TY  - JOUR
AU  - Stratakis, Manos
AU  - Koutmanis, Iraklis
AU  - Ilgaz, Çetin
AU  - Jablonski, Daniel
AU  - Kukushkin, Oleg V.
AU  - Crnobrnja-Isailović, Jelka
AU  - Carretero, Miguel A.
AU  - Liuzzi, Cristiano
AU  - Kumlutaş, Yusuf
AU  - Lymberakis, Petros
AU  - Poulakakis, Nikos
PY  - 2022
UR  - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/zsc.12533
UR  - http://radar.ibiss.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4891
AB  - The smooth snake Coronella austriaca (Laurenti, 1768) is distributed across the western Palearctic throughout north-central, southern Europe and western Asia. So far, only few phylogenetic studies, based on mitochondrial DNA, have been carried out on this species focusing mainly on the Iberian Peninsula and northern Europe, leaving unstudied some of important areas of its distribution. This study aims to cover this gap and to explore the phylogenetic relationships between the populations of in the Eastern Mediterranean and to detect possible historical refugia. With this objective, total genomic DNA was extracted from samples originated from the Balkans, Anatolia and a large part of Europe. Two mitochondrial (cyt b, 16S) and six nuclear (BDNF, NKTR, RAG1, RAG2, MC1R and PRLR) markers were combined for phylogenetic and chronophylogenetic analyses. The different analyses confirmed previous phylogeographic hypothesis showing the presence of several well-supported clades distributed in Anatolia, Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, the Balkans and the Iberian Peninsula and cryptic diversity within Anatolia and the Balkans. Moreover, dating analysis confirmed the diversification of the species during the Pleistocene, as well as the role of the Southern Balkans and Anatolia region as refugia during this period.
T2  - Zoologica Scripta
T1  - Evolutionary divergence of the smooth snake (Serpentes, Colubridae): The role of the Balkans and Anatolia
DO  - 10.1111/zsc.12533
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Stratakis, Manos and Koutmanis, Iraklis and Ilgaz, Çetin and Jablonski, Daniel and Kukushkin, Oleg V. and Crnobrnja-Isailović, Jelka and Carretero, Miguel A. and Liuzzi, Cristiano and Kumlutaş, Yusuf and Lymberakis, Petros and Poulakakis, Nikos",
year = "2022",
abstract = "The smooth snake Coronella austriaca (Laurenti, 1768) is distributed across the western Palearctic throughout north-central, southern Europe and western Asia. So far, only few phylogenetic studies, based on mitochondrial DNA, have been carried out on this species focusing mainly on the Iberian Peninsula and northern Europe, leaving unstudied some of important areas of its distribution. This study aims to cover this gap and to explore the phylogenetic relationships between the populations of in the Eastern Mediterranean and to detect possible historical refugia. With this objective, total genomic DNA was extracted from samples originated from the Balkans, Anatolia and a large part of Europe. Two mitochondrial (cyt b, 16S) and six nuclear (BDNF, NKTR, RAG1, RAG2, MC1R and PRLR) markers were combined for phylogenetic and chronophylogenetic analyses. The different analyses confirmed previous phylogeographic hypothesis showing the presence of several well-supported clades distributed in Anatolia, Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, the Balkans and the Iberian Peninsula and cryptic diversity within Anatolia and the Balkans. Moreover, dating analysis confirmed the diversification of the species during the Pleistocene, as well as the role of the Southern Balkans and Anatolia region as refugia during this period.",
journal = "Zoologica Scripta",
title = "Evolutionary divergence of the smooth snake (Serpentes, Colubridae): The role of the Balkans and Anatolia",
doi = "10.1111/zsc.12533"
}

Stratakis, M., Koutmanis, I., Ilgaz, Ç., Jablonski, D., Kukushkin, O. V., Crnobrnja-Isailović, J., Carretero, M. A., Liuzzi, C., Kumlutaş, Y., Lymberakis, P.,& Poulakakis, N.. (2022). Evolutionary divergence of the smooth snake (Serpentes, Colubridae): The role of the Balkans and Anatolia. in Zoologica Scripta.
https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12533

Stratakis M, Koutmanis I, Ilgaz Ç, Jablonski D, Kukushkin OV, Crnobrnja-Isailović J, Carretero MA, Liuzzi C, Kumlutaş Y, Lymberakis P, Poulakakis N. Evolutionary divergence of the smooth snake (Serpentes, Colubridae): The role of the Balkans and Anatolia. in Zoologica Scripta. 2022;.
doi:10.1111/zsc.12533 .

Stratakis, Manos, Koutmanis, Iraklis, Ilgaz, Çetin, Jablonski, Daniel, Kukushkin, Oleg V., Crnobrnja-Isailović, Jelka, Carretero, Miguel A., Liuzzi, Cristiano, Kumlutaş, Yusuf, Lymberakis, Petros, Poulakakis, Nikos, "Evolutionary divergence of the smooth snake (Serpentes, Colubridae): The role of the Balkans and Anatolia" in Zoologica Scripta (2022),
https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12533 . .