Chromosomal and Molecular Analysis of Microtus arvalis s. l. (Rodentia, Mammalia) Caught in the Deer Natural Park: Zoogeographic and Ecological Aspects
https://doi.org/10.35885/1684-7318-2020-2-135-150
Abstract
Priority data are presented on the chromosomal (routine, C-banding) and molecular (cyt b, p53) marking of several (n = 19) individuals of common vole sibling species from three previously not studied localities in the Central Black Earth region, at the territory of the Deer Natural Park (Lipetsk Region, Krasninsky District). All individuals caught on the territory of the Deer Natural Park in the northwestern part of the Lipetsk Region were identified by both genetic markers as M. arvalis form “arvalis” (MAA). No representatives of other M. arvalis s. l. sibling species, including recombinants, were found in our samples. The geographical location of the M. arvalis form “arvalis” found by us was estimated with respect to the distribution boundaries and hybridization sites of the 46-chromosome forms of M. arvalis s. l. in the Central Black Earth region. It is shown that the studied individuals have been caught within the range of the Microtus form “arvalis” and are largely removed from the hybridization sites of the 46-chromosomal forms M. arvalis s. l., discovered earlier in the southern Lipetsk region and the southeastern Kursk Region. No M. rossiaemeridionalis in the examined sample from the Deer Natural Park were found. The correspondence between the samples studied and identified as the M. arvalis form “arvalis” from the Deer Natural Park and native meadow biotopes is shown. The data of determining the taxonomic status of M. arvalis s. l. individuals from the Deer Natural Park are consistent with our perceptions of the nature of the geographical distribution and biotopic correspondence of M. arvalis s. l. sibling species and the chromosomal forms on the territory of the Central Black Earth region.
About the Authors
M. I. Baskevich
A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Marina I. Baskevich
33 Leninsky Prosp., Moscow 119071
S. F. Sapelnikov
Natural Park “Olenii”
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Sergey F. Sapelnikov
71 Zarechnaya St., Nikolskoe vil., Krasninsky District, Lipetsk Region 399684
I. I. Sapelnikova
Voronezhsky State Nature Biosphere Reserve named after V. M. Peskov
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Inna I. Sapelnikova
Centralnaja usadba, Goszapovednik, Voronezh 394080
L. A. Khlyap
A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Liudmila A. Khlyap
33 Leninsky Prosp., Moscow 119071
A. S. Bogdanov
Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology, Russian Academy of Science
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Alexey S. Bogdanov
26 Vavilova St., Moscow 119334
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Baskevich M.I., Sapelnikov S.F., Sapelnikova I.I., Khlyap L.A., Bogdanov A.S. Chromosomal and Molecular Analysis of Microtus arvalis s. l. (Rodentia, Mammalia) Caught in the Deer Natural Park: Zoogeographic and Ecological Aspects. Povolzhskiy Journal of Ecology. 2020;(2):135-150. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.35885/1684-7318-2020-2-135-150
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