Intraspecific rearrangement of duplicated mitochondrial control regions in the luzon tarictic hornbill penelopides manillae (Aves: Bucerotidae)
- 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.
Author details: | Svenja Sammler, Valerio Ketmaier, Katja Havenstein, Ralph TiedemannORCiDGND |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s00239-013-9591-y |
ISSN: | 0022-2844 |
ISSN: | 1432-1432 |
Title of parent work (English): | Journal of molecular evolution |
Publisher: | Springer |
Place of publishing: | New York |
Publication type: | Other |
Language: | English |
Year of first publication: | 2013 |
Publication year: | 2013 |
Release date: | 2017/03/26 |
Tag: | Bucerotidae; Concerted evolution; Control region; Mitochondrial gene order; Mitochondrial recombination; Philippine archipelago |
Volume: | 77 |
Issue: | 5-6 |
Number of pages: | 7 |
First page: | 199 |
Last Page: | 205 |
Organizational units: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Biochemie und Biologie |
Peer review: | Referiert |