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Phylogeography of the steppe bat, Myotis davidii in the eastern part of its broad range, was explored for the first time using mitochondrial genetic markers. The presence of two main intraspecific clades, Eastern and Western, was confirmed. Definite inner structure inside the Eastern group was shown. We discovered genetic diversity hotspot in northwestern Mongolia and neighboring regions, where highly divergent haplotypes are found. Presumably, this can be explained by Pleistocene refugial structure shaped by the ridges of the Mongolian Altai. The haplogroups from the southeast of Mongolia and Transbaikalia found to be related, while populations of the Kerulen valley located between these regions carry more distant haplotypes.
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Study of the collection materials was done in the Zoological Museum of Moscow University, using the collection facilities, with the support from its director, M.V. Kalyakin. Molecular genetic studies were held on the facilities of the Vertebrate Zoology Department of Moscow State University. COI gene sequencing was carried out at the Biodiversity Institute of Ontario (BIO; Guelph, Canada), for which we are grateful to N.V. Ivanova and P. Herbert. We are thankful to V.S. Lebedev for his valuable advises during the study and help in correct identification of the Mongolian localities and to the staff of the Laboratory of Evolutionary Genomics of Moscow State University for the assistance in DNA sequencing. The whole study was performed in line with State theme of scientific work of the ZMMU (no. 121032300105-0).
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Study was performed with the financially supported from the grant of the Russian Scientific Foundation (RSF no. 21-14-00007).
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Gorban, A.A., Artyushin, I.V., Bannikova, A.A. et al. Phylogeography of the Steppe Bat, Myotis davidii (Chiroptera; Vespertilionidae) in Eastern Part of the Species Range. Dokl Biol Sci 502, 21–25 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0012496622010045
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