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- Title
The genetic structure of Zootoca vivipara (Lichtenstein, 1823) populations did not support the existence of a north - south corridor of the VB haplogroup in eastern Hungary.
- Authors
VELEKEI, Balázs; LAKATOS, Ferenc; BÍRÓ, Péter; ÁCS, Éva; PUKY, Miklós
- Abstract
The Eurasian common lizard, Zootoca vivipara (Lichtenstein, 1823) has seven haplogroups. A northsouth corridor of the VB haplogroup across eastern Hungary and western Romania has recently been suggested. We tested this hypothesis by sequencing a fragment (appr. 400 bp) of the protein encoding cytochrome b gene of the mtDNA. All four previously known haplogroups were detected in the country but along the eastern border with Romania only the VU haplogroup was found. As such, either the proposed corridor is narrower and lies further to the east, in Romania, or the haplogroup distribution area is discontinuous between eastern Slovakia - western Ukraine and the Balkan.
- Subjects
HUNGARY; VIVIPAROUS lizard; LIZARDS; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; GENES
- Publication
North-Western Journal of Zoology, 2014, Vol 10, Issue 1, p187
- ISSN
1584-9074
- Publication type
Article