The maritime shrew, Sorex maritimensis (Insectivora : Soricidae): a newly recognized Canadian endemic.

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Title
The maritime shrew, Sorex maritimensis (Insectivora : Soricidae): a newly recognized Canadian endemic.
Journal
Canadian Journal of Zoology
Author(s)
Stewart D.T., Perry N. D., Fumagalli L.
ISSN
0008-4301
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2002
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
80
Number
1
Pages
94-99
Language
english
Abstract
Previous morphological and cytological analyses have suggested that the arctic shrew (Sorex arcticus) as currently recognized may be two distinct species. Specifically, those studies demonstrated considerable differentiation between the putative subspecies S. a. maritimensis and one or both of the other two subspecies, S. a. arcticus and S. a. laricorum. Phylogenetic analysis of 546 base pairs of cytochrome b sequence data from 10 arctic shrews from across Canada indicates that maritimensis is the sister-group to arcticus + laricorum. Furthermore, there is considerable genetic divergence between maritimensis and the other two putative subspecies (similar to8-9%; Kimura's two-parameter distance). Given that maritimensis and arcticus + laricorum appear to be reciprocally monophyletic clades with considerable genetic divergence (i.e., greater than that between other recognized pairs of sister-species within the S. araneus-arcticus group), we propose that S. maritimensis be recognized as a distinct species. The proportion of third-position transversion substitutions between S. arcticus and S. maritimensis suggests that these two species shared a common ancestor approximately 2.4 million years ago.
Keywords
CYTOCHROME-B GENE, EVOLUTION, SEQUENCES
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