Glacial allopatry vs. postglacial parapatry and peripatry: the case of hedgehogs.

ABSTRACT: Although hedgehogs are well-known examples of postglacial recolonisation, the specific processes that shape their population structures have not been examined by detailed sampling and fast-evolving genetic markers in combination with model based clustering methods. This study aims to analyse the impacts of isolation within glacial refugia and of postglacial expansion on the population structure of the Northern White-breasted hedgehog (Erinaceus roumanicus). It also discusses the role of the processes at edges of species distribution in its evolutionary history. The maternally inherited mitochondrial control region and the bi-parentally inherited nuclear microsatellites were used to examine samples within the Central Europe, Balkan Peninsula and adjacent islands. Bayesian coalescent

SUBMITTER: Cerna Bolfikova B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5407276 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature