Data from: The evolutionary history of the Cape hare (Lepus capensis sensu lato): insights for systematics and biogeography ...
Inferring the phylogeography of species with large distributions helps deciphering major diversification patterns that may occur in parallel across taxa. Here, we infer the evolutionary history of the Cape hare, Lepus capensis sensu lato, a species distributed from southern Africa to Asia, by analys...
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| Format: | Dataset |
| Language: | English |
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Dryad
2019
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.th71ss0 https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.th71ss0 |
| Summary: | Inferring the phylogeography of species with large distributions helps deciphering major diversification patterns that may occur in parallel across taxa. Here, we infer the evolutionary history of the Cape hare, Lepus capensis sensu lato, a species distributed from southern Africa to Asia, by analysing variation at 18 microsatellites and 9 DNA (1 mitochondrial and 8 nuclear) sequenced loci, from field and museum-collected samples. Using a combination of assignment and coalescent-based methods, we show that the Cape hare is composed of five evolutionary lineages, distributed in distinct biogeographic regions – north-western Africa, eastern Africa, southern Africa, the Near East and the Arabian Peninsula. A deep phylogenetic break possibly dating to the Early Pleistocene was inferred between the African and Asian L. capensis groups, and the latter appear more closely related to other Eurasian hare species than to African Cape hares. The inferred phylogeographic structure is shared by numerous taxa distributed ... : GenotypesGenotypes from microsatellite loci.genotypes.xlsx01_CYTB_longCytochrome b long sequence alignment.02_CYTB_shortCytochrome b short sequence alignment.03_DARC_phasedDARC phased sequence alignment.04_HPX_phasedHPX phased sequence alignment.05_SPTBN_phasedSPTBN1 phased sequence alignment.06_TF_phasedTF phased sequence alignment.07_OXA1L_phasedOXA1L phased sequence alignment.08_TG_phasedTG phased sequence alignment.09_TSHB_phasedTSHB phased sequence alignment.10_UCP2_phasedUCP2 phased sequence alignment. ... |
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