TY  - JOUR
A1  - De Cahsan, Binia
A1  - Westbury, Michael V.
A1  - Drews, Hauke
A1  - Tiedemann, Ralph
T1  - The complete mitochondrial genome of a European fire-bellied toad (Bombina bombina) from Germany
JF  - Mitochondrial DNA Part B
N2  - The European fire-bellied toad, Bombina bombina, is a small aquatic toad belonging to the family Bombinatoridae. The species is native to the lowlands of Central and Eastern Europe, where population numbers have been in decline in recent past decades. Here, we present the first complete mitochondrial genome of the endangered European fire-bellied toad from Northern Germany recovered using iterative mapping. Phylogenetic analyses including other representatives of the Bombinatoridae placed our German specimen as sister to a Polish B. bombina sequence with high support. This finding is congruent with the postulated Pleistocene history of the species. Our complete mitochondrial genome represents an important resource for further population analysis of the European fire-bellied toad, especially those found within Germany.
KW  - Bombina bombina
KW  - Fire-bellied toad
KW  - mitogenome
KW  - conservation genetics
KW  - population delimitation
Y1  - 2019
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2018.1547143
SN  - 2380-2359
VL  - 4
IS  - 1
SP  - 498
EP  - 500
PB  - Taylor & Francis Group
CY  - London
ER  - 
TY  - GEN
A1  - De Cahsan, Binia
A1  - Westbury, Michael V.
A1  - Drews, Hauke
A1  - Tiedemann, Ralph
T1  - The complete mitochondrial genome of a European fire-bellied toad (Bombina bombina) from Germany
T2  - Postprints der Universität Potsdam Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe
N2  - The European fire-bellied toad, Bombina bombina, is a small aquatic toad belonging to the family Bombinatoridae. The species is native to the lowlands of Central and Eastern Europe, where population numbers have been in decline in recent past decades. Here, we present the first complete mitochondrial genome of the endangered European fire-bellied toad from Northern Germany recovered using iterative mapping. Phylogenetic analyses including other representatives of the Bombinatoridae placed our German specimen as sister to a Polish B. bombina sequence with high support. This finding is congruent with the postulated Pleistocene history of the species. Our complete mitochondrial genome represents an important resource for further population analysis of the European fire-bellied toad, especially those found within Germany.
T3  - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe - 532 
KW  - Bombina bombina
KW  - Fire-bellied toad
KW  - mitogenome
KW  - conservation genetics
KW  - population delimitation
Y1  - 2019
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-423222
SN  - 1866-8372
IS  - 532
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Patel, Riddhi P.
A1  - Wutke, Saskia
A1  - Lenz, Dorina
A1  - Mukherjee, Shomita
A1  - Ramakrishnan, Uma
A1  - Veron, Geraldine
A1  - Fickel, Jörns
A1  - Wilting, Andreas
A1  - Förster, Daniel W.
T1  - Genetic Structure and Phylogeography of the Leopard Cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) Inferred from Mitochondrial Genomes
JF  - Journal of Heredity
N2  - The Leopard cat Prionailurus bengalensis is a habitat generalist that is widely distributed across Southeast Asia. Based on morphological traits, this species has been subdivided into 12 subspecies. Thus far, there have been few molecular studies investigating intraspecific variation, and those had been limited in geographic scope. For this reason, we aimed to study the genetic structure and evolutionary history of this species across its very large distribution range in Asia. We employed both PCR-based (short mtDNA fragments, 94 samples) and high throughput sequencing based methods (whole mitochondrial genomes, 52 samples) on archival, noninvasively collected and fresh samples to investigate the distribution of intraspecific genetic variation. Our comprehensive sampling coupled with the improved resolution of a mitochondrial genome analyses provided strong support for a deep split between Mainland and Sundaic Leopard cats. Although we identified multiple haplogroups within the species’ distribution, we found no matrilineal evidence for the distinction of 12 subspecies. In the context of Leopard cat biogeography, we cautiously recommend a revision of the Prionailurus bengalensis subspecific taxonomy: namely, a reduction to 4 subspecies (2 mainland and 2 Sundaic forms).
KW  - habitat generalist
KW  - hybrid capture
KW  - Leopard cat
KW  - mitogenome
KW  - mtDNA
KW  - Southeast Asia
Y1  - 2017
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esx017
SN  - 0022-1503
SN  - 1465-7333
VL  - 108
IS  - 4
SP  - 349
EP  - 360
PB  - Oxford Univ. Press
CY  - Cary
ER  -