Highly divergent lineage of narrow-headed vole from the Late Pleistocene Europe

Baca, Mateusz; Popović, Danijela; Lemanik, Anna; Baca, Katarzyna; Horáček, Ivan; Nadachowski, Adam

doi:10.1038/s41598-019-53937-1

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“…Other species of Microtus and Neodon were not found in the monophyletic group ( Liu et al, 2012a ); M. kikuchii and M. fortis were grouped as sister lineages within the Lasiopodomys clades and were considered belonging to the subgenus Alexandromys based on phylogenetic research ( Mezhzherin, Zykov & Morozov-Leonov, 1993 ), allozymes, and Cytb ( Bannikova et al, 2010 ). All these genera form a “ Microtus s. l.,” which could be the “core Arvicolinae” ( Baca et al, 2019 ).…”

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Phylogeny and evolution ofLasiopodomysin subfamily Arvivolinae based on mitochondrial genomics

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Liu

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The species of Lasiopodomys Lataste 1887 with their related genera remains undetermined owing to inconsistent morphological characteristics and molecular phylogeny. To investigate the phylogenetic relationship and speciation among species of the genus Lasiopodomys, we sequenced and annotated the whole mitochondrial genomes of three individual species, namely Lasiopodomys brandtii Radde 1861, L. mandarinus Milne-Edwards 1871, and Neodon (Lasiopodomys) fuscus Büchner 1889. The nucleotide sequences of the circular mitogenomes were identical for each individual species of L. brandtii, L. mandarinus, and N. fuscus. Each species contained 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 transfer RNAs, and 2 ribosomal RNAs, with mitochondrial genome lengths of 16,557 bp, 16,562 bp, and 16,324 bp, respectively. The mitogenomes and PCGs showed positive AT skew and negative GC skew. Mitogenomic phylogenetic analyses suggested that L. brandtii, L. mandarinus, and L. gregalis Pallas 1779 belong to the genus Lasiopodomys, whereas N. fuscus belongs to the genus Neodon grouped with N. irene. Lasiopodomys showed the closest relationship with Microtus fortis Büchner 1889 and M. kikuchii Kuroda 1920, which are considered as the paraphyletic species of genera Microtus. TMRCA and niche model analysis revealed that Lasiopodomys may have first appeared during the early Pleistocene epoch. Further, L. gregalis separated from others over 1.53 million years ago (Ma) and then diverged into L. brandtii and L. mandarinus 0.76 Ma. The relative contribution of climatic fluctuations to speciation and selection in this group requires further research.

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Phylogeny and evolution ofLasiopodomysin subfamily Arvivolinae based on mitochondrial genomics

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“…First, we extracted DNA from five new specimens (CAT 11, CAT 16, CAT 50, CAT 155, and CAT 157) following the procedure described by Dabney et al (80). We directly converted genomic DNA into double-indexed sequencing libraries following Kircher et al (81), with minor modifications (82). Target enrichment of mtDNA, sequencing on Illumina platform, and processing of the sequence reads were performed as in Baca et al (17).…”

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Ancestors of domestic cats in Neolithic Central Europe: Isotopic evidence of a synanthropic diet

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Cat remains from Poland dated to 4,200 to 2,300 y BCE are currently the earliest evidence for the migration of the Near Eastern cat (NE cat), the ancestor of domestic cats, into Central Europe. This early immigration preceded the known establishment of housecat populations in the region by around 3,000 y. One hypothesis assumed that NE cats followed the migration of early farmers as synanthropes. In this study, we analyze the stable isotopes in six samples of Late Neolithic NE cat bones and further 34 of the associated fauna, including the European wildcat. We approximate the diet and trophic ecology of Late Neolithic felids in a broad context of contemporary wild and domestic animals and humans. In addition, we compared the ecology of Late Neolithic NE cats with the earliest domestic cats known from the territory of Poland, dating to the Roman Period. Our results reveal that human agricultural activity during the Late Neolithic had already impacted the isotopic signature of rodents in the ecosystem. These synanthropic pests constituted a significant proportion of the NE cat’s diet. Our interpretation is that Late Neolithic NE cats were opportunistic synanthropes, most probably free-living individuals (i.e., not directly relying on a human food supply). We explore niche partitioning between studied NE cats and the contemporary native European wildcats. We find only minor differences between the isotopic ecology of both these taxa. We conclude that, after the appearance of the NE cat, both felid taxa shared the ecological niches.

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“…The following study (Petrova et al 2016) identified lineage D to be the cryptic species Lasiopodomys raddei Poljakov, 1881. Later, another group of narrow-headed voles from Late Pleistocene Europe was considered a distinct species Lasiopodomys anglicus Hinton, 1910 (Baca et al 2019). In this paper, under L. gregalis we mean L. gregalis sensu stricto [three mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) lineages: A, B and C].…”

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Signatures of genetic isolation of the three lineages of the narrow-headed vole Lasiopodomys gregalis (Cricetidae, Rodentia) in a mosaic steppe landscape of South Siberia

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Geographic isolation is among the most important factors initiating speciation in mammals. The narrow-headed vole Lasiopodomys gregalis is a widely distributed species in steppe habitats of South Siberia that are highly fragmented by mountain ranges. There are three major mostly allopatric mitochondrial lineages of L. gregalis described throughout the distribution range that most plausibly split in the Middle Pleistocene. This study applies the analysis of five microsatellite loci and species distribution modelling to understand the patterns of isolation and migration between L. gregalis populations in South Siberia and in particular in Tuva basin where all three lineages occur simultaneously. Microsatellite analysis supported the population differentiation revealed previously, with three clusters corresponding to mitochondrial lineages and indicated that gene flow between them is strongly limited. There were only traces of hybridisation in the population near the contact zone of lineages B and C. SDM analysis predicted only a small number of potential contact zones between L. gregalis lineages and barriers corresponding to landscape heterogeneity. We presume that the forested mountain ranges act as the main insurmountable barriers to gene flow between major genetic lineages of L. gregalis.

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Highly divergent lineage of narrow-headed vole from the Late Pleistocene Europe

Cited by 30 publications

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Phylogeny and evolution ofLasiopodomysin subfamily Arvivolinae based on mitochondrial genomics

Phylogeny and evolution ofLasiopodomysin subfamily Arvivolinae based on mitochondrial genomics

Ancestors of domestic cats in Neolithic Central Europe: Isotopic evidence of a synanthropic diet

Signatures of genetic isolation of the three lineages of the narrow-headed vole Lasiopodomys gregalis (Cricetidae, Rodentia) in a mosaic steppe landscape of South Siberia

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