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Intraspecific genetic differentiation of the Siberian Rubythroat (Luscinia calliope): Data of sequencing the mtDNA cytochrome b gene

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For the first time, genetic diversity and intraspecific structure of Luscinia calliope was studied according to the data of the mtDNA cytochrome b gene sequencing. The strong differentiation of haplotypes of the Siberian Rubythroat into western and eastern groups, which include subspecies according to their geographical attachment, was revealed. A high-haplotypic (Hd = 0.986) and nucleotide (π= 0.00875) variety was shown for the species as a whole. We revealed considerable genetic distances (D = 0.016) between the western and eastern haplotypes that were four times higher than the intraspecific distances in terms of cytochrome b for passerines (D = 0.004). For three birds from Transbaikal, significant genetic divergence was detected, which could indirectly indicate the existence of the hybrid zone of several subspecies in this part of the area.

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  1. Institute of Biology and Soil Science, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, 690022, Russia

    L. N. Spiridonova & O. P. Val’chuk

  2. Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok, 690091, Russia

    P. S. Belov & K. S. Maslovsky

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Original Russian Text © L.N. Spiridonova, O.P. Val’chuk, P.S. Belov, K.S. Maslovsky, 2013, published in Genetika, 2013, Vol. 49, No. 6, pp. 735–742.

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Spiridonova, L.N., Val’chuk, O.P., Belov, P.S. et al. Intraspecific genetic differentiation of the Siberian Rubythroat (Luscinia calliope): Data of sequencing the mtDNA cytochrome b gene. Russ J Genet 49, 638–644 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1022795413060136

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