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1. Molecular taxonomy and intra-Palaearctic boundary: new insights from the biogeography of the black francolin (Francolinus francolinus) by means of microsatellite DNA

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Panicos Panayides, Giovanni Forcina, Monica Guerrini, Filippo Barbanera, Aleem Ahmed Khan, and Pantelis Hadjigerou

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0106 biological sciences, 0301 basic medicine, black francolin, polytypic species, Biogeography, Boundary (topology), Plant Science, bird vocalisations, Iran, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, microsatellites, Molecular taxonomy, 03 medical and health sciences, bioacoustic data, galliforms, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, vocal groups, Black francolin, Greater Western Palaearctic, biology, biology.organism_classification, bioacoustic data, bird vocalisations, black francolin, galliforms, Greater Western Palaearctic, Iran, microsatellites, morphological subspecies, polytypic species, vocal groups, 030104 developmental biology, Evolutionary biology, Microsatellite, morphological subspecies
Abstract

The transition zones between and within biogeographic realms are a topical issue. Long ascribed to eastern Palaearctic, Iran was recently proposed as entirely pertaining to its western counterpart ...

Published
2019
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2. Molecular DNA identity of the mouflon of Cyprus (Ovis orientalis ophion, Bovidae): Near Eastern origin and divergence from Western Mediterranean conspecific populations

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Mathieu Garel, Filippo Barbanera, Rita Lorenzini, Nikolaos Kassinis, Petros Anayiotos, Monica Guerrini, Giovanni Forcina, and Panicos Panayides

Subjects
Mitochondrial DNA, domestic sheep, Population, Zoology, Population genetics, mitochondrial DNA, Plant Science, Mediterranean, Ovis, taxonomy, education, Domestication, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, education.field_of_study, biology, Ecology, biology.organism_classification, near eastern, Mouflon, wild sheep, Taxon, Cyprus, domestic sheep, Mediterranean, microsatellite DNA, mitochondrial DNA, Mouflon, near eastern, Ovis, taxonomy, wild sheep, Cyprus, microsatellite DNA, Microsatellite
Abstract

The mouflon population of Cyprus (Ovis orientalis ophion) comprises historically preserved feral descendants of sheep domesticated during the Neolithic. We determined genetic identity of this taxon in order to elucidate its systematic placement and enforce its protection. We used 12 loci of microsatellite DNA to infer genetic relationships between the Cypriot mouflon and either long-time isolated (Corsica, Sardinia) or recently introduced (central Italy) European mouflons (O. o. musimon). We also sequenced the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) Cytochrome-b gene to infer the origin of the Cypriot mouflon including many National Centre for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) entries of European and Near Eastern conspecifics. Microsatellites disclosed net divergence between Western Mediterranean and Cypriot mouflon. The latter was included in the highly heterogeneous Near Eastern O. orientalis mtDNA group, Iran representing the most credited region as the source for its ancient introduction to Cyprus. Both internationa...

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2015
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