Genetic Distinctness of Sorex caecutiens hallamontanus (Soricomorpha: Mammalia) from Jeju Island in Korea: Cytochrome Oxidase I and Cytochrome b Sequence Analyses
| Autor: | Hung Sun Koh, Kyung Hee Jang, Seong Teak In, Eui Dong Han, Jae Eun Jo, Eui Jeong Ham, Seon Ki Jeong, Jong Hyek Lee, Kwang Seon Kim, Gu Hee Kweon |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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| Zdroj: | Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity, Vol 28, Iss 3, Pp 215-219 (2012) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2234-6953 2234-8190 |
| DOI: | 10.5635/ASED.2012.28.3.215 |
| Popis: | To examine genetic divergences of two endemic Sorex caecutiens subspecies from Korea (S. c. hallamontanus in Korean Jeju Island and S. c. annexus in the mainland Korean Peninsula), we obtained partial cytochrome oxidase I (COI) sequences (429 bp) and complete cytochrome b sequences (1,140 bp) from the two Korean subspecies, and we compared these sequences to the corresponding sequences of S. caecutiens, obtained from GenBank. We found that Jeju S. c. hallamontanus is one of three clades within S. caecutiens, with an average Jukes-Cantor distance of 1.57% in the COI sequences and the distance of 2.07% and 11 fixed site differences in the cytochrome b sequences, indicating that Jeju S. c. hallamontanus is one endemic subspecies with concordant genetic distinctness, although further analyses with nuclear DNA sequences are necessary to confirm these findings. However, S. c. annexus from the mainland Korean Peninsula was not divergent from S. c. macropygmaeus from northeastern China and adjacent Russia, indicating that S. c. annexus from the mainland Korean Peninsula is another endemic subspecies with only morphological differences, although it is necessary to reexamine the subspecies status of S. c. annexus. |
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