NDLI: Resurrecting an extinct species: archival DNA, taxonomy, and conservation of the Vegas Valley leopard frog

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Hekkala, Evon R. Saumure, Raymond A. Jaeger, Jef R. Herrmann, Hans Werner Sredl, Michael J. Bradford, David F. Drabeck, Danielle Blum, Michael J.
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	Suggestions that the extinct Vegas Valley leopard frog (Rana fisheri = Lithobates fisheri) may have been synonymous with one of several declining species have complicated recovery planning for imperiled leopard frogs in southwestern United States. To address this concern, we reconstructed the phylogenetic position of R. fisheri from mitochondrial and nuclear sequence data obtained from century-old museum specimens. Analyses incorporating representative North American Rana species placed archival specimens within the clade comprising federally Threatened Chiricahua leopard frogs (Rana chiricahuensis = Lithobates chiricahuensis). Further analysis of Chiricahua leopard frogs recovered two diagnosable lineages. One lineage is composed of R. fisheri specimens and R. chiricahuensis near the Mogollon Rim in central Arizona, while the other encompasses R. chiricahuensis populations to the south and east. These findings ascribe R. chiricahuensis populations from the northwestern most portion of its range to a resurrected R. fisheri, demonstrating how phylogenetic placement of archival specimens can inform recovery and conservation plans, especially those that call for translocation, re-introduction, or population augmentation of imperiled species.
Starting Page	1379
Ending Page	1385
Page Count	7
File Format	PDF
ISSN	15660621
Journal	Conservation Genetics
Volume Number	12
Issue Number	5
e-ISSN	15729737
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2011-05-28
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Archival DNA Museum specimens Rana fisheri Rana chiricahuensis Taxonomy Conservation genetics Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology Evolutionary Biology Conservation Biology/Ecology Plant Sciences
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Genetics Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Sl.	Authority	Responsibilities	Communication Details
1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
5	Website/Portal (Helpdesk)	Queries regarding NDLI and its services	support@ndl.gov.in
6	Contents and Copyright Issues	Queries related to content curation and copyright issues	content@ndl.gov.in
7	National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club)	Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach	clubsupport@ndl.gov.in
8	Digital Preservation Centre (DPC)	Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books	dpc@ndl.gov.in
9	IDR Setup or Support	Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops	idr@ndl.gov.in

Resurrecting an extinct species: archival DNA, taxonomy, and conservation of the Vegas Valley leopard frog

Two frog species or one? A multi-marker approach to assessing the distinctiveness of genetic lineages in the Northern Leopard Frog, Rana pipiens

Development and characterization of 18 microsatellite loci for the Southern Leopard Frog, Rana sphenocephala

Genetic diversity and taxonomy: a reassessment of species designation in tuatara (Sphenodon: Reptilia)

A technique for sampling ancient DNA that minimizes damage to museum specimens

Fourteen novel microsatellite markers for the gopher frog, Lithobates capito (Amphibia: Ranidae)

Rangewide phylogeography and landscape genetics of the Western U.S. endemic frog Rana boylii (Ranidae): implications for the conservation of frogs and rivers

Outbreeding depression in the common frog, Rana temporaria

The effect of habitat fragmentation on finescale population structure of wood frogs (Rana sylvatica)

Resurrecting an extinct species: archival DNA, taxonomy, and conservation of the Vegas Valley leopard frog

Similar Documents

Resurrecting an extinct species: archival DNA, taxonomy, and conservation of the Vegas Valley leopard frog

Two frog species or one? A multi-marker approach to assessing the distinctiveness of genetic lineages in the Northern Leopard Frog, Rana pipiens

Development and characterization of 18 microsatellite loci for the Southern Leopard Frog, Rana sphenocephala

Genetic diversity and taxonomy: a reassessment of species designation in tuatara (Sphenodon: Reptilia)

A technique for sampling ancient DNA that minimizes damage to museum specimens

Fourteen novel microsatellite markers for the gopher frog, Lithobates capito (Amphibia: Ranidae)

Rangewide phylogeography and landscape genetics of the Western U.S. endemic frog Rana boylii (Ranidae): implications for the conservation of frogs and rivers

Outbreeding depression in the common frog, Rana temporaria

The effect of habitat fragmentation on finescale population structure of wood frogs (Rana sylvatica)

Resurrecting an extinct species: archival DNA, taxonomy, and conservation of the Vegas Valley leopard frog