caa a22 4500 445857137 CHVBK 20180317145431.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10592-011-0248-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10592-011-0248-3 Evidence of complex phylogeographic structure for the threatened rodent Leopoldamys neilli , in Southeast Asia [Elektronische Daten] [Alice Latinne, Surachit Waengsothorn, Vincent Herbreteau, Johan Michaux] Leopoldamys neilli is a threatened murine rodent species endemic to limestone karsts of Thailand. We have studied the phylogeography of L. neilli using two mitochondrial markers (cytb, COI) and one nuclear fragment (bfibr), in order to assess the influence of its endemicity to karst habitat. One hundred fifteen individuals of L. neilli were collected in 20 localities throughout the geographic range of this species in Thailand. Our study revealed strong geographic structure of the mtDNA genetic diversity: six highly differentiated, allopatric genetic lineages were observed in our dataset. They exhibit a very high degree of genetic divergence, low gene flow among lineages and low levels of haplotype and nucleotide diversities within lineages. Our results suggest that L. neilli's populations are highly fragmented due to the scattered distribution of its karst habitat. The most divergent lineage includes the populations from western Thailand, which have been separated from the other genetic lineages since at least the Early Pleistocene. The other lineages are more closely related and have diverged since the Middle Pleistocene. This study revealed an unexpected high level of genetic differentiation within L. neilli and highlighted the high endemicity of this species to limestone karsts. Our results enhance the importance of protecting limestone habitats to preserve not only the species but also intraspecific diversity. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2011 Southeast Asia nationallicence Leopoldamys neilli nationallicence Limestone karsts nationallicence Conservation nationallicence Phylogeography nationallicence Intraspecific diversity nationallicence Latinne Alice Institut de Botanique, B 22, Université de Liège, 4000, Liège (Sart Tilman), Belgium aut Waengsothorn Surachit Environment and Resources Technology Department, Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research, 35 Mu 3 Tambon Khlong Ha, Amphoe Khlong Luang, 12120, Changwat Pathum Thani, Thailand aut Herbreteau Vincent CIRAD, UR AGIRs (Animal et Gestion Intégrée des Risques), Campus International de Baillarguet, CS 30016, 34988, Montferrier-sur-Lez Cedex, France aut Michaux Johan Institut de Botanique, B 22, Université de Liège, 4000, Liège (Sart Tilman), Belgium aut Conservation Genetics Springer Netherlands 12/6(2011-12-01), 1495-1511 1566-0621 12:6<1495 2011 12 10592 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-011-0248-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-011-0248-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Latinne Alice Institut de Botanique, B 22, Université de Liège, 4000, Liège (Sart Tilman), Belgium aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Waengsothorn Surachit Environment and Resources Technology Department, Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research, 35 Mu 3 Tambon Khlong Ha, Amphoe Khlong Luang, 12120, Changwat Pathum Thani, Thailand aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Herbreteau Vincent CIRAD, UR AGIRs (Animal et Gestion Intégrée des Risques), Campus International de Baillarguet, CS 30016, 34988, Montferrier-sur-Lez Cedex, France aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Michaux Johan Institut de Botanique, B 22, Université de Liège, 4000, Liège (Sart Tilman), Belgium aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Conservation Genetics Springer Netherlands 12/6(2011-12-01), 1495-1511 1566-0621 12:6<1495 2011 12 10592 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer