Lack of gene flow between the insular bat, Nyctalus azoreum and its mainland ancestor Nyctalus leisleri (Vespertilionidae, Chiroptera)

Title:

Lack of gene flow between the insular bat, Nyctalus azoreum and its mainland ancestor Nyctalus leisleri (Vespertilionidae, Chiroptera)
evidence from microsatellites

Creator:

Salgueiro, Patrícia, Palmeirim, Jorge M., and Coelho, Maria M.

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:b25316cf-e42d-f619-0564-d2864d67f91c
uuid:b25316cf-e42d-f619-0564-d2864d67f91c

Subject:

Chiroptera, cohesion species concept, and microsatellites

Type:

article and TEXT

Description:

The Azorean bat (Nyctalus azoreum), the only endemic mammal of the Azores archipelago (Portugal), diverged recently from its mainland relative, the Leisler’s bat (N. leisleri). Although the two species are phenotypically very different, mtDNA studies detected very low genetic divergence between them, which could question the validity of the species status of N. azoreum. In order to assess the genetic variability in each species and check for present levels of gene flow between the two taxa, eight microsatellite loci were genotyped and analysed. The results indicated lower genetic diversity in the insular species. Many unshared alleles were found between the two species and no evidence of migrants, which provides strong support against any contemporary gene flow between them. The species status of the Azorean bat is discussed in the light of the cohesion species concept, and we conclude that it is an isolated species with a high conservation value.

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

Source:

Folia zoologica | 2010 Volume:59 | Number:1

Harvested from:

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