Cryptic diversity of Crocidura shrews in the savannahs of
Eastern and Southern Africa

J 2023

Cryptic diversity of Crocidura shrews in the savannahs of Eastern and Southern Africa

DIANAT, Malahatosadat, Inessa VOET, David ORTIZ MARTÍNEZ, J.G. DE BELLOCQ, Laura N. CUYPERS et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Cryptic diversity of Crocidura shrews in the savannahs of Eastern and Southern Africa

Authors

DIANAT, Malahatosadat (364 Islamic Republic of Iran, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Inessa VOET, David ORTIZ MARTÍNEZ (724 Spain, belonging to the institution), J.G. DE BELLOCQ, Laura N. CUYPERS, Boris KRYSTUFEK, Michal BUREŠ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Dagmar CIZKOVA, Anna BRYJOVA, Josef BRYJA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Violaine NICOLAS and Adam KONEČNÝ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Elsevier, 2023, 1055-7903

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10602 Biology , Evolutionary biology

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 4.100 in 2022

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/23:00132102

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107708

UT WoS

000934039200001

Keywords in English

White-toothed Shrews; Phylogeny; Taxonomy; East Africa; Morphometry; ddRADseq

Abstract

V originále

Crocidura (Eulipotyphla, Soricidae) is the most species-rich genus among mammals, with high cryptic diversity and complicated taxonomy. The hirta-flavescens group of Crocidura represents the most abundant and widespread shrews in savannahs of eastern and southern Africa, making them a suitable phylogeographical model for assessing the role of paleoclimatic changes on current biodiversity in open African habitats. We present the first comprehensive study on the phylogeography, evolutionary history, geographical distribution, systematics, and taxonomy of the group, using the integration of mitochondrial, genome-wide (ddRAD sequencing), morpho-logical and morphometrical data collected from specimens over most of the known geographic distribution. Our genomic data confirmed the monophyly of this group and its sister relationship with the olivieri group of Cro-cidura. There is a substantial genetic variation within the hirta-flavescens group, with three highly supported clades showing parapatric distribution and which can be distinguished morphologically: C. hirta, distributed in both the Zambezian and Somali-Masai bioregions, C. flavescens, known from South Africa and south-western Zambia, and C. cf. flavescens, which is known to occur only in central and western Tanzania. Morphometric data revealed relatively minor differences between C. hirta and C. cf. flavescens, but they differ in the colouration of the pelage. Diversification of the hirta-flavescens group has most likely happened during phases of grassland expansion and contraction during Plio-Pleistocene climatic cycles. Eastern African Rift system, rivers, and the distinctiveness of Zambezian and Somali-Masai bioregions seem to have also shaped the pattern of their di-versity, which is very similar to sympatric rodent species living in open habitats. Finally, we review the group's taxonomy and propose to revalidate C. bloyeti, currently a synonym of C. hirta, including the specimens treated as C. cf. flavescens.

Links

LM2018140, research and development project

Name: e-Infrastruktura CZ (Acronym: e-INFRA CZ)

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR

Citovat

DIANAT, Malahatosadat, Inessa VOET, David ORTIZ MARTÍNEZ, J.G. DE BELLOCQ, Laura N. CUYPERS, Boris KRYSTUFEK, Michal BUREŠ, Dagmar CIZKOVA, Anna BRYJOVA, Josef BRYJA, Violaine NICOLAS and Adam KONEČNÝ. Cryptic diversity of Crocidura shrews in the savannahs of Eastern and Southern Africa. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. Elsevier, 2023, vol. 180, March, p. 1-17. ISSN 1055-7903. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107708.

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DIANAT, Malahatosadat, Inessa VOET, David ORTIZ MARTÍNEZ, J.G. DE BELLOCQ, Laura N. CUYPERS, Boris KRYSTUFEK, Michal BUREŠ, Dagmar CIZKOVA, Anna BRYJOVA, Josef BRYJA, Violaine NICOLAS and Adam KONEČNÝ. Cryptic diversity of Crocidura shrews in the savannahs of Eastern and Southern Africa. \textit{Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution}. Elsevier, 2023, vol.~180, March, p.~1-17. ISSN~1055-7903. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107708.

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