| Titre : | Phylogenetic relationships of Eurasian Nuthatches (Sitta europaea Linnaeus, 1758) from the Alborz and Zagros Mountains, Iran (2016) |
| Auteurs : | Masoud Nazarizadeh, Auteur ; Mohammad Kaboli, Auteur ; Hamid Reza Rezaie, Auteur ; Jalil Imani Harisini, Auteur ; Eric Pasquet, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Zoology in the Middle East (62(3) July, 2016) |
| Article en page(s) : | 217-226 |
| Mots-clés: | Alborz Mountains ; Eurasian Nuthatch ; Zagros Mountains ; mtDNA ; phylogenetic relationship |
| Résumé : | The Eurasian Nuthatch (Sitta europaea Linnaeus, 1758) is a resident bird in the Alborz and Zagros deciduous forests. We investigated the phylogenetic relationships and the taxonomic position of the Eurasian Nuthatch among other separated lineages of Eurasia with the help of blood samples collected from 19 individuals belonging to four populations in the Eastern and Western Alborz, as well as in the Northern and Southern Zagros forests. Genetic variation was then analysed using complete ND2 gene sequence (1041 bp) and phylogenetic analysis was done using Bayesian and maximum likelihood inference. Additionally, a median-joining algorithm was used to reveal the relationships among haplotypes. The results of the phylogenetic and haplo-type network analyses indicated that Eurasian Nuthatch haplotypes from the Alborz and Zagros Mountains form lineages distinct from the Asian, Caucasian and European haplotypes. Furthermore, an analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) detected significant (P |
| En ligne : | https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2016.1226547 |



