Diversity, distribution, and evolutionary history of the most studied African rodents, multimammate mice of the genus Mastomys: An overview after a quarter of century of using DNA sequencing

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60076658%3A12310%2F21%3A43902891" target="_blank" >RIV/60076658:12310/21:43902891 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/68081766:_____/21:00549129 RIV/00216224:14310/21:00123371

Result on the web

<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jzs.12569" target="_blank" >https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jzs.12569</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jzs.12569" target="_blank" >10.1111/jzs.12569</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Diversity, distribution, and evolutionary history of the most studied African rodents, multimammate mice of the genus Mastomys: An overview after a quarter of century of using DNA sequencing

Original language description

Despite the importance of rodents as agricultural pests and reservoirs of zoonoses, the taxonomy and evolutionary history of many groups is still not sufficiently understood. The genus Mastomys (multimammate mice or rats) comprises abundant and intensively studied rodents, widespread across sub-Saharan Africa. Here, we used an extensive dataset of mitochondrial DNA markers comprising of nearly 2700 individual sequences from 30 African countries to update the information about the geographical distribution of their genetic diversity. In the next step, we sequenced complete mitogenomes, six nuclear markers, and produced anchored phylogenomic data (355 loci) and, for the first time, sufficiently resolved phylogenetic relationships among all extant Mastomys species and reconstructed their evolutionary history. The results suggest eight species of Mastomys occupying various non-forested environments. Some species are very widespread (Mastomys natalensis, Mastomys kollmannspergeri, and Mastomys erythroleucus; for the latter we provide first records from Tanzania, thus significantly extending its distribution), while others have their distribution restricted to particular geographical areas (Mastomys coucha in South African region, Mastomys awashensis in Ethiopia, and Mastomys angolensis in Angola and southern DRC) or to particular habitat, that is, wetlands in western (Mastomys huberti) or southwestern (Mastomys shortridgei) Africa. The first split separating M. angolensis (with five pairs of mammae only) from remaining multimammate taxa occurred in mid-Pliocene, but the most intensive radiation occurred in mid-Pleistocene and was likely driven by the intensification of climate oscillations. The resolved phylogeny of Mastomys will facilitate their further use as model taxa, for example, in understanding proximate mechanisms of evolution of the multimammate phenotype.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - 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

Project

<a href="/en/project/GC20-07091J" target="_blank" >GC20-07091J: Small mammals of Eastern African Mountains: evolutionary diversification and endemism in one of the world´s most important biodiversity hot-spots</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research

ISSN

0947-5745

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

59

Issue of the periodical within the volume

8

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

19

Pages from-to

2500-2518

UT code for WoS article

000724376800001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85120341616