Taxonomic Relationships among Turkish Water Frogs as Revealed by Phylogenetic Analyses Using mtDNA Gene Sequences

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BÜLBÜL U., Matsui M., KUTRUP B., Eto K.

ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE, cilt.28, sa.12, ss.930-936, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 28 Sayı: 12
  • Basım Tarihi: 2011
  • Doi Numarası: 10.2108/zsj.28.930
  • Dergi Adı: ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.930-936
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: mitochondrial DNA, Pelophylax ridibundus, Pelophylax bedriagae caralitanus, Pelophylax bedriagae, taxonomy, RANA-RIDIBUNDA, EVOLUTIONARY RATES, MITOCHONDRIAL-DNA, R-BEDRIAGAE, AMPHIBIA, POPULATIONS, ANURA, SUBSTITUTIONS, REASSESSMENT, DIVERGENCE
  • Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

We assessed taxonomic relationships among Turkish water frogs through estimation of phylogenetic relationships among 62 adult specimens from 44 distinct populations inhabiting seven main geographical regions of Turkey using 2897 bp sequences of the mitochondrial Cytb, 12S rRNA and 16S rRNA genes with equally-weighted parsimony, likelihood, and Bayesian methods of inference. Monophyletic clade (Clade A) of the northwesternmost (Thrace) samples is identified as Pelophylax ridibundus. The other clade (Clade B) consisted of two monophyletic subclades. One of these contains specimens from southernmost populations that are regarded as an unnamed species. The other subclade consists of two lineages, of which one corresponds to P. caralitanus and another to P. bedriagae. Taxonomic relationships of these two species are discussed and recognition of P. caralitanus as a subspecies of P. bedriagae is proposed.