title: A mitogenomic phylogeny and genetic history of sable (Martes zibellina).
abstract: We assessed phylogeny of sable (Martes zibellina, Linnaeus, 1758) by sequence analysis of nearly complete, new mitochondrial genomes in 36 specimens from different localities in northern Eurasia (Primorye, Khabarovsk and Krasnoyarsk regions, the Kamchatka Peninsula, the Kuril Islands and the Urals). Phylogenetic analysis of mtDNA sequences demonstrates that two clades, A and BC, radiated about 200-300 thousandyears ago (kya) according to results of Bayesian molecular clock and RelTime analyses of different mitogenome alignments (nearly complete mtDNA sequences, protein-coding region, and synonymous sites), while the age estimates of clades A, B and C fall within the Late Pleistocene (~50-140 kya). Bayesian skyline plots (BSPs) of sable population size change based on analysis of nearly complete mtDNAs show an expansion around 40 kya in the warm Karganian time, without a decline of population size around the Last Glacial Maximum (21 kya). The BSPs based on synonymous clock rate indicate that M. zibellina experienced demographic expansions later, approximately 22 kya. The A2a clade that colonized Kamchatka ~23-50 kya (depending on the mutation rate used) survived the last glaciation there as demonstrated by the BSP analysis. In addition, we have found evidence of positive selection acting at ND4 and cytochrome b genes, thereby suggesting adaptive evolution of the A2a clade in Kamchatka.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biological Problems of the North, Magadan, 685000 Russia. Electronic address: malyarchuk@ibpn.ru.
authors.forename: Boris
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Malyarchuk
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biological Problems of the North, Magadan, 685000 Russia.
authors.forename: Miroslava
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Derenko
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biological Problems of the North, Magadan, 685000 Russia.
authors.forename: Galina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Denisova
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001208:Asia; D001499:Bayes Theorem; D045303:Cytochromes b / Q000235:genetics; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D005060:Europe; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005828:Genetics, Population; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D005843:Geography; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D045969:Mustelidae / Q000235:genetics*; D009245:NADH Dehydrogenase / Q000235:genetics; D010802:Phylogeny; D012641:Selection, Genetic; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; C098483:NADH dehydrogenase subunit 4; D045303:Cytochromes b; D009245:NADH Dehydrogenase
keywords: Adaptive evolution; Martes zibellina; Mitochondrial DNA; Phylogeny; Phylogeography