@article{898600484945441bbc8fc29be43d53be,
title = "Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of Kinosternon flavescens based on complete mitochondrial control region sequences",
abstract = "Nucleotide sequences for the complete mitochondrial control region (1158 bp) were used to determine the phylogenetic relationships among populations of the yellow mud turtle, Kinosternon flavescens (Kinosternidae). Phylogenetic analysis of the mtDNA sequences reveals a polyphyletic K. flavescens with three distinct clades: (1) K. flavescens of the Central Plains, including isolated populations of Illinois and Iowa, (2) K. arizonense in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona and Mexico, and (3) K. durangoense in the Chihuahuan Desert of Durango, Coahuila, and Chihuahua, Mexico. Sequence divergence and nucleotide diversity calculations support a hypothesis of Great Plains K. flavescens dispersal and subsequent isolation of populations in the Midwest related to climatic change during the Pleistocene.",
keywords = "Control region, Kinosternidae, Kinosternon flavescens, Pleistocene, Pliocene, mtDNA",
author = "Serb, {Jeanne M.} and Phillips, {Christopher A.} and Iverson, {John B.}",
note = "This research was submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the M.S. degree for the senior author (J.M.S.) in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Champaign–Urbana. Tissue specimens of K. flavescens from Texas and Iowa were provided by A. H. Price and J. L. Christiansen, respectively. Collection of tissues of K. durangoense in Mexico was facilitated by J. Lemos-Espinal and G. R. Smith. J. Palis provided the specimen of K. subrubrum. D. Walker provided information regarding nucleotide diversity calculations. We thank C. Lydeard, M. A. Pollock, K. J. Roe, and two anonymous reviewers for helpful and constructive comments. We also thank T. J. Near for technical assistance and D. A. Neely for the distribution map illustration. This work was supported in part by the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Fund of the American Museum of Natural History, the Helen T. and Frederick M. Gaige Award of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, the Herbert Holdworth Ross Memorial Grant of the Illinois Natural History Survey, and a grant from the Illinois Endangered Species Protection Board.",
year = "2001",
doi = "10.1006/mpev.2000.0858",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "18",
pages = "149--162",
journal = "Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution",
issn = "1055-7903",
publisher = "Academic Press Inc.",
number = "1",
}