EJPAU 2014. Moska M. , Wierzbicki H. , Strzała T. , Mucha A. , Jonkisz A. GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN WEST AND EAST EUROPEAN KARYOTYPIC GROUPS OF SOREX ARANEUS (SORICOMORPHA) IN POLAND

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Moska M. , Wierzbicki H. , Strzała T. , Mucha A. , Jonkisz A. 2014. GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN WEST AND EAST EUROPEAN KARYOTYPIC GROUPS OF SOREX ARANEUS (SORICOMORPHA) IN POLAND, EJPAU 17(2), #09.
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GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN WEST AND EAST EUROPEAN KARYOTYPIC GROUPS OF SOREX ARANEUS (SORICOMORPHA) IN POLAND

Magdalena Moska¹, Heliodor Wierzbicki¹, Tomasz Strzała¹, Anna Mucha¹, Anna Jonkisz²
¹ Department of Genetics, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
² Institute of Molecular Techniques, Medical University, Wrocław, Poland

ABSTRACT

A total of 177 shrews belonging to the Western (n=102, the Drnholec chromosome
race) and Eastern (n=75, the Łęgucki Młyn and the Popielno chromosome
races) European Karyotypic Groups were studied. The shrews were collected from
17 sites in Poland to analyze genetic differentiation between the groups. Seven
polymorphic autosomal microsatellites (L9, L14, L33, L45, L67, L68, L97)
and a Y-linked microsatellite (L8Y) were used for the analysis. Statistically
significant genetic differentiation between the analyzed groups, based on F_ST
(0.021, P<0.001), was additionally confirmed by the AMOVA test and pertained
to both classes of markers used in the analyses, i.e. inherited from both
parents (autosomal microsatellites) and inherited only from the father
(Y-linked locus), (0.027 and 0.071, respectively, P<0.001). The results of
STRUCTURE and AMOVA indicate that the two groups are genetically
distant. Since, the populations sampled were located beyond the contact zone
of WEKG and EEKG, the inference on their formation and survival in the separate
glacial refugia needs further studies to avoid false conclusions.

Key words: common shrew, expansion, genetic differentiation, glacial refugia, karyotypic groups.

Magdalena Moska
Department of Genetics, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
Kożuchowska 7
51-631 Wrocław
Poland
Phone +48 71 320 5921
email: magdalena.moska@up.wroc.pl

Heliodor Wierzbicki
Department of Genetics, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
Kożuchowska 7
51-631 Wrocław
Poland
email: heliodor.wierzbicki@up.wroc.pl

Tomasz Strzała
Department of Genetics, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
Kożuchowska 7
51-631 Wrocław
Poland
email: arrow00@poczta.fm

Anna Mucha
Department of Genetics, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
Kożuchowska 7
51-631 Wrocław
Poland
email: anna.mucha@up.wroc.pl

Anna Jonkisz
Institute of Molecular Techniques, Medical University, Wrocław, Poland
M. Curie-Skłodowskiej 52
50-369 Wrocław
Poland
email: annaj@forensic.am.wroc.pl

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