Dermacentor reticulatus – a tick on its way from glacial refugia to a panmictic Eurasian population

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Beitragende

  • Branka Bilbija - , University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences (Autor:in)
  • Cäcilia Spitzweg - , Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde, Dresden (Autor:in)
  • Ivo Papoušek - , University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences (Autor:in)
  • Uwe Fritz - , Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde, Dresden (Autor:in)
  • Gábor Földvári - , Centre for Ecological Research, National Laboratory for Health Security (Autor:in)
  • Martin Mullett - , Mendel University in Brno (Autor:in)
  • Flora Ihlow - , Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde, Dresden (Autor:in)
  • Hein Sprong - , National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (Autor:in)
  • Kristína Civáňová Křížová - , Masaryk University (Autor:in)
  • Nikolay Anisimov - , Tyumen State University (Autor:in)
  • Oxana A. Belova - , Russian Academy of Sciences (Autor:in)
  • Sarah I. Bonnet - , Université Paris Cité, INRAE- Institut National de La Recherche Agronomique (Autor:in)
  • Elizabeth Bychkova - , Scientific and Practical Centre for Bioresources of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (Autor:in)
  • Aleksandra Czułowska - , University of Wrocław (Autor:in)
  • Georg G. Duscher - , Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien, Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety GmbH (Autor:in)
  • Manoj Fonville - , National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (Autor:in)
  • Olaf Kahl - , tick-radar GmbH (Autor:in)
  • Grzegorz Karbowiak - , Polish Academy of Sciences (Autor:in)
  • Ivan S. Kholodilov - , Russian Academy of Sciences (Autor:in)
  • Dorota Kiewra - , University of Wrocław (Autor:in)
  • Stjepan Krčmar - , Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek (Autor:in)
  • Gulzina Kumisbek - , Kazakh National Medical University (Autor:in)
  • Natalya Livanova - , RAS - Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch (Autor:in)
  • Igor Majláth - , P. J. Safarik University (Autor:in)
  • Maria Teresa Manfredi - , Università degli Studi di Milano (Autor:in)
  • Andrei D. Mihalca - , University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca (Autor:in)
  • Guadalupe Miró - , Complutense University (Autor:in)
  • Sara Moutailler - , École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort (Autor:in)
  • Igor V. Nebogatkin - , National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Zaporizhia Medical Academy of Post-Gradate Education Ministry of Health of Ukraine (Autor:in)
  • Snežana Tomanović - , University of Belgrade (Autor:in)
  • Zati Vatansever - , Kafkas University (Autor:in)
  • Marya Yakovich - , Scientific and Practical Centre for Bioresources of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (Autor:in)
  • Sergio Zanzani - , Università degli Studi di Milano (Autor:in)
  • Pavel Široký - , University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences (Autor:in)

Abstract

The ornate dog tick (Dermacentor reticulatus) shows a recently expanding geographic distribution. Knowledge on its intraspecific variability, population structure, rate of genetic diversity and divergence, including its evolution and geographic distribution, is crucial to understand its dispersal capacity. All such information would help to evaluate the potential risk of future spread of associated pathogens of medical and veterinary concern. A set of 865 D. reticulatus ticks was collected from 65 localities across 21 countries, from Portugal in the west to Kazakhstan and southern Russia in the east. Cluster analyses of 16 microsatellite loci were combined with nuclear (ITS2, 18S) and mitochondrial (12S, 16S, COI) sequence data to uncover the ticks’ population structures and geographical patterns. Approximate Bayesian computation was applied to model evolutionary relationships among the found clusters. Low variability and a weak phylogenetic signal showing an east–west cline were detected both for mitochondrial and nuclear sequence markers. Microsatellite analyses revealed three genetic clusters, where the eastern and western cluster gradient was supplemented by a third, northern cluster. Alternative scenarios could explain such a tripartite population structure by independent formation of clusters in separate refugia, limited gene flow connected with isolation by distance causing a “bipolar pattern”, and the northern cluster deriving from admixture between the eastern and western populations. The best supported demographic scenario of this tick species indicates that the northern cluster derived from admixture between the eastern and western populations 441 (median) to 224 (mode) generations ago, suggesting a possible link with the end of the Little Ice Age in Europe.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)91-101
Seitenumfang11
FachzeitschriftInternational Journal for Parasitology
Jahrgang53
Ausgabenummer2
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Feb. 2023
Peer-Review-StatusJa
Extern publiziertJa

Externe IDs

PubMed 36549441

Schlagworte

Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Schlagwörter

  • Divergence, Glacial refugia, Ixodida, Microsatellites, Multigene sequence analysis, Palaearctic, Vectors