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Mutation and extinction rates in Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) populations from fossil bones and blood samples collected from several sites in the Ross Sea Region

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Title: Mutation and extinction rates in Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) populations from fossil bones and blood samples collected from several sites in the Ross Sea Region

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Abstract:: Recent studies on the evolution of mitochondrial DNA in Adelie penguins has found high rates of mutation sparking a major controversy and raising the question of whether evolutionary rates are high because of high mutation rates or because of a low rate of haplotype extinction. As a result, this study aimed to measure the rate of mutation using DNA collected from known pedigrees and comparing it with the rate of evolution previously determined using DNA collected from ancient bones serially preserved through time. Mutation rates were determined between mitochondrial haplotypes. A series of abandoned Adelie penguin rookeries at Cape Adare was excavated and more than 1000 bones, likely to be the oldest collected in the Ross Sea, were collected. In addition, a separate party worked at sites in Terra Nova Bay including Inexpressible Island, Cape Reynolds, Coulman Island, Cape Adare, Duke of York Island, Edisto Glacier and Crater Cirque where a mixture of blood (Inexpressible Island and Coulman Island) and subfossil bones (all other sites) were collected for this study. Two methods of analysis, MCMC and a least squares regression analysis was used to estimate the rate of evolution in fossil bones, independent of tree topology (where mutation rates are calculated in a different manner). According to the neutral theory, the high rate of evolution of the control region in Adelie penguins is likely to be a consequence of a high mutation rate. Therefore, the rate of mutation for the gene sequence Hypervariable Region I (HVRI) was directly measured using >2,500 Adelie penguin families. Blood samples were collected from adults nesting penguins and their chicks at sites in Terra Nova Bay and Cape Bird.
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Supplemental_Information:: REFERENCE: Lambert, D., Millar, C., Swaminathan, S. And Baroni, C. 2010. Evolution on a frozen continent. American Scientist 98: 386-393. Lambert, D.M. Ritchie, P.A. Millar, C.D. Holland, B. Drummond, A.J. Baroni, C. Rates of evolution in ancient DNA from Adélie penguins. Science 295(March): 2270-2273, 2002. Ritchie, P.A. Millar, C.D. Gibb, G.C. Baroni, C. Lambert, D.M. Ancient DNA enables timing of the Pleistocene origin and Holocene expansion of two Adelie penguin lineages in Antarctica. Molecular biology and evolution 21(2): 240-248, 2004. Roeder, A.D. Marshall, R.K. Mitchelson, A.J. Visagathilagar, T. Ritchie, P.A. Love, D.R. Pakai, T.J. McPartlan, H.C. Murray, N.D. Robinson, N.A. et al. Gene flow on the ice: genetic differentiation among Adélie penguin colonies around Antarctica. Molecular ecology 10: 1645-1656, 2001. Roeder, A. Ritchie, P.A. Lambert, D.M. New DNA markers for penguins. Conservation genetics 3(3): 341-344, 2002. Millar, C.D., Dodd, A., Anderson, J., Gibb, G.C., Ritchie, P.A., Baroni, C., Woodhams, M.D., Hendy, M.D. and Lambert, D.M. 2008. Mutation and evolutionary rates in Adélie penguins from the Antarctic. PLoS Genetics: in press. Millar, C.D., Huynen, L., Subramanian, S., and Lambert, D.M. 2008. The ‘new frontier’ of ancient genomics. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 23(7): 386-393.

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Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > PENGUINS
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > MUTATION RATES
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Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > CAPE ADARE
Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > TERRA NOVA BAY
Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > CRATER CIRQUE
Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > INEXPRESSIBLE ISLAND
Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > COULMAN ISLAND
Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > EDISTO GLACIER
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Contact_Person: DAVID LAMBERT

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Address: Griffith School of Environment
Address: Griffith School of Biomolecular and Physical Science
Address: Griffith University
Address: 170 Kessels Road
City: Nathan
State_or_Province: Queensland
Postal_Code: 4111
Country: Australia

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Contact_Person: SHULAMIT GORDON

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Address: Antarctica New Zealand
Address: Private Bag 4745
City: Christchurch
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Metadata_Review_Date: 20101208

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Contact_Person: CEISHA POIROT

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Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: Antarctica New Zealand
Address: Private Bag 4745
City: Christchurch
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Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: Antarctica New Zealand
Address: Private Bag 4745
City: Christchurch
Country: New Zealand

Contact_Voice_Telephone: +64 3 358 0200

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +64 3 358 0211

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: c.poirot@antarcticanz.govt.nz

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