Intraspecific Rearrangement of Duplicated Mitochondrial Control Regions in the Luzon Tarictic Hornbill Penelopides manillae (Aves: Bucerotidae)

Sammler, Svenja; Ketmaier, Valerio; Havenstein, Katja; Tiedemann, Ralph

Abstract

Philippine hornbills of the genera Aceros and Penelopides (Bucerotidae) are known to possess a large tandemly duplicated fragment in their mitochondrial genome, whose paralogous parts largely evolve in concert. In the present study, we surveyed the two distinguishable duplicated control regions in several individuals of the Luzon Tarictic Hornbill Penelopides manillae, compare their characteristics within and across individuals, and report on an intraspecific mitochondrial gene rearrangement found in one single specimen, i.e., an interchange between the two control regions. To our knowledge, this is the first observation of two distinct mitochondrial genome rearrangements within a bird species. We briefly discuss a possible evolutionary mechanism responsible for this pattern, and highlight potential implications for the application of control region sequences as a marker in population genetics and phylogeography.

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Título según WOS: ID WOS:000327855600002 Not found in local WOS DB
Título de la Revista: JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION
Volumen: 77
Número: 5-6
Editorial: Springer
Fecha de publicación: 2013
Página de inicio: 199
Página final: 205
DOI:

10.1007/s00239-013-9591-y

Notas: ISI