Intraspecific Variation of Mitochondrial Cytochrome<i>b</i>Gene Sequences of the Japanese Marten Martes melampus and the Sable Martes zibellina (Mustelidae, Carnivora, Mammalia) in Japan

Kurose, Naoko; Masuda, Ryuichi; Siriaroonrat, Boripat; Yoshida, Michihiro C.

doi:10.2108/zsj.16.693

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“…In the lineages of Martes melampus, for example, populations of Honshu and the Tsushima Islands possessed different haplotypes (Fig. 2), as was documented by Kurose et al (1999a) and Hosoda et al (1999).…”

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“…A knowledge of the molecular phylogeny of the group of Mustelidae is being accumulated with analyses of DNA-DNA hybridization (Wayne et al, 1989), mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA; Yoshida,1994a, 1994b;Carr and Hicks, 1995;Ledje and Arnason, 1996;Hosoda et al,1997Hosoda et al, ,1999Koepfli and Wayne, 1998;Demboski et al, 1999;Kurose et al, 1999aKurose et al, , 1999bKurose et al, , 2000 and the nuclear ribosomal RNA gene spacers (Hosoda et al,1993) but a comprehensive view of the molecular evolution is still to be achieved. Here we analyzed intra-and inter-specific variation in the mitochondrial cytochrome b (cyt b) gene sequences in several species of the mustelid, especially those of Martes and Mustela.…”

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Evolutionary trends of the mitochondrial lineage differentiation in species of genera Martes and Mustela.

Hosoda¹,

Suzuki

Harada

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We compared partial sequences (402 bp) of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene in 68 individuals of martens (Martes), weasels (Mustela) and their relatives from the Northern Hemisphere to identify the modes of geographic differentiation in each species. We then compared complete sequences (1140 bp) of the gene in 17 species of the family Mustelidae to know the spatial and temporal modes of speciation, constructing linearized trees with transversional substitutions for deeper lineage divergences and with transversions and transitions for younger lineages. Our data suggested that these lineages of Martes and Mustela differentiated in a stepwise fashion with five radiation stages from the generic divergences (stage I) to the intraspecific divergences (stage V), during the last 10 or 20 million years as the fossil evidence suggests. In the lineage of Martes, the first offshoots are of Martes flavigula, M. pennanti, and Gulo gulo (stage II), the second is M. foina (stage III), and the third are M. americana, M. martes, M. melampus, and M. zibellina (stage IV). The divergence of the lineages of Mustela is likely to have taken place concurrently with the radiations of the Martes. These divergence processes are attributable in part to the geographic allocation along the two continents, North America and Eurasia, as well as among peripheral insular domains, such as Taiwan and the Japanese Islands. In addition, the Eurasian continent itself was shown to have been involved in the species diversification in the martens and weasels.

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Evolutionary trends of the mitochondrial lineage differentiation in species of genera Martes and Mustela.

Hosoda¹,

Suzuki

Harada

et al. 2000

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“…Recent studies revealed that M. zibellina is distributed widely in central, eastern and northern Hokkaido (Murakami and Ohtaishi 2000). The mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) phylogenetic studies on the Japanese M. zibellina have also been done by some researchers (Hosoda et al 1999;Kurose et al 1999;Murakami et al 2004). Kurose et al (1999) analyzed the mtDNA cytochrome b gene, and reported that the genetic variation of M. zibellina on Hokkaido is relatively smaller, and it has no clear geographic structures.…”

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Mitochondrial DNA Control Region Variations in the SableMartes zibellinaof Hokkaido Island and the Eurasian Continent, Compared with the Japanese MartenM. melampus

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Abstract. To reveal phylogeographical features of the sable Martes zibellina on Hokkaido Island, northern Japan, we analyzed the 5'-portion sequences of the mitochondrial DNA control region (535-537 base pairs), and compared their sequence variations with those in Russia. Genetic differences between the Hokkaido and Russian individuals, revealed by the present study, indicated that the Hokkaido population has not been well-differentiated after the immigration into Hokkaido from the Eurasian Continent. The intraspecific variations of M. zibellina showed interpopulationdifferentiations due to 'isolation by distance' within Hokkaido, and they were smaller than those of the Japanese marten M. melampus, endemic to Honshu, Kyushu and Sikoku Islands of Japan. The genetic diversity in M. melampus populations introduced to Hokkaido was lower than that of M. melampus native on Honshu and Kyushu, and the two mitochondrial DNA haplotypes were distributed at restricted areas in southern Hokkaido. These findings suggest founder effects in introduced populations of M. melampus on Hokkaido. In addition, the clear phylogenetic separation between M. zibellina and M. melampus indicates that no hybridization between them have occurred on Hokkaido so far, although further studies using paternally and biparentally inherited genetic markers are necessary.

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“…Together with previously determined homologous gene sequences (Kurose et al 1999 gene. In total, 59 sables from Russia (n = 35) and Hokkaido (n = 24) were analyzed.…”

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“…Therefore, it is possible that the two martens on Hokkaido hybridise in the contact zone between their current distributions. With one exception (Murakami et al, 2004), genetic analyses have found no sign of hybridisations between them (Hosoda et al 1999;Kurose et al 1999;Sugimoto et al 2009;Inoue et al 2010). …”

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Evolutionary history of the sable (Martes zibellina brachyura) on Hokkaido inferred from mitochondrial Cytb and nuclear Mc1r and Tcf25 gene sequences

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We examined sequence variation in mitochondrial and nuclear genes of seven species of the genus Martes Nucleotide sequence analysis of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene confirmed the view that the Hokkaido sable population has lower genetic diversity. In contrast, network analysis of a nuclear gene related to coat colour, melanocortin-1 receptor (Mc1r), revealed two different haplogroups for this population: one shared with that of Russian sables and the other specific to this population but with a close relationship with the American and Japanese martens, implying that these endemic haplotypes are composed of uncharacterised ancestral lineages of a past population. We also examined the sequence variation in a neighbouring nuclear gene, transcription factor 25 (Tcf25), located ca. 5 kb upstream from the Mc1r gene, and found similar trends. The sable genome leaves the impression that Hokkaido hosted ancient marten lineages, with subsequent recent migrations from the continent.The validity of a candidate Mc1r mutation for the entirely yellow coat observed on Hokkaido sables was also discussed.

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Intraspecific Variation of Mitochondrial CytochromebGene Sequences of the Japanese Marten Martes melampus and the Sable Martes zibellina (Mustelidae, Carnivora, Mammalia) in Japan

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Cited by 44 publications

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Evolutionary trends of the mitochondrial lineage differentiation in species of genera Martes and Mustela.

Evolutionary trends of the mitochondrial lineage differentiation in species of genera Martes and Mustela.

Mitochondrial DNA Control Region Variations in the SableMartes zibellinaof Hokkaido Island and the Eurasian Continent, Compared with the Japanese MartenM. melampus

Evolutionary history of the sable (Martes zibellina brachyura) on Hokkaido inferred from mitochondrial Cytb and nuclear Mc1r and Tcf25 gene sequences

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