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The Tien Shan vole (Microtus ilaeus; Rodentia: Cricetidae) as a new species in the Late Pleistocene of Europe

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dc.abstract.enGrey voles (subgenus Microtus) represent a complex of at least seven closely related and partly cryptic species. The range of these species extends from the Atlantic to the Altai Mountains, but most of them occur east of the Black Sea. Using ancient DNA analyses of the Late Pleistocene specimens, we identified a new mtDNA lineage of grey voles in Europe. Phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial DNA cytochrome b sequences from 23 voles from three caves, namely, Emine–Bair–Khosar (Crimea, Ukraine), Cave 16 (Bulgaria), and Bacho Kiro (Bulgaria), showed that 14 specimens form a previously unrecognized lineage, sister to the Tien Shan vole. The average sequence divergence of this lineage and the extant Tien Shan vole was 4.8%, which is similar to the divergence of grey vole forms, which are considered distinct species or being on the verge of speciation; M. arvalis and M. obscurus or M. mystacinus and M. rossiaemeridionalis. We estimated the time to the most recent common ancestor of the grey voles to be 0.66 Ma, which is over twice the recent estimates, while the divergence of the extant Tien Shan vole and the new lineage to be 0.29 Ma. Our discovery suggests that grey voles may have been more diversified in the past and that their ranges may have differed substantially from current ones. It also underlines the utility of ancient DNA to decipher the evolutionary history of voles.
dc.affiliationUniwersytet Warszawski
dc.contributor.authorRidush, Bogdan
dc.contributor.authorZima, Jan
dc.contributor.authorFewlass, Helen
dc.contributor.authorPopov, Vasil
dc.contributor.authorTalamo, Sahra
dc.contributor.authorBaca, Mateusz
dc.contributor.authorPopović, Danijela
dc.contributor.authorLemanik, Anna
dc.contributor.authorNadachowski, Adam
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-26T10:49:40Z
dc.date.available2024-01-26T10:49:40Z
dc.date.copyright2021-11-04
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.accesstimeAT_PUBLICATION
dc.description.financePublikacja bezkosztowa
dc.description.number22
dc.description.versionFINAL_PUBLISHED
dc.description.volume11
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/ECE3.8289
dc.identifier.issn2045-7758
dc.identifier.urihttps://repozytorium.uw.edu.pl//handle/item/123231
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ece3.8289
dc.languageeng
dc.pbn.affiliationbiological sciences
dc.relation.ispartofEcology and Evolution
dc.relation.pages16113-16125
dc.rightsCC-BY
dc.sciencecloudnosend
dc.subject.enancient DNA,
dc.subject.engrey voles,
dc.subject.enLate Pleistocene,
dc.subject.enmitochondrial DNA,
dc.subject.enTien Shan vole
dc.titleThe Tien Shan vole (Microtus ilaeus; Rodentia: Cricetidae) as a new species in the Late Pleistocene of Europe
dc.typeJournalArticle
dspace.entity.typePublication