TAWNY OWL (STRIX-ALUCO) AND HUMES TAWNY OWL (STRIX-BUTLERI) ARE DISTINCT SPECIES - EVIDENCE FROM NUCLEOTIDE-SEQUENCES OF THE CYTOCHROME-B GENE

Authors
HEIDRICH P WINK M
Citation
P. Heidrich et M. Wink, TAWNY OWL (STRIX-ALUCO) AND HUMES TAWNY OWL (STRIX-BUTLERI) ARE DISTINCT SPECIES - EVIDENCE FROM NUCLEOTIDE-SEQUENCES OF THE CYTOCHROME-B GENE, Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung. C, A journal of biosciences, 49(3-4), 1994, pp. 230-234
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung. C, A journal of biosciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
09395075
Volume
49
Issue
3-4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
230 - 234
Database
ISI
SICI code
0939-5075(1994)49:3-4<230:TO(AHT>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
The cytochrome b gene of the Tawny Owl (Strix aluco), Hume's Tawny Owl (Strix butleri) and the African wood owl (Strix woodfordii) was ampli fied by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and partially sequenced (300 b ase pairs). Sequences differ substantially (9 to 12% nucleotide substi tutions) between these taxa indicating that they represent distinct sp ecies, which is also implicated from morphological and biogeographic d ifferences. Using cytochrome b sequences of S. aluco, S. butleri, S. w oodfordii, Athene noctua and Tyto alba phylogenetic relationship were reconstructed using the ''maximum parsimony'' principle (PAUP 3.1.1) a nd the neighbour-joining method (MEGA).