Morphology and genetic variation in the endangered tortoise Manouria emys: distinct lineages or plastron anomalies?
Anecdotal reports indicate the allopatric populations of two Manouria emys subspecies differ in colour variation and plastron pattern, intimating that these may constitute separate evolutionary lineages. We examined the studied taxa both morphologically and genetically to determine the described mor...
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| author | Shantanu Kundu Vikas Kumar Boni Amin Laskar Kaomud Tyagi Kailash Chandra |
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| description | Anecdotal reports indicate the allopatric populations of two Manouria emys subspecies differ in colour variation and plastron pattern, intimating that these may constitute separate evolutionary lineages. We examined the studied taxa both morphologically and genetically to determine the described morphological differences correlated with genetic divergence. Based on the plastron pattern, the study detected three morphologically different M. emys having their footmarks in northeast India, bordering international boundaries of Bangladesh and Myanmar. Nevertheless, we found shallow genetic divergence in both mtCOI and mtCytb gene segment among the different M. emys morphospecies. This study concludes that the detected plastron anomalies in M. emys do not suggest their distinct genetic lineages. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4a29148bfd724bca96e52560535880682023-11-02T15:57:21ZengTaylor & Francis GroupMitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources2380-23592018-01-013116617010.1080/23802359.2018.14377951437795Morphology and genetic variation in the endangered tortoise Manouria emys: distinct lineages or plastron anomalies?Shantanu Kundu0Vikas Kumar1Boni Amin Laskar2Kaomud Tyagi3Kailash Chandra4Zoological Survey of IndiaZoological Survey of IndiaZoological Survey of IndiaZoological Survey of IndiaZoological Survey of IndiaAnecdotal reports indicate the allopatric populations of two Manouria emys subspecies differ in colour variation and plastron pattern, intimating that these may constitute separate evolutionary lineages. We examined the studied taxa both morphologically and genetically to determine the described morphological differences correlated with genetic divergence. Based on the plastron pattern, the study detected three morphologically different M. emys having their footmarks in northeast India, bordering international boundaries of Bangladesh and Myanmar. Nevertheless, we found shallow genetic divergence in both mtCOI and mtCytb gene segment among the different M. emys morphospecies. This study concludes that the detected plastron anomalies in M. emys do not suggest their distinct genetic lineages.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2018.1437795land tortoisepectoral scutesmitochondrial dnanortheast india |
| spellingShingle | Shantanu Kundu Vikas Kumar Boni Amin Laskar Kaomud Tyagi Kailash Chandra Morphology and genetic variation in the endangered tortoise Manouria emys: distinct lineages or plastron anomalies? Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources land tortoise pectoral scutes mitochondrial dna northeast india |
| title | Morphology and genetic variation in the endangered tortoise Manouria emys: distinct lineages or plastron anomalies? |
| title_full | Morphology and genetic variation in the endangered tortoise Manouria emys: distinct lineages or plastron anomalies? |
| title_fullStr | Morphology and genetic variation in the endangered tortoise Manouria emys: distinct lineages or plastron anomalies? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Morphology and genetic variation in the endangered tortoise Manouria emys: distinct lineages or plastron anomalies? |
| title_short | Morphology and genetic variation in the endangered tortoise Manouria emys: distinct lineages or plastron anomalies? |
| title_sort | morphology and genetic variation in the endangered tortoise manouria emys distinct lineages or plastron anomalies |
| topic | land tortoise pectoral scutes mitochondrial dna northeast india |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2018.1437795 |
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