title: Comparisons of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences (16S rRNA gene) between oviparous and viviparous strains of Lacerta vivipara: a preliminary study.
abstract: The lizard Lacerta vivipara has allopatric oviparous and viviparous populations. The mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) gene coding for the 16S rRNA was sequenced for several viviparous lizard populations from France, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, The Netherlands, Sweden, and for oviparous lizard populations from the Pyrenean and Cantabric Mountains. Seven distinct groups (three oviparous and four viviparous) were identified. The net nucleotide divergence between oviparous and viviparous haplotypes was 1.3% +/- 0.5 (mean +/- standard deviation). These results on mtDNA, together with other data obtained previously, led us to formulate a biogeographical scenario that could be tested by further research.
authors.affiliation: CNRS UMR 6553, Station Biologique de Paimpont, France. benoit.heulin@univ-rennes1.fr
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Heulin
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Surget-Groba
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guiller
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Guillaume
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Deunff
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D005060:Europe; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005260:Female; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000235:genetics; D008116:Lizards / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics*; D012098:Reproduction; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D007527:Isoenzymes; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S