title: Mitochondrial DNA phylogeography of European hedgehogs.
abstract: European hedgehog populations belonging to Erinaceus europaeus and E. concolor have been investigated by mitochondrial DNA analysis. A 383 bp fragment of the cytochrome b gene has been sequenced and maximum parsimony and neighbour-joining trees of Tamura-Nei genetic distance values have been constructed. Similar topologies have been produced by both methods, showing a deep divergence between E. europaeus and E. concolor and a further subdivision of each species into a western and an eastern clade. A comparison with previously published allozyme data is made, and concordant and discordant patterns are discussed. The influence of Pleistocene glaciations on the observed pattern of divergence is inferred.
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Santucci
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Emerson
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Hewitt
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D003573:Cytochrome b Group / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000737:chemistry*; D005060:Europe; D014644:Genetic Variation / Q000235:genetics*; D005843:Geography; D006239:Haplotypes / Q000235:genetics; D006364:Hedgehogs / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009132:Muscles / Q000737:chemistry; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011157:Population Dynamics; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D003573:Cytochrome b Group; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial