[Genetic diversity and genetic structure of Sorex isodon in Northeast China]

A total of 64 haplotypes were obtained from the complete Cytochrome b gene (Cyt b) of 77 Sorex isodon collected from three populations (Daxing'anling, Xiaoxing'anling, and Changbai Mountains) in Northeast China. The haplotype diversity was 0.9920 and the nucleotide diversity was 0.0105, indicating high genetic diversity. The genetic diversity of Changbai Mountains population was significantly higher than that of Daxing'anling and Xiaoxing'anling populations. The F-statistics, the number of migrants per generation and the genetic distance results showed that the genetic distances among the populations and among the sampling sites were generally consistent with geographical distance. Analysis of molecular variance showed that the differentiation among populations, among sampling sites, and within sampling site accounted for 33.4%, 10.2% and 56.4% of total variation, respectively. The analysis of population history showed that S. isodon in Northeast China experienced no population expansion. The reported complete sequence of Cyt b gene of S. isodon (GenBank) of Europe and other parts of Asia was downloaded to examine the genetic structure of S. isodon. The phylogenetic tree was divided into two large branches. One branch consisted mainly of Daxing'anling and Xiaoxing'anling samples. The other branch was departed into two sub-branches. Median-joining network analysis showed that there were three lineages: one lineage mainly consisted of haplotypes from Daxing'anling and Xiaoxing'anling, and also four haplotypes of Changbai Mountains, while the other lineage included a few haplotypes of three populations in Northeast China, and those from Baikal Lake, Russia and Finland. The last lineage was entirely composed of haplotypes from Changbai Mountains. The results of genetic diversity, phylogenetic tree and median-joining network all suggested that the Changbai Mountains was the refuge for S. isodon during last glacial.