Phylogenetic relationships of the zokor genus Eospalax(Mammalia,Rodentia,Spalacidae)inferred from whole-genome analyses,with description of a new species endemic to Hengduan Mountains  

作　　者：Tao Zhang Meng-Long Lei Hao Zhou Zhong-Zheng Chen Peng Shi 

机构地区：[1]State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution,Kunming Institute of Zoology,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Kunming,Yunnan 650204,China [2]Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuropsychiatric Diseases and College of Pharmaceutical Sciences,Soochow University,Suzhou,Jiangsu 215123,China [3]Joint Laboratory of Animal Models for Human Diseases and Drug Development,Soochow University and Kunming Institute of Zoology,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Kunming,Yunnan 650223,China [4]Collaborative Innovation Center of Recovery and Reconstruction of Degraded Ecosystem in Wanjiang Basin Co-founded by Anhui Province and Ministry of Education,School of Ecology and Environment,Anhui Normal University,Wuhu,Anhui 241000,China [5]School of Future Technology,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100049,China [6]Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Kunming,Yunnan 650223,China

出　　处：《Zoological Research》2022年第3期331-342,共12页动物学研究（英文）

基　　金：supported by the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research(STEP)Program(2019QZKK05010218,2019QZKK05010110);National Natural Science Foundation of China(32100339,31871277);supported by the Yunling Scholar Project;Ten-Thousand Talents Plan of Yunnan Province;supported by the Youth Innovation Promotion Association,Chinese Academy of Sciences。

摘　　要：Zokors in the genus Eospalax,which are endemic to northern and western China,are subterranean rodents that inhabit various niches,including grasslands,high-altitude meadows,forests,and farmlands.Six species in Eospalax were described a century ago but their taxonomy and phylogeny remain controversial.In this study,we performed high-depth whole-genome sequencing of 47 zokor samples,comprising all six previously described species.Genomic analyses revealed a reliable and robust phylogeny of Eospalax and supported the validity of the six named species.According to the inferred phylogenetic relationships,Eospalax first divergent into two clades in the early Pliocene(ca.4.68 million years ago(Ma)),one inhabiting the highaltitude Qinghai-Xizang(Tibet)Plateau(QTP)and adjacent regions,and the another inhabiting the lowaltitude Loess Plateau and Qinling-Daba Mountains.The most recent divergences occurred between E.baileyi and E.smithii and between E.rufescens and E.rothschildi in the late Pliocene(ca.2.09 and 2.19 Ma,respectively).We also collected specimens of zokors in the southern Hengduan Mountains(Muli County,Sichuan Province),far from the known distributions of all other zokors.Morphological and molecular analyses strongly suggested that the specimens represent a new species,formally described here as Eospalax muliensis sp.nov.The new species belongs to the high-altitude clade and diverged from closely related species(ca.4.22 Ma)shortly after the first divergence in Eospalax.Interestingly,Eospalax muliensis sp.nov.possesses more supposedly plesiomorphic characters,suggesting a possible origin of the genus in the Hengduan Mountains.

关 键 词：ZOKOR Eospalax Phylogenomic analyses New species Hengduan Mountains 

分 类 号：Q959[生物学—动物学]