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Molecular phylogeography of the nose-horned viper (Vipera ammodytes, Linnaeus (1758)) : evidence for high genetic diversity and multiple refugia in the Balkan peninsula

Ursenbacher, S. and Schweiger, S. and Tomovic, L. and Crnobrnja-Isailovic, J. and Fumagalli, L. and Mayer, W.. (2008) Molecular phylogeography of the nose-horned viper (Vipera ammodytes, Linnaeus (1758)) : evidence for high genetic diversity and multiple refugia in the Balkan peninsula. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, Vol. 46, H. 3. pp. 1116-1128.

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Abstract

The nose-horned viper (Vipera ammodytes) occurs in a large part of the south-eastern Europe and Asia Minor. Phylogenetic relationships were reconstructed for a total of 59 specimens using sequences from three mitochondrial regions (16S and cytochrome b genes, and control region. totalling 2308 bp). A considerable number of clades were observed within this species, showing a large genetic diversity within the Balkan peninsula. Splitting of the basal clades was evaluated to about 4 million years ago. Genetic results are in contradiction with presently accepted taxonomy based on morphological characters: V a. gregorwallneri and V. a. ruffoi do not display any genetic difference compared with the nominotypic subspecies (V. a. ammodytes), involving that these subspecies can be regarded as synonyms. High genetic divergence in the central part of the Balkan peninsula is not concordant with low morphological differentiation. Finally, the extensive genetic diversity within the Balkan peninsula and the colonisation routes are discussed. (c) 2007 Eisevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Faculties and Departments:05 Faculty of Science > Departement Umweltwissenschaften > Ehemalige Einheiten Umweltwissenschaften > Naturschutzbiologie (Baur)
UniBasel Contributors:Ursenbacher, Sylvain
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Elsevier
ISSN:1055-7903
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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