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Estimation of Evolutionary Rates of Mitochondrial DNA in Two Japanese Wood Mouse Species Based on Calibrations with Quaternary Environmental Changes

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Title: Estimation of Evolutionary Rates of Mitochondrial DNA in Two Japanese Wood Mouse Species Based on Calibrations with Quaternary Environmental Changes
Authors: Hanazaki, Kaori Browse this author
Tomozawa, Morihiko Browse this author
Suzuki, Yutaro Browse this author
Kinoshita, Gohta Browse this author
Yamamoto, Masanobu Browse this author →KAKEN DB
Irino, Tomohisa Browse this author →KAKEN DB
Suzuki, Hitoshi Browse this author →KAKEN DB
Keywords: mitochondrial DNA
time-dependent evolutionary rate
wood mice
Quaternary ice ages
the Japanese Islands
Issue Date: Jun-2017
Publisher: Zoological Society of Japan
Journal Title: Zoological science
Volume: 34
Issue: 3
Start Page: 201
End Page: 210
Publisher DOI: 10.2108/zs160169
PMID: 28589839
Abstract: Reliable estimates of evolutionary rates of mitochondrial DNA might allow us to build realistic evolutionary scenarios covering broad time scales based on phylogenetic inferences. In the present study, we sought to obtain estimates of evolutionary rates in murine rodents using calibrations against historical biogeographic events. We first assumed that land-bridge-like structures that appeared intermittently at glacial maxima with 100,000-year intervals shaped the divergence patterns of cytochrome b (Cytb) sequences (1140 bp) of the larger Japanese wood mouse Apodemus speciosus. The comparison of sequences from peripheral remote islands that are separated from one another by deep straits allowed us to estimate mitochondrial DNA evolutionary rates (substitutions/site/million years) to be 0.027 to 0.036, with presumed calibrations from 140,000, 250,000, 350,000, and 440,000 years ago. Second, we addressed rapid expansion events inferred from analyses of the Cytb sequences of the lesser Japanese wood mouse A. argenteus. We detected five expansion signals in the dataset and established three categories based on the expansion parameter tau values: 3.9, 5.6-5.7, and 7.8-8.1. Considering that the climate became warmer 15,000, 53,000, and 115,000 years ago after preceding periods of rapid cooling, we calculated evolutionary rates to be 0.114, 0.047, and 0.031, respectively. This preliminary concept of the evolutionary rates on a time scale from 15,000 to 440,000 years ago for the wood mouse should be refined and tested in other species of murine rodents, including mice and rats.
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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2115/70653
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