Su Z H, Tominaga O, Okamoto M, Osawa S
JT Biohistory Research Hall, Osaka, Japan.
Mol Biol Evol. 1998 Aug;15(8):1026-39. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026001.
Genealogical trees have been constructed using mitochondrial ND5 gene sequences of 78 Damaster (s. str.) specimens from all over the Japanese Islands. Eight lineages (called races in this paper) have been recognized. The races are tightly linked to geography with sharp distribution boundaries between them. The races and their distribution ranges do not coincide with those of classical morphology. Based on the observed distribution of the mitochondrial DNA haplotypes and the geohistorical data, we propose a diversification scenario of Damaster.
利用来自日本列岛各地的78个达摩螯甲（狭义）标本的线粒体ND5基因序列构建了谱系树。已识别出八个谱系（本文中称为族）。这些族与地理紧密相连，它们之间有明显的分布界限。这些族及其分布范围与经典形态学的族和分布范围不一致。基于观察到的线粒体DNA单倍型分布和地质历史数据，我们提出了达摩螯甲的多样化情景。
