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Phylogeographic analysis of the green python, Morelia viridis, reveals cryptic diversity

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dc.contributor.authorRawlings, L.
dc.contributor.authorDonnellan, S.
dc.date.issued2003
dc.description.abstractGreen pythons, which are regionally variable in colour patterns, are found throughout the lowland rainforest of New Guinea and adjacent far northeastern Australia. The species is popular in commercial trade and management of this trade and its impacts on natural populations could be assisted by molecular identification tools. We used mitochondrial nucleotide sequences and a limited allozyme data to test whether significantly differentiated populations occur within the species range. Phylogenetic analysis of mtDNA sequences revealed hierarchal phylogeographic structure both within New Guinea and between New Guinea and Australia. Strongly supported reciprocally monophyletic mitochondrial lineages, northern and southern, were found either side of the central mountain range that runs nearly the length of New Guinea. Limited allozyme data suggest that population differentiation is reflected in the nuclear as well as the mitochondrial genome. A previous morphological analysis did not find any phenotypic concordance with the pattern of differentiation observed in the molecular data. The southern mitochondrial lineage includes all of the Australian haplotypes, which form a single lineage, nested among the southern New Guinean haplotypes.
dc.identifier.citationMolecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2003; 27(1):36-44
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/S1055-7903(02)00396-2
dc.identifier.issn1055-7903
dc.identifier.issn1095-9513
dc.identifier.orcidDonnellan, S. [0000-0002-5448-3226]
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/3122
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAcademic Press Inc Elsevier Science
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/s1055-7903(02)00396-2
dc.subjectAnimals
dc.subjectBoidae
dc.subjectCytochrome b Group
dc.subjectLikelihood Functions
dc.subjectPhylogeny
dc.subjectBase Sequence
dc.subjectAlleles
dc.subjectGeography
dc.subjectMolecular Sequence Data
dc.subjectQueensland
dc.subjectPapua New Guinea
dc.subjectGenetic Variation
dc.titlePhylogeographic analysis of the green python, Morelia viridis, reveals cryptic diversity
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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