Newts in time and space: the evolutionary history of Triturus newts at different temporal and spatial scales
Espregueria Themudo, G.
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Newts in time and space:
The evolutionary history of Triturus newts at different temporal and spatial scales
Gonçalo Espregueira Themudo
Espregueira Themudo, Gonçalo
Newts in time and space: The evolutionary history of Triturus newts at different temporal and spatial scales
This thesis was financially supported by a Fundação para a Ciência e para a Tecnologia (FCT) PhD grant (ref. SFRH/BD/16894/2004)
Thesis, Leiden University
Cover illustration: © Nick Poyarkov
Photo credits (introduction): Figs. 2, 4 - Piet Spaans; Fig. 3 - Christian Herzog; Fig. 7 - Clara Cartier; Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.5 License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/) Fig. 5 - Ben Wielstra; Fig. 8 - Ricardo Pereira.
© All rights reserved. Reproduced with permission.
Newts in time and space:
The evolutionary history of Triturus newts at different temporal and spatial
scales
Proefschrift ter verkrijging van
de graad van Doctor aan de Universiteit Leiden,
op gezag van de Rector Magnificus Prof. Mr. P. F. van der Heijden, volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties
te verdedigen op woensdag 10 maart klokke 16:15 uur
door
Gonçalo Espregueira Themudo
geboren te Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal, in 1979
Promotiecomissie
Promotor: Prof. Dr. E. Gittenberger (Universiteit Leiden)
Co-promotor: Dr. J. W. Arntzen (Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum Naturalis, Leiden)
Referent: Prof. Dr. S. B. J. Menken (IBED, Universiteit van Amsterdam)
Overige leden: Prof. Dr. P.M. Brakefield (Universiteit Leiden
Prof. Dr. C.J. ten Cate (Universiteit Leiden) Dr. J. A. Godoy (Estación Biológica Doñana,
CSIC, Sevilla, Spain)
Aos meus pais
Contents
Nederlands samenvatting
CHAPTER 1 Introduction and Summary 1
CHAPTER 2 The phylogeny of crested newts (Triturus cristatus 17 superspecies): nuclear and mitochondrial genetic
characters suggest a hard polytomy, in line with the paleogeography of the centre of origin.
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CHAPTER 3 A combination of techniques proves useful for the 45 development of nuclear genes for
the newt genus Triturus
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CHAPTER 4 Multiple nuclear and mitochondrial genes 55 resolve the branching order of a rapid
radiation of crested newts (Triturus, Salamandridae) Espregueira Themudo, G., B. Wielstra & J. W. Arntzen
CHAPTER 5 Newts in space: Geography helps in the distinction 79 between gene flow and incomplete lineage sorting
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CHAPTER 6 Current gene flow across a newt hybrid zone follows 95 local ecological conditions
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CHAPTER 7 Environmental parameters that determine species 121 geographical range limits as a
matter of time and space.
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CHAPTER 8 Molecular identification of marbled newts and 137 a justification of species status for
Triturus marmoratus and T. pygmaeus Espregueira Themudo, G. & J. W. Arntzen
CHAPTER 9 Newts under siege: range expansion of 157 Triturus pygmaeus isolates populations of its sister species
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Acknowledgments 177
Curriculum Vitae 178
