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How many species in the Black rat complex (Rattus rattus sensu lato) in Southeast Asia?
Pagès, Marie; Galan, Maxime; Chaval, Yannick et al.
20116th European Congress of Mammalogy
 

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Keywords :
incomplete lineage sorting, introgression, paraphyly, Rattus, recent speciation, species complex
Abstract :
[en] Black rats are among the major invasive vertebrates with severe ecological, economic and health impacts. Remarkably, the evolutionary history of black rats has received little attention and there is no firm agreement as how many species should be recognized within the Rattus rattus complex. Members of the species complex are native from India and Southeast Asia. Current taxonomy suggests that four taxa live in sympatry in several places of Thailand and Cambodia where the present study was conducted: three accepted species (R. tanezumi, R. losea, R. argentiventer) and an additional lineage of unclear taxonomic status sometimes referred as Rattus R3. We used an extensive sampling, morphological data and diverse genetic markers of different evolutionary rates and parental inheritance (two mtDNA genes, one nuclear gene and eight microsatellite loci) to assess the genetic structure among the four taxa. Genetic analyses revealed discordant patterns between the mt and the nuclear data. The mt phylogeny identified three reciprocally monophyletic clades corresponding to the four putative taxa while the nuclear phylogeny failed to separate tanezumi and R3. Within geographic localities, microsatellites revealed free gene flow between tanezumi and R3 but no gene flow between those two taxa and losea or argentiventer. Altogether theses analyses do not support the taxon R3 as a valid species and advocate for synonymy with tanezumi. As a consequence, R. tanezumi becomes paraphyletic with respect to losea. Simulation analyses are now ongoing to determine whether a recent speciation event between tanezumi and losea, or an incomplete lineage sorting within tanezumi could explain this uncommon pattern.
Disciplines :
Life sciences: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Author, co-author :
Pagès, Marie ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la vie > Génétique
Galan, Maxime;  INRA, UMR CBGP
Chaval, Yannick;  INRA, UMR CBGP
Herbreteau, Vincent;  Maison de la Télédétection, Cemagref
Morand, Serge;  Institut des Sciences de l’Evolution de Montpellier
Michaux, Johan  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la vie > Génétique
Cosson, Jean-François;  INRA, UMR CBGP
Language :
English
Title :
How many species in the Black rat complex (Rattus rattus sensu lato) in Southeast Asia?
Publication date :
July 2011
Event name :
6th European Congress of Mammalogy
Event place :
Paris, France
Event date :
19 au 23 Juillet 2011
Audience :
International
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