TY  - JOUR
AU  - Psonis, Nikolaos
AU  - Antoniou, Aglaia
AU  - Karameta, Emmanouela
AU  - Leaché, Adam D.
AU  - Kotsakiozi, Panayiota
AU  - Darriba, Diego
AU  - Kozlov, Alexey
AU  - Stamatakis, Alexandros
AU  - Poursanidis, Dimitris
AU  - Kukushkin, Oleg
AU  - Jablonski, Daniel
AU  - Crnobrnja-Isailović, Jelka
AU  - Gherghel, Iulian
AU  - Lymberakis, Petros
AU  - Poulakakis, Nikos
PY  - 2018
UR  - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790317305304?via%3Dihub
UR  - https://radar.ibiss.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3035
AB  - The Balkan Peninsula constitutes a biodiversity hotspot with high levels of species richness and endemism. The complex geological history of the Balkans in conjunction with the climate evolution are hypothesized as the main drivers generating this biodiversity. We investigated the phylogeography, historical demography, and population structure of closely related wall-lizard species from the Balkan Peninsula and southeastern Europe to better understand diversification processes of species with limited dispersal ability, from Late Miocene to the Holocene. We used several analytical methods integrating genome-wide SNPs (ddRADseq), microsatellites, mitochondrial and nuclear DNA data, as well as species distribution modelling. Phylogenomic analysis resulted in a completely resolved species level phylogeny, population level analyses confirmed the existence of at least two cryptic evolutionary lineages and extensive within species genetic structuring. Divergence time estimations indicated that the Messinian Salinity Crisis played a key role in shaping patterns of species divergence, whereas intraspecific genetic structuring was mainly driven by Pliocene tectonic events and Quaternary climatic oscillations. The present work highlights the effectiveness of utilizing multiple methods and data types coupled with extensive geographic sampling to uncover the evolutionary processes that shaped the species over space and time.
T2  - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
T1  - Resolving complex phylogeographic patterns in the Balkan Peninsula using closely related wall-lizard species as a model system
VL  - 125
DO  - 10.1016/J.YMPEV.2018.03.021
SP  - 100
EP  - 115
ER  - 

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author = "Psonis, Nikolaos and Antoniou, Aglaia and Karameta, Emmanouela and Leaché, Adam D. and Kotsakiozi, Panayiota and Darriba, Diego and Kozlov, Alexey and Stamatakis, Alexandros and Poursanidis, Dimitris and Kukushkin, Oleg and Jablonski, Daniel and Crnobrnja-Isailović, Jelka and Gherghel, Iulian and Lymberakis, Petros and Poulakakis, Nikos",
year = "2018",
abstract = "The Balkan Peninsula constitutes a biodiversity hotspot with high levels of species richness and endemism. The complex geological history of the Balkans in conjunction with the climate evolution are hypothesized as the main drivers generating this biodiversity. We investigated the phylogeography, historical demography, and population structure of closely related wall-lizard species from the Balkan Peninsula and southeastern Europe to better understand diversification processes of species with limited dispersal ability, from Late Miocene to the Holocene. We used several analytical methods integrating genome-wide SNPs (ddRADseq), microsatellites, mitochondrial and nuclear DNA data, as well as species distribution modelling. Phylogenomic analysis resulted in a completely resolved species level phylogeny, population level analyses confirmed the existence of at least two cryptic evolutionary lineages and extensive within species genetic structuring. Divergence time estimations indicated that the Messinian Salinity Crisis played a key role in shaping patterns of species divergence, whereas intraspecific genetic structuring was mainly driven by Pliocene tectonic events and Quaternary climatic oscillations. The present work highlights the effectiveness of utilizing multiple methods and data types coupled with extensive geographic sampling to uncover the evolutionary processes that shaped the species over space and time.",
journal = "Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution",
title = "Resolving complex phylogeographic patterns in the Balkan Peninsula using closely related wall-lizard species as a model system",
volume = "125",
doi = "10.1016/J.YMPEV.2018.03.021",
pages = "100-115"
}

Psonis, N., Antoniou, A., Karameta, E., Leaché, A. D., Kotsakiozi, P., Darriba, D., Kozlov, A., Stamatakis, A., Poursanidis, D., Kukushkin, O., Jablonski, D., Crnobrnja-Isailović, J., Gherghel, I., Lymberakis, P.,& Poulakakis, N.. (2018). Resolving complex phylogeographic patterns in the Balkan Peninsula using closely related wall-lizard species as a model system. in Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 125, 100-115.
https://doi.org/10.1016/J.YMPEV.2018.03.021

Psonis N, Antoniou A, Karameta E, Leaché AD, Kotsakiozi P, Darriba D, Kozlov A, Stamatakis A, Poursanidis D, Kukushkin O, Jablonski D, Crnobrnja-Isailović J, Gherghel I, Lymberakis P, Poulakakis N. Resolving complex phylogeographic patterns in the Balkan Peninsula using closely related wall-lizard species as a model system. in Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 2018;125:100-115.
doi:10.1016/J.YMPEV.2018.03.021 .

Psonis, Nikolaos, Antoniou, Aglaia, Karameta, Emmanouela, Leaché, Adam D., Kotsakiozi, Panayiota, Darriba, Diego, Kozlov, Alexey, Stamatakis, Alexandros, Poursanidis, Dimitris, Kukushkin, Oleg, Jablonski, Daniel, Crnobrnja-Isailović, Jelka, Gherghel, Iulian, Lymberakis, Petros, Poulakakis, Nikos, "Resolving complex phylogeographic patterns in the Balkan Peninsula using closely related wall-lizard species as a model system" in Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 125 (2018):100-115,
https://doi.org/10.1016/J.YMPEV.2018.03.021 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Psonis, Nikolaos
AU  - Antoniou, Aglaia
AU  - Kukushkin, Oleg
AU  - Jablonski, Daniel
AU  - Petrov, Boyan
AU  - Crnobrnja-Isailović, Jelka
AU  - Sotiropoulos, Konstantinos
AU  - Gherghel, Iulian
AU  - Lymberakis, Petros
AU  - Poulakakis, Nikos
PY  - 2017
UR  - http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1055790316302329
UR  - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790316302329
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UR  - https://radar.ibiss.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2499
AB  - The monophyletic species subgroup of Podarcis tauricus is distributed in the western and southern parts of the Balkans, and includes four species with unresolved and unstudied inter- and intra-specific phylogenetic relationships. Using sequence data from two mitochondrial and three nuclear genes and applying several phylogenetic methods and species delimitation approaches to an extensive dataset, we have reconstructed the phylogeny of the Podarcis wall lizards in the Balkans, and re-investigated the taxonomic status of the P. tauricus species subgroup. Multilocus analyses revealed that the aforementioned subgroup consists of five major clades, with P. melisellensis as its most basal taxon. Monophyly of P. tauricus sensu stricto is not supported, with one of the subspecies (P. t. ionicus) displaying great genetic diversity (hidden diversity or cryptic species). It comprises five, geographically distinct, subclades with genetic distances on the species level. Species delimitation approaches revealed nine species within the P. tauricus species subgroup (P. melisellensis, P. gaigeae, P. milensis, and six in the P. tauricus complex), underlining the necessity of taxonomic re-evaluation. We thus synonymize some previously recognized subspecies in this subgroup, elevate P. t. tauricus and P. g. gaigeae to the species level and suggest a distinct Albanian-Greek clade, provisionally named as the P. ionicus species complex. The latter clade comprises five unconfirmed candidate species that call for comprehensive studies in the future.
T2  - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
T1  - Hidden diversity in the Podarcis tauricus (Sauria, Lacertidae) species subgroup in the light of multilocus phylogeny and species delimitation
VL  - 106
DO  - 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.09.007
SP  - 6
EP  - 17
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Psonis, Nikolaos and Antoniou, Aglaia and Kukushkin, Oleg and Jablonski, Daniel and Petrov, Boyan and Crnobrnja-Isailović, Jelka and Sotiropoulos, Konstantinos and Gherghel, Iulian and Lymberakis, Petros and Poulakakis, Nikos",
year = "2017",
abstract = "The monophyletic species subgroup of Podarcis tauricus is distributed in the western and southern parts of the Balkans, and includes four species with unresolved and unstudied inter- and intra-specific phylogenetic relationships. Using sequence data from two mitochondrial and three nuclear genes and applying several phylogenetic methods and species delimitation approaches to an extensive dataset, we have reconstructed the phylogeny of the Podarcis wall lizards in the Balkans, and re-investigated the taxonomic status of the P. tauricus species subgroup. Multilocus analyses revealed that the aforementioned subgroup consists of five major clades, with P. melisellensis as its most basal taxon. Monophyly of P. tauricus sensu stricto is not supported, with one of the subspecies (P. t. ionicus) displaying great genetic diversity (hidden diversity or cryptic species). It comprises five, geographically distinct, subclades with genetic distances on the species level. Species delimitation approaches revealed nine species within the P. tauricus species subgroup (P. melisellensis, P. gaigeae, P. milensis, and six in the P. tauricus complex), underlining the necessity of taxonomic re-evaluation. We thus synonymize some previously recognized subspecies in this subgroup, elevate P. t. tauricus and P. g. gaigeae to the species level and suggest a distinct Albanian-Greek clade, provisionally named as the P. ionicus species complex. The latter clade comprises five unconfirmed candidate species that call for comprehensive studies in the future.",
journal = "Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution",
title = "Hidden diversity in the Podarcis tauricus (Sauria, Lacertidae) species subgroup in the light of multilocus phylogeny and species delimitation",
volume = "106",
doi = "10.1016/j.ympev.2016.09.007",
pages = "6-17"
}

Psonis, N., Antoniou, A., Kukushkin, O., Jablonski, D., Petrov, B., Crnobrnja-Isailović, J., Sotiropoulos, K., Gherghel, I., Lymberakis, P.,& Poulakakis, N.. (2017). Hidden diversity in the Podarcis tauricus (Sauria, Lacertidae) species subgroup in the light of multilocus phylogeny and species delimitation. in Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 106, 6-17.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2016.09.007

Psonis N, Antoniou A, Kukushkin O, Jablonski D, Petrov B, Crnobrnja-Isailović J, Sotiropoulos K, Gherghel I, Lymberakis P, Poulakakis N. Hidden diversity in the Podarcis tauricus (Sauria, Lacertidae) species subgroup in the light of multilocus phylogeny and species delimitation. in Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 2017;106:6-17.
doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.09.007 .

Psonis, Nikolaos, Antoniou, Aglaia, Kukushkin, Oleg, Jablonski, Daniel, Petrov, Boyan, Crnobrnja-Isailović, Jelka, Sotiropoulos, Konstantinos, Gherghel, Iulian, Lymberakis, Petros, Poulakakis, Nikos, "Hidden diversity in the Podarcis tauricus (Sauria, Lacertidae) species subgroup in the light of multilocus phylogeny and species delimitation" in Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 106 (2017):6-17,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2016.09.007 . .