Phylogeographic analysis of the green python, Morelia viridis, reveals cryptic diversity.
Mol Phylogenet Evol
; 27(1): 36-44, 2003 Apr.
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| ID: mdl-12679069
ABSTRACT
Green pythons, which are regionally variable in colour patterns, are found throughout the lowland rainforest of New Guinea and adjacent far northeastern Australia. The species is popular in commercial trade and management of this trade and its impacts on natural populations could be assisted by molecular identification tools. We used mitochondrial nucleotide sequences and a limited allozyme data to test whether significantly differentiated populations occur within the species range. Phylogenetic analysis of mtDNA sequences revealed hierarchal phylogeographic structure both within New Guinea and between New Guinea and Australia. Strongly supported reciprocally monophyletic mitochondrial lineages, northern and southern, were found either side of the central mountain range that runs nearly the length of New Guinea. Limited allozyme data suggest that population differentiation is reflected in the nuclear as well as the mitochondrial genome. A previous morphological analysis did not find any phenotypic concordance with the pattern of differentiation observed in the molecular data. The southern mitochondrial lineage includes all of the Australian haplotypes, which form a single lineage, nested among the southern New Guinean haplotypes.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Filogenia
/
Variação Genética
/
Boidae
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Animals
País como assunto:
Oceania
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2003
Tipo de documento:
Article