ALLOZYMIC CHARACTERIZATION AND EVOLUTIONARY RELATIONSHIPS IN THE BRAZILIAN AKODON CURSOR SPECIES GROUP (RODENTIA-CRICETIDAE)

Authors
RIEGER TT LANGGUTH A WEIMER TA
Citation
Tt. Rieger et al., ALLOZYMIC CHARACTERIZATION AND EVOLUTIONARY RELATIONSHIPS IN THE BRAZILIAN AKODON CURSOR SPECIES GROUP (RODENTIA-CRICETIDAE), Biochemical genetics, 33(9-10), 1995, pp. 283-295
Citations number
37
Categorie Soggetti
Genetics & Heredity",Biology
Journal title
Biochemical genetics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00062928
Volume
33
Issue
9-10
Year of publication
1995
Pages
283 - 295
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-2928(1995)33:9-10<283:ACAERI>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
The present study involved an electrophoretic survey of 22 protein loc i in 269 individuals belonging to three species of the genus Akodon, A . aff. cursor (2n = 16), A. cursor (2n = 14/15), and A. montensis (2n = 24/25/26), collected in Eastern Brazil. The joint results of gene di versity, genetic distances, phenetic analyses, and phylogenetic trees suggested that A. aff cursor has recently separated from A. cursor and that the three species have experienced a recent chromosomal divergen ce followed by low allozyme differentiation. These data are in agreeme nt with their classification as sibling species.