The natural and human-mediated expansion of a human-commensal lizard into the fringes of Southeast Asia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Human-commensal species often display deep ancestral genetic structure within their native range and founder-effects and/or evidence of multiple introductions and admixture in newly established areas. We investigated the phylogeography of Eutropis multifasciata, an abundant human-commensal scincid lizard that occurs across Southeast Asia, to determine the extent of its native range and to assess the sources and signatures of human introduction outside of the native range. We sequenced over 350 samples of E. multifasciata for the mitochondrial ND2 gene and reanalyzed a previous RADseq population genetic dataset in a phylogenetic framework.

Results

Nuclear and mitochondrial trees are concordant and show that E. multifasciata has retained high levels of genetic struc

SUBMITTER: Karin BR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10880348 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature