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Distribution of mitochondrial haplotypes (cytb) in Polish populations of Emys orbicularis (L., 1758)

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The European pond turtle, Emys orbicularis, inhabits a wide distribution area in the western Palaearctic. Polish populations of pond turtle represent the nominotypical subspecies Emys orbicularis orbicularis. The mitochondrial DNA haplotype (cytb gene) variation among 131 turtles from 26 locations in five regions of Poland was investigated. Five haplotypes belonging to three distinct lineages were identified. Two clades (I and II) were represented by two haplotypes each, while the other clade (IV) was represented by one haplotype. Three haplotypes were reported for the first time in E. orbicularis. The eastern part of Poland is inhabited exclusively by turtles bearing haplotype Ia. The remaining four sequence variants were recorded in western Poland where only the IIb haplotype is considered endemic. The distribution of the other haplotypes in western Poland could thus reflect past introductions or accidental releases. The authors regarded the two locations (Drzeczkowo and Karpicko) that were first included in the western Poland populations as autochthonous catchment areas of haplotype Ia.

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  1. Institute of Genetics and Animal Breeding, Polish Academy of Sciences, Postępu 1, 05-552, Wólka Kosowska, Jastrzębiec, Poland

    Beata Prusak & Grzegorz Grzybowski

  2. Institute of Civil and Environmental Engineering/Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Zielona Góra, prof. Z. Szafrana 15, 65-516, Zielona Góra, Poland

    Bartłomiej Najbar

  3. Department of Biosystematics, Opole University, Oleska 22, 45-052, Opole, Poland

    Sławomir Mitrus

  4. Institute of Zoology, Field Station in Urwitałt, Warsaw University, 11-730, Mikołajki, Poland

    Grzegorz Górecki

  5. Department of Molecular and Forensic Genetics, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum, Institute of Forensic Medicine, The Nicolaus Copernicus University, M. Curie Skłodowskiej 9, 85-094, Bydgoszcz, Poland

    Urszula Rogalla & Tomasz Grzybowski

  6. City Zoological Garden in Warsaw, Ratuszowa 1/3, 03-461, Warsaw, Poland

    Adam Hryniewicz

  7. Lublin Landscape Parks, Pl. Niepodległości 1, 22-100, Chełm, Poland

    Robert Wróblewski

  8. Polesie Landscape Parks, Kamieńskiego 6, 22-100, Chełm, Poland

    Robert Bochen

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Prusak, B., Najbar, B., Mitrus, S. et al. Distribution of mitochondrial haplotypes (cytb) in Polish populations of Emys orbicularis (L., 1758). Biologia 66, 893–898 (2011). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-011-0088-0

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