Journal
GENETICA
Volume 140, Issue 4-6, Pages 125-136Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10709-012-9664-7
Keywords
Ctenomys; Mitochondrial phylogeny; Chromosomal evolution; Cytochrome b; D-loop; Cytochrome oxidase I
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- Agencia Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas [PICT 3836/1]
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas from Argentina [PIP 5776]
- CONICET
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Tuco-tucos (small subterranean rodents of the genus Ctenomys) that inhabit sandy soils of the area under the influence of the second largest wetland of South America, in Northeastern Argentina (Corrientes province), are a complex of species and forms whose taxonomic status were not defined, nor are the evolutionary relationships among them. The tuco-tuco populations of this area exhibit one of the most ample grades of chromosomal variability within the genus. In order to analyze evolutionary relationships within the Corrientes group and its chromosomal variability, we completed the missing karyotypic information and performed a phylogenetic analysis. We obtained partial sequences of three mitochondrial markers: D-loop, cytochrome b and cytochrome oxidase I. The Corrientes group was monophyletic and split into three main clades that grouped related karyomorphs. The phylogeny suggested an ancestral condition of the karyomorph with diploid number (2n) 70 and fundamental number (FN) 84 that has evolved mainly via reductions of the FN although amplifications occurred in certain lineages. We discuss the relationship between patterns of chromosomal variability and species and groups boundaries. From the three main clades the one named ibera exhibited a remarkable karyotypic homogeneity, and could be considered as an independent and cohesive evolutionary lineage. On the contrary, the former recognized species C. dorbignyi is a polyphyletic lineage and hence its systematic classification should be reviewed.
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