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Phylogeography of Korean field mouse Apodemus peninsulae (Rodentia: Muridae): an update

To better understand the evolutionary and demographic histories of the Korean field mouse Apodemus peninsulae we examined mitochondrial (mt) cytochrome b gene sequences of 200 specimens from 65 localities in China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, and Russia. The phylogenetic and phylogeographic analyses rev...

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Published in:Zoological journal of the Linnean Society 2024-03
Main Authors: Chelomina, Galina N, Meschersky, Ilya G, Gajduchenko, Helen, Borisov, Yuri M
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Language:English
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Summary:To better understand the evolutionary and demographic histories of the Korean field mouse Apodemus peninsulae we examined mitochondrial (mt) cytochrome b gene sequences of 200 specimens from 65 localities in China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, and Russia. The phylogenetic and phylogeographic analyses revealed three major groups of haplotypes: “Chinese” (C), “Korean” (K) and “Russian” (R). C includes only the samples from southern and central China, K combines all samples from Korean Peninsula and some samples from Siberia, and R comprises all samples from Russian Far East, Japan, and most samples from Siberia. Both R and K also include the samples from Northern China and Mongolia. Coalescent-based approaches suggest a link between separation of these groups and intensive Kung-Huang Pleistocene uplift event of the Tibetan Plateau. The rapid expansion events in R are associated with marine isotope stages (MIS) 3 and 4, and in K with MIS 6; no sings of rapid expansion were found in C. The widespread settlement of the northeast occurred in two waves, close in time: 1) to Northern China and Korean Peninsula, and then 2) to most of Siberia, the Russian Far East and Japan; parts of Siberia, Mongolia and northern China were colonized twice.
ISSN:0024-4082
1096-3642
DOI:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae016