Possible incipient sympatric ecological speciation in blind mole rats (Spalax)
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60076658%3A12310%2F13%3A43885129" target="_blank" >RIV/60076658:12310/13:43885129 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://www.pnas.org/content/110/7/2587.full" target="_blank" >http://www.pnas.org/content/110/7/2587.full</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1222588110" target="_blank" >10.1073/pnas.1222588110</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Possible incipient sympatric ecological speciation in blind mole rats (Spalax)
Original language description
Sympatric speciation has been controversial since it was first proposed as a mode of speciation. Subterranean blind mole rats (Spalacidae) are considered to speciate allopatrically or peripatrically. Here, we report a possible incipient sympatric adaptive ecological speciation in Spalax galili (2n = 52). The study microsite (0.04km(2)) is sharply subdivided geologically, edaphically, and ecologically into abutting barrier-free ecologies divergent in rock, soil, and vegetation types. The Pleistocene Almabasalt abuts the Cretaceous Senonian Kerem Ben Zimra chalk. Only 28% of 112 plant species were shared between the soils. We examined mitochondrial DNA in the control region and ATP6 in 28 mole rats from basalt and in 14 from chalk habitats. We also sequenced the complete mtDNA (16,423 bp) of four animals, two from each soil type. Remarkably, the frequency of all major haplotype clusters (HC) was highly soil-biased. HCI and HCII are chalk biased. HC-III was abundant in basalt (36%) but a
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
EG - Zoology
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GAP506%2F11%2F1512" target="_blank" >GAP506/11/1512: Into the underground: Comparative study of rodents with different level of adaptation to subterranean life.</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2013
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences of The United States of America
ISSN
0027-8424
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
110
Issue of the periodical within the volume
7
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
6
Pages from-to
2587-2592
UT code for WoS article
000315812800046
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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