The Phylogeography of Red Spiny Rats Maxomys surifer (Rodentia, Muridae) in Indochina with Comments on Taxonomy and Description of New Subspecies.

ABSTRACT: Alexander Evgenievich Balakirev, Alexei Vladimirovich Abramov, and Viatcheslav Vladimirovich Rozhnov (2017) The phylogeographic pattern of Maxomys surifer across most of its geographic range was investigated based on existing sequencing from GenBank and new original data from Vietnam to evaluate its natural subdivision and taxonomic structure in Indochina and neighboring regions. Seven major phylogenetic clusters/groups are apparent on the cytochrome b (Cyt b) and cytochrome с oxydase subunit 1 gene (COI) trees, corresponding to geographical subpopulations of the species. Among them, distinct position of most divergent, clade Msur7 is also supported by analyses of nuclear (IRBP) gene. The taxonomic implication of these findings is tested by comparison of morphol

SUBMITTER: Evgenievich Balakirev A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6517739 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature