Biogeography of Korea's top predator, the yellow-throated Marten: evolutionary history and population dynamics.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Peninsulas often harvest high genetic diversity through repeated southward migrations of species during glacial maxima. Studies addressing within-species evolutionary responses to climate fluctuations in northeast Asia are limited compared to other regions of the world, and more so in the Korean Peninsula. In this study, we conducted the first population-level study of the yellow-throated marten, Martes flavigula, from the Korean Peninsula, Russian, Taiwanese and Chinese localities in a biogeographic framework using mitochondrial (cyt-b, nd2, cr) and nuclear gene sequencing (ghr).

Results

Bayesian analyses revealed a rather young population, with a split from the most recent common ancestor at around 125 kya. Martes flavigula likely colonized the Korean Peninsula

SUBMITTER: Jowers MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6332909 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature