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Phylogeny and Differentiation of Sibling-Species Sicista of the Group Betulina (Rodentia, Dipodoidea): Results of Analysis of a Fragment of the IRBP Gene of Nuclear DNA Variability

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Results of the analysis of IRBP (interphotoreceptor retinoid-binding protein) nuclear DNA gene variability in birch mice of the genus Sicista reflect monophyly of the betulina group and confirm the substantial genetic isolation of the sibling species S. betulina and S. strandi within this group. Using Tamura’s 3‑parameter model T92, it is shown that the mean genetic distances between S. betulina and S. strandi are 0.7%, comparable to the interspecific genetic distances for sibling species from other groups of birch mice. Their intraspecific differentiation, which is particularly well-expressed in S. strandi, is also identified. Differentiation between the northern and southern populations of S. strandi, comparable to the interspecific differences (D = 0.8%), and isolation of the Carpathian specimen of S. betulina from other European and Siberian sample sets (D = 0.2%) are shown.

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  1. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119071, Moscow, Russia

    M. I. Baskevich, L. A. Khlyap, M. L. Oparin & B. I. Sheftel

  2. Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119334, Moscow, Russia

    A. S. Bogdanov

  3. Biological Faculty, Moscow State University, 119234, Moscow, Russia

    V. M. Malygin

  4. Voronezh State Reserve, 394080, Krasnolesny, Voronezh oblast, Russia

    S. F. Sapelnikov

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Baskevich, M.I., Bogdanov, A.S., Khlyap, L.A. et al. Phylogeny and Differentiation of Sibling-Species Sicista of the Group Betulina (Rodentia, Dipodoidea): Results of Analysis of a Fragment of the IRBP Gene of Nuclear DNA Variability. Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 47, 482–489 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359020050027

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