Population demographics of the maternal Darevskia Arribas, 1999 species D. raddei (Boettger, 1892) from eastern Türkiye

What is it about?

The genus Darevskia Arribas, 1999 has been at the center of focus for many researchers owing to containing parthenogenetic species. In the frames of evolution, phylogenetics and population genetics, D. raddei plays crucial rule with being maternal donor of five species. It is obvious that, this species will be at center of attention for many following decades. However, its demography is unknown. Current distribution area of D. raddei stretches along five or six countries. Many of this area has Caucasian mountains, lakes and variety of more soils. Many refuge areas within its distribution have been reported as they shaped its taxonomy throughout colder ages. Stucked populations and specially peripherally located populations might have significant differences those yet to be discovered. As new techniques and algorithms being discovered and invented, the possibility of those populations’ being considered as separated species is getting higher. In this scenario, even for only to interpret new species’ life history treats, consulting existed data for conservation matters would be significantly helpful. The first thing would be to check the features/treats of closely related species. The very first drive to this paper would be this. Another reasons to conduct such research is the working with such species that has important phylogenetic background. The comparison data now and in the future, with its parthenogenetic relatives, is the another drive for writing this paper.

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