Mitochondrial DNA variation in water shrews (Sorex palustris, Sorex bendirii) from western North America: implications for taxonomy and phylogeography
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Interand intra-specific variations in cytochrome b (Cytb) sequence were assessed in 22 specimens of Sorex palustris Richardson, 1828 and 6 specimens of Sorex bendirii (Merriam, 1884) from 20 locations in western North America. Phylogenetic analyses revealed three distinct clades: Boreal (S. p. palustris), Cordilleran (S. p. brooksi, S. p. navigator), and Coastal (S. b. palmeri, S. b. bendirii). Sequence divergence between the Boreal and the Coastal– Cordilleran lineages was 6.9%, while the divergence between the Coastal and the Cordilleran clades was 3.1%. Sorex palustris brooksi, a subspecies endemic to Vancouver Island, showed minor divergence from mainland samples of S. p. navigator. The results suggest that S. palustris may consist of two species: a boreal eastern form (S. palustris) and a Cordilleran form (S. navigator). The taxonomic validity of S. p. brooksi is unresolved. Distribution of the three clades are consistent with vicariance and isolation in coastal, Cordilleran, and eastern refugia in the Late Pliocene or Pleistocene. The Vancouver Island subspecies S. p. brooksi is probably derived from postglacial colonization in the Late Pleistocene. Résumé : Nous avons évalué les variations interspécifique et intraspécifique de la séquence du cytochrome b (Cytb) dans 22 spécimens de Sorex palustris Richardson, 1828 et 6 spécimens de Sorex bendirii (Merriam, 1884) provenant de 20 sites de l’ouest de l’Amérique du Nord. Les analyses phylogénétiques révèlent l’existence de trois clades distincts, un du nord (S. p. palustris), un autre de la cordillère (S. p. brooksi, S. p. navigator) et un troisième de la côte (S. b. palmeri, S. b. bendirii). La divergence des séquences entre la lignée du nord et celles de la cordillère et de la côte est de 6,9 %, alors que la divergence entre les clades de la côte et de la cordillère est de 3,1 %. Sorex palustris brooksi, une sous-espèce endémique de l’île de Vancouver, montre une divergence mineure d’avec les échantillons de S. p. navigator du continent. Ces résultats laissent croire que S. palustris comprend peut-être deux espèces, une forme orientale et nordique (S. palustris) et une forme de la cordillère (S. navigator). La validité taxonomique de S. p. brooksi demeure problématique. La répartition des trois clades s’accorde avec la vicariance et l’isolation dans des refuges sur la côte, dans la cordillère et dans l’est à la fin du pliocène ou au pléistocène. La sous-espèce S. p. brooksi de l’île de Vancouver provient probablement d’une colonisation post-glaciaire à la fin du pléistocène. [Traduit par la Rédaction] O’Neill et al. 1475
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تاریخ انتشار 2005