Detailed Information on Publication Record
2012
Environmental margin and island evolution in Middle Eastern populations of the Egyptian fruit bat
HULVA, Pavel, Tereza MAREŠOVÁ, Cheliana DUNDAROVÁ, Rasit BILGIN, Petr BENDA et. al.Basic information
Original name
Environmental margin and island evolution in Middle Eastern populations of the Egyptian fruit bat
Authors
HULVA, Pavel (203 Czech Republic), Tereza MAREŠOVÁ (203 Czech Republic), Cheliana DUNDAROVÁ (100 Bulgaria), Rasit BILGIN (792 Turkey), Petr BENDA (203 Czech Republic), Tomáš BARTONIČKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Ivan HORÁČEK (203 Czech Republic, guarantor)
Edition
Molecular Ecology, Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2012, 0962-1083
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Článek v odborném periodiku
Field of Study
10600 1.6 Biological sciences
Country of publisher
United States of America
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Impact factor
Impact factor: 6.275
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14310/12:00057126
Organization unit
Faculty of Science
UT WoS
000312147300015
Keywords (in Czech)
island speciation Mediterranean Cyprus mitochondrial DNA microsatellites Egyptian fruit bat
Keywords in English
island speciation Mediterranean Cyprus mitochondrial DNA microsatellites Egyptian fruit bat
Změněno: 9/4/2013 21:40, Ing. Andrea Mikešková
Abstract
V originále
Here, we present a study of the population genetic architecture of the Egyptian fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) at the environmental margins in the Middle East. We obtained multi-locus data, including the sequences of a mitochondrial control region and 20 nuclear microsatellites from population samples comprising 553 individuals from 70 localities. In contrast to the rather homogenous population structure typical of cave-dwelling bats with continuous distributions in climax tropical ecosystems, a relatively pronounced isolation by distance and population diversification was observed. Evolution of this pattern could be ascribed to the complicated demographic history at the higher latitudes as well as to the range margin fragmentation and complex geomorphology of the studied area. Bats of the East African lineage exhibit a separation from the Middle Eastern region of the range. The latter unit is composed of domains comprising the Egyptian colonies, the Arabian Peninsula and the adjacent regions, the Levant and Cyprus. The landscape genetics approach revealed a semipermeability of the desert barriers in the Sahara and Arabian Peninsula and a corridor role of the Nile Valley. The marked differentiation of the Cypriot demes highlights the role of the island environment in restricting the gene flow in megabats, which is also corroborated by biogeographic patterns within the family, and suggests the possibility of nascent island speciation. Demographic analyses suggest that colonization of the Mediterranean basin was connected to the spread of agricultural plants, and thus, the peripatric processes described above might be due to or strenghtened by anthropogenic changes in the environment.
Links
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