Mitochondrial DNA phylogeography of Lissotriton boscai (Caudata, Salamandridae): evidence for old, multiple refugia in an Iberian endemic

• Published in: Molecular ecology Vol. 15; no. 11; pp. 3375 - 3388
• Main Authors: MARTÍNEZ-SOLANO, I., TEIXEIRA, J., BUCKLEY, D., GARCÍA-PARÍS, M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.10.2006
• Subjects: Animals; Base Sequence; Bayesian Skyline Plots; Caudata; Conservation of Natural Resources; DNA, Mitochondrial - chemistry; DNA, Mitochondrial - genetics; Ecosystem; Evolution, Molecular; Genetic Variation; Iberian Peninsula; Lissotriton boscai; Locus Control Region - genetics; Mitochondrial DNA; Molecular Sequence Data; NAD - chemistry; NAD - genetics; nested clade analysis; Phylogeny; phylogeography; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Population genetics; Portugal; Reptiles & amphibians; Salamandridae; Salamandridae - genetics; Sequence Alignment; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Spain; Portugal; Spain; Europe, Iberian Peninsula

In Europe, southern peninsulas served as refugia during cold periods in the Pleistocene, acting both as centres of origin of endemisms and as sources from which formerly glaciated areas were recolonized during interglacial periods. Previous studies have revealed that within the main refugial areas,...