Mitochondrial phylogeography of the edible dormouse (Glis glis) in the western Palearctic region

• Published in: Journal of Mammalogy
• Main Authors: Hurner, Helene, Krystufek, Boris, Sara, Maurizio, Ribas, Alexis, Ruch, Tanja, Sommer, Robert, Ivashkina, Victoria, Michaux, Johan
• Other Authors: Université de Liège, University of Primorska, Università degli studi di Palermo - University of Palermo, Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations (UMR CBGP), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD France-Sud )-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Museu de Ciencies Naturals de Granollers, Ecological Research Centre schluchtern, Partenaires INRAE, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel, Zhiguli State Nature Reserve
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2010
• Subjects: glacial refugia; phylogeography; postglacial colonization; WOODMOUSE APODEMUS-SYLVATICUS; DNA-SEQUENCES; GENETIC CONSEQUENCES; POPULATION-GROWTH; MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD; ICE AGES; dormouse; Europe; Glis glis; mitochondrial DNA; VOLE MICROTUS-ARVALIS; [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]; [SDE]Environmental Sciences; Microtus arvalis
• Online Access: https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02665475; https://doi.org/10.1644/08-MAMM-A-392R1.1

International audience This study describes in detail the phylogeoraphic pattern Of the edible dormouse (Glis glis) a European rodent With pronounced hibernating behavior We Used sequences of 831 base pairs of the mitochondrial DNA cytochrome-b gene from 130 edible dormice collected at 43 localities (throughout Its distribution. Our results reveal presence of 3 main haplogroups: Sicilian, South Italian (restricted to the Calabrian region) (a widespread lineage corresponding to all remaining western, central. and eastern European populations). Examination of paleontological data confirms refugial regions for G,Its in the 3 Mediterranean peninsulas, although overall low genetic diversity is found. The low diversity of the European lineage Is probably the result refugium. Other factors, such as the of a recent expansion (dated around 2.000( years ago) from a single ecological constraints oil the species, way have caused genetic bottlenecks that reinforced the low genetic variability of G glis. This work could have important implications for strategies to conserve the edible dormouse by defining important areas for their conservation DOI:10.1644/08-MAMM-A-392R1.1