How little do we know about the reproductive mode in the north African salamander, Salamandra algira? Pueriparity in divergent mitochondrial lineages of S. a. tingitana. Supplementary Material
Marco Dinis
Guillermo Velo-Antón
10.6084/m9.figshare.5418973.v1
https://brill.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/How_little_do_we_know_about_the_reproductive_mode_in_the_north_African_salamander_Salamandra_algira_Pueriparity_in_divergent_mitochondrial_lineages_of_S_a_tingitana_Supplementary_Material/5418973
<em>Salamandra algira </em>is one of the few
species of vertebrates that displays intraspecific variation in reproductive strategies,
making it a valuable study model in reproductive mode evolution. How
pueriparity (viviparity) in <i>S. algira </i>arose remains unclear mainly due
to insufficient information on the distribution of both reproductive modes in
the species. This note summarizes what is known about pueriparous reproduction
in <i>S. algira </i>and adds new data on the distribution and geographic limits
of both reproductive strategies and mitochondrial lineages within <i>S. a.
tingitana </i>across the Western Rif in Morocco, with possible implications for
our understanding of the ecological context of pueriparity. The occurrence of
pueriparity in two mitochondrial sublineages suggests multiple events of
pueriparity evolution in <i>S. algira</i>, or a model of mitochondrial capture through
hybridization and introgression across the contact zone.
2017-09-19 13:21:18
contact zones
larviparity
Morocco
mtDNA
pueriparity
reproduction process
Zoology
Animal Developmental and Reproductive Biology