Parthenogenesis in Darevskia lizards: A rare outcome of common hybridization, not a common outcome of rare hybridization

S Freitas, AM Westram, T Schwander, M Arakelyan… - …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Hybridization is a common evolutionary process with multiple possible outcomes. In
vertebrates, interspecific hybridization has repeatedly generated parthenogenetic hybrid …

Precise paternal ancestry of hybrid unisexual ZW lizards (genus Darevskia: Lacertidae: Squamata) revealed by Z-linked genomic markers

A Yanchukov, D Tarkhnishvili, M Erdolu… - Biological Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
We genotyped multiple populations of all seven parthenogenetic species of rock lizards,
genus Darevskia, as well as their putative sexual parental populations, using double digest …

[HTML][HTML] Revising the taxonomy of Darevskia valentini (Boettger, 1892) and Darevskia rudis (Bedriaga, 1886) (Squamata, Lacertidae): a Morpho-Phylogenetic …

O Arribas, K Candan, P Kornilios, D Ayaz, Y Kumlutaş… - Zootaxa, 2022 - mapress.com
Revealing biodiversity allows the accurate determination of the underlying causes of many
biological processes such as speciation and hybridization. These processes contain many …

A new cryptic species of the Darevskia parvula group from NE Anatolia (Squamata, Lacertidae)

O Arribas, K Candan, M Kurnaz, Y Kumlutaş… - Organisms Diversity & …, 2022 - Springer
In this study, we re-examine the Darevskia parvula group comprehensively using
morphology, osteology and mitochondrial phylogeny, and describe a new endemic species …

Single hybrid population but multiple parental individuals at the origin of parthenogenetic rock lizards Darevskia sapphirina and D. bendimahiensis Schmidtler, & …

M Erdolu, MK Şahin, M Somel, A Yanchukov - Molecular Phylogenetics and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Among vertebrates, obligate parthenogenesis is only found in Squamata, where it always
has a hybrid origin and a few lizard genera contain most of the known hybridogenous …

Potential geographic distribution and habitat utilization of Lacerta viridis (Squamata: Lacertidae) in northern Türkiye

MK Şahin, M Kurnaz - Journal of Taibah University for Science, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The genus Lacerta, particularly the green lizard (Lacerta viridis), is a significant lizard group
in the Western Palearctic. This study aims to predict its geographic range in Northern Türkiye …

Phylogeographic Patterns of the Greater Cane Rat (Thryonomys Swinderianus) Populations from Eastern, Western and Southern Africa and Implications for Wildlife …

SI Kilwanila, CM Lyimo, AA Rija… - Tropical Conservation …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Background and aim: African Greater Cane (ACG) rat populations are widely distributed
across Africa but the ancestral origin of populations inhabiting different geographical regions …

Resolving reticulate speciation in bisexual and parthenogenetic lizards of genus Darevskia in east Anatolia and Caucasus

M Erdolu - 2023 - open.metu.edu.tr
The genus Darevskia (rock lizards) from East Anatolia, Georgia and Armenia represents a
rare biological system where both sexually reproducing and parthenogenetic forms are …

Phylogeographic patterns of Greater cane rat populations from East and West African regions inferred from maternal lineages

SI Kilwanila, CM Lyimo, AA Rija - 2022 - researchsquare.com
Abstract The African Greater Cane rat (AGC) populations in East and West Africa bear single
ancestral origin. However, to date, information is lacking on their genetic differentiation due …