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  - 

@article{
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 . .