caa a22 4500 44585829X CHVBK 20180317145435.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10592-010-0160-2 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10592-010-0160-2 Shallow genetic divergence indicates a Congo-Nile riverine connection for the softshell turtle Trionyx triunguis [Elektronische Daten] [Muge Gidis, Phillip Spinks, Ethem Çevik, Yakup Kaska, H. Shaffer] We sequenced 20 new, field-collected individuals for up to seven genes to explore the phylogeography and conservation genetics of the threatened Nile softshell turtle Trionyx triunguis, including the first known-locality specimen from sub-Saharan Africa. Samples from Cameroon (West Africa), the Mediterranean and Nile River differed by at most a single nucleotide per gene, indicating the potential for a recent connection between these currently disjunct populations via the Nile-Congo River systems. Recently reported mitochondrial diversity between Mediterranean and "sub-Saharan” samples of the Nile softshell indicate that significant divergence exists across the species' range, but that variation cannot be fully incorporated into our analysis since those samples lack specific locality data. The Author(s), 2010 Trionyx triunguis nationallicence Congo River nationallicence Nile River nationallicence Kükürtlü Lake nationallicence Africa nationallicence Mediterranean Sea nationallicence Cameroon nationallicence African phylogeography nationallicence Gidis Muge Gediz Vocational School, Dumlupinar University, 43600, Gediz, Kutahya, Turkey aut Spinks Phillip Department of Evolution and Ecology and Center for Population Biology, University of California, Davis, 95616, Davis, CA, USA aut Çevik Ethem Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Ege University, 35100, Izmir, Turkey aut Kaska Yakup Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Pamukkale University, 20100, Denizli, Turkey aut Shaffer H. Department of Evolution and Ecology and Center for Population Biology, University of California, Davis, 95616, Davis, CA, USA aut Conservation Genetics Springer Netherlands 12/2(2011-04-01), 589-594 1566-0621 12:2<589 2011 12 10592 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-010-0160-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 brief-communication jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-010-0160-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gidis Muge Gediz Vocational School, Dumlupinar University, 43600, Gediz, Kutahya, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Spinks Phillip Department of Evolution and Ecology and Center for Population Biology, University of California, Davis, 95616, Davis, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Çevik Ethem Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Ege University, 35100, Izmir, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kaska Yakup Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Pamukkale University, 20100, Denizli, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Shaffer H. Department of Evolution and Ecology and Center for Population Biology, University of California, Davis, 95616, Davis, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Conservation Genetics Springer Netherlands 12/2(2011-04-01), 589-594 1566-0621 12:2<589 2011 12 10592 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer