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Citation for Study 1734

About Citation title: "Mitochondrial Phylogeography of Rana (Pelophylax) populations in the Eastern Mediterranean region".
About This study was previously identified under the legacy study ID S1698 (Status: Published).

Citation

Lymberakis P., Poulakakis N., Manthalou G., Tsigenopoulos C., Magoulas A., & Mylonas M. 2007. Mitochondrial Phylogeography of Rana (Pelophylax) populations in the Eastern Mediterranean region. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, null.

Authors

  • Lymberakis P.
  • Poulakakis N.
  • Manthalou G.
  • Tsigenopoulos C.
  • Magoulas A.
  • Mylonas M.

Abstract

Phylogenetic relationships in the western fraction of Rana (Pelophylax) have not been resolved till now, even though several works have been devoted to the subject. Here, we infer phylogenetic relationships among the species distributed in the area of the eastern Mediterranean, comparing partial mitochondrial DNA sequences for the cytochrome b and 16S rRNA genes. The obtained molecular data clearly indicate that Western Palearctic water frogs underwent a basal radiation into at least 3 major lineages (the perezi, the lessonae, and the rindibunda/kurtmuelleri lineages) advocating an upper Miocene speciation. Moreover, we consider that within the rindibunda/kurtmuelleri lineage, R. (P.) ridibunda, R. (P.) epeirotica, R. (P.) cretensis, R. (P.) bedriagae, R. (P.) cerigensis and R. (P.) kurtmuelleri were differentiated from a common ancestor through a series of vicariant and dispersal events, during the last ~5 Mya, even though the specific rank of some taxa may be questionable, such as R. cerigensis in respect with R. bedriagae and R. kurtmuelleri in respect with R. ridibunda.

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