A journey on plate tectonics sheds light on European crayfish phylogeography.

ABSTRACT: Crayfish can be used as model organisms in phylogeographic and divergence time studies if reliable calibrations are available. This study presents a comprehensive investigation into the phylogeography of the European stone crayfish (Austropotamobius torrentium) and includes samples from previously unstudied sites. Two mitochondrial markers were used to reveal evolutionary relationships among haplogroups throughout the species' distributional range and to estimate the divergence time by employing both substitution rates and geological calibration methods. Our haplotype network reconstruction and phylogenetic analyses revealed the existence of a previously unknown haplogroup distributed in Romania's Apuseni Mountains. This haplogroup is closely related to others that are endemic in th

SUBMITTER: Parvulescu L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6392496 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature