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dc.contributor.authorBaker, AM
dc.contributor.authorSheldon, F
dc.contributor.authorSomerville, J
dc.contributor.authorWalker, KF
dc.contributor.authorHughes, JM
dc.contributor.editorDr. Morris Goodman (Editor-in-Chief)
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:06:49Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:06:49Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.date.modified2009-09-24T05:53:15Z
dc.identifier.issn1055-7903
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ympev.2004.02.017
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/5223
dc.description.abstractIn the Lake Eyre Basin, the Australian hyriid genus Velesunio is represented by three undescribed species, each of which are highly divergent genetically, but morphologically similar to Velesunio wilsonii (Lea 1859). A fourth species, Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi 1847), occurs not only in the Lake Eyre Basin but throughout much of eastern Australia, including the Murray-Darling Basin. In this study, we show that another hyriid, Alathyria jacksoni (Iredale 1934), which is sympatric with V. ambiguus, is genetically deeply nested within the Velesunio species complex, such that the genus Velesunio is paraphyletic with respect to A. jacksoni. Moreover, our mitochondrial phylogenetic reconstructions indicate that A. jacksoni is closely allied to one of the cryptic Velesunio species occurring in the Lake Eyre Basin, but distinct from V. ambiguus and the two other Velesunio species. These data suggest that the genera Alathyria and Velesunio are in need of revision. The shells of A. jacksoni and Velesunio spp. vary with local conditions and sometimes are difficult to distinguish. Our analyses also show that shell characters of these taxa do not closely match the phylogenetic data, and it appears that the traditional taxonomic emphasis on these plastic characters has obscured evolutionary relationships between these, and possibly other, Hyriidae.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherAcademic Press Inc, Elsevier Science, USA
dc.publisher.placeSan Diego
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/622921/description#description
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom902
dc.relation.ispartofpageto912
dc.relation.ispartofedition2004
dc.relation.ispartofjournalMolecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
dc.relation.ispartofvolume32
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEvolutionary biology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchGenetics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchZoology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3104
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3105
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3109
dc.titleMitochondrial DNA phylogenetic structuring suggests similarity between two morphologically plastic genera of Australian freshwater mussels (Unionoida: Hyriidae)
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Sciences, Griffith School of Environment
gro.date.issued2004
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorHughes, Jane M.
gro.griffith.authorSheldon, Fran


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