Phylogeography of the White-Toothed Shrews Crocidura suaveolens and Crocidura sibirica: Searching for the Geographical Homeland
Journal: Biology Bulletin
Year: 2022

Abstract We studied the polymorphism of the cytb gene in two forms of the Lesser White-toothed Shrew species complex: Crocidura suaveolens s. stricto and C. sibirica . The haplotypes of C. sibirica are found to be very similar to those of Crocidura suaveolens . They do not belong to a distinct haplogroup. The molecular diversity of the populations in the Asian part of the range is higher than in Eastern Europe. For the combined sample from Asia and Europe together, we revealed a significant sign