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Download fileHow 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
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posted on 2017-09-19, 13:21 authored by Marco Dinis, Guillermo Velo-AntónSalamandra algira 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 S. algira 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 S. algira and adds new data on the distribution and geographic limits
of both reproductive strategies and mitochondrial lineages within S. a.
tingitana 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 S. algira, or a model of mitochondrial capture through
hybridization and introgression across the contact zone.