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Phylogeography and character congruence within the Hoplias malabaricus Bloch, 1794 (Erythrinidae, Characiformes, Ostariophysi) species complex

dc.contributor.authorDergam, Jorge A., author
dc.contributor.authorBehnke, Robert, advisor
dc.contributor.authorBlack, William C., IV, committee member
dc.contributor.authorKondratieff, Boris C., committee member
dc.contributor.authorFausch, Kurt D., committee member
dc.contributor.authorStack, Stephen, committee member
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-23T17:04:26Z
dc.date.available2017-06-23T17:04:26Z
dc.date.issued1996
dc.description.abstractI analyzed patterns of congruence of independent data sets (molecular and karyotypical) within the Neotropical fish species complex Hoplias ma/abaricus Bloch, 1794, at the local and at the macrogeographic levels. In two locales of sympatry of fish with different karyotypes (cytotypes) in Argentina and Brazil, the patterns of congruence were interpreted as evidence that the cytotypes are distinct species.
dc.description.abstractAt the macrogeographical level, I analyzed the patterns of congruence of nuclear DNA, mitochondrial DNA and cytogenetic data. In the Rio Iguassu, the patterns of similarity of nuclear DNA markers (Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA) suggested that the population of H. malabaricus of this river derives from a southern-southwestern group of populations. At the continental level, nuclear DNA markers were consistent with other data sets at low levels of genetic divergence, allowing for geographic analysis of differentiation of populations and for the detection of cryptic sympatric forms. However, similarity analysis based on these markers failed to recover phylogenetic relationships as evidenced by mitochondrial DNA sequence analysis. Phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial DNA sequences indicated high levels of within and among population variation. In the best supported tree, a mitochondrial DNA variants (haplotype) from the middle Rfo Parana derived from populations with 40 chromosomes is the sister group of all the other haplotypes of Hoplias malabaricus, while populations in southeastern and southern Brazil with 2/7=42 form a monophyletic clade within the complex. The pattern of geographic distribution of this clade is compatible with other, unrelated fish taxa. However, other haplotypes from populations with 2/7=42 were phylogenetically more related to haplotypes from populations with 2/7=40. Thus, grouping populations of the species complex by diploid numbers would render those groups paraphyletic (they would not include all descendants of a common ancestor). The discrepancy of patterns of variation between diploid number and mitochondrial DNA may be explained by multiple origins of diploid numbers, or by random fixation of ancestral polymorphisms following the fixation of chromosomal rearrangements in a large population.
dc.format.mediumdoctoral dissertations
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/181882
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherColorado State University. Librariesen_US
dc.relationCatalog record number (MMS ID): 991001305999703361
dc.relationQL619.D47 1996
dc.relation.ispartof1980-1999
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dc.subjectbiogeography
dc.subjectfish communities
dc.subjectFreshwater fishes -- Geographical distribution
dc.subjectBiogeography
dc.subjectFish communities
dc.titlePhylogeography and character congruence within the Hoplias malabaricus Bloch, 1794 (Erythrinidae, Characiformes, Ostariophysi) species complexen_US
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thesis.degree.disciplineFishery and Wildlife Biologyen_US
thesis.degree.grantorColorado State Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)en_US

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