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Esquerré D, Brennan IG, Catullo RA, Torres‐Pérez F, Keogh JS. How mountains shape biodiversity: The role of the Andes in biogeography, diversification, and reproductive biology in South America's most species‐rich lizard radiation (Squamata: Liolaemidae). Evolution 2018; 73:214-230. [DOI: 10.1111/evo.13657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2018] [Revised: 11/04/2018] [Accepted: 11/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- Damien Esquerré
- Division of Ecology and Evolution, Research School of BiologyThe Australian National University 0200 Canberra Australian Capital Territory Australia
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- Division of Ecology and Evolution, Research School of BiologyThe Australian National University 0200 Canberra Australian Capital Territory Australia
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- Division of Ecology and Evolution, Research School of BiologyThe Australian National University 0200 Canberra Australian Capital Territory Australia
- School of Science & Health and Hawkesbury Institute for the EnvironmentWestern Sydney University 2751 Perth New South Wales Australia
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- Instituto de BiologíaPontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso 2950 Valparaíso Chile
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- Division of Ecology and Evolution, Research School of BiologyThe Australian National University 0200 Canberra Australian Capital Territory Australia
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Pouchon C, Fernández A, Nassar JM, Boyer F, Aubert S, Lavergne S, Mavárez J. Phylogenomic Analysis of the Explosive Adaptive Radiation of the Espeletia Complex (Asteraceae) in the Tropical Andes. Syst Biol 2018; 67:1041-1060. [PMID: 30339252 DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syy022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2017] [Accepted: 03/15/2018] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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The subtribe Espeletiinae (Asteraceae), endemic to the high-elevations in the Northern Andes, exhibits an exceptional diversity of species, growth-forms, and reproductive strategies. This complex of 140 species includes large trees, dichotomous trees, shrubs and the extraordinary giant caulescent rosettes, considered as a classic example of adaptation in tropical high-elevation ecosystems. The subtribe has also long been recognized as a prominent case of adaptive radiation, but the understanding of its evolution has been hampered by a lack of phylogenetic resolution. Herein, we produce the first fully resolved phylogeny of all morphological groups of Espeletiinae, using whole plastomes and about a million nuclear nucleotides obtained with an original de novo assembly procedure without reference genome, and analyzed with traditional and coalescent-based approaches that consider the possible impact of incomplete lineage sorting and hybridization on phylogenetic inference. We show that the diversification of Espeletiinae started from a rosette ancestor about 2.3 Ma, after the final uplift of the Northern Andes. This was followed by two independent radiations in the Colombian and Venezuelan Andes, with a few trans-cordilleran dispersal events among low-elevation tree lineages but none among high-elevation rosettes. We demonstrate complex scenarios of morphological change in Espeletiinae, usually implying the convergent evolution of growth-forms with frequent loss/gains of various traits. For instance, caulescent rosettes evolved independently in both countries, likely as convergent adaptations to life in tropical high-elevation habitats. Tree growth-forms evolved independently three times from the repeated colonization of lower elevations by high-elevation rosette ancestors. The rate of morphological diversification increased during the early phase of the radiation, after which it decreased steadily towards the present. On the other hand, the rate of species diversification in the best-sampled Venezuelan radiation was on average very high (3.1 spp/My), with significant rate variation among growth-forms (much higher in polycarpic caulescent rosettes). Our results point out a scenario where both adaptive morphological evolution and geographical isolation due to Pleistocene climatic oscillations triggered an exceptionally rapid radiation for a continental plant group.
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- Charles Pouchon
- Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine, UMR 5553, Université Grenoble Alpes-CNRS, Grenoble, France
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- Herbario IVIC, Centro de Biofísica y Bioquímica, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Apartado 20632, Caracas 1020-A, Venezuela
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- Laboratorio de Biología de Organismos, Centro de Ecología, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Apartado 20632, Caracas 1020-A, Venezuela
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- Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine, UMR 5553, Université Grenoble Alpes-CNRS, Grenoble, France
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- Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine, UMR 5553, Université Grenoble Alpes-CNRS, Grenoble, France.,Station alpine Joseph-Fourier, UMS 3370, Université Grenoble Alpes-CNRS, Grenoble, France
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- Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine, UMR 5553, Université Grenoble Alpes-CNRS, Grenoble, France
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- Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine, UMR 5553, Université Grenoble Alpes-CNRS, Grenoble, France
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Givnish TJ, Zuluaga A, Spalink D, Soto Gomez M, Lam VKY, Saarela JM, Sass C, Iles WJD, de Sousa DJL, Leebens-Mack J, Chris Pires J, Zomlefer WB, Gandolfo MA, Davis JI, Stevenson DW, dePamphilis C, Specht CD, Graham SW, Barrett CF, Ané C. Monocot plastid phylogenomics, timeline, net rates of species diversification, the power of multi-gene analyses, and a functional model for the origin of monocots. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 2018; 105:1888-1910. [PMID: 30368769 DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.1178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2018] [Accepted: 08/03/2018] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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PREMISE OF THE STUDY We present the first plastome phylogeny encompassing all 77 monocot families, estimate branch support, and infer monocot-wide divergence times and rates of species diversification. METHODS We conducted maximum likelihood analyses of phylogeny and BAMM studies of diversification rates based on 77 plastid genes across 545 monocots and 22 outgroups. We quantified how branch support and ascertainment vary with gene number, branch length, and branch depth. KEY RESULTS Phylogenomic analyses shift the placement of 16 families in relation to earlier studies based on four plastid genes, add seven families, date the divergence between monocots and eudicots+Ceratophyllum at 136 Mya, successfully place all mycoheterotrophic taxa examined, and support recognizing Taccaceae and Thismiaceae as separate families and Arecales and Dasypogonales as separate orders. Only 45% of interfamilial divergences occurred after the Cretaceous. Net species diversification underwent four large-scale accelerations in PACMAD-BOP Poaceae, Asparagales sister to Doryanthaceae, Orchidoideae-Epidendroideae, and Araceae sister to Lemnoideae, each associated with specific ecological/morphological shifts. Branch ascertainment and support across monocots increase with gene number and branch length, and decrease with relative branch depth. Analysis of entire plastomes in Zingiberales quantifies the importance of non-coding regions in identifying and supporting short, deep branches. CONCLUSIONS We provide the first resolved, well-supported monocot phylogeny and timeline spanning all families, and quantify the significant contribution of plastome-scale data to resolving short, deep branches. We outline a new functional model for the evolution of monocots and their diagnostic morphological traits from submersed aquatic ancestors, supported by convergent evolution of many of these traits in aquatic Hydatellaceae (Nymphaeales).
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- Thomas J Givnish
- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, 53706, USA
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- Department of Ecosystem Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 77840, USA
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- Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- The University and Jepson Herbarium, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, California, 94720, USA
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, USA
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- Departamento de Ciéncias Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Feira de Santana, Bahia, 44036-900, Brazil
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- Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 30602, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, 65211, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 30602, USA
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- School of Integrative Plant Sciences and L.H. Bailey Hortorium, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 14853, USA
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- School of Integrative Plant Sciences and L.H. Bailey Hortorium, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 14853, USA
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- Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, 16802, USA
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- School of Integrative Plant Sciences and L.H. Bailey Hortorium, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 14853, USA
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- Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Department of Biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, 26506, USA
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- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, 53706, USA
- Department of Statistics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, 53706, USA
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Landis MJ, Freyman WA, Baldwin BG. Retracing the Hawaiian silversword radiation despite phylogenetic, biogeographic, and paleogeographic uncertainty. Evolution 2018; 72:2343-2359. [PMID: 30198108 DOI: 10.1111/evo.13594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2018] [Accepted: 08/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The Hawaiian silversword alliance (Asteraceae) is an iconic adaptive radiation. However, like many island plant lineages, no fossils have been assigned to the clade. As a result, the clade's age and diversification rate are not known precisely, making it difficult to test biogeographic hypotheses about the radiation. In lieu of fossils, paleogeographically structured biogeographic processes may inform species divergence times; for example, an island must first exist for a clade to radiate upon it. We date the silversword clade and test biogeographic hypotheses about its radiation across the Hawaiian Archipelago by modeling interactions between species relationships, molecular evolution, biogeographic scenarios, divergence times, and island origination times using the Bayesian phylogenetic framework, RevBayes. The ancestor of living silverswords most likely colonized the modern Hawaiian Islands once from the mainland approximately 5.1 Ma, with the most recent common ancestor of extant silversword lineages first appearing approximately 3.5 Ma. Applying an event-based test of the progression rule of island biogeography, we found strong evidence that the dispersal process favors old-to-young directionality, but strong evidence for diversification continuing unabated into later phases of island ontogeny, particularly for Kaua'i. This work serves as a general example for how diversification studies benefit from incorporating biogeographic and paleogeographic components.
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- Michael J Landis
- Department of Ecology & Evolution, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, & Behavior, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55108.,Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720.,Jepson Herbarium, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720.,Jepson Herbarium, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
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Antonelli A, Ariza M, Albert J, Andermann T, Azevedo J, Bacon C, Faurby S, Guedes T, Hoorn C, Lohmann LG, Matos-Maraví P, Ritter CD, Sanmartín I, Silvestro D, Tejedor M, ter Steege H, Tuomisto H, Werneck FP, Zizka A, Edwards SV. Conceptual and empirical advances in Neotropical biodiversity research. PeerJ 2018; 6:e5644. [PMID: 30310740 PMCID: PMC6174874 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.5644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2017] [Accepted: 08/27/2018] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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The unparalleled biodiversity found in the American tropics (the Neotropics) has attracted the attention of naturalists for centuries. Despite major advances in recent years in our understanding of the origin and diversification of many Neotropical taxa and biotic regions, many questions remain to be answered. Additional biological and geological data are still needed, as well as methodological advances that are capable of bridging these research fields. In this review, aimed primarily at advanced students and early-career scientists, we introduce the concept of "trans-disciplinary biogeography," which refers to the integration of data from multiple areas of research in biology (e.g., community ecology, phylogeography, systematics, historical biogeography) and Earth and the physical sciences (e.g., geology, climatology, palaeontology), as a means to reconstruct the giant puzzle of Neotropical biodiversity and evolution in space and time. We caution against extrapolating results derived from the study of one or a few taxa to convey general scenarios of Neotropical evolution and landscape formation. We urge more coordination and integration of data and ideas among disciplines, transcending their traditional boundaries, as a basis for advancing tomorrow's ground-breaking research. Our review highlights the great opportunities for studying the Neotropical biota to understand the evolution of life.
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- Alexandre Antonelli
- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Gothenburg Botanical Garden, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Department of Organismic Biology and Evolutionary Biology, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Laboratory Ecologie et Biologie des Interactions, Team “Ecologie, Evolution, Symbiose”, Université de Poitiers, Poitiers, France
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- Department of Biology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA, USA
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Federal University of São Paulo, Diadema, Brazil
- Museum of Zoology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Universidad Regional Amazonica IKIAM, Napo, Ecuador
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- Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Botânica, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
- Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Department of Computational Biology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Instituto Patagónico de Geología y Paleontología, Puerto Madryn, Guatemala
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- Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, Netherlands
- Systems Ecology, Free University, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Biology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Department of Organismic Biology and Evolutionary Biology, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Gothenburg Centre for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology, Chalmers University of Technology and University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Landis JB, Bell CD, Hernandez M, Zenil-Ferguson R, McCarthy EW, Soltis DE, Soltis PS. Evolution of floral traits and impact of reproductive mode on diversification in the phlox family (Polemoniaceae). Mol Phylogenet Evol 2018; 127:878-890. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.06.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2018] [Revised: 06/20/2018] [Accepted: 06/20/2018] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Susana Magallón. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2018; 219:1154-1155. [PMID: 30133844 DOI: 10.1111/nph.15370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Is Amazonia a ‘museum’ for Neotropical trees? The evolution of the Brownea clade (Detarioideae, Leguminosae). Mol Phylogenet Evol 2018; 126:279-292. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.04.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2017] [Revised: 02/28/2018] [Accepted: 04/19/2018] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Sauquet H, Magallón S. Key questions and challenges in angiosperm macroevolution. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2018; 219:1170-1187. [PMID: 29577323 DOI: 10.1111/nph.15104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2017] [Accepted: 02/05/2018] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Contents Summary 1170 I. Introduction 1170 II. Six key questions 1172 III. Three key challenges 1177 IV. Conclusions 1181 Acknowledgements 1182 References 1183 SUMMARY: The origin and rapid diversification of angiosperms (flowering plants) represent one of the most intriguing topics in evolutionary biology. Despite considerable progress made in complementary fields over the last two decades (paleobotany, phylogenetics, ecology, evo-devo, genomics), many important questions remain. For instance, what has been the impact of mass extinctions on angiosperm diversification? Are the angiosperms an adaptive radiation? Has morphological evolution in angiosperms been gradual or pulsed? We propose that the recent and ongoing revolution in macroevolutionary methods provides an unprecedented opportunity to explore long-standing questions that probably hold important clues to understand present-day biodiversity. We present six key questions that explore the origin and diversification of angiosperms. We also identify three key challenges to address these questions: (1) the development of new integrative models that include diversification, multiple intrinsic and environmental traits, biogeography and the fossil record all at once, whilst accounting for sampling bias and heterogeneity of macroevolutionary processes through time and among lineages; (2) the need for large and standardized synthetic databases of morphological variation; and (3) continuous effort on sampling the fossil record, but with a revolution in current paleobotanical practice.
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- Hervé Sauquet
- National Herbarium of New South Wales (NSW), Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia
- Laboratoire Écologie, Systématique, Évolution, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS, UMR 8079, Orsay, 91405, France
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- Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, México City, 04510, México
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Xiang KL, Erst AS, Xiang XG, Jabbour F, Wang W. Biogeography of Coptis Salisb. (Ranunculales, Ranunculaceae, Coptidoideae), an Eastern Asian and North American genus. BMC Evol Biol 2018; 18:74. [PMID: 29793422 PMCID: PMC5968522 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-018-1195-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2017] [Accepted: 05/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Numerous studies have favored dispersal (colonization) over vicariance (past fragmentation) events to explain eastern Asian-North American distribution patterns. In plants, however the disjunction between eastern Asia and western North America has been rarely examined using the integration of phylogenetic, molecular dating, and biogeographical methods. Meanwhile, the biogeographic patterns within eastern Asia remain poorly understood. The goldthread genus Coptis Salisb. includes 15 species disjunctly distributed in North America, Japan, mainland China, and Taiwan. We present a dated phylogeny for Coptis under the optimal clock model and infer its historical biogeography by comparing different biogeographic models. RESULTS The split of Coptis and Xanthorhiza Marshall occurred in the middle Miocene (ca. 15.47 Ma). Coptis started their diversification in the early late Miocene (ca. 9.55 Ma). A late Miocene vicariance event resulted in the eastern Asian and western North American disjunction in the genus. Within eastern Asia, dispersals from mainland Asia to Japan and from Japan to Taiwan occurred at ca. 4.85 Ma and at ca. 1.34 Ma, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Our analyses provide evidence that both vicariance and dispersal events have played important roles in shaping the current distribution and endemism of Coptis, likely resulting from eustatic sea-level changes, mountain formation processes and an increasing drier and cooler climate from the middle Miocene onwards.
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- Kun-Li Xiang
- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Central Siberian Botanical Garden of the Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Zolotodolinskaya str. 101, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia.,Laboratory of Systematics and Phylogeny of Plants, Tomsk State University, Tomsk, 634050, Russia
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- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China
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- Institut Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, 57 rue Cuvier, CP39, 75005, Paris, France
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- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China. .,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
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Amazonia is not only the world’s most diverse rainforest but is also the region in tropical America that has contributed most to its total biodiversity. We show this by estimating and comparing the evolutionary history of a large number of animal and plant species. We find that there has been extensive interchange of evolutionary lineages among different regions and biomes, over the course of tens of millions of years. Amazonia stands out as the primary source of diversity, which can be mainly explained by the total amount of time Amazonian lineages have occupied the region. The exceedingly rich and heterogeneous diversity of the American tropics could only be achieved by high rates of dispersal events across the continent. The American tropics (the Neotropics) are the most species-rich realm on Earth, and for centuries, scientists have attempted to understand the origins and evolution of their biodiversity. It is now clear that different regions and taxonomic groups have responded differently to geological and climatic changes. However, we still lack a basic understanding of how Neotropical biodiversity was assembled over evolutionary timescales. Here we infer the timing and origin of the living biota in all major Neotropical regions by performing a cross-taxonomic biogeographic analysis based on 4,450 species from six major clades across the tree of life (angiosperms, birds, ferns, frogs, mammals, and squamates), and integrate >1.3 million species occurrences with large-scale phylogenies. We report an unprecedented level of biotic interchange among all Neotropical regions, totaling 4,525 dispersal events. About half of these events involved transitions between major environmental types, with a predominant directionality from forested to open biomes. For all taxonomic groups surveyed here, Amazonia is the primary source of Neotropical diversity, providing >2,800 lineages to other regions. Most of these dispersal events were to Mesoamerica (∼1,500 lineages), followed by dispersals into open regions of northern South America and the Cerrado and Chaco biomes. Biotic interchange has taken place for >60 million years and generally increased toward the present. The total amount of time lineages spend in a region appears to be the strongest predictor of migration events. These results demonstrate the complex origin of tropical ecosystems and the key role of biotic interchange for the assembly of regional biotas.
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Phylogeny, historical biogeography, and diversification of angiosperm order Ericales suggest ancient Neotropical and East Asian connections. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2018; 122:59-79. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2017] [Revised: 01/08/2018] [Accepted: 01/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Vamosi JC, Magallón S, Mayrose I, Otto SP, Sauquet H. Macroevolutionary Patterns of Flowering Plant Speciation and Extinction. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PLANT BIOLOGY 2018; 69:685-706. [PMID: 29489399 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-042817-040348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Species diversity is remarkably unevenly distributed among flowering plant lineages. Despite a growing toolbox of research methods, the reasons underlying this patchy pattern have continued to perplex plant biologists for the past two decades. In this review, we examine the present understanding of transitions in flowering plant evolution that have been proposed to influence speciation and extinction. In particular, ploidy changes, transitions between tropical and nontropical biomes, and shifts in floral form have received attention and have offered some surprises in terms of which factors influence speciation and extinction rates. Mating systems and dispersal characteristics once predominated as determining factors, yet recent evidence suggests that these changes are not as influential as previously thought or are important only when paired with range shifts. Although range extent is an important correlate of speciation, it also influences extinction and brings an applied focus to diversification research. Recent studies that find that past diversification can predict present-day extinction risk open an exciting avenue for future research to help guide conservation prioritization.
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- Jana C Vamosi
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada;
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- Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México 04510, México
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Ecology of Plants, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Department of Zoology and the Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Laboratoire Écologie, Systématique, Évolution, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS UMR 8079, 91405 Orsay, France
- National Herbarium of New South Wales (NSW), Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia
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Widhelm TJ, Bertoletti FR, Asztalos MJ, Mercado-Díaz JA, Huang JP, Moncada B, Lücking R, Magain N, Sérusiaux E, Goffinet B, Crouch N, Mason-Gamer R, Lumbsch HT. Oligocene origin and drivers of diversification in the genus Sticta (Lobariaceae, Ascomycota). Mol Phylogenet Evol 2018; 126:58-73. [PMID: 29656104 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2017] [Revised: 02/19/2018] [Accepted: 04/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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A major challenge to evolutionary biologists is to understand how biodiversity is distributed through space and time and across the tree of life. Diversification of organisms is influenced by many factors that act at different times and geographic locations but it is still not clear which have a significant impact and how drivers interact. To study diversification, we chose the lichen genus Sticta, by sampling through most of the global range and producing a time tree. We estimate that Sticta originated about 30 million years ago, but biogoegraphic analysis was unclear in estimating the origin of the genus. Furthermore, we investigated the effect of dispersal ability finding that Sticta has a high dispersal rate, as collections from Hawaii showed that divergent lineages colonized the islands at least four times. Symbiont interactions were investigated using BiSSE to understand if green-algal or cyanobacterial symbiont interactions influenced diversification, only to find that the positive results were driven almost completely by Type I error. On the other hand, another BiSSE analysis found that an association with Andean tectonic activity increases the speciation rate of species.
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- Todd J Widhelm
- Science & Education, The Field Museum, Chicago, IL, USA; Biological Sciences, Ecology and Evolution, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
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- Science & Education, The Field Museum, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Licenciatura en Biología, Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Kustos Herbarium, Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
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- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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- Biological Sciences, Ecology and Evolution, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Biological Sciences, Ecology and Evolution, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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Chazot N, De-Silva DL, Willmott KR, Freitas AVL, Lamas G, Mallet J, Giraldo CE, Uribe S, Elias M. Contrasting patterns of Andean diversification among three diverse clades of Neotropical clearwing butterflies. Ecol Evol 2018; 8:3965-3982. [PMID: 29721272 PMCID: PMC5916281 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2017] [Revised: 08/31/2017] [Accepted: 10/11/2017] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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The Neotropical region is the most biodiverse on Earth, in a large part due to the highly diverse tropical Andean biota. The Andes are a potentially important driver of diversification within the mountains and for neighboring regions. We compared the role of the Andes in diversification among three subtribes of Ithomiini butterflies endemic to the Neotropics, Dircennina, Oleriina, and Godyridina. The diversification patterns of Godyridina have been studied previously. Here, we generate the first time‐calibrated phylogeny for the largest ithomiine subtribe, Dircennina, and we reanalyze a published phylogeny of Oleriina to test different biogeographic scenarios involving the Andes within an identical framework. We found common diversification patterns across the three subtribes, as well as major differences. In Dircennina and Oleriina, our results reveal a congruent pattern of diversification related to the Andes with an Andean origin, which contrasts with the Amazonian origin and multiple Andean colonizations of Godyridina. In each of the three subtribes, a clade diversified in the Northern Andes at a faster rate. Diversification within Amazonia occurred in Oleriina and Godyridina, while virtually no speciation occurred in Dircennina in this region. Dircennina was therefore characterized by higher diversification rates within the Andes compared to non‐Andean regions, while in Oleriina and Godyridina, we found no difference between these regions. Our results and discussion highlight the importance of comparative approaches in biogeographic studies.
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- Nicolas Chazot
- Department of Biology Lunds Universitet Lund Sweden.,Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité ISYEB-UMR 7205-CNRS MNHN UPMC EPHE, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle Sorbonne Universités Paris France
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- Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité ISYEB-UMR 7205-CNRS MNHN UPMC EPHE, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle Sorbonne Universités Paris France
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- McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity Florida Museum of Natural History University of Florida Gainesville FL USA
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- Departamento de Biologia Animal and Museu de Zoologia Instituto de Biologia Universidade Estadual de Campinas Campinas São Paulo Brazil
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- Museo de Historia Natural Universidad Nacional de San Marcos Lima Peru
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- Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Harvard University Cambridge MA USA
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- Grupo de Investigación de Sanidad Vegetal Universidad Católica de Oriente Rionegro Colombia
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- Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Medellín Medellín Colombia
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- Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité ISYEB-UMR 7205-CNRS MNHN UPMC EPHE, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle Sorbonne Universités Paris France
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Bacon CD, Velásquez-Puentes FJ, Hinojosa LF, Schwartz T, Oxelman B, Pfeil B, Arroyo MTK, Wanntorp L, Antonelli A. Evolutionary persistence in Gunnera and the contribution of southern plant groups to the tropical Andes biodiversity hotspot. PeerJ 2018; 6:e4388. [PMID: 29576938 PMCID: PMC5858603 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.4388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2017] [Accepted: 01/29/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Several studies have demonstrated the contribution of northern immigrants to the flora of the tropical Andes—the world’s richest and most diverse biodiversity hotspot. However, much less is known about the biogeographic history and diversification of Andean groups with southern origins, although it has been suggested that northern and southern groups have contributed roughly equally to the high Andean (i.e., páramo) flora. Here we infer the evolutionary history of the southern hemisphere plant genus Gunnera, a lineage with a rich fossil history and an important ecological role as an early colonising species characteristic of wet, montane environments. Our results show striking contrasts in species diversification, where some species may have persisted for some 90 million years, and whereas others date to less than 2 Ma since origination. The outstanding longevity of the group is likely linked to a high degree of niche conservatism across its highly disjunct range, whereby Gunnera tracks damp and boggy soils in cool habitats. Colonisation of the northern Andes is related to Quaternary climate change, with subsequent rapid diversification appearing to be driven by their ability to take advantage of environmental opportunities. This study demonstrates the composite origin of a mega-diverse biota.
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- Christine D Bacon
- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.,Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden.,Laboratório de Biología Molecular (CINBIN), Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia
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- Laboratório de Biología Molecular (CINBIN), Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia.,Departamento de Química y Biología, Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia
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- Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Phanerogamic Botany, Swedish Museum for Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.,Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden.,Gothenburg Botanical Garden, Gothenburg, Sweden.,Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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Khan G, Zhang F, Gao Q, Fu P, Zhang Y, Chen S. Spiroides shrubs on Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau: Multilocus phylogeography and palaeodistributional reconstruction of Spiraea alpina and S. Mongolica (Rosaceae). Mol Phylogenet Evol 2018; 123:137-148. [PMID: 29462675 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2017] [Revised: 01/31/2018] [Accepted: 02/10/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A common hypothesis for the rich biodiversity found in mountains is uplift-driven diversification. Using a multilocus approach, here we assessed the influence of Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP) uplift and fluctuating regional climate on genetic diversity of two sister spiroides shrubs, Spiraea alpina and S. mongolica. Combined with palaeodistributional reconstruction modelling, we investigated the current and past-predicted distribution of these species under different climatic episodes. The study demonstrated that continuous pulses of retreat and expansion during last glacial-interglacial episodes, combined with the uplifting of QTP shaped the current distribution of these species. All the populations showed high level of genetic diversity based on both cpDNA and SSR markers. The average gene diversity within populations based on cpDNA markers was 0.383 ± 0.052 for S. alpina and 0.477 ± 0.048 for S. mongolica. The observed and expected heterozygosities based on SSR for both Spiraea alpina and S. mongolicawere HE(0.72-0.90)/HO(0.35-0.78) and HE(0.77-0.92)/HO(0.47-0.77) respectively. Palaeodistributional reconstruction indicated species' preferences at southeastern edge of the plateau during last glacial maximum, at higher altitude areas of QTP and range expansion to central plateau during the interglacial episodes. Assignment tests in STRUCTURE, discriminant analysis of principal coordinates and Immigrants analysis in GENECLASS based on nuclear SSR markers did not support the hypothesis of gene flow between both the species. However, maximum likelihood approach based on cpDNA showed sharing of haplotypes between both species.
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- Gulzar Khan
- Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining 810008, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining 810008, China; Qinghai Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding, Xining 810008, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining 810008, China.
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- School of Life Sciences, Luoyang Normal University, Luoyang 471022, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining 810008, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining 810008, China.
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Condamine FL, Rolland J, Höhna S, Sperling FAH, Sanmartín I. Testing the Role of the Red Queen and Court Jester as Drivers of the Macroevolution of Apollo Butterflies. Syst Biol 2018; 67:940-964. [DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syy009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2016] [Accepted: 02/06/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Fabien L Condamine
- CNRS, UMR 5554 Institut des Sciences de l’Evolution (Université de Montpellier
- CNRS IRD
- EPHE), Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier, France
- Department of Biodiversity and Conservation, Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Plaza de Murillo, 2, 28014 Madrid, Spain
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton T6G 2E9, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Division of Evolutionary Biology, Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität München, Grosshaderner Strasse 2, Planegg-Martinsried 82152, Germany
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton T6G 2E9, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Biodiversity and Conservation, Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Plaza de Murillo, 2, 28014 Madrid, Spain
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Diversification dynamics and transoceanic Eurasian-Australian disjunction in the genus Picris (Compositae) induced by the interplay of shifts in intrinsic/extrinsic traits and paleoclimatic oscillations. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2018; 119:182-195. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2017] [Revised: 11/15/2017] [Accepted: 11/15/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Serrano-Serrano ML, Rolland J, Clark JL, Salamin N, Perret M. Hummingbird pollination and the diversification of angiosperms: an old and successful association in Gesneriaceae. Proc Biol Sci 2018; 284:rspb.2016.2816. [PMID: 28381621 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.2816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2017] [Accepted: 03/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The effects of specific functional groups of pollinators in the diversification of angiosperms are still to be elucidated. We investigated whether the pollination shifts or the specific association with hummingbirds affected the diversification of a highly diverse angiosperm lineage in the Neotropics. We reconstructed a phylogeny of 583 species from the Gesneriaceae family and detected diversification shifts through time, inferred the timing and amount of transitions among pollinator functional groups, and tested the association between hummingbird pollination and speciation and extinction rates. We identified a high frequency of pollinator transitions, including reversals to insect pollination. Diversification rates of the group increased through time since 25 Ma, coinciding with the evolution of hummingbird-adapted flowers and the arrival of hummingbirds in South America. We showed that plants pollinated by hummingbirds have a twofold higher speciation rate compared with plants pollinated by insects, and that transitions among functional groups of pollinators had little impact on the diversification process. We demonstrated that floral specialization on hummingbirds for pollination has triggered rapid diversification in the Gesneriaceae family since the Early Miocene, and that it represents one of the oldest identified plant-hummingbird associations. Biotic drivers of plant diversification in the Neotropics could be more related to this specific type of pollinator (hummingbirds) than to shifts among different functional groups of pollinators.
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- Martha Liliana Serrano-Serrano
- Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.,Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Quartier Sorge, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.,Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Quartier Sorge, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Alabama, PO Box 870345, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0345, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.,Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Quartier Sorge, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Laboratory of Plant Systematics and Biodiversity, University of Geneva, Chemin de l'Impératrice 1, 1292 Chambésy, Geneva, Switzerland
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Pérez-Escobar OA, Cass S, Dodsworth S. Digest: Drivers of coral diversification in a major marine biodiversity hotspot. Evolution 2018; 72:406-408. [PMID: 29319173 DOI: 10.1111/evo.13419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2017] [Accepted: 12/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Trinity Centre for Biodiversity Research, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, TW9 3AB, Surrey, United Kingdom
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Species tree phylogeny, character evolution, and biogeography of the Patagonian genus Anarthrophyllum Benth. (Fabaceae). ORG DIVERS EVOL 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s13127-017-0355-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Gilbert KJ, Nitta JH, Talavera G, Pierce NE. Keeping an eye on coloration: ecological correlates of the evolution of pitcher traits in the genus Nepenthes (Caryophyllales). Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blx142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Jahner JP, Forister ML, Parchman TL, Smilanich AM, Miller JS, Wilson JS, Walla TR, Tepe EJ, Richards LA, Quijano‐Abril MA, Glassmire AE, Dyer LA. Host conservatism, geography, and elevation in the evolution of a Neotropical moth radiation. Evolution 2017; 71:2885-2900. [DOI: 10.1111/evo.13377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2017] [Revised: 09/12/2017] [Accepted: 09/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Joshua P. Jahner
- Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology, Department of Biology University of Nevada Reno Nevada 89557
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- Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology, Department of Biology University of Nevada Reno Nevada 89557
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- Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology, Department of Biology University of Nevada Reno Nevada 89557
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- Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology, Department of Biology University of Nevada Reno Nevada 89557
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- Division of Invertebrate Zoology American Museum of Natural History New York New York 10024
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- Department of Biology Colorado Mesa University Grand Junction Colorado 81507
- Seccion Invertebrados Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales Quito Ecuador
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- Department of Biological Sciences University of Cincinnati Cincinnati Ohio 45221
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- Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology, Department of Biology University of Nevada Reno Nevada 89557
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- Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology, Department of Biology University of Nevada Reno Nevada 89557
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- Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology, Department of Biology University of Nevada Reno Nevada 89557
- Seccion Invertebrados Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales Quito Ecuador
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Evolutionary analysis of Chironius snakes unveils cryptic diversity and provides clues to diversification in the Neotropics. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2017; 116:108-119. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2017] [Revised: 08/08/2017] [Accepted: 08/09/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Kong H, Condamine FL, Harris AJ, Chen J, Pan B, Möller M, Hoang VS, Kang M. Both temperature fluctuations and East Asian monsoons have driven plant diversification in the karst ecosystems from southern China. Mol Ecol 2017; 26:6414-6429. [PMID: 28960701 DOI: 10.1111/mec.14367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2017] [Revised: 08/07/2017] [Accepted: 08/14/2017] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Karst ecosystems in southern China are species-rich and have high levels of endemism, yet little is known regarding the evolutionary processes responsible for the origin and diversification of karst biodiversity. The genus Primulina (Gesneriaceae) comprises ca. 170 species endemic to southern China with high levels of ecological (edaphic) specialization, providing an exceptional model to study the plant diversification in karsts. We used molecular data from nine chloroplast and 11 nuclear regions and macroevolutionary analyses to assess the origin and cause of species diversification due to palaeoenvironmental changes and edaphic specialization in Primulina. We found that speciation was positively associated with changes in past temperatures and East Asian monsoons through the evolutionary history of Primulina. Climatic change around the mid-Miocene triggered an early burst followed by a slowdown of diversification rate towards the present with the climate cooling. We detected different speciation rates among edaphic types, and transitions among soil types were infrequently and did not impact the overall speciation rate. Our findings suggest that both global temperature changes and East Asian monsoons have played crucial roles in floristic diversification within the karst ecosystems in southern China, such that speciation was higher when climate was warmer and wetter. This is the first study to directly demonstrate that past monsoon activity is positively correlated with speciation rate in East Asia. This case study could motivate further investigations to assess the impacts of past environmental changes on the origin and diversification of biodiversity in global karst ecosystems, most of which are under threat.
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- Hanghui Kong
- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- CNRS, UMR 5554 Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution (Université de Montpellier), Montpellier, France
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- Department of Botany, MRC 166, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangxi Institute of Botany, Guangxi Zhang Autonomous Region and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guilin, China
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- Forest Plant Department, Vietnam National University of Forestry, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China.,Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar
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Molecular phylogeny and divergence times of Astragalus section Hymenostegis: An analysis of a rapidly diversifying species group in Fabaceae. Sci Rep 2017; 7:14033. [PMID: 29070910 PMCID: PMC5656595 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-14614-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2017] [Accepted: 10/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The taxa of Astragalus section Hymenostegis are an important element of mountainous and steppe habitats in Southwest Asia. A phylogenetic hypothesis of sect. Hymenostegis has been obtained from nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and plastid ycf1 sequences of up to 303 individuals from 106 species, including all 89 taxa currently assigned to sect. Hymenostegis, 14 species of other Astragalus sections, and two species of Oxytropis and one Biserrula designated as outgroups. Bayesian phylogenetic inference and parsimony analyses reveal that three species from two other closely related sections group within sect. Hymenostegis, making the section paraphyletic. DNA sequence diversity is generally very low among Hymenostegis taxa, which is consistent with recent diversification of the section. We estimate that diversification in sect. Hymenostegis occurred in the middle to late Pleistocene, with many species arising only during the last one million years, when environmental conditions in the mountain regions of Southwest and Central Asia cycled repeatedly between dry and more humid conditions.
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Cyriac VP, Kodandaramaiah U. Paleoclimate determines diversification patterns in the fossorial snake family Uropeltidae Cuvier, 1829. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2017; 116:97-107. [PMID: 28867076 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.08.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2017] [Revised: 08/17/2017] [Accepted: 08/24/2017] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Understanding how and why diversification rates vary across evolutionary time is central to understanding how biodiversity is generated and maintained. Recent mathematical models that allow estimation of diversification rates across time from reconstructed phylogenies have enabled us to make inferences on how biodiversity copes with environmental change. Here, we explore patterns of temporal diversification in Uropeltidae, a diverse fossorial snake family. We generate a time-calibrated phylogenetic hypothesis for Uropeltidae and show a significant correlation between diversification rate and paleotemperature during the Cenozoic. We show that the temporal diversification pattern of this group is punctuated by one rate shift event with a decrease in diversification and turnover rate between ca. 11Ma to present, but there is no strong support for mass extinction events. The analysis indicates higher turnover during periods of drastic climatic fluctuations and reduced diversification rates associated with contraction and fragmentation of forest habitats during the late Miocene. Our study highlights the influence of environmental fluctuations on diversification rates in fossorial taxa such as uropeltids, and raises conservation concerns related to present rate of climate change.
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- Vivek Philip Cyriac
- IISER-TVM Centre for Research and Education in Ecology and Evolution (ICREEE) and School of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram, Maruthamala P.O., Vithura, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 695551, India.
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- IISER-TVM Centre for Research and Education in Ecology and Evolution (ICREEE) and School of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram, Maruthamala P.O., Vithura, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 695551, India
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Hauenschild F, Favre A, Schnitzler J, Michalak I, Freiberg M, Muellner-Riehl AN. Spatio-temporal evolution of Allium L. in the Qinghai-Tibet-Plateau region: Immigration and in situ radiation. PLANT DIVERSITY 2017; 39:167-179. [PMID: 30159508 PMCID: PMC6112296 DOI: 10.1016/j.pld.2017.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2017] [Revised: 05/11/2017] [Accepted: 05/31/2017] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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A plethora of studies investigating the origin and evolution of diverse mountain taxa has assumed a causal link between geological processes (orogenesis) and a biological response (diversification). Yet, a substantial delay (up to 30 Myr) between the start of orogenesis and diversification is often observed. Evolutionary biologists should therefore identify alternative drivers of diversification and maintenance of biodiversity in mountain systems. Using phylogenetic, biogeographic, and diversification rate analyses, we could identify two independent processes that most likely explain the diversity of the widespread genus Allium in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP) region: (1) While the QTP-related taxa of the subgenus Melanocrommyum diversified in situ, (2) QTP-related taxa of other subgenera migrated into the QTP from multiple source areas. Furthermore, shifts in diversification rates within Allium could not be attributed spatially and temporally to the uplift history of the QTP region. Instead, global cooling and climate oscillations in the Quaternary were major contributors to increased speciation rates in three clades of Allium. Our study therefore adds to the growing evidence supporting the "mountain-geo-biodiversity hypothesis", which highlights the role of climate oscillations for the diversification of mountain organisms.
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- Frank Hauenschild
- Leipzig University, Department of Molecular Evolution and Plant Systematics & Herbarium (LZ), Johannisallee 21–23, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Leipzig University, Department of Molecular Evolution and Plant Systematics & Herbarium (LZ), Johannisallee 21–23, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Leipzig University, Department of Molecular Evolution and Plant Systematics & Herbarium (LZ), Johannisallee 21–23, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Leipzig University, Department of Molecular Evolution and Plant Systematics & Herbarium (LZ), Johannisallee 21–23, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Leipzig University, Department of Systematic Botany and Functional Biodiversity Research, Johannisallee 21–23, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Leipzig University, Department of Molecular Evolution and Plant Systematics & Herbarium (LZ), Johannisallee 21–23, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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Lagomarsino LP, Forrestel EJ, Muchhala N, Davis CC. Repeated evolution of vertebrate pollination syndromes in a recently diverged Andean plant clade. Evolution 2017. [DOI: 10.1111/evo.13297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Laura P. Lagomarsino
- Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Harvard University Herbaria 22 Divinity Avenue Cambridge Massachusetts 02138
- Current Address: Department of Biology University of Missouri–St. Louis, and Missouri Botanical Garden 4500 Shaw Boulevard St. Louis Missouri 63110
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- Department of Biology, University of Missouri–St. Louis, Research Building One University Boulevard St. Louis Missouri 63121
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- Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Harvard University Herbaria 22 Divinity Avenue Cambridge Massachusetts 02138
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Pérez-Escobar OA, Gottschling M, Chomicki G, Condamine FL, Klitgård BB, Pansarin E, Gerlach G. Andean Mountain Building Did not Preclude Dispersal of Lowland Epiphytic Orchids in the Neotropics. Sci Rep 2017; 7:4919. [PMID: 28687774 PMCID: PMC5501825 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-04261-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2017] [Accepted: 05/22/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The Andean uplift is one of the major orographic events in the New World and has impacted considerably the diversification of numerous Neotropical lineages. Despite its importance for biogeography, the specific role of mountain ranges as a dispersal barrier between South and Central American lowland plant lineages is still poorly understood. The swan orchids (Cycnoches) comprise ca 34 epiphytic species distributed in lowland and pre-montane forests of Central and South America. Here, we study the historical biogeography of Cycnoches to better understand the impact of the Andean uplift on the diversification of Neotropical lowland plant lineages. Using novel molecular sequences (five nuclear and plastid regions) and twelve biogeographic models, we infer that the most recent common ancestor of Cycnoches originated in Amazonia ca 5 Mya. The first colonization of Central America occurred from a direct migration event from Amazonia, and multiple bidirectional trans-Andean migrations between Amazonia and Central America took place subsequently. Notably, these rare biological exchanges occurred well after major mountain building periods. The Andes have limited plant migration, yet it has seldom allowed episodic gene exchange of lowland epiphyte lineages such as orchids with great potential for effortless dispersal because of the very light, anemochorous seeds.
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- Oscar Alejandro Pérez-Escobar
- Department Biologie, Systematische Botanik und Mykologie, GeoBio-Center, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, Menzinger Straße 67, D - 80638, Munich, Germany.
- Identification and Naming department, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, TW9 3AB, Surrey, UK.
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- Department Biologie, Systematische Botanik und Mykologie, GeoBio-Center, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, Menzinger Straße 67, D - 80638, Munich, Germany
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- Department Biologie, Systematische Botanik und Mykologie, GeoBio-Center, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, Menzinger Straße 67, D - 80638, Munich, Germany
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- CNRS, UMR 5554 Institut de Sciences de l'Evolution (Université de Montpellier), Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095, Montpellier, France
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- Identification and Naming department, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, TW9 3AB, Surrey, UK
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- Departamento de Biologia, Facultade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, SP, 14040-901, Brazil
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- Botanischer Garten München, Menzinger Straße 61, D - 80638, Munich, Germany.
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Pérez‐Escobar OA, Chomicki G, Condamine FL, Karremans AP, Bogarín D, Matzke NJ, Silvestro D, Antonelli A. Recent origin and rapid speciation of Neotropical orchids in the world's richest plant biodiversity hotspot. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2017; 215:891-905. [PMID: 28631324 PMCID: PMC5575461 DOI: 10.1111/nph.14629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2017] [Accepted: 04/07/2017] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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The Andean mountains of South America are the most species-rich biodiversity hotspot worldwide with c. 15% of the world's plant species, in only 1% of the world's land surface. Orchids are a key element of the Andean flora, and one of the most prominent components of the Neotropical epiphyte diversity, yet very little is known about their origin and diversification. We address this knowledge gap by inferring the biogeographical history and diversification dynamics of the two largest Neotropical orchid groups (Cymbidieae and Pleurothallidinae), using two unparalleled, densely sampled orchid phylogenies (including more than 400 newly generated DNA sequences), comparative phylogenetic methods, geological and biological datasets. We find that the majority of Andean orchid lineages only originated in the last 20-15 million yr. Andean lineages are derived from lowland Amazonian ancestors, with additional contributions from Central America and the Antilles. Species diversification is correlated with Andean orogeny, and multiple migrations and recolonizations across the Andes indicate that mountains do not constrain orchid dispersal over long timescales. Our study sheds new light on the timing and geography of a major Neotropical diversification, and suggests that mountain uplift promotes species diversification across all elevational zones.
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- Systematic Botany and MycologyUniversity of Munich (LMU)67 Menzinger Str.Munich80638Germany
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- CNRSUMR 5554 Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution (Université de Montpellier)Place Eugène Bataillon34095MontpellierFrance
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- Lankester Botanical GardenUniversity of Costa RicaPO Box 302‐7050CartagoCosta Rica
- Naturalis Biodiversity CenterLeiden2333 CRthe Netherlands
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- Lankester Botanical GardenUniversity of Costa RicaPO Box 302‐7050CartagoCosta Rica
- Naturalis Biodiversity CenterLeiden2333 CRthe Netherlands
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- Division of Ecology, Evolution, and GeneticsResearch School of BiologyThe Australian National UniversityCanberraACT2601Australia
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- Department of Biological and Environmental SciencesUniversity of Gothenburg413 19GothenburgSweden
- Department of Computational Biology, BiophoreUniversity of Lausanne1015LausanneSwitzerland
- Gothenburg Global Biodiversity CentreBox 461SE‐405 30GöteborgSweden
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- Department of Biological and Environmental SciencesUniversity of Gothenburg413 19GothenburgSweden
- Gothenburg Global Biodiversity CentreBox 461SE‐405 30GöteborgSweden
- Gothenburg Botanical GardenCarl Skottsbergs gata 22A41319GothenburgSweden
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Mateo RG, Mokany K, Guisan A. Biodiversity Models: What If Unsaturation Is the Rule? Trends Ecol Evol 2017; 32:556-566. [PMID: 28610851 PMCID: PMC5516772 DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2017.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2016] [Revised: 05/10/2017] [Accepted: 05/12/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Improving biodiversity predictions is essential if we are to meet the challenges posed by global change. As knowledge is key to feed models, we need to evaluate how debated theory can affect models. An important ongoing debate is whether environmental constraints limit the number of species that can coexist in a community (saturation), with recent findings suggesting that species richness in many communities might be unsaturated. Here, we propose that biodiversity models could address this issue by accounting for a duality: considering communities as unsaturated but where species composition is constrained by different scale-dependent biodiversity drivers. We identify a variety of promising advances for incorporating this duality into commonly applied biodiversity modelling approaches and improving their spatial predictions. The majority of biodiversity modelling approaches do not explicitly address the question of saturation. Theoretical and methodological implications of saturation or unsaturation in biodiversity modelling. Addressing saturation or unsaturation is vital to produce more reliable conservation strategies. Integrative community modelling frameworks may be the way forward.
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- Rubén G Mateo
- Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Biophore, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland; ETSI de Montes, Forestal y del Medio Natural, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria s/n, 28040, Madrid, Spain.
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Biophore, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland; Institute of Earth Science Dynamics, University of Lausanne, Geopolis, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Ebersbach J, Schnitzler J, Favre A, Muellner-Riehl AN. Evolutionary radiations in the species-rich mountain genus Saxifraga L. BMC Evol Biol 2017; 17:119. [PMID: 28545386 PMCID: PMC5445344 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-017-0967-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2016] [Accepted: 05/12/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background A large number of taxa have undergone evolutionary radiations in mountainous areas, rendering alpine systems particularly suitable to study the extrinsic and intrinsic factors that have shaped diversification patterns in plants. The species-rich genus Saxifraga L. is widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere, with high species numbers in the regions adjacent to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP) in particular the Hengduan Mountains and the Himalayas. Using a dataset of 297 taxa (representing at least 60% of extant Saxifraga species), we explored the variation of infrageneric diversification rates. In addition, we used state-dependent speciation and extinction models to test the effects of geographic distribution in the Hengduan Mountains and the entire QTP region as well as of two morphological traits (cushion habit and specialized lime-secreting glands, so-called hydathodes) on the diversification of this genus. Results We detected two to three rate shifts across the Saxifraga phylogeny and two of these shifts led to radiations within two large subclades of Saxifraga, sect. Ciliatae Haworth subsect. Hirculoideae Engl. & Irmsch. and sect. Porphyrion Tausch subsect. Kabschia Engl. GEOSSE analyses showed that presence in the Hengduan Mountains had a positive effect on diversification across Saxifraga. Influence of these mountains was strongest in Saxifraga sect. Ciliatae subsect. Hirculoideae given its pronounced distribution there, and thus the radiation in this group can be classified at least partially as geographic. In contrast, the evolution of the cushion life form and lime-secreting hydathodes had positive effects on diversification only in selected Saxifraga sections, including sect. Porphyrion subsect. Kabschia. We therefore argue that radiation in this group was likely adaptive. Conclusions Our study underlines the complexity of processes and factors underpinning plant radiations: Even in closely related lineages occupying the same life zone, shifts in diversification are not necessarily governed by similar factors. In conclusion, alpine plant radiations result from a complex interaction among geographical settings and/or climatic modifications providing key opportunities for diversification as well as the evolution of key innovations. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12862-017-0967-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- J Ebersbach
- Department of Molecular Evolution and Plant Systematics & Herbarium (LZ), Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Johannisallee 21-23, D-04103, Leipzig, Germany.
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- Department of Molecular Evolution and Plant Systematics & Herbarium (LZ), Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Johannisallee 21-23, D-04103, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Evolution and Plant Systematics & Herbarium (LZ), Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Johannisallee 21-23, D-04103, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Evolution and Plant Systematics & Herbarium (LZ), Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Johannisallee 21-23, D-04103, Leipzig, Germany.,German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, D-04103, Leipzig, Germany
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Tusiime FM, Gizaw A, Wondimu T, Masao CA, Abdi AA, Muwanika V, Trávníček P, Nemomissa S, Popp M, Eilu G, Brochmann C, Pimentel M. Sweet vernal grasses (Anthoxanthum) colonized African mountains along two fronts in the Late Pliocene, followed by secondary contact, polyploidization and local extinction in the Pleistocene. Mol Ecol 2017; 26:3513-3532. [PMID: 28390111 DOI: 10.1111/mec.14136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2016] [Revised: 03/24/2017] [Accepted: 03/29/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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High tropical mountains harbour remarkable and fragmented biodiversity thought to a large degree to have been shaped by multiple dispersals of cold-adapted lineages from remote areas. Few dated phylogenetic/phylogeographic analyses are however available. Here, we address the hypotheses that the sub-Saharan African sweet vernal grasses have a dual colonization history and that lineages of independent origins have established secondary contact. We carried out rangewide sampling across the eastern African high mountains, inferred dated phylogenies from nuclear ribosomal and plastid DNA using Bayesian methods, and performed flow cytometry and AFLP (amplified fragment length polymorphism) analyses. We inferred a single Late Pliocene western Eurasian origin of the eastern African taxa, whose high-ploid populations in one mountain group formed a distinct phylogeographic group and carried plastids that diverged from those of the currently allopatric southern African lineage in the Mid- to Late Pleistocene. We show that Anthoxanthum has an intriguing history in sub-Saharan Africa, including Late Pliocene colonization from southeast and north, followed by secondary contact, hybridization, allopolyploidization and local extinction during one of the last glacial cycles. Our results add to a growing body of evidence showing that isolated tropical high mountain habitats have a dynamic recent history involving niche conservatism and recruitment from remote sources, repeated dispersals, diversification, hybridization and local extinction.
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- Felly Mugizi Tusiime
- School of Forestry, Geographical and Environmental Sciences, Department of Forestry, Biodiversity and Tourism, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.,Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.,Department of Plant Biology and Biodiversity Management, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.,Department of Plant Biology and Biodiversity Management, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.,Department of Forest Biology, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania
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- Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.,National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya
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- School of Forestry, Geographical and Environmental Sciences, Department of Forestry, Biodiversity and Tourism, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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- Department of Flow Cytometry, Institute of Botany, Průhonice, Czech Republic
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- Department of Plant Biology and Biodiversity Management, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- School of Forestry, Geographical and Environmental Sciences, Department of Forestry, Biodiversity and Tourism, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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- Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.,CICA, Centro de Investigacións Científicas Avanzadas, Universidade da Coruña, Galicia, Spain
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Lisa De-Silva D, Mota LL, Chazot N, Mallarino R, Silva-Brandão KL, Piñerez LMG, Freitas AV, Lamas G, Joron M, Mallet J, Giraldo CE, Uribe S, Särkinen T, Knapp S, Jiggins CD, Willmott KR, Elias M. North Andean origin and diversification of the largest ithomiine butterfly genus. Sci Rep 2017; 7:45966. [PMID: 28387233 PMCID: PMC5384087 DOI: 10.1038/srep45966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2016] [Accepted: 02/22/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The Neotropics harbour the most diverse flora and fauna on Earth. The Andes are a major centre of diversification and source of diversity for adjacent areas in plants and vertebrates, but studies on insects remain scarce, even though they constitute the largest fraction of terrestrial biodiversity. Here, we combine molecular and morphological characters to generate a dated phylogeny of the butterfly genus Pteronymia (Nymphalidae: Danainae), which we use to infer spatial, elevational and temporal diversification patterns. We first propose six taxonomic changes that raise the generic species total to 53, making Pteronymia the most diverse genus of the tribe Ithomiini. Our biogeographic reconstruction shows that Pteronymia originated in the Northern Andes, where it diversified extensively. Some lineages colonized lowlands and adjacent montane areas, but diversification in those areas remained scarce. The recent colonization of lowland areas was reflected by an increase in the rate of evolution of species' elevational ranges towards present. By contrast, speciation rate decelerated with time, with no extinction. The geological history of the Andes and adjacent regions have likely contributed to Pteronymia diversification by providing compartmentalized habitats and an array of biotic and abiotic conditions, and by limiting dispersal between some areas while promoting interchange across others.
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- Donna Lisa De-Silva
- Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité, ISYEB - UMR 7205–CNRS MNHN UPMC EPHE, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Sorbonne Universités, 57 rue Cuvier CP50 F-75005, Paris, France
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- Departamento de Zoologia and Museu de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité, ISYEB - UMR 7205–CNRS MNHN UPMC EPHE, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Sorbonne Universités, 57 rue Cuvier CP50 F-75005, Paris, France
- Department of Biology, Lunds Universitet, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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- Centro de Biologia Molecular e Engenharia Genética, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Universidad Nacional de Colombia, sede Medellín, Medellín, Colombia
- Grupo de investigación Ciencias Forenses y Salud, Tecnológico de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia
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- Departamento de Zoologia and Museu de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru
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- Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, CEFE, UMR 5175 CNRS - EPHE - Université de Montpellier - Université Paul Valéry Montpellier, 34293 Montpellier 5, France
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- Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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- Universidad Nacional de Colombia, sede Medellín, Medellín, Colombia
- Grupo de Investigación de Sanidad Vegetal, Universidad Católica de Oriente, Rionegro, Antioquia, Colombia
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- Universidad Nacional de Colombia, sede Medellín, Medellín, Colombia
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- Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, UK
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- Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK
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- Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK
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- McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
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- Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité, ISYEB - UMR 7205–CNRS MNHN UPMC EPHE, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Sorbonne Universités, 57 rue Cuvier CP50 F-75005, Paris, France
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Uplift-driven diversification in the Hengduan Mountains, a temperate biodiversity hotspot. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:E3444-E3451. [PMID: 28373546 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1616063114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 277] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A common hypothesis for the rich biodiversity found in mountains is uplift-driven diversification-that orogeny creates conditions favoring rapid in situ speciation of resident lineages. We tested this hypothesis in the context of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP) and adjoining mountain ranges, using the phylogenetic and geographic histories of multiple groups of plants to infer the tempo (rate) and mode (colonization versus in situ diversification) of biotic assembly through time and across regions. We focused on the Hengduan Mountains region, which in comparison with the QTP and Himalayas was uplifted more recently (since the late Miocene) and is smaller in area and richer in species. Time-calibrated phylogenetic analyses show that about 8 million y ago the rate of in situ diversification increased in the Hengduan Mountains, significantly exceeding that in the geologically older QTP and Himalayas. By contrast, in the QTP and Himalayas during the same period the rate of in situ diversification remained relatively flat, with colonization dominating lineage accumulation. The Hengduan Mountains flora was thus assembled disproportionately by recent in situ diversification, temporally congruent with independent estimates of orogeny. This study shows quantitative evidence for uplift-driven diversification in this region, and more generally, tests the hypothesis by comparing the rate and mode of biotic assembly jointly across time and space. It thus complements the more prevalent method of examining endemic radiations individually and could be used as a template to augment such studies in other biodiversity hotspots.
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Chloroplast and ITS phylogenies to understand the evolutionary history of southern South American Azorella, Laretia and Mulinum (Azorelloideae, Apiaceae). Mol Phylogenet Evol 2017; 108:1-21. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2016] [Revised: 01/27/2017] [Accepted: 01/29/2017] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Badgley C, Smiley TM, Terry R, Davis EB, DeSantis LRG, Fox DL, Hopkins SSB, Jezkova T, Matocq MD, Matzke N, McGuire JL, Mulch A, Riddle BR, Roth VL, Samuels JX, Strömberg CAE, Yanites BJ. Biodiversity and Topographic Complexity: Modern and Geohistorical Perspectives. Trends Ecol Evol 2017; 32:211-226. [PMID: 28196688 DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2016.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2016] [Revised: 12/15/2016] [Accepted: 12/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Topographically complex regions on land and in the oceans feature hotspots of biodiversity that reflect geological influences on ecological and evolutionary processes. Over geologic time, topographic diversity gradients wax and wane over millions of years, tracking tectonic or climatic history. Topographic diversity gradients from the present day and the past can result from the generation of species by vicariance or from the accumulation of species from dispersal into a region with strong environmental gradients. Biological and geological approaches must be integrated to test alternative models of diversification along topographic gradients. Reciprocal illumination among phylogenetic, phylogeographic, ecological, paleontological, tectonic, and climatic perspectives is an emerging frontier of biogeographic research.
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- Catherine Badgley
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Department of Integrative Biology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
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- Department of Geological Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USA
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- Division of Evolution, Ecology, and Genetics, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- School of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt, Germany; Institute of Geosciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Nevada at Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, USA
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- Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
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Uribe-Convers S, Carlsen MM, Lagomarsino LP, Muchhala N. Phylogenetic relationships of Burmeistera (Campanulaceae: Lobelioideae): Combining whole plastome with targeted loci data in a recent radiation. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2017; 107:551-563. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2016] [Revised: 12/06/2016] [Accepted: 12/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Gao QB, Li Y, Gengji ZM, Gornall RJ, Wang JL, Liu HR, Jia LK, Chen SL. Population Genetic Differentiation and Taxonomy of Three Closely Related Species of Saxifraga (Saxifragaceae) from Southern Tibet and the Hengduan Mountains. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:1325. [PMID: 28804492 PMCID: PMC5532446 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2017] [Accepted: 07/14/2017] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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The effects of rapid, recent uplift of the Hengduan Mountains on evolution and diversification of young floristic lineages still remain unclear. Here, we investigate diversification of three closely related Saxifraga species with a distribution restricted to the Hengduan Mountains (HM) and southern Tibet, and comment on their taxonomy based on molecular evidence. Three chloroplast DNA fragments (rbcL, trnL-F, trnS-G) and the nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) were employed to study genetic structure across 104 individuals from 12 populations of Saxifraga umbellulata, S. pasumensis, and S. banmaensis. Chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) phylogenies revealed two well supported clades, corresponding to S. umbellulata and S. pasumensis plus S. banmaensis. Topology of the ITS phylogeny was largely congruent with that generated from cpDNA haplotypes, but with minor conflicts which might be caused by incomplete lineage sorting. Analyses of molecular variance of both cpDNA and ITS datasets revealed that most variation was held between S. pasumensis s.l. (with S. banmaensis) and S. umbellulata (92.31% for cpDNA; 69.78% for ITS), suggesting a high degree of genetic divergence between them. Molecular clock analysis based on ITS dataset suggested that the divergence between S. pasumensis s.l. and S. umbellulata can be dated to 8.50 Ma, probably a result of vicariant allopatric diversification associated with the uplift events of the HM. Vicariance associated with HM uplifts may also have been responsible for infraspecific differentiation in S. pasumensis. In contrast, infraspecific differentiation in S. umbellulata was most likely triggered by Quaternary glaciations. The much lower levels of gene diversity within populations of S. pasumensis compared with S. umbellulata could have resulted from both range contractions and human collection on account of its putative medicinal properties. Combining evidence from morphology, geographical distributions and molecular phylogenetic data, we recommend that S. banmaensis should be treated as a synonym of S. pasumensis which in turn, and based on the same sources of evidence, should be treated as a separate species rather than as a variety of S. umbellulata.
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- Qing-Bo Gao
- Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of SciencesXining, China
- Key Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding of Qinghai Province, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of SciencesXining, China
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- Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of SciencesXining, China
- University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of SciencesXining, China
- University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing, China
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- Department of Genetics, University of LeicesterLeicester, United Kingdom
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- Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of SciencesXining, China
- University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of SciencesXining, China
- University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of SciencesXining, China
- University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of SciencesXining, China
- *Correspondence: Shi-Long Chen
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The phylogeny of Heliconia (Heliconiaceae) and the evolution of floral presentation. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2016; 117:150-167. [PMID: 27998817 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2016] [Revised: 11/29/2016] [Accepted: 12/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Heliconia (Heliconiaceae, order Zingiberales) is among the showiest plants of the Neotropical rainforest and represent a spectacular co-evolutionary radiation with hummingbirds. Despite the attractiveness and ecological importance of many Heliconia, the genus has been the subject of limited molecular phylogenetic studies. We sample seven markers from the plastid and nuclear genomes for 202 samples of Heliconia. This represents ca. 75% of accepted species and includes coverage of all taxonomic subgenera and sections. We date this phylogeny using fossils associated with other families in the Zingiberales; in particular we review and evaluate the Eocene fossil Ensete oregonense. We use this dated phylogenetic framework to evaluate the evolution of two components of flower orientation that are hypothesized to be important for modulating pollinator discrimination and pollen placement: resupination and erect versus pendant inflorescence habit. Our phylogenetic results suggest that the monophyletic Melanesian subgenus Heliconiopsis and a small clade of Ecuadorian species are together the sister group to the rest of Heliconia. Extant diversity of Heliconia originated in the Late Eocene (39Ma) with rapid diversification through the Early Miocene, making it the oldest known clade of hummingbird-pollinated plants. Most described subgenera and sections are not monophyletic, though closely related groups of species, often defined by shared geography, mirror earlier morphological cladistic analyses. Evaluation of changes in resupination and inflorescence habit suggests that these characters are more homoplasious than expected, and this largely explains the non-monophyly of previously circumscribed subgenera, which were based on these characters. We also find strong evidence for the correlated evolution of resupination and inflorescence habit. The correlated model suggests that the most recent common ancestor of all extant Heliconia had resupinate flowers and erect inflorescences. Finally, we note our nearly complete species sampling and dated phylogeny allow for an assessment of taxonomic history in terms of phylogenetic diversity. We find approximately half of the currently recognized species, corresponding to half of the phylogenetic diversity, have been described since 1975, highlighting the continued importance of basic taxonomic research and conservation initiatives to preserve both described and undiscovered species of Heliconia.
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Nattier R, Capdevielle-Dulac C, Cassildé C, Couloux A, Cruaud C, Lachaume G, Lamas G, Silvain JF, Blandin P. Phylogeny and diversification of the cloud forest Morpho sulkowskyi
group (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) in the evolving Andes. ZOOL SCR 2016. [DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Romain Nattier
- Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité; ISYEB UMR 7205 CNRS MNHN UPMC EPHE; Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle; Sorbonne Universités; 57 rue Cuvier CP50 75005 Paris France
- Laboratoire Évolution, génomes, comportement, écologie; CNRS université Paris-Sud UMR 9191 - IRD UMR 247; Gif-sur-Yvette France
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- Laboratoire Évolution, génomes, comportement, écologie; CNRS université Paris-Sud UMR 9191 - IRD UMR 247; Gif-sur-Yvette France
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- Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité; ISYEB UMR 7205 CNRS MNHN UPMC EPHE; Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle; Sorbonne Universités; 57 rue Cuvier CP50 75005 Paris France
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- Technique; Genoscope. Centre National de Sequençage; Evry Ile-de-France France
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- Technique; Genoscope. Centre National de Sequençage; Evry Ile-de-France France
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- Departamento de Entomología; Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos; Avenida Arenales 1256 Apartado 14-0434 Lima 14 Peru
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- Laboratoire Évolution, génomes, comportement, écologie; CNRS université Paris-Sud UMR 9191 - IRD UMR 247; Gif-sur-Yvette France
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- Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité; ISYEB UMR 7205 CNRS MNHN UPMC EPHE; Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle; Sorbonne Universités; 57 rue Cuvier CP50 75005 Paris France
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Kolanowska M, Naczk AM, Jaskuła R. Herbarium-based studies on taxonomy, biogeography and ecology of Psilochilus (Orchidaceae). PeerJ 2016; 4:e2600. [PMID: 27843710 PMCID: PMC5103833 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.2600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2016] [Accepted: 09/23/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Psilochilus is a poorly studied orchid genus distributed from southern Mexico to south-eastern Brazil. A taxonomic revision of this Neotropical endemic based on morphological data is presented. MATERIAL AND METHODS Over 170 dried herbarium specimens and flowers preserved in liquid of Psilochilus were analyzed. Morphological variation among examined taxa was described based on multivariate analysis. To evaluate the similarity between niches occupied by various Psilochilus species ecological niche modeling (ENM) was applied. Species richness and the distribution patterns of Psilochilus representatives were analyzed based on squares of 5° latitude and longitude while similarities among floras between biogeographical units were measured using the Bray-Curtis index for presence/absence data. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION A new species of the P. physurifolius-complex is described based on Central American material. Psilochilus crenatifolius is reduced to the rank of variety as P. macrophyllus var. crenatifolius. A key to 18 accepted Psilochilus species is provided. The illustrations of perianth segments of all recognized taxa are presented. The climatic niches preferred by the particular Psilochilus representatives are well separated based on ecological niche modeling analysis. Their distribution is limited mainly by the isothermality and temperature seasonality. The highest Psilochilus species richness is observed in the North Andean, Panamanian, Brazilian Planalto and Central American biogeographical provinces. A high level of endemism is observed in all those regions as well as Yungas biogeographical province. Most Psilochilus species occur in areas above 800 m of elevation. The populations were most often reported from the tropical rain forest and tropical moist deciduous forest.
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- Marta Kolanowska
- Department of Plant Taxonomy and Nature Conservation/Faculty of Biology, University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
- Department of Biodiversity Research, Global Change Research Institute AS CR, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Hydrobiology, University of Lodz, Łódź, Poland
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Kolář F, Dušková E, Sklenář P. Niche shifts and range expansions along cordilleras drove diversification in a high-elevation endemic plant genus in the tropical Andes. Mol Ecol 2016; 25:4593-610. [PMID: 27482945 DOI: 10.1111/mec.13788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2016] [Revised: 07/18/2016] [Accepted: 07/22/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The tropical Andes represent one of the world's biodiversity hot spots, but the evolutionary drivers generating their striking species diversity still remain poorly understood. In the treeless high-elevation Andean environments, Pleistocene glacial oscillations and niche differentiation are frequently hypothesized diversification mechanisms; however, sufficiently densely sampled population genetic data supporting this are still lacking. Here, we reconstruct the evolutionary history of Loricaria (Asteraceae), a plant genus endemic to the Andean treeless alpine zone, based on comprehensive population-level sampling of 289 individuals from 67 populations across the entire distribution ranges of its northern Andean species. Partly incongruent AFLP and plastid DNA markers reveal that the distinct genetic structure was shaped by a complex interplay of biogeography (spread along and across the cordilleras), history (Pleistocene glacial oscillations) and local ecological conditions. While plastid variation documents an early split or colonization of the northern Andes by at least two lineages, one of which further diversified, a major split in the AFLP data correlate with altitudinal ecological differentiation. This suggests that niche shifts may be important drivers of Andean diversification not only in forest-alpine transitions, but also within the treeless alpine zone itself. The patterns of genetic differentiation at the intraspecific level reject the hypothesized separation in spatially isolated cordilleras and instead suggest extensive gene flow among populations from distinct mountain chains. Our study highlights that leveraging highly variable markers against extensive population-level sampling is a promising approach to address mechanisms of rapid species diversifications.
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- Filip Kolář
- Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1172 Blindern, Oslo, NO-0318, Norway. .,Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Prague, CZ-128 01, Czech Republic. .,Institute of Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Průhonice, CZ-252 43, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Prague, CZ-128 01, Czech Republic
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- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Prague, CZ-128 01, Czech Republic
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- Colin E Hughes
- Institute of Systematic Botany, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, Zurich, CH-8008, Switzerland
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