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Integrative phylogenetic, phylogeographic and morphological characterisation of...
Lopes-Lima, Manuel; Geist, Juergen P.; Egg, S.; Beran, Luboš; Bikashvili, Ani; Van Bocxlaer, Bert; Bogan, Arthur E.; Bolotov, Ivan N.The global decline of freshwater mussels and their crucial ecological services highlight the need to understand their phylogeny, phylogeography and patterns of genetic diversity to guide conservation efforts. Such knowledge is urgently needed for Unio crassus, a highly imperilled species originally widespread throughout Europe and southwest Asia. Recent studies have resurrected several species from synonymy bas...
Microcondylaea bonellii, a testimonial for neglected endangered species
Riccardi, Nicoletta; Bo, Tiziano; Bogan, Arthur E.; Douda, Karel; Froufe, Elsa; Gonçalves, Duarte V.; Lajtner, Jasna; Modesto, VanessaAlthough biodiversity is considered a value to be protected to avoid the degradation of ecosystem functions, conservation practices ignore the role of many species. Species are not protected according to their degree of risk, but according to their degree of attractiveness. The so-called iconic species are used as flag species to convince the public of the need to protect all species to safeguard biodiversity. ...
Mitogenomic phylogeny and fossil-calibrated mutation rates for all F- And M-typ...
Zieritz, Alexandra; Froufe, Elsa; Bolotov, Ivan N.; Gonçalves, Duarte V.; Aldridge, David C.; Bogan, Arthur E.; Gan, Han Ming; Gomes-dos-Santos, AndréThe Unionidae represent an excellent model taxon for unravelling the drivers of freshwater diversity, but, phylogeographic studies on Southeast Asian taxa are hampered by lack of a comprehensive phylogeny and mutation rates for this fauna. We present complete female- (F) and male-type (M) mitogenomes of four genera of the Southeast Asian clade Contradentini+Rectidentini. We calculate substitution rates for the ...
Diversity, biogeography, evolutionary relationships, and conservation of Easter...
Lopes-Lima, Manuel; Gürlek, Mustafa Emre; Kebapçi, Ümit; Şereflişan, Hülya; Yanık, Telat; Mirzajani, Alireza; Neubert, Eike; Prié, VincentLocated at the junction between Europe, Africa, and Asia, with distinct evolutionary origins and varied ecological and geographical settings, together with a marked history of changes in orogeny and configuration of the main river basins, turned the Eastern Mediterranean into a region of high diversity and endemism of freshwater taxa. Freshwater mussels (Bivalvia, Unionidae) from the Western Palearctic have bee...
Major shortfalls impairing knowledge and conservation of freshwater molluscs
Lopes-Lima, Manuel; Riccardi, Nicoletta; Urbanska, Maria; Köhler, Frank; Vinarski, Maxim; Bogan, Arthur E.; Sousa, Ronaldo GomesMolluscs are among the most diverse and widespread animal groups in freshwater habitats. Unfortunately, like most freshwater taxa, they are decreasing dramatically and are now among the most threatened animals on Earth, with many species already extinct or on the brink of extinction. Here, we review our current knowledge on the biodiversity and conservation of freshwater molluscs using the concept of knowledge ...
Mitogenomic phylogeny and fossil-calibrated mutation rates for all F- And M-typ...
Zieritz, Alexandra; Froufe, Elsa; Bolotov, Ivan; Gonçalves, Duarte V.; Aldridge, David C.; Bogan, Arthur E.; Gan, Han Ming; Gomes-Dos-Santos, AndréThe Unionidae represent an excellent model taxon for unravelling the drivers of freshwater diversity, but, phylogeographic studies on Southeast Asian taxa are hampered by lack of a comprehensive phylogeny and mutation rates for this fauna. We present complete female- (F) and male-type (M) mitogenomes of four genera of the Southeast Asian clade Contradentini+Rectidentini. We calculate substitution rates for the ...
Phylogeny of European Anodontini (Bivalvia: Unionidae) with a redescription of ...
Riccardi, Nicoletta; Froufe, Elsa; Bogan, Arthur E.; Zieritz, Alexandra; Teixeira, Amílcar; Vanetti, Isabella; Varandas, Simone; Zaccara, SerenaFreshwater bivalves are highly threatened and globally declining due to multiple anthropogenic impacts, making them important conservation targets. Because conservation policies and actions generally occur at the species level, accurate species identification and delimitation is critical. A recent phylogenetic study of Italian mussel populations revalidated an Anodonta species bringing the number of known Europ...
Mesozoic mitogenome rearrangements and freshwater mussel (Bivalvia: Unionoidea)...
Froufe, Elsa; Bolotov, Ivan N.; Aldridge, David C.; Bogan, Arthur E.; Breton, Sophie; Gan, Han Ming; Kovitvadhi, Uthaiwan; Kovitvadhi, SatitUsing a new fossil-calibrated mitogenome-based approach, we identified macroevolutionary shifts in mitochondrial gene order among the freshwater mussels (Unionoidea). We show that the early Mesozoic divergence of the two Unionoidea clades, Margaritiferidae and Unionidae, was accompanied by a synchronous split in the gene arrangement in the female mitogenome (i.e., gene orders MF1 and UF1). Our results suggest t...
Complete mitochondrial genomes of the freshwater mussels Amblema plicata (Say, ...
Teiga-Teixeira, João; Froufe, Elsa; Gomes-dos-Santos, André; Bogan, Arthur E.; Karatayev, Alexander Y.; Burlakova, Lyubov E.; Aldridge, David C.Freshwater mussels are a critically imperiled group of mollusks that play key ecological roles and provide important services to humans. The Ambleminae is the only subfamily of these mussels, endemic to North America. Complete mitogenomes have only been sequenced for two of five tribes of the subfamily. Pleurobema oviforme, Amblema plicata, and Popenaias popeii each belong to tribes Pleurobemini, Amblemini, and...
Microcondylaea bonellii as a new host for the European bitterling Rhodeus amarus
Sousa, Ronaldo; Bogan, Arthur E.; Gonçalves, Duarte V.; Lajtner, Jasna; Prié, Vincent; Riccardi, Nicoletta; Shumka, Spase; Teixeira, AmílcarWe report for the first time that the freshwater mussel Microcondylaea bonellii (Férussac, 1827) functions as a suitable host for the European bitterling Rhodeus amarus (Bloch, 1782). Given the recent expansion of R. amarus in Europe, the possible physiological cost (e.g. competition for oxygen, reduction in water circulation, and consequent impairment of filter-feeding) of this interaction may further affect t...