Exploring small mammal diversity in Georgia (Sakartvelo) through DNA barcoding

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2024-08-01 DOI:10.1007/s11756-024-01742-1

Sophio Maglakelidze, Alexander Bukhnikashvili, Giorgi Sheklashvili, Ioseb Natradze, Andrei Kandaurov, Levan Mumladze

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Georgia is part of two biodiversity hotspots, the Caucasus and the Irano-Anatolian, both of which are characterized by high biological diversity and endemism rates. Eighty-one species of small mammals (Eulipotyphla, Chiroptera, Rodentia, and Leporidae) have been recorded in Georgia so far based on morphological identification. However, a comprehensive understanding of small mammal diversity requires integrative taxonomic approaches due to the cryptic nature and sympatric distribution of some taxa. Here, to develop a DNA barcode library, we re-evaluated the small mammal diversity of Georgia.

Samples for DNA studies were collected during the last nine years throughout Georgia. The Cytochrome Oxidase Subunit I (COI) region of the mitochondrial genome was barcoded for collected samples, and a DNA barcode library was assembled. As a result, nearly 80% of the known species of Georgian small mammals were covered. Two species, Microtus rossiaemeridionalis (Ognev, 1924) and Myotis tschuliensis (Kuzyakin, 1935), were detected for the first time in Georgia. Furthermore, several problems were identified within the Chiroptera and Rodentia orders, requiring further studies.

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通过 DNA 条形码探索格鲁吉亚（萨卡特韦洛）小型哺乳动物的多样性

格鲁吉亚是两个生物多样性热点地区（高加索地区和伊朗-安纳托利亚地区）的一部分，这两个地区的生物多样性和地方特有率都很高。迄今为止，根据形态鉴定，格鲁吉亚已记录了 81 种小型哺乳动物（欧罗巴类、翼手目、啮齿目和鳞翅目）。然而，由于一些类群的隐蔽性和同域分布，要全面了解小型哺乳动物的多样性，需要综合的分类方法。在此，为了开发一个DNA条形码库，我们重新评估了格鲁吉亚小型哺乳动物的多样性。我们对收集到的样本进行了线粒体基因组细胞色素氧化酶亚基 I（COI）区域的条形码编码，并建立了一个 DNA 条形码库。结果，近 80% 的已知格鲁吉亚小型哺乳动物物种都被涵盖在内。首次在格鲁吉亚发现了两个物种：Microtus rossiaemeridionalis (Ognev, 1924) 和 Myotis tschuliensis (Kuzyakin, 1935)。此外，在脊索动物目和啮齿动物目中还发现了一些问题，需要进一步研究。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

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1.10%

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312

审稿时长

2 months

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