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Parasite hybridization in African Macrogyrodactylus spp. (Monogenea, Platyhelminthes) signals historical host distribution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 May 2010

MAXWELL BARSON ,
IVA PŘIKRYLOVÁ ,
MAARTEN P. M. VANHOVE  and
TINE HUYSE
MAXWELL BARSON
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Animal Diversity and Systematics, Department of Biology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Ch. Debériotstraat 32, B-3000Leuven, Belgium Department of Biological Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, PO Box MP167, Mt. Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe
IVA PŘIKRYLOVÁ
Affiliation:
Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk University, Kotlarska 2, 611 37Brno, Czech Republic
MAARTEN P. M. VANHOVE
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Animal Diversity and Systematics, Department of Biology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Ch. Debériotstraat 32, B-3000Leuven, Belgium Department of African Zoology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Leuvensesteenweg 13, B-3080Tervuren, Belgium
TINE HUYSE*
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Animal Diversity and Systematics, Department of Biology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Ch. Debériotstraat 32, B-3000Leuven, Belgium
*
*Corresponding author: Tine Huyse, Laboratory of Animal Diversity and Systematics, Department of Biology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Ch. Deberiotstraat 32, B-3000Leuven, Belgium. Tel: +32 16 323966. Fax: +32 16 324575. E-mail: Tine.Huyse@bio.kuleuven.be
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Summary

Macrogyrodactylus spp. from the gills of Clarias gariepinus in Zimbabwe and Kenya, and C. anguillaris in Senegal were identified using haptoral sclerite morphology and by sequencing the nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacers (ITS) 1 and 2, partial 18S and the complete 5·8S rRNA gene. A molecular phylogeny was constructed using all sequenced Macrogyrodactylus species to date. Based on morphology, Macrogyrodactylus congolensis, M. heterobranchii, M. clarii, and M. karibae were identified, with one specimen from Zimbabwe displaying morphological features that were intermediate between M. heterobranchii and M. clarii. In the intermediate form, the partial 18S and ITS1 sequence was identical to that of M. clarii while the remaining ITS1 and complete ITS2 region was almost identical to M. heterobranchii as was the partial cox1 fragment, thus strongly suggesting a hybrid origin. At present, the catfish host of M. heterobranchii and M. clarii do not co-occur in southern Zimbabwe; this hybridization event is therefore proof of historical sympatry of both fish species.

Keywords

introgressionhybridizationcatfishClariidaephylogeographyAfricahost tags
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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 137 , Issue 10 , September 2010 , pp. 1585 - 1595
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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