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- Title
Introgression obscures lineage boundaries and phylogeographic history in the western banded gecko, Coleonyx variegatus (Squamata: Eublepharidae).
- Authors
Leavitt, Dean H; Hollingsworth, Bradford D; Fisher, Robert N; Reeder, Tod W
- Abstract
The geomorphological formation of the Baja California peninsula and the Gulf of California is a principal driver of diversification for the reptiles of North America's warm deserts. The western banded gecko, Coleonyx variegatus , is distributed throughout the Mojave, Sonoran and Peninsular deserts. In this study we use multilocus sequence data to address deep phylogeographic structure within C. variegatus. Analyses of mtDNA data recover six divergent clades throughout the range of C. variegatus. Topology of the mtDNA gene tree suggests separate origins of peninsular populations with an older lineage in the south and a younger one in the north. In contrast, analyses of multilocus nuclear data provide support for four lineages, corresponding to the subspecies C. v. abbotti , C. v. peninsularis , C. v. sonoriensis and C. v. variegatus. Phylogenetic analyses of the nuclear data recover C. v. abbotti and C. v. peninsularis as a clade, indicating a single origin of the peninsular populations. Discordance between the nuclear and mtDNA data is largely the result of repeated episodes of mtDNA introgression that have obscured both lineage boundaries and biogeographic history. Dating analyses of the combined nuclear and mtDNA data suggest that the peninsular clade diverged from the continental group in the Late Miocene.
- Subjects
BAJA California (Mexico : State); SONORAN Desert; MOJAVE Desert; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SQUAMATA; GECKOS; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; GEOGRAPHIC boundaries; COLUBRIDAE
- Publication
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2020, Vol 190, Issue 1, p181
- ISSN
0024-4082
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz143