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Genetic variation and taxonomic status of Dahl’s jird (Meriones dahli, rodentia, muridae)

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Dahl’s jird, Meriones dahli, is a critically endangered species restricted to a small area in central Transcaucasia. The phylogenetic position of Dahl’s jird within the Midday jird species complex was assessed based on the DNA of museum material. Both mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences were employed. Dahl’s jird has been found to be a sister group close to M. penicilliger, which is distributed in Turan. This result suggests the existence of a late Middle Pleistocene dispersal corridor for psammophilic species that is known to have connected the Transcaucasian and Transcaspian regions.

Source: Зоологический журнал

DOI: 10.31857/s0044513424030116

Authors: O. G. Nanova, V. S. Lebedev, E. N. Solovyeva, A. A. Lisenkova, V. Yu. Bogatyreva, E. D. Zemlemerova, V. A. Matrosova

Institutions: Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russian Academy of Sciences, Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology

Language: English

Topic: Genetic diversity and population structure

Subfield: Genetics

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: Russian Science Foundation

OpenAlex ID: W4402911656

FWCI: 0.245

Cites: 18

Cited by: 1

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