Phylogeographic sympatry and isolation of the Eurasian badgers (Meles, Mustelidae, Carnivora): Implications for an alternative analysis using maternally as well as paternally inherited genes

• Published in: Zoological science Vol. 28; no. 4; p. 293
• Main Authors: Tashima, Sara, Kaneko, Yayoi, Anezaki, Tomoko, Baba, Minoru, Yachimori, Shuuji, Abramov, Alexei V, Saveljev, Alexander P, Masuda, Ryuichi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan 01.04.2011
• Subjects: Animals; Armenia; Base Sequence; DNA, Mitochondrial - genetics; Female; Genes, sry; Genetic Markers; Haplotypes; Japan; Male; Molecular Sequence Data; Mustelidae - classification; Mustelidae - genetics; Phylogeny; Phylogeography; Polymorphism, Genetic; Russia; Sequence Alignment; Armenia; Japan; Russia

In the present study, to further understand the phylogenetic relationships among the Eurasian badgers (Meles, Mustelidae, Carnivora), which are distributed widely in the Palearctic, partial sequences of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control region (539-545 base-pairs) as a maternal genetic marker, a...