Phylogenetic relationships between Afrotropical and Palaearctic Crocidura species inferred from Inter-SINE-PCRстатья
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Аннотация:The relationships between Afrotropical and Palaearctic Crocidurinae species have been
evaluated on the basis of inter-SINE-PCR (IS-PCR). Two SINE families have been studied:
mammalian interspersed repeats (MIR) and a short retroposon SOR, specific to the family
Soricidae.Use of neighbor-joining andmaximum parsimony analyses allowed us to recognize three major groupings: (i) 50-chromosome African species (C. parvipes and C. olivieri) and 28-chromosome European C. leucodon; (ii) species endemic to Ethiopia (36-chromosome C. thalia,C. glassi,Crocidura sp.B, unitedwith C.macmillani and C. baileyi); (iii)Palaearctic 40-chromosome species group. Therefore, the major groupings of Crocidura shrews in the phylogenetic analysis of IS-PCRresults cannot be distinguished asPalaearctic and Afrotropical groups of species:European C. leucodon unites with African 50-chromosome species with a high bootstrap support. The affiliation of Suncus murinus with Eurasian grouping is only supported by low bootstrap values.