Origin and haplotype diversity of the northernmost population of Podarcis tauricus (Squamata, Lacertidae): Do lizards respond to climate change and go north?

Autor: Ivan Rehák, David Fischer, Lukáš Kratochvíl, Michail Rovatsos
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Biodiversity Data Journal, Vol 10, Iss , Pp 1-10 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1314-2828
DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.10.e82156
Popis: The northernmost population of the Balkan wall lizards, Podarcis tauricus (Pallas, 1814) was recently discovered in the Czech Republic. We studied genetic variability in a mitochondrial marker cytochrome b to shed light on the origin of this remote population. We detected three unique haplotypes, close to those occurring in the populations of Podarcis tauricus from central/north Balkans and Hungary. Our data exclude the hypothesis of a single founder (a randomly or intentionally introduced pregnant female or her progeny) of the Czech population and indicate a native, autochthonous origin of the population or recent introduction/range expansion.
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