Evolutionary history of the Altai grey vole, Microtus obscurus (Rodentia: Cricetidae), reconstructed using modern and ancient genomes
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F25%3A00143402" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/25:00143402 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf059" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf059</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf059" target="_blank" >10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf059</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Evolutionary history of the Altai grey vole, Microtus obscurus (Rodentia: Cricetidae), reconstructed using modern and ancient genomes
Original language description
The Altai grey vole (Microtus obscurus) is a rodent species present in Western Asia, Eastern Europe, and the Near East. The taxonomic relationship of M. obscurus and its sister-species, Microtus arvalis, is a matter of ongoing debate and there is a lack of agreement regarding the date of their divergence. To further understand the evolutionary history of M. obscurus, we generated nuclear and mitochondrial data from five modern and 11 ancient specimens from Eastern Europe and the Near East. We reconstructed a tip-dated phylogeny using a 4.3-kilobase fragment of mitochondrial DNA. We estimated the time to the most recent common ancestor of M. arvalis and M. obscurus to be 130 thousand years ago (kya), correlating with the Eemian interglacial, a period characterized by the reduction of open habitats suitable for microtine species. In the Lesser Caucasus, we recorded a turnover of two lineages probably related to environmental changes at the end of the Pleistocene. Using three published and three newly generated nuclear genomes, we confirmed the general population structure and divergence times inferred from the mtDNA. We reconstructed the demographic history of the Altai grey vole, which revealed contrasting trajectories for the two main lineages.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10613 - Zoology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY
ISSN
0024-4082
e-ISSN
1096-3642
Volume of the periodical
204
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
15
Pages from-to
1-15
UT code for WoS article
001524313900001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105010233581