The validity of different zokor species and the genus Eospalax inferredfrom mitochondrial gene sequences

作     者：Caiquan ZHOU Kaiya ZHOU 

作者机构：Institute of Rare Animals and PlantsChina West Normal UniversityNanchongChina Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and BiotechnologyCollege of Life SciencesNanjing Normal UniversityNanjingChina 

出 版 物：《Integrative Zoology》 (整合动物学（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2008年第3卷第4期

页      面：290-298页

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学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 071001[理学-植物学] 07[理学] 

基　　金：funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No:30770256) the Key Projects(SZD 0420)of Sichuan Province. 

主　　题：Eospalax baileyi Eospalax cansus Eospalax rufescens phylogeny zokor. 

摘      要：To help resolve the systematic position of Myospalacine(zokors)and to clarify the phylogenetic relationships among zokor species,complete mitochondrial 12S rRNA and cytochrome b gene sequences were determined for seven zokor species from China.Phylogenetic relationships among all extant zokors,except the Siberian zokor(Myospalax myospalax)and Smith’s zokor(Eospalax smithi),were reconstructed with the Chinese bamboo rat(Rhizomys sinensis)as an outgroup.Our results support the generic status of Eospalax and also support the validity of the specific status of Eospalax cansus,Eospalax baileyi and Eospalax rufescens.