Patterns of hemoglobin polymorphism [alpha-globin (HBA) and beta-globin (HBB)] across the contact zone of two distinct phylogeographic lineages of the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2007

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Campos, R (Author) Other; branco, m (Author) Other; Weiss, S (Author) Other; ferrand, n (Author) FCUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: Phylogeography of Southern European Refugia: EVOLUATIONARY PERSPECTIVE ON THE ORIGINS AND CONSERVATION OF EUROPEAN BIODIVERSITY

Pages: 237-255

1st International Symposium on Phylogeograpy of the Southern European Refugia

Vairao, PORTUGAL, MAR, 2002

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Authenticus ID: P-004-E6E

DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-4904-8_8

Abstract (EN): Two loci, HBA and HBB, were studied for protein polymorphism across the contact zone of the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus). Six alleles were identified in HBA and two in HBB. Three alleles at the HBA locus were found to be restricted to some populations, while the other three revealed more broad geographic structure. An apparent substitution of the three major alleles in HBA along an Iberian southwest-northeast axis is proposed to be related to the two formerly described population units, including a hybrid allele within their contact zone. The two alleles of HBB are present in almost all populations at similar frequencies, obscuring the relationship between the two evolutionary units. The starkly contrasting pattern of allelic distribution among populations at these two loci - within a well-established bi-lineage phylo-geographic framework-strongly suggests that non-neutral evolutionary processes are involved at a large scale.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 19