The karyotype along with molecular data of the Iranian lineage of the bicolored shrew Crocidura leucodon (Hermann, 1780) provides evidence of the species level of C. persica Thomas, 1907
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Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/00216224:14310/25:00143398
Result on the web
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2024-0111" target="_blank" >10.1515/mammalia-2024-0111</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The karyotype along with molecular data of the Iranian lineage of the bicolored shrew Crocidura leucodon (Hermann, 1780) provides evidence of the species level of C. persica Thomas, 1907
Original language description
White-toothed shrews of the genus Crocidura represent the most speciose genus of mammals. Within this genus, Crocidura leucodon comprises four mitochondrial lineages, with the Iranian lineage being the most divergent. In this study, we report the diploid number (2N = 32) and the fundamental numbers of chromosomal arms (FN = 42, FNa = 38) for the Iranian lineage, which is different from those reported for western regions (2N = 28, FN = 56, FNa = 52). The phylogenetic analyses performed on mitochondrial cytochrome b (978 bp) of bicolored shrews confirm the previous studies showing the divergence of the Iranian samples. The Kimura's two-parameter (K2P) genetic distances between the Iranian clade and the three lineages of western regions, based on the cytb marker, range from 5.8 % to 7.1 %, confirming that the former lineage can be considered as a separate species. The preliminary phylogenetic analysis based on three nuclear markers (ApoB, BRCA1, and vWF) does not contradict the divergence of the Iranian specimens compared to those of western regions. More specimens are needed however for a robust conclusion. Our findings verify the results of the previous studies indicating that the Iranian lineage, previously considered as subspecies C. leucodon persica, should be promoted to the species level.
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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
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
Mammalia
ISSN
0025-1461
e-ISSN
1864-1547
Volume of the periodical
89
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
8
Pages from-to
418-425
UT code for WoS article
001498131100001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105006883259