title: The first complete mitochondrial genome of Pyrrhura sp.--question about conspecificity in the light of hybridization between Pyrrhura molinae and Pyrrhura rupicola species.
abstract: The genus Pyrrhura contains at least 24 species widespread mainly through South America. Pyrrhura molinae (Green-cheeked Conure) and Pyrrhura rupicola (Black-capped Conure) are treated as separate species based on morphological differences. Geographical ranges of these two species overlap in southern Peru. However, it is not clear if they occur there sympatrically or it is a hybridization zone. Some taxonomists conjecture their conspecific character, as possible hybrid individuals have been found in Puno region. We sequenced mitochondrial genome of specimen with phenotype typical for P. molinae. To confirm its species belonging, we aligned CYTB and control region (CR) sequences with adequate sequences of 21 Pyrrhura species. Surprisingly, analyzed P. molinae individual grouped together with two different individuals of P. rupicola species. Such incompatibility of genetic data with morphology may be only the result of these two species hybridization.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Genetics , Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences , Wrocław , Poland.
authors.forename: Adam Dawid
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Urantowka
authors.affiliation: a Department of Genetics , Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences , Wrocław , Poland.
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Strzała
authors.affiliation: a Department of Genetics , Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences , Wrocław , Poland.
authors.forename: Krzysztof Aleksander
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Grabowski
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D058977:Molecular Sequence Annotation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames / Q000235:genetics; D010311:Parrots / Q000235:genetics*; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D012343:RNA, Transfer
keywords: Arini; Psittaciformes; Pyrrhura molinae; Pyrrhura rupicola; mitogenome