Revision of the taxonomic position of the Olkhon mountain vole (Rodentia,Cricetidae) |
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| Authors: | S Yu Bodrov A Yu Kostygov L V Rudneva N I Abramson |
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| Institution: | 1.Zoological Institute,Russian Academy of Sciences,St. Petersburg,Russia;2.Institute of General and Experimental Biology, Siberian Branch,Russian Academy of Sciences,Ulan-Ude,Russia |
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| Abstract: | The phylogenetic position of the Olkhon mountain vole (Alticola olchonensis Litvinov, 1960) was studied using the sequences of four nuclear (BRCA, GHR, LCAT, and IRBP) and one mitochondrial (cyt. b) gene. Until now multiple studies of the systematic position of this vole had been based exclusively on morphological data, while the major taxonomic references contain contradictory information regarding both the subgeneric and species status of this animal. It was established that the molecular data and morphology data allow us to concern the Lake Baikal vole unambiguously as a part of the nominative subgenus Alticola instead of Aschizomys. |
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