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Title: Genetic structure and cryptic diversity of Onychodactylus japonicus (Amphibia, Caudata, Hynobiidae) in northeastern Honshu, Japan, as revealed by allozymic analysis.
Authors: Yoshikawa, Natsuhiko
Matsui, Masafumi  KAKEN_id
Nishikawa, Kanto  kyouindb  KAKEN_id  orcid https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6274-4959 (unconfirmed)
Author's alias: 松井, 正文
Keywords: Onychodactylus japonicus
cryptic species
allozyme
genetic structure
reproductive isolation
northeastern Japan
Issue Date: Apr-2012
Publisher: Zoological Society of Japan
Journal title: Zoological science
Volume: 29
Issue: 4
Start page: 229
End page: 237
Abstract: We conducted a comprehensive allozymic analysis of 393 specimens of the Japanese clawed salamander, Onychodactylus japonicus, from 33 populations of northeastern Honshu, Japan. As a result, these populations exhibited extensive geographic genetic differentiation, and four major genetic groups (N-Tohoku, S-Tohoku, Tsukuba, and SW-Honshu groups) were consistently recognized. Of these, the Tsukuba group was geographically isolated from all the others, whereas the N- and S-Tohoku groups, and the S-Tohoku and SW-Honshu groups, respectively, were nearly parapatric, without distinct geographic barriers. The magnitude of genetic distances between the four groups, except for between the N- and S-Tohoku groups, was as large as that normally found among different hynobiid species. A structure analysis detected no admixture of the N- and S-Tohoku groups, whereas few hybrids were found between the S-Tohoku and SW-Honshu around their contact zone. However, genetic exchange between these parapatric groups appeared to be infrequent, suggesting the presence of some isolation mechanisms between them. Within each group, only the S-Tohoku group exhibited an extensive level of population genetic structure that roughly distinguishes the eastern, central, and northwestern subgroups, indicating the complexity of the phylogeographic traits of this group. These results strongly suggest that populations of O. japonicus from northeastern Japan encompass several cryptic species.
Rights: © 2012 Zoological Society of Japan
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2433/182951
DOI(Published Version): 10.2108/zsj.29.229
PubMed ID: 22468832
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