Origin and Genetic Uniformity of Introduced Population of Cynops pyrrhogaster (Amphibia: Urodela) on Hachijojima Island

Atsushi Tominaga; V. Benno Meyer-Rochow; Taku Okamoto; Takeo Kuriyama; Kanto Nishikawa; Masafumi Matsui

doi:10.5358/hsj.35.64

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1 February 2016 Origin and Genetic Uniformity of Introduced Population of Cynops pyrrhogaster (Amphibia: Urodela) on Hachijojima Island

Atsushi Tominaga, V. Benno Meyer-Rochow, Taku Okamoto, Takeo Kuriyama, Kanto Nishikawa, Masafumi Matsui

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Current Herpetology, 35(1):64-68 (2016). https://doi.org/10.5358/hsj.35.64

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Using mitochondrial DNA sequences, we surveyed genetic features of 12 individuals of Cynops pyrrhogaster introduced into Hachijojima Island, in order to estimate their possible origin in the main islands of Japan. The phylogenetic analysis revealed that the 12 examined newts of the introduced population display no genetic diversity and share characteristics with the conspecific population of Shikoku and thus belong to the WESTERN Clade proposed by earlier studies. Our results suggest that the Hachijojima population, having experienced a drastic founder effect, stems from very few individuals from the Shikoku District approximately 650 km to the west.

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Atsushi Tominaga, V. Benno Meyer-Rochow, Taku Okamoto, Takeo Kuriyama, Kanto Nishikawa, and Masafumi Matsui "Origin and Genetic Uniformity of Introduced Population of Cynops pyrrhogaster (Amphibia: Urodela) on Hachijojima Island," Current Herpetology 35(1), 64-68, (1 February 2016). https://doi.org/10.5358/hsj.35.64

Accepted: 1 December 2015; Published: 1 February 2016

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