Molecular phylogenetic status of the Bulgarian marbled polecat (Vormela peregusna,Mustelidae, Carnivora), revealed by Y chromosomal genes and mitochondrial DNA sequences |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Natural History Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan;2. Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan;3. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia 1000, Bulgaria;4. Department of Agricultural Science, Trakia University, Stara Zagora 6000, Bulgaria;5. Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo 183-0057, Japan;1. School of Pharmacy, University of Camerino, Italy;2. School of Bioscience and Veterinary Medicine, University of Camerino, Centro Ricerche Floristiche dell''Appennino, San Colombo, Barisciano, Italy;1. Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, CP 486, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901, Brazil;2. Departamento de Botância, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, CP 486, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901, Brazil;1. Dipartimento di Farmacia, Università di Pisa, via Bonanno 33, 56126 Pisa, Italy;2. Faculty of Pharmacy, Al Azhar University, Nasr-City, 11371 Cairo, Egypt;3. Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, 21955, Saudi Arabia;1. School of Life Sciences, Datong University, Datong, China;2. College of Life Science, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi''an, China |
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| Abstract: | In this study, we investigated molecular phylogenetic status of the marbled polecat (Vormela peregusna) from Bulgaria, using sequences of two Y-chromosomal genes (SRY and ZFY). The phylogenetic tree inferred using combined sequences of both genes indicated that the marbled polecat was split from genera Lutra, Neovison and Mustela after genus Martes was diverged in family Mustelidae. In addition, we analyzed molecular phylogeography of the Bulgarian population of the marbled polecat, using cytochrome b and control region sequences of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). The phylogenetic tree of cytochrome b indicated that the haplotypes of the Bulgarian population comprised two haplogroups, which were the most ancestral clades. Additionally, the control region phylogeny showed that the haplotypes of Bulgaria formed two haplogroups: one was the most ancestral clade, and the other was the derivative clade. One individual with the most ancestral cytochrome b clade had a control region haplotype of the derivative clade. Thus, this study revealed that the most ancestral lineages of the marbled polecat are included in the population of Bulgaria. The Bulgarian population could be a remnant lineage from a basal for the species, which in Pleistocene occupied a relatively large area related to the Balkan-Caucasian. |
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| Keywords: | Marbled polecat Molecular phylogeny Mitochondrial DNA Y chromosomal genes |
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