Historical biogeography at the crossroads of the northern continents: molecular phylogenetics of red-backed voles (Rodentia: Arvicolinae)

Cook, Joseph A.; Runck, Amy M.; Conroy, Chris J.

doi:10.1016/s1055-7903(03)00248-3

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“…A 1,074-bp fragment of the mtDNA cytb gene was amplified by PCR by using primers located within the cytb (5Ј-CCCTCTAAT-CAAAATCATCAA-3Ј) and Thr tRNA genes (5Ј-TTTCATT-TCTGGTTTACAAGAC-3Ј). The primers were designed on the basis of published cytb sequences (27), and sequences that were generated with the primer (5Ј-TGGTGGGGGAAGAGTC-CTT-3Ј), designed within the Pro tRNA gene by using sequences published by Stacy et al (28). The PCR conditions followed standard methods described for arvicolid rodents (17,23).…”

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A northern glacial refugium for bank voles ( Clethrionomys glareolus )

Kotlı́k

Deffontaine

Mascheretti

et al. 2006

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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There is controversy and uncertainty on how far north there were glacial refugia for temperate species during the Pleistocene glaciations and in the extent of the contribution of such refugia to present-day populations. We examined these issues using phylogeographic analysis of a European woodland mammal, the bank vole (Clethrionomys glareolus). A Bayesian coalescence analysis indicates that a bank vole population survived the height of the last glaciation (Ϸ25,000 -10,000 years B.P.) in the vicinity of the Carpathians, a major central European mountain chain well north of the Mediterranean areas typically regarded as glacial refugia for temperate species. Parameter estimates from the fitted isolation with migration model show that the divergence of the Carpathian population started at least 22,000 years ago, and it was likely followed by only negligible immigration from adjacent regions, suggesting the persistence of bank voles in the Carpathians through the height of the last glaciation. On the contrary, there is clear evidence for gene flow out of the Carpathians, demonstrating the contribution of the Carpathian population to the colonization of Europe after the Pleistocene. These findings are consistent with data from animal and plant fossils recovered in the Carpathians and provide the clearest phylogeographic evidence to date of a northern glacial refugium for temperate species in Europe.climate change ͉ colonization ͉ northern refugia ͉ phylogeography ͉ Quaternary

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A northern glacial refugium for bank voles ( Clethrionomys glareolus )

Kotlı́k

Deffontaine

Mascheretti

et al. 2006

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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“…The northern red-backed vole (M. rutilus) has a holarctic distribution. It appears to be a post-glacial colonizer of North America, with close genetic relationships existing between North American and Far Eastern Siberian populations (Cook et al 2004). In North America, it occurs north of latitude 60°N in the boreal forest and tundra regions (Banfield 1974).…”

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Population dynamics of red-backed voles (Myodes) in North America

Boonstra

Krebs

2011

Oecologia

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We review the population dynamics of red-backed voles (Myodes species) in North America, the main deciduous and coniferous forest-dwelling microtines on this continent, and compare and contrast their pattern with that of the same or similar species in Eurasia. We identify 7 long-term studies of population changes in Myodes in North America. Using autoregressive and spectral analysis, we found that only 2 of the 7 show 3- to 5-year cycles like those found in some Eurasian populations. There was no relationship between latitude and cycling. The general lack of cyclicity is associated with two key aspects of their demography that act in tandem: first, poor overwinter survival in most years; second, chronically low densities, with irregular outbreak years. Eight factors might explain why some Myodes populations fluctuate in cycles and others fluctuate irregularly, and we review the evidence for each factor: food supplies, nutrients, predation, interspecific competition, disease, weather, spacing behavior and interactive effects. Of these eight, only food supplies appear to be sufficient to explain the differences between cyclic and non-cyclic populations. Irregular fluctuations are the result of pulsed food supplies in the form of berry crops (M. rutilus) or tree seeds (M. gapperi) linked to weather patterns. We argue that, to understand the cause for the patterns in the respective hemispheres, we must know the mechanism(s) driving population change and this must be linked to rigorous field tests. We suggest that a large-scale, year-round feeding experiment should improve overwintering survival, increase standing densities, and flip non-cyclic Myodes populations into cyclic dynamics that would mimic the patterns seen in the cyclic populations found in parts of Eurasia.

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“…The fact that the Calabrian bank vole (a likely sibling species to C. glareolus; Colangelo et al, 2012) and the grey redbacked vole (C. rufocanus) both share an orthologous HBA-T3 gene with the bank vole (Supplementary Figure S1) shows its origin predates the split between the ancestors of the bank vole and grey redbacked vole. The bank vole and grey red-backed vole belong to different major subdivisions in the genus (Cook et al, 2004), and the duplication thus might be shared by all Clethrionomys species.…”

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Relaxed functional constraints on triplicate α-globin gene in the bank vole suggest a different evolutionary history from other rodents

2014

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Gene duplication plays an important role in the origin of evolutionary novelties, but the mechanisms responsible for the retention and functional divergence of the duplicated copy are not fully understood. The a-globin genes provide an example of a gene family with different numbers of gene duplicates among rodents. Whereas Rattus and Peromyscus each have three adult a-globin genes (HBA-T1, HBA-T2 and HBA-T3), Mus has only two copies. High rates of amino acid evolution in the independently derived HBA-T3 genes of Peromyscus and Rattus have been attributed to positive selection. Using RACE PCR, reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) and RNA-seq, we show that another rodent, the bank vole Clethrionomys glareolus, possesses three transcriptionally active a-globin genes. The bank vole HBA-T3 gene is distinguished from each HBA-T1 and HBA-T2 by 20 amino acids and is transcribed 23-and 4-fold lower than HBA-T1 and HBA-T2, respectively. Polypeptides corresponding to all three genes are detected by electrophoresis, demonstrating that the translated products of HBA-T3 are present in adult erythrocytes. Patterns of codon substitution and the presence of low-frequency null alleles suggest a postduplication relaxation of purifying selection on bank vole HBA-T3.

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Historical biogeography at the crossroads of the northern continents: molecular phylogenetics of red-backed voles (Rodentia: Arvicolinae)

Cited by 82 publications

References 48 publications

A northern glacial refugium for bank voles ( Clethrionomys glareolus )

A northern glacial refugium for bank voles ( Clethrionomys glareolus )

Population dynamics of red-backed voles (Myodes) in North America

Relaxed functional constraints on triplicate α-globin gene in the bank vole suggest a different evolutionary history from other rodents

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