Genetic affinities within the herring gull Larus argentatus assemblage revealed by AFLP genotyping. Export

@article{De-Knijff2001Genetic-affinities-within-the-herring-gull, abstract = {To date, the taxonomic status of circumpolar breeding populations of the Herring Gull Larus argentatus, the Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus, and the closely related Yellow-legged Gull Larus cachinnans has been based on differences or similarities in phenotype, morphology, and feeding and premating behavior. To shed some new light on the many taxonomic uncertainties surrounding these taxa, we describe the results of a large DNA study based on comparing the distribution of 209 biallelic markers among 109 gulls, representing 11 gull taxa of the Herring Gull assemblage and the Common Gull Larus canus. A detailed phylogenetic analysis failed to show clustering of individuals into groups representing either geographic origin or phenotype. Alternatively, birds were grouped into taxa defined on the basis of phenotype and geographic origin or phenotype alone. Genetic analyses revealed significantly different genetic distances between all pairs of taxa. However, based on these genetic distances, again no consistent phylogenetic tree could be constructed. Analysis of molecular variance indicated that about 77\% of the total genetic variability among these gulls could be explained by within-taxon differences. Only 23\% of the total genetic variability was due to genetic differences between taxa, irrespective of their species or subspecies status. Although this seems to challenge the current taxonomic treatment of the herring gull assemblage, our results are too premature and too incomplete to recommend a drastic change.}, address = {MGC-Department of Human and Clinical Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9503, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands}, author = {De Knijff, P. and Denkers, F. and van Swelm, N. D. and Kuiper, M.}, citeulike-article-id = {1693534}, journal = {J Mol Evol}, keywords = {adoption, animals, birdsclassificationgenetics, brood\_amalgamation, dnablood, female, fragment, functions, geneticsgenetics, haplotypes, length, likelihood, male, phenotype, phylogeny, polymorphism, restriction, variation}, local-url = {file://localhost/Users/timothee/Documents/Papers/De\%20Knijff/Genetic\%20affinities\%20within\%20the\%20herring\%20gull.pdf}, number = {1}, pages = {85--93}, posted-at = {2007-09-25 18:16:26}, priority = {0}, title = {Genetic affinities within the herring gull Larus argentatus assemblage revealed by AFLP genotyping.}, volume = {52}, year = {2001} }

TY - JOUR ID - De-Knijff2001Genetic-affinities-within-the-herring-gull L3 - citeulike-article-id:1693534 N2 - To date, the taxonomic status of circumpolar breeding populations of the Herring Gull Larus argentatus, the Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus, and the closely related Yellow-legged Gull Larus cachinnans has been based on differences or similarities in phenotype, morphology, and feeding and premating behavior. To shed some new light on the many taxonomic uncertainties surrounding these taxa, we describe the results of a large DNA study based on comparing the distribution of 209 biallelic markers among 109 gulls, representing 11 gull taxa of the Herring Gull assemblage and the Common Gull Larus canus. A detailed phylogenetic analysis failed to show clustering of individuals into groups representing either geographic origin or phenotype. Alternatively, birds were grouped into taxa defined on the basis of phenotype and geographic origin or phenotype alone. Genetic analyses revealed significantly different genetic distances between all pairs of taxa. However, based on these genetic distances, again no consistent phylogenetic tree could be constructed. Analysis of molecular variance indicated that about 77% of the total genetic variability among these gulls could be explained by within-taxon differences. Only 23% of the total genetic variability was due to genetic differences between taxa, irrespective of their species or subspecies status. Although this seems to challenge the current taxonomic treatment of the herring gull assemblage, our results are too premature and too incomplete to recommend a drastic change. IS - 1 JF - J Mol Evol AD - MGC-Department of Human and Clinical Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9503, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands EP - 93 TI - Genetic affinities within the herring gull Larus argentatus assemblage revealed by AFLP genotyping. VL - 52 SP - 85 KW - adoption KW - animals KW - birdsclassificationgenetics KW - brood_amalgamation KW - dnablood KW - female KW - fragment KW - functions KW - geneticsgenetics KW - haplotypes KW - length KW - likelihood KW - male KW - phenotype KW - phylogeny KW - polymorphism KW - restriction KW - variation AU - De Knijff, P AU - Denkers, F AU - van Swelm, ND AU - Kuiper, M PY - 2001/// ER -