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Nucleotide sequences of the NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 gene (ND2) of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) were determined in stoats (Mustela ermine) from northeastern Kamchatka. Analysis of the ND2 variability in stoats, which is represented here and, also, in previous studies, shows that the divergence level between American and Eurasian mtDNA haplotypes is about 5%, whereas that among Eurasian ones is as low as 0.5%. The results of the phylogenetic analysis also indicate a highly significant differentiation between the American and Eurasian mtDNA lineages, whereas a single Kamchatkan cluster of mtDNA haplotypes is recognized in the Eurasian mtDNA clade with high confidence. Molecular dating shows that separation of the ancestral stoat population occurred approximately 1.3–1.6 million years ago, but the Eurasian mtDNA lineages diverged about 300 ka ago. The evolutionary age of Kamchatkan mtDNA haplotypes is about 95–120 ka, which contradicts other authors’ suggestions about the last postglacial (19–26.5 ka) recolonization of Eurasia by stoat populations. This inconsistency is discussed.
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Original Russian Text © B.A. Malyarchuk, G.A. Denisova, M.V. Derenko, 2014, published in Vavilovskii Zhurnal Genetiki i Selektsii, 2014, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 456–462.
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Malyarchuk, B.A., Denisova, G.A. & Derenko, M.V. Molecular dating of intraspecific differentiation of stoats (Mustela erminea) based on the variability of the mitochondrial ND2 gene. Russ J Genet Appl Res 5, 16–20 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S2079059715010074
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