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Genetic evidence for human-mediated introduction of Anatolian water frogs (Pelophylax cf. bedriagae) to Cyprus (Amphibia: Ranidae)
Zoology in the Middle East, v 61(2), pp 125-132
03 Apr 2015
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Abstract
We found in two water frogs captured in Cyprus, the distribution area of P. cypriensis, nuclear alleles and mitochondrial haplotypes that are characteristic of Anatolian water frogs, Pelophylax cf. bedriagae. Mitochondrial and nuclear DNA data strongly indicate that the ancestors of these two frogs did not arrive on Cyprus via a land bridge or overseas dispersal but were unintentionally introduced by humans, most probably together with carp fingerlings. Both individuals exhibited recombined nuclear genomes characteristic of backcross hybrids. Further investigations are needed to estimate the amount of introgression of allochthonous alleles into the gene pool of P. cypriensis.
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- Title
- Genetic evidence for human-mediated introduction of Anatolian water frogs (Pelophylax cf. bedriagae) to Cyprus (Amphibia: Ranidae)
- Creators
- Joerg Ploetner - Museum Nat Kunde, Leibniz Inst Evolut & Biodiversitatsforsch, Berlin, GermanyCigdem Akin Peksen - Middle East Technical UniversityFelix Baier - Harvard UniversityThomas Uzzell - Drexel UniversityC. Can Bilgin - Middle East Technical University
- Publication Details
- Zoology in the Middle East, v 61(2), pp 125-132
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Number of pages
- 8
- Grant note
- 111T584 / TUBITAK TBAG; Turkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Arastirma Kurumu (TUBITAK) PL 213/3-1; 3-2; 3-3 / Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Bonn; German Research Foundation (DFG)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000355120900005
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84929950839
- Other Identifier
- 991019350677604721
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