Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of wood mice (genus Apodemus Kaup, 1829) based on complete mtDNA cytochrome b sequences, with emphasis on Chinese species

Liu, X.; Wei, Fuwen; Li, Ming; Jiang, Xuelong; Zhang, Feng; Jin-chu, HU

doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2004.05.011

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“…Molecular data have provided strong evidence that Apodemus mice diverged about 8-10 million years ago (Serizawa et al, 2000). The Hengduan Mountains region was hypothesized to have played an important role in the evolutionary history of Apodemus since the Pleistocene era (Liu et al, 2004). It has been proposed that the Hengduan Mountains region might be a radiation centre of the present Apodemus species (Xia, 1984;Musser et al, 1996).…”

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“…The second radiation of Apodemus involved the divergence of A. agrarius, A. peninsulae, Apodemus semotus and Apodemus speciosus, and these four Asian species can be treated as a monophyletic group (Serizawa et al, 2000). Furthermore, these species could be integrated into the A. agrarius group within Apodemus (Liu et al, 2004;Serizawa et al, 2000). It is suggested that the ancestral HTNV might first have migrated into Guizhou (Wang et al, 2000).…”

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“…Following radiation of A. peninsulae, this latter group diversified into strain A16 in Shaanxi (Yao et al, 2001a), B78 in Shandong, H5 in Heilongjiang (Liang et al, 1994) and Amur-Soochong viruses in far-eastern Russia (Lokugamage et al, 2004) and South Korea (Baek et al, 2006). As A. agrarius and A. peninsulae are closely related (Liu et al, 2004;Serizawa et al, 2000) and often inhabit the same forest, HTNV is closely associated with both species (Zhang et al, 2007). The ancestor of clade III diversified into groups S2, S3 and S5, and then spread and further diversified following rodent migration to the north and the east.…”

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Molecular diversity and phylogeny of Hantaan virus in Guizhou, China: evidence for Guizhou as a radiation center of the present Hantaan virus

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Wang

et al. 2008

Journal of General Virology

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To gain further insight into the molecular epidemiology of Hantaan virus (HTNV) in Guizhou, China, rodents were captured in this region in 2004 and 2005. In addition, serum samples were collected from four patients. Ten hantaviruses were isolated successfully in cell culture from four humans, two Apodemus agrarius, three Rattus norvegicus and one Rattus nitidus. The nucleotide sequences for their small (S), medium (M) and partial large (L) segments were determined. Phylogenetic analysis of the S and M segment sequences revealed that all of these isolates belong to the species HTNV, suggesting a spillover of HTNV from A. agrarius to Rattus rats. All available isolates from Guizhou were divided into four distinct groups either in the S segment tree or in the M segment tree. The clustering pattern of these isolates in the S segment tree was not in agreement with that in the M or L segment tree, showing that genetic reassortment between HTNV had occurred naturally. Analysis of the S segment sequences from available HTNV strains indicated that they formed three clades. The first clade, which comprised only viruses from Guizhou, was the outgroup of clades II and III. The viruses in the second clade were found in Guizhou and mainly in the far-east Asian region, including China. However, the viruses in the third clade were found in most areas of China, including Guizhou, in which haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is endemic. Our results reveal that the highest genetic diversity of HTNV is in a limited geographical region of Guizhou, and suggest that Guizhou might be a radiation centre of the present form of HTNV. INTRODUCTIONHaemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is an important human disease; 60 000 to 100 000 cases requiring hospitalization are reported annually worldwide, with the majority occurring in China (Johnson, 1999;Zhang et al., 2004). The disease is caused by hantaviruses, members of the genus Hantavirus in the family Bunyaviridae (Nichol et al., 2005). The virus genome consists of three separate segments of negative-stranded RNA referred to as small (S), medium (M), and large (L) segments, which encode nucleocapsid protein (NP), two envelope glycoproteins (Gn and Gc) and viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRP), respectively (Plyusnin et al., 1996). In contrast to other genera of the Bunyaviridae, hantaviruses are not transmitted by arthropods (Schmaljohn & Hjelle, 1997). They establish a chronic infection that causes no apparent harm to rodents of the Muridae family, which are their natural hosts (Childs et al., 1989; Hutchinson et al., 2000;Kurata et al., 1983;Li et al., 1995;Netski et al., 1999). Currently, at least 22 distinct hantavirus species have been identified worldwide; all of these hantaviruses except Thottapalayam virus (TPMV) are carried by rodents (Nichol et al., 2005). Each rodent-borne hantavirus species appears to be associated primarily with one (or a few closely related) rodent species (Nichol et al., 2005; Plyusnin GenBank accession numbers of the S, M and L segment...

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Molecular diversity and phylogeny of Hantaan virus in Guizhou, China: evidence for Guizhou as a radiation center of the present Hantaan virus

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“…Apodemus mystacinus is a species that diverged in the late Miocene (8-12 Mya), much earlier than radiated individual species of the other lineages of Apodemus (e.g. Sylvaemus species-group 3-5 Mya) (Liu et al 2004). From this point of view, it would be interesting to search for the presence of E. uptoni in A. mystacinus in more southern localities, where it occurs without A. flavicollis.…”

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Two new species of Eimeria Schneider 1875 (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the broad-toothed field mouse, Apodemus mystacinus Danford and Alston 1877 (Rodentia: Muridae) from Jordan

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Coprological examination of 40 Apodemus mystacinus Danford and Alston 1877 from Jordan revealed oocysts of three species of genus Eimeria. Two species are described as new. Eimeria zuhairamri sp. n. has broadly ellipsoidal oocysts 29.6 (27.0-34.0) x 23.3 (22.0-25.0) mum with distinctly granulated wall and oocyst residuum. Endogenous development occurs in jejunum and ileum. Eimeria alorani sp. n. has oocysts 26.9 (23.0-29.0) x 19.3 (18.0-22.0) mum with smooth wall and absent residuum. Endogenous development is confined to the caecum. The third species, developing in jejunum, has oocysts morphologically indistinguishable from Eimeria uptoni. The identity of E. uptoni and the taxonomy of Eimeria of Apodemus are discussed.

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“…Phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) cytochrome b suggested that the Yunnan population (ilex) should be treated as a separate species (A. ilex) rather than a synonym of orestes or draco (Liu et al 2004). However, though phytogeographical analysis of mtDNA sequence data has been routinely used to determine species boundaries (Hewitt 2001), the usefulness of mitochondrial sequence data in determining species boundaries is not universally agreed upon due to its maternal and nonrecombining mode of inheritance (Davis 1996), the frequency data from multiple nuclear gene loci is necessary in determining species boundaries (Fu and Zeng 2008).…”

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Development and characterization of eleven polymorphic microsatellite loci from South China field mouse (Apodemus draco)

Liu

Wang

et al. 2009

Conserv Genet

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One population distributed in Yunnan of China was regarded as a new species based on mitochondrial cytochrome b sequences. However, the usefulness of mitochondrial sequence data in determining species boundaries is not universally agreed upon, the frequency data from multiple nuclear gene loci is necessary in determining species boundaries. So, we describe in this paper the isolation and characterization of eleven microsatellite loci in the South China field mouse from genomic DNA-enriched libraries. The eleven loci were tested in 24 individuals from two populations in Southwest China. These loci were highly polymorphic with numbers of alleles per locus ranging from 9 to 24 and expected heterozygosities from 0.898 to 0.967. Eight loci followed Hardy-Weinberg expectations after Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons. No significant linkage association was found among all these loci. The eleven polymorphic microsatellite loci will be useful in determining species boundaries of the South China field mouse.

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Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of wood mice (genus Apodemus Kaup, 1829) based on complete mtDNA cytochrome b sequences, with emphasis on Chinese species

Cited by 62 publications

References 31 publications

Molecular diversity and phylogeny of Hantaan virus in Guizhou, China: evidence for Guizhou as a radiation center of the present Hantaan virus

Molecular diversity and phylogeny of Hantaan virus in Guizhou, China: evidence for Guizhou as a radiation center of the present Hantaan virus

Two new species of Eimeria Schneider 1875 (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the broad-toothed field mouse, Apodemus mystacinus Danford and Alston 1877 (Rodentia: Muridae) from Jordan

Development and characterization of eleven polymorphic microsatellite loci from South China field mouse (Apodemus draco)

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