latvia, Estonia and Russia to the Ural mountains; Figure 1).…”

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Microevolution of sympatry: landscape genetics of hedgehogs Erinaceus europaeus and E. roumanicus in Central Europe

Bolfíková

Hulva

2011

Heredity

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We used the mitochondrial control region and nuclear microsatellites to assess the distribution patterns, population structure, demography and landscape genetics for the hedgehogs Erinaceus europaeus and Erinaceus roumanicus in a transect of the mid-European zone of sympatry. E. roumanicus was less frequent and restricted to regions with lower altitudes. Demographic analyses suggested recent population growth in this species. A comparison of patterns in the spatial variability of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA indicated less sex-biased dispersal and higher levels of gene flow in E. roumanicus. No evidence of recent hybridisation or introgression was detected. We interpreted these results by comparing with phylogeographic and palaeontological studies as well as with the occurrence of hybridisation in the Russian contact zone. We propose that Central Europe was colonised by E. roumanicus by the beginning of the Neolithic period and that there was a subsequent reinforcement stage as well as the formation of a zone of sympatry after the complete reproductive isolation of both species.

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“…Doadrio, 1988;Dennis et al, 1998;Puente et al, 1998;Vargas et al, 1998;Ribera, 2000;García-Barros et al, 2002) and in establishing the origin of selected Iberian taxa and their phylogenetic and phylogeographic relationships, mainly with molecular methods (e.g. Ferris et al, 1998;Frati et al, 1998;Arntzen & Wallis, 1999;García-París & Jockusch, 1999;Lenk et al, 1999;Alexandrino et al, 2000;Gómez-Zurita et al, 2000;Machordom et al, 2000;Oliverio et al, 2000;Seddon et al, 2001;Branco et al, 2002;Ribera et al, 2003a;see Hewitt, 1999, 2000 for reviews). There is, however, a paucity of studies bringing together these two approaches, that is, searching for general patterns in the origin and the phylogenetic and phylogeographic relationships in relatively rich groups of organisms with Iberian representation (but see e.g.…”

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Are Iberian endemics Iberian? A case-study using water beetles of family Dytiscidae (Coleoptera)

Ribera¹

2003

GRAELLSIA

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The phylogenetic relationships and the geographical origin of 27 of the 34 species and of 3 of the 9 subspecies of Iberian endemic Dytiscidae are studied, based on species level phylogenies constructed with two mitochondrial gene fragments (16S rRNA and Cytochrome Oxidase I). All Iberian endemic species for which more than one specimen was included were monophyletic with the exception of the complex Deronectes aubei sanfilippoi Fery & Brancucci, 1997-D. delarouzei (Jac. Du Val, 1857 (Sharp, 1872) and Hydroporus normandi normandi Régimbart, 1903 do not form well characterised lineages, as measured with the mitochondrial markers used in this study.The Iberian endemic species of Dytiscidae are divided in three groups according to the type of vicariant origin: 1) within-Iberian species, when the sister species (or clade) of the Iberian endemic is also and Iberian endemic; 2) Iberian/European, when the sister occurs in Europe north of the Pyrenees; and 3) Iberian/North African, when the sister occurs in North Africa. Within-Iberian endemics are found to be on average older than Iberian/European and Iberian/North African species, they have more restricted distributions within the Iberian peninsula (they occur typically in only one of the main biogeographical regions), and tend to occur exclusively in running waters. The withinIberian species are best represented by the "Iberian" clade of the genus Deronectes, formed by six endemic species plus two species with wider distributions. Most species in this group originated in rapid succession in the Late Miocene-Early Pliocene boundary by repeated vicariant events in the three main mountain massifs in the Iberian peninsula: the Pyrenees, the Baetic ranges, and the Sistema Central plus mountain massifs of the NW. On the contrary, most of the Iberian/European species seem to be the recent (Pleistocene) vicariants of a species with a widespread distribution encompassing the Iberian peninsula, at present restricted to south and west of the Ebro valley. The results of these analyses suggest that the Iberian peninsula was an isolated refuge during the Quaternary glaciations, in where allopatric speciation was frequent among some lineages of Dytiscidae diving beetles.

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DNA footprints of European hedgehogs, Erinaceus europaeus and E. concolor: Pleistocene refugia, postglacial expansion and colonization routes

Cited by 179 publications

References 29 publications

Phylogeographic history of the yellow-necked fieldmouse (Apodemus flavicollis) in Europe and in the Near and Middle East

Phylogeographic history of the yellow-necked fieldmouse (Apodemus flavicollis) in Europe and in the Near and Middle East

Microevolution of sympatry: landscape genetics of hedgehogs Erinaceus europaeus and E. roumanicus in Central Europe

Are Iberian endemics Iberian? A case-study using water beetles of family Dytiscidae (Coleoptera)

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