HERCZEG, Dávid, Judit VÖRÖS, Ditte CHRISTIANSEN,, Michal BENOVICS and Peter MIKULÍČEK. Taxonomic composition and ploidy level among European water frogs (Anura: Ranidae: Pelophylax) in eastern Hungary. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. Hoboken: Wiley, 2017, vol. 55, No 2, p. 129-137. ISSN 0947-5745. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jzs.12158.
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Original name Taxonomic composition and ploidy level among European water frogs (Anura: Ranidae: Pelophylax) in eastern Hungary
Authors HERCZEG, Dávid (348 Hungary), Judit VÖRÖS (348 Hungary), Ditte CHRISTIANSEN, (756 Switzerland), Michal BENOVICS (703 Slovakia, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Peter MIKULÍČEK (703 Slovakia).
Edition Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, Hoboken, Wiley, 2017, 0947-5745.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10600 1.6 Biological sciences
Country of publisher United States of America
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 3.286
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/17:00095990
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jzs.12158
UT WoS 000403001000005
Keywords (in Czech) Vodní skokani; Pelophylax; hybridogenéze; mikrosatelity; populační systémy
Keywords in English Water frogs; Pelophylax; hybridogenesis; microsatellite; breeding system
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Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: Mgr. Michal Benovics, Ph.D., učo 437095. Changed: 20/4/2020 11:24.
Abstract
The western Palaearctic water frogs in the genus Pelophylax comprise several distinct species and three hybridogenetic hybrid forms. In this study, we focus on the Pelophylax esculentus complex, which consists of two sexual species, Pelophylax ridibundus and Pelophylax lessonae, and their hybridogenetic hybrid, Pelophylax esculentus. Specifically, we investigated taxonomic composition and ploidy level of water frogs sampled in three different types of wetland habitats in the Hortobágy National Park (HNP), eastern Hungary. Using variation in serum albumin intron 1 (SAI-1) and 15 microsatellite loci, we detected the presence of all members of the P. esculentus complex in the studied localities. In one locality, all three taxa occurred syntopically, while in others water frog populations consisted of P. ridibundus and P. esculentus exclusively. The genomic composition of the 63 examined hybrid specimens analysed with microsatellites showed the occurrence of diploid genotypes only. We used a population genetic approach (allelic richness, gene diversity, multilocus genotypes and multilocus disequilibrium) to infer the breeding system of water frogs at HNP. Our data indicate that at least in two populations, hybrids form gametes with clonally transmitted P. ridibundus genome and produce a new hybrid generation by mating with P. lessonae.
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