Chromosomal and molecular divergence in the Indian pygmy field mice Mus booduga-terricolor lineage of the subgenus Mus

Species-specific patterns of larval protein electrophoregrams obtained among three species of Aedes mosquitoes were analyzed numerically. A behavioral profile was derived and illustrated for the larval protein complex of each species. Patterns of interspecific divergence in molecular behavior not detectable otherwise from the electrophoregrams were evident in the behavioral profiles of the proteins. The degree of electrophoretic correspondence obtained from the number of shared fractions among the species differs from that derived from the collective behavior of proteins. The numerical and graphic approach to the interpretation of protein electrophoregrams offers another parameter for gauging molecular divergence among related species of insects.

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Taxonomic characterization of members of the genus Corallococcus: Molecular divergence versus phenotypic coherency

Systematic and Applied Microbiology ◽

10.1016/j.syapm.2006.03.002 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 30 (2) ◽

pp. 109-118 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Erko Stackebrandt ◽

Orsola Päuker ◽

Ulrike Steiner ◽

Peter Schumann ◽

Bettina Sträubler ◽

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Keyword(s):

Molecular Divergence ◽

Taxonomic Characterization

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Genetic structure and molecular divergence among samples of mandacaru (Cereus spp.; Cactaceae) as revealed by microsatellite markers

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology ◽

10.1016/j.bse.2015.11.003 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 64 ◽

pp. 38-45 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Vanessa Neves de Azevedo Fernandes ◽

Andréa Florindo das Neves ◽

Paula Garcia Martin ◽

Claudete Aparecida Mangolin ◽

Maria de Fátima P.S. Machado

Keyword(s):

Genetic Structure ◽

Microsatellite Markers ◽

Molecular Divergence

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Mice as stowaways? Colonization history of Danish striped field mice

Biology Letters ◽

10.1098/rsbl.2017.0064 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 13 (7) ◽

pp. 20170064 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Liselotte Wesley Andersen ◽

Magnus Jacobsen ◽

Christina Vedel-Smith ◽

Thomas Secher Jensen

Keyword(s):

Eastern Europe ◽

Divergence Time ◽

Mitochondrial Genomes ◽

Field Mouse ◽

Colonization History ◽

Striped Field Mouse ◽

Steppe Region ◽

History Of ◽

Field Mice ◽

Human Introduction

Species from the steppe region of Eastern Europe likely colonized northwestern Europe in connection with agriculture after 6500 BP. The striped field mouse ( Apodemus agrarius Pallas, 1783), is a steppe-derived species often found in human crops. It is common on the southern Danish islands of Lolland and Falster, which have been isolated from mainland Europe since approximately 10 300–8000 BP. Thus, this species could have been brought in with humans in connection with agriculture, or it could be an earlier natural invader. We sequenced 86 full mitochondrial genomes from the northwestern range of the striped field mouse, analysed phylogenetic relationships and estimated divergence time. The results supported human-induced colonization of Denmark in the Subatlantic or Subboreal period. A newly discovered population from Central Jutland in Denmark diverged from Falster approximately 100–670 years ago, again favouring human introduction. One individual from Sweden turned out to be a recent introduction from Central Jutland.

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