@article{fdi:010068747,
  title = {{P}hylogeography of the heavily poached {A}frican common pangolin ({P}holidota, {M}anis tricuspis) reveals six cryptic lineages as traceable signatures of {P}leistocene diversification},
  author = {{G}aubert, {P}hilippe and {N}jiokou, {F}. and {N}gua, {G}. and {A}fiademanyo, {K}. and {D}ufour, {S}. and {M}alekani, {J}. and {B}i, {S}. {G}. and {T}ougard, {C}. and {O}layemi, {A}. and {D}anquah, {E}. and {D}jagoun, {C}. {A}; {M}. {S}. and {K}aleme, {P}. and {M}ololo, {C}. {N}. and {S}tanley, {W}. and {L}uo, {S}. {J}. and {A}ntunes, {A}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{K}nowledge on faunal diversification in {A}frican rainforests remains scarce. {W}e used phylogeography to assess (i) the role of {P}leistocene climatic oscillations in the diversification of the {A}frican common pangolin ({M}anis tricuspis) and (ii) the utility of our multilocus approach for taxonomic delineation and trade tracing of this heavily poached species. {W}e sequenced 101 individuals for two mitochondrial {DNA} (mt{DNA}), two nuclear {DNA} and one {Y}-borne gene fragments (totalizing 2602 bp). {W}e used a time-calibrated, {B}ayesian inference phylogenetic framework and conducted character-based, genetic and phylogenetic delineation of species hypotheses within {A}frican common pangolins. {W}e identified six geographic lineages partitioned into western {A}frica, {G}hana, the {D}ahomey {G}ap, western central {A}frica, {G}abon and central {A}frica, all diverging during the {M}iddle to {L}ate {P}leistocene. {M}t{DNA} (cytochrome b + control region) was the sole locus to provide diagnostic characters for each of the six lineages. {T}ree-based {B}ayesian delimitation methods using single-and multilocus approaches gave high support for 'species' level recognition of the six {A}frican common pangolin lineages. {A}lthough the diversification of {A}frican common pangolins occurred during {P}leistocene cyclical glaciations, causative correlation with traditional rainforest refugia and riverine barriers in {A}frica was not straightforward. {W}e conclude on the existence of six cryptic lineages within {A}frican common pangolins, which might be of major relevance for future conservation strategies. {T}he high discriminative power of the mt{DNA} markers used in this study should allow an efficient molecular tracing of the regional origin of {A}frican common pangolin seizures.},
  keywords = {evolutionary significant units ; molecular tracing ; pangolins ; {P}leistocene diversification ; trade monitoring ; tropical {A}frica ; {AFRIQUE} {DE} {L}'{OUEST} ; {TOGO} ; {BENIN} ; {AFRIQUE} {CENTRALE} ; {NIGERIA} ; {ZONE} {TROPICALE} ; {COULOIR} {DAHOMEEN}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{M}olecular {E}cology},
  volume = {25},
  numero = {23},
  pages = {5975--5993},
  ISSN = {0962-1083},
  year = {2016},
  DOI = {10.1111/mec.13886},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010068747},
}