Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of Kinosternon flavescens based on complete mitochondrial control region sequences

Jeanne M. Serb; Christopher A. Phillips; John B. Iverson

doi:10.1006/mpev.2000.0858

Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of Kinosternon flavescens based on complete mitochondrial control region sequences

Jeanne M. Serb, Christopher A. Phillips, John B. Iverson

Illinois Natural History Survey

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	149-162
Number of pages	14
Journal	Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
Volume	18
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1006/mpev.2000.0858
State	Published - Jan 1 2001

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Keywords

Control region
Kinosternidae
Kinosternon flavescens
Pleistocene
Pliocene
mtDNA

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Molecular Biology
Genetics

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Serb, J. M., Phillips, C. A., & Iverson, J. B. (2001). Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of Kinosternon flavescens based on complete mitochondrial control region sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 18(1), 149-162. https://doi.org/10.1006/mpev.2000.0858

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