TY - JOUR
T1 - Mitochondrial dna variation and divergence in three Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermanni) populations
AU - Mirimin, Luca
AU - Vernesi, Cristiano
AU - Bertolucci, Cristiano
AU - Mazzotti, Stefano
AU - Bertorelle, Giorgio
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - A 12SrRNA mitochondrial fragment was sequenced in 47 Testudo hermanni individuals from three different populations in northeastern Italy, Sicily, and Spain. All these locations fall within the distribution range usually recognized for the T. h. hermanni subspecies. Seven different sequences were identified, which clearly separate the highly variable northern Italian group from the homogenous individuals in Sicily and Spain. More interestingly, almost all the northern individuals had a DNA sequence identical or very similar to three sequences belonging to individuals from the Balkans and Greece, and morphologically classified as T. h. boettgeri.
AB - A 12SrRNA mitochondrial fragment was sequenced in 47 Testudo hermanni individuals from three different populations in northeastern Italy, Sicily, and Spain. All these locations fall within the distribution range usually recognized for the T. h. hermanni subspecies. Seven different sequences were identified, which clearly separate the highly variable northern Italian group from the homogenous individuals in Sicily and Spain. More interestingly, almost all the northern individuals had a DNA sequence identical or very similar to three sequences belonging to individuals from the Balkans and Greece, and morphologically classified as T. h. boettgeri.
KW - Genetic variation
KW - Subspecies
KW - Testudo hermanni
KW - mtDNA
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33747482701&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/11250000409356635
DO - 10.1080/11250000409356635
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33747482701
SN - 1125-0003
VL - 71
SP - 199
EP - 201
JO - Italian Journal of Zoology
JF - Italian Journal of Zoology
IS - SUPPL.2
ER -