Evolutionary history and species diversity of African pouched
mice (Rodentia: Nesomyidae: Saccostomus)

J 2016

Evolutionary history and species diversity of African pouched mice (Rodentia: Nesomyidae: Saccostomus)

MIKULA, Ondřej, Radim ŠUMBERA, Tatiana AGHOVÁ, Judith S. MBAU, Josef BRYJA et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Evolutionary history and species diversity of African pouched mice (Rodentia: Nesomyidae: Saccostomus)

Authors

MIKULA, Ondřej (203 Czech Republic), Radim ŠUMBERA (203 Czech Republic), Tatiana AGHOVÁ (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Judith S. MBAU (404 Kenya), Josef BRYJA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Abdul S. KATAKWEBA (834 Tanzania, United Republic of) and Christopher A. SABUNI (834 Tanzania, United Republic of)

Edition

Zoologica Scripta, Hoboken, Wiley, 2016, 0300-3256

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10613 Zoology

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impact factor

Impact factor: 2.837

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/16:00095877

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12179

UT WoS

000386075500003

Keywords in English

MYOMYS-STENOCEPHALEMYS COMPLEX; MUROID RODENTS; POPULATION-DYNAMICS; CLIMATIC ADAPTATION; GENETIC-DIVERGENCE; STATISTICAL-METHOD; DNA POLYMORPHISM; CENTRAL KENYA; MOLE-RATS; PHYLOGENY

Abstract

V originále

We explore diversity of African pouched mice, genus Saccostomus (Rodentia, Nesomyidae), by sampling molecular and morphological variation across their continental-scale distribution in southern and eastern African savannahs and woodlands. Both mitochondrial (cytochrome b) and nuclear DNA (IRBP, RAG1) as well as skull morphology confirm the distinction between two recognized species, S.campestris and S.mearnsi, with disjunct distribution in the Zambezian and Somali-Maasai bioregions, respectively. Molecular dating suggests the divergence of these taxa occurred in the Early Pliocene, 3.9Ma before present, whereas the deepest divergences within each of them are only as old as 2.0Ma for S.mearnsi and 1.4Ma for S.campestris. Based on cytochrome b phylogeny, we defined five clades (three within S.campestris, two in S.mearnsi) whose species status was considered in the light of nuclear DNA markers and morphology. We conclude that S.campestris group consists of two subspecies S.campestris campestris (Peters, 1846; comprising two cytochrome b clades) and S.campestris mashonae (de Winton, 1897) that are moderately differentiated, albeit distinct in IRBP and skull form. They likely hybridize to a limited extent along the Kafue-Zambezi Rivers. Saccostomus mearnsi group consists of two species, S.mearnsi (Heller, 1910) and S.umbriventer (Miller, 1910), that are markedly differentiated in both nuclear markers and skull form and may possibly co-occur in south-western Kenya and north-eastern Tanzania. Analysis of historical demography suggests both subspecies of S.campestris experienced population expansion dated to the Last Glacial. In the present range of S.campestris group, the distribution modelling suggests a moderate fragmentation of suitable habitats during the last glacial cycle, whereas in the range of S.mearnsi group it predicts substantial shifts of its occurrence in the same period.

Citovat

MIKULA, Ondřej, Radim ŠUMBERA, Tatiana AGHOVÁ, Judith S. MBAU, Josef BRYJA, Abdul S. KATAKWEBA and Christopher A. SABUNI. Evolutionary history and species diversity of African pouched mice (Rodentia: Nesomyidae: Saccostomus). Zoologica Scripta. Hoboken: Wiley, 2016, vol. 45, No 6, p. 595-617. ISSN 0300-3256. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12179.

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MIKULA, Ondřej, Radim ŠUMBERA, Tatiana AGHOVÁ, Judith S. MBAU, Josef BRYJA, Abdul S. KATAKWEBA and Christopher A. SABUNI. Evolutionary history and species diversity of African pouched mice (Rodentia: Nesomyidae: Saccostomus). \textit{Zoologica Scripta}. Hoboken: Wiley, 2016, vol.~45, No~6, p.~595-617. ISSN~0300-3256. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12179.

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