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Tian X, Ye J, Wang T, Bao L, Wang H. Different processes shape the patterns of divergence in the nuclear and chloroplast genomes of a relict tree species in East Asia. Ecol Evol 2020; 10:4331-4342. [PMID: 32489600 PMCID: PMC7246201 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.6200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2019] [Revised: 02/25/2020] [Accepted: 02/26/2020] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Isolation by spatial distance (IBD), environment (IBE), and historical climatic instability (IBI) are three common processes assessed in phylogeographic and/or landscape genetic studies. However, the relative contributions of these three processes with respect to spatial genetic patterns have seldom been compared. Moreover, whether the relative contribution differs in different regions or when assessed using different genetic markers has rarely been reported. Lindera obtusiloba has been found to have two sister genetic clades of chloroplast (cpDNA) and nuclear microsatellite (nSSR), both of which show discontinuous distribution in northern and southern East Asia. In this study, we used the Mantel test and multiple matrix regression with randomization (MMRR) to determine the relative contributions of IBD, IBE, and IBI with respect to L. obtusiloba populations. Independent Mantel tests and MMRR calculations were conducted for two genetic data sets (cpDNA and nSSR) and for different regions (the overall species range, and northern and southern subregions of the range). We found a significant IBI pattern in nSSR divergence for all assessed regions, whereas no clear IBI pattern was detected with respect to cpDNA. In contrast, significant (or marginal) divergent IBD patterns were detected for cpDNA in all regions, whereas although a significant IBE was apparent with respect to the overall range, the effect was not detected in the two subregions. The differences identified in nSSR and cpDNA population divergence may be related to differences in the heredity and ploidy of the markers. Compared with the southern region, the northern region showed less significant correlation patterns, which may be related to the shorter population history and restricted population range. The findings of this study serve to illustrate that comparing between markers or regions can contribute to gaining a better understanding the population histories of different genomes or within different regions of a species' range.
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- Xiang‐Yu Tian
- State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology and Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological EngineeringCollege of Life SciencesBeijing Normal UniversityBeijingChina
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- Germplasm Bank of Wild Species in Southwest ChinaKunming Institute of BotanyChinese Academy of SciencesKunmingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology and Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological EngineeringCollege of Life SciencesBeijing Normal UniversityBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology and Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological EngineeringCollege of Life SciencesBeijing Normal UniversityBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology and Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological EngineeringCollege of Life SciencesBeijing Normal UniversityBeijingChina
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Kremer A, Hipp AL. Oaks: an evolutionary success story. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2020; 226:987-1011. [PMID: 31630400 PMCID: PMC7166131 DOI: 10.1111/nph.16274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2019] [Accepted: 09/13/2019] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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The genus Quercus is among the most widespread and species-rich tree genera in the northern hemisphere. The extraordinary species diversity in America and Asia together with the continuous continental distribution of a limited number of European species raise questions about how macro- and microevolutionary processes made the genus Quercus an evolutionary success. Synthesizing conclusions reached during the past three decades by complementary approaches in phylogenetics, phylogeography, genomics, ecology, paleobotany, population biology and quantitative genetics, this review aims to illuminate evolutionary processes leading to the radiation and expansion of oaks. From opposing scales of time and geography, we converge on four overarching explanations of evolutionary success in oaks: accumulation of large reservoirs of diversity within populations and species; ability for rapid migration contributing to ecological priority effects on lineage diversification; high rates of evolutionary divergence within clades combined with convergent solutions to ecological problems across clades; and propensity for hybridization, contributing to adaptive introgression and facilitating migration. Finally, we explore potential future research avenues, emphasizing the integration of microevolutionary and macroevolutionary perspectives.
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- Antoine Kremer
- BIOGECO, INRA, Université de Bordeaux, 69 Route
d'Arcachon, 33612 Cestas, France
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- The Morton Arboretum, Lisle IL 60532-1293, USA
- The Field Museum, Chicago IL 60605, USA
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Xue AT, Hickerson MJ. Comparative phylogeographic inference with genome‐wide data from aggregated population pairs. Evolution 2020; 74:808-830. [DOI: 10.1111/evo.13945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2017] [Revised: 01/24/2020] [Accepted: 01/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Alexander T. Xue
- Subprogram in Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior, Department of BiologyGraduate Center of City University of New York New York NY 10016
- Subprogram in Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior, Department of BiologyCity College of City University of New York New York NY 10031
- Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey and Department of GeneticsRutgers University Piscataway NJ 08854
- Simons Center for Quantitative BiologyCold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor NY 11724
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- Subprogram in Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior, Department of BiologyGraduate Center of City University of New York New York NY 10016
- Subprogram in Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior, Department of BiologyCity College of City University of New York New York NY 10031
- Division of Invertebrate ZoologyAmerican Museum of Natural History New York NY 10024
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Murray-Stoker D, Murray-Stoker KM. Consistent metacommunity structure despite inconsistent drivers of assembly at the continental scale. J Anim Ecol 2020; 89:1678-1689. [PMID: 32221972 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2019] [Accepted: 02/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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A fundamental goal of community ecology is to understand the drivers of community assembly and diversity. Local factors acting on community assembly are typically related to environmental conditions while regional factors are typically related to dispersal. Previous research has not consistently demonstrated the importance of local or regional factors, but this is likely because these factors act in concert and not in isolation. Studies that simultaneously integrate local and regional factors into analyses of community assembly can be a useful avenue to further our understanding of this core concept in community ecology. Here, we aimed to identify metacommunity structure and diversity and the local and regional drivers of community assembly at the continental scale. We evaluated metacommunity structure and drivers of assembly of macroinvertebrate communities in 941 rivers and streams nested within nine ecoregions distributed across the conterminous United States. Pattern-based metacommunity analyses and boosted regression tree techniques were used to (a) assign metacommunity structures and (b) identify the environmental, landscape and network drivers of assembly. We also evaluated how biodiversity scaled across hierarchical levels and varied among ecoregions. Metacommunity structures were consistent for the conterminous United States and each of the nine ecoregion subsets, with each ecoregional metacommunity displaying a Clementsian structure. Environmental variables were the predominant drivers of assembly, suggesting the importance of species sorting and environmental filtering on community structure; however, the identity of the most influential environmental variables differed among ecoregions and suggested hierarchical filtering on assembly. Partitioned diversity was found to be lower at the local and ecoregional levels, but turnover in diversity among ecoregions was higher than expected. Our results demonstrate contingencies in community assembly, notwithstanding consistency in metacommunity structure and support the importance of environmental control over community assembly and biodiversity. Moreover, biodiversity at the continental scale is likely maintained through this inherent variation in the drivers of assembly and concomitant changes in community composition among ecoregions. We suggest that further work should evaluate the assembly of other facets of community structure and the underlying mechanisms of the contingency in assembly drivers.
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- David Murray-Stoker
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Denney DA, Jameel MI, Bemmels JB, Rochford ME, Anderson JT. Small spaces, big impacts: contributions of micro-environmental variation to population persistence under climate change. AOB PLANTS 2020; 12:plaa005. [PMID: 32211145 PMCID: PMC7082537 DOI: 10.1093/aobpla/plaa005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2019] [Accepted: 02/06/2020] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Individuals within natural populations can experience very different abiotic and biotic conditions across small spatial scales owing to microtopography and other micro-environmental gradients. Ecological and evolutionary studies often ignore the effects of micro-environment on plant population and community dynamics. Here, we explore the extent to which fine-grained variation in abiotic and biotic conditions contributes to within-population variation in trait expression and genetic diversity in natural plant populations. Furthermore, we consider whether benign microhabitats could buffer local populations of some plant species from abiotic stresses imposed by rapid anthropogenic climate change. If microrefugia sustain local populations and communities in the short term, other eco-evolutionary processes, such as gene flow and adaptation, could enhance population stability in the longer term. We caution, however, that local populations may still decline in size as they contract into rare microhabitats and microrefugia. We encourage future research that explicitly examines the role of the micro-environment in maintaining genetic variation within local populations, favouring the evolution of phenotypic plasticity at local scales and enhancing population persistence under global change.
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- Derek A Denney
- Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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- Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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- Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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- Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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De La Torre AR, Wilhite B, Neale DB. Environmental Genome-Wide Association Reveals Climate Adaptation Is Shaped by Subtle to Moderate Allele Frequency Shifts in Loblolly Pine. Genome Biol Evol 2020; 11:2976-2989. [PMID: 31599932 PMCID: PMC6821164 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evz220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/07/2019] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Understanding the genomic basis of local adaptation is crucial to determine the potential of long-lived woody species to withstand changes in their natural environment. In the past, efforts to dissect the genomic architecture in gymnosperms species have been limited due to the absence of reference genomes. Recently, the genomes of some commercially important conifers, such as loblolly pine, have become available, allowing whole-genome studies of these species. In this study, we test for associations between 87k SNPs, obtained from whole-genome resequencing of loblolly pine individuals, and 270 environmental variables and combinations of them. We determine the geographic location of significant loci and identify their genomic location using our newly constructed ultradense 26k SNP linkage map. We found that water availability is the main climatic variable shaping local adaptation of the species, and found 821 SNPs showing significant associations with climatic variables or combinations of them based on the consistent results of three different genotype–environment association methods. Our results suggest that adaptation to climate in the species might have occurred by many changes in the frequency of alleles with moderate to small effect sizes, and by the smaller contribution of large effect alleles in genes related to moisture deficit, temperature and precipitation. Genomic regions of low recombination and high population differentiation harbored SNPs associated with groups of environmental variables, suggesting climate adaptation might have evolved as a result of different selection pressures acting on groups of genes associated with an aspect of climate rather than on individual environmental variables.
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California-Davis
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Looney BP, Adamčík S, Matheny PB. Coalescent-based delimitation and species-tree estimations reveal Appalachian origin and Neogene diversification in Russula subsection Roseinae. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2020; 147:106787. [PMID: 32165159 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2019] [Revised: 03/04/2020] [Accepted: 03/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Numerous lineages of mushroom-forming fungi have been subject to bursts of diversification throughout their evolutionary history, events that can impact our ability to infer well-resolved phylogenies. However, groups that have undergone quick genetic change may have the highest adaptive potential. As the second largest genus of mushroom-forming fungi, Russula provides an excellent model for studying hyper-diversification and processes in evolution that drives it. This study focuses on the morphologically defined group - Russula subsection Roseinae. Species hypotheses based on morphological differentiation and multi-locus phylogenetic analyses are tested in the Roseinae using different applications of the multi-species coalescent model. Based on this combined approach, we recognize fourteen species in Roseinae including the Albida and wholly novel Magnarosea clades. Reconstruction of biogeographic and host association history suggest that parapatric speciation in refugia during glacial cycles of the Pleistocene drove diversification within the Roseinae, which is found to have a Laurasian distribution with an evolutionary origin in the Appalachian Mountains of eastern North America. Finally, we detect jump dispersal at a continental scale that has driven diversification since the most recent glacial cycles.
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- Brian P Looney
- University of Tennessee, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.
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- Plant Science and Biodiversity Centre, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 84523 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- University of Tennessee, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
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Radomski T, Hantak MM, Brown AD, Kuchta SR. Multilocus Phylogeography of Eastern Red-Backed Salamanders (Plethodon cinereus): Cryptic Appalachian Diversity and Postglacial Range Expansion. HERPETOLOGICA 2020. [DOI: 10.1655/herpetologica-d-19-00045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Tom Radomski
- Ohio Center for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies, Department of Biological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, USA
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- Ohio Center for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies, Department of Biological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, USA
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- Ohio Center for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies, Department of Biological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, USA
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- Ohio Center for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies, Department of Biological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, USA
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Myers EA, McKelvy AD, Burbrink FT. Biogeographic barriers, Pleistocene refugia, and climatic gradients in the southeastern Nearctic drive diversification in cornsnakes (Pantherophis guttatus complex). Mol Ecol 2020; 29:797-811. [PMID: 31955477 DOI: 10.1111/mec.15358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2019] [Revised: 01/08/2020] [Accepted: 01/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The southeastern Nearctic is a biodiversity hotspot that is also rich in cryptic species. Numerous hypotheses (e.g., vicariance, local adaptation, and Pleistocene speciation in glacial refugia) have been tested in an attempt to explain diversification and the observed pattern of extant biodiversity. However, previous phylogeographic studies have both supported and refuted these hypotheses. Therefore, while data support one or more of these diversification hypotheses, it is likely that taxa are forming within this region in species-specific ways. Here, we generate a genomic data set for the cornsnakes (Pantherophis guttatus complex), which are widespread across this region, spanning both biogeographic barriers and climatic gradients. We use phylogeographic model selection combined with hindcast ecological niche models to determine regions of habitat stability through time. This combined approach suggests that numerous drivers of population differentiation explain the current diversity of this group of snakes. The Mississippi River caused initial speciation in this species complex, with more recent divergence events linked to adaptations to ecological heterogeneity and allopatric Pleistocene refugia. Lastly, we discuss the taxonomy of this group and suggest there may be additional cryptic species in need of formal recognition.
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- Edward A Myers
- Department of Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA.,Department of Herpetology, The American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Biology, The Graduate School and Center, City University of New York, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Herpetology, The American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, USA
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Demırtaş S, Silsüpür M, Searle JB, Bilton D, Gündüz İ. What should we call the Levant mole? Unravelling the systematics and demography of Talpa levantis Thomas, 1906 sensu lato (Mammalia: Talpidae). Mamm Biol 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s42991-020-00010-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Kennedy JP, Preziosi RF, Rowntree JK, Feller IC. Is the central-marginal hypothesis a general rule? Evidence from three distributions of an expanding mangrove species, Avicennia germinans (L.) L. Mol Ecol 2020; 29:704-719. [PMID: 31990426 PMCID: PMC7065085 DOI: 10.1111/mec.15365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2019] [Revised: 12/17/2019] [Accepted: 01/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The central-marginal hypothesis (CMH) posits that range margins exhibit less genetic diversity and greater inter-population genetic differentiation compared to range cores. CMH predictions are based on long-held "abundant-centre" assumptions of a decline in ecological conditions and abundances towards range margins. Although much empirical research has confirmed CMH, exceptions remain almost as common. We contend that mangroves provide a model system to test CMH that alleviates common confounding factors and may help clarify this lack of consensus. Here, we document changes in black mangrove (Avicennia germinans) population genetics with 12 nuclear microsatellite loci along three replicate coastlines in the United States (only two of three conform to underlying "abundant-centre" assumptions). We then test an implicit prediction of CMH (reduced genetic diversity may constrain adaptation at range margins) by measuring functional traits of leaves associated with cold tolerance, the climatic factor that controls these mangrove distributional limits. CMH predictions were confirmed only along the coastlines that conform to "abundant-centre" assumptions and, in contrast to theory, range margin A. germinans exhibited functional traits consistent with greater cold tolerance compared to range cores. These findings support previous accounts that CMH may not be a general rule across species and that reduced neutral genetic diversity at range margins may not be a constraint to shifts in functional trait variation along climatic gradients.
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- John Paul Kennedy
- Smithsonian Marine StationSmithsonian InstitutionFort PierceFLUSA
- Department of Natural SciencesFaculty of Science and Engineering, Ecology and Environment Research CentreManchester Metropolitan UniversityManchesterUK
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- Department of Natural SciencesFaculty of Science and Engineering, Ecology and Environment Research CentreManchester Metropolitan UniversityManchesterUK
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- Department of Natural SciencesFaculty of Science and Engineering, Ecology and Environment Research CentreManchester Metropolitan UniversityManchesterUK
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- Smithsonian Environmental Research CenterSmithsonian InstitutionEdgewaterMDUSA
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Loureiro LO, Engstrom MD, Lim BK. Comparative phylogeography of mainland and insular species of Neotropical molossid bats ( Molossus). Ecol Evol 2020; 10:389-409. [PMID: 31993120 PMCID: PMC6972955 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2019] [Revised: 11/13/2019] [Accepted: 11/15/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Historical events, habitat preferences, and geographic barriers might result in distinct genetic patterns in insular versus mainland populations. Comparison between these two biogeographic systems provides an opportunity to investigate the relative role of isolation in phylogeographic patterns and to elucidate the importance of evolution and demographic history in population structure. Herein, we use a genotype-by-sequencing approach (GBS) to explore population structure within three species of mastiff bats (Molossus molossus, M. coibensis, and M. milleri), which represent different ecological histories and geographical distributions in the genus. We tested the hypotheses that oceanic straits serve as barriers to dispersal in Caribbean bats and that isolated island populations are more likely to experience genetic drift and bottlenecks in comparison with highly connected ones, thus leading to different phylogeographic patterns. We show that population structures vary according to general habitat preferences, levels of population isolation, and historical fluctuations in climate. In our dataset, mainland geographic barriers played only a small role in isolation of lineages. However, oceanic straits posed a partial barrier to the dispersal for some populations within some species (M. milleri), but do not seem to disrupt gene flow in others (M. molossus). Lineages on distant islands undergo genetic bottlenecks more frequently than island lineages closer to the mainland, which have a greater exchange of haplotypes.
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- Livia O. Loureiro
- Department of Natural HistoryRoyal Ontario MuseumTorontoONCanada
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary BiologyUniversity of TorontoTorontoONCanada
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- Department of Natural HistoryRoyal Ontario MuseumTorontoONCanada
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary BiologyUniversity of TorontoTorontoONCanada
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- Department of Natural HistoryRoyal Ontario MuseumTorontoONCanada
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Rocha-Méndez A, Sánchez-González LA, González C, Navarro-Sigüenza AG. The geography of evolutionary divergence in the highly endemic avifauna from the Sierra Madre del Sur, Mexico. BMC Evol Biol 2019; 19:237. [PMID: 31888449 PMCID: PMC6937948 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-019-1564-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2019] [Accepted: 12/15/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Background Mesoamerica is a remarkable region with a high geological and ecological complexity. Within northern Mesoamerica, the biotic province of the Sierra Madre del Sur (SMS) in southwestern Mexico harbors exceptionally high avian endemism and diversity. Herein, we searched for spatially and temporally concordant phylogeographic patterns, in four bird genera from three distinct avian orders co-distributed across Mesoamerica and investigated their causes through hypothesis testing regarding historical processes. Selected species include endemic and differentiated populations across the montane forests of Mesoamerica, and particularly within the SMS. Results We gathered mitochondrial DNA sequences for at least one locus from 177 individuals across all species. We assessed genetic structure, demographic history, and defined a framework for the coalescent simulations used in biogeographic hypothesis testing temporal and spatial co-variance. Our analyses suggested shared phylogeographic breaks in areas corresponding to the SMS populations, and between the main montane systems in Mesoamerica, with the Central Valley of Oaxaca and the Nicaragua Depression being the most frequently shared breaks among analyzed taxa. Nevertheless, dating analyses and divergence patterns observed were consistent with the hypothesis of broad vicariance across Mesoamerica derived from mechanisms operating at distinct times across taxa in the SMS. Conclusions Our study provides a framework for understanding the evolutionary origins and historical factors enhancing speciation in well-defined regions within Mesoamerica, indicating that the evolutionary history of extant biota inhabiting montane forests is complex and often idiosyncratic.
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- Alberto Rocha-Méndez
- Museo de Zoología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70-399, 04510, Mexico City, Mexico. .,Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico.
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- Museo de Zoología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70-399, 04510, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Instituto de Investigaciones sobre los Recursos Naturales, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Mexico
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- Museo de Zoología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70-399, 04510, Mexico City, Mexico.,Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
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Jackson DJ, Cook JA. A precarious future for distinctive peripheral populations of meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus). J Mammal 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyz196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Conservation efforts rely on robust taxonomic assessments that should be based on critical assessment of interspecific boundaries, infraspecific variation, and potentially distinctive peripheral populations. The meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus) is widely distributed across North America, including 28 morphologically defined subspecies and numerous isolated populations. Because some subspecies are of high conservation concern, we examined geographic variation across the range of the species to test existing infraspecific taxonomy in terms of local and regional diversification. We sequenced mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from 20 subspecies of M. pennsylvanicus and contextualized infraspecific variation through comparison of pairwise genetic distances derived from an extended data set of 63 species of Microtus. We found strong support for at least three divergent clades within M. pennsylvanicus, with observed intraspecific clade divergence exceeding that between several pairwise comparisons of sister species within Microtus. Six nuclear genes were then sequenced to test the validity of mtDNA structure and to further evaluate the possibility of cryptic, species-level diversity using Bayes factor species delimitation (BFD) analyses. BFD consistently and decisively supported multiple species based on the multilocus approach. We propose that taxonomic revision of the meadow vole is required, with the eastern clade now identified as M. pennsylvanicus (Ord 1815), the western clade as M. drummondii (Audubon and Bachman 1853), and the coastal Florida clade as M. dukecampbelli (Woods, Post, and Kilpatrick 1982). We suggest that such an arrangement would more closely reflect evolutionary history and provide critical context for further examination of distinctive southern peripheral populations that harbor novel evolutionary legacies and adaptive potential.
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- Donavan J Jackson
- Department of Biology and Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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- Department of Biology and Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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Solecki AM, Skevington JH, Buddle CM, Wheeler TA. Phylogeography of higher Diptera in glacial and postglacial grasslands in western North America. BMC Ecol 2019; 19:53. [PMID: 31861996 PMCID: PMC6923875 DOI: 10.1186/s12898-019-0266-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2019] [Accepted: 11/22/2019] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Pleistocene glaciations have had an important impact on the species distribution and community composition of the North American biota. Species survived these glacial cycles south of the ice sheets and/or in other refugia, such as Beringia. In this study, we assessed, using mitochondrial DNA from three Diptera species, whether flies currently found in Beringian grasslands (1) survived glaciation as disjunct populations in Beringia and in the southern refugium; (2) dispersed northward postglacially from the southern refugium; or (3) arose by a combination of the two. Samples were collected in grasslands in western Canada: Prairies in Alberta and Manitoba; the Peace River region (Alberta); and the southern Yukon Territory. We sequenced two gene regions (658 bp of cytochrome c oxidase subunit I, 510 bp of cytochrome b) from three species of higher Diptera: one with a continuous distribution across grassland regions, and two with disjunct populations between the regions. We used a Bayesian approach to determine population groupings without a priori assumptions and performed analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) and exact tests of population differentiation (ETPD) to examine their validity. Molecular dating was used to establish divergence times. RESULTS Two geographically structured populations were found for all species: a southern Prairie and Peace River population, and a Yukon population. Although AMOVA did not show significant differentiation between populations, ETPD did. Divergence time between Yukon and southern populations predated the Holocene for two species; the species with an ambiguous divergence time had high haplotype diversity, which could suggest survival in a Beringian refugium. CONCLUSIONS Populations of Diptera in Yukon grasslands could have persisted in steppe habitats in Beringia through Pleistocene glaciations. Current populations in the region appear to be a mix of Beringian relict populations and, to a lesser extent, postglacial dispersal northward from southern prairie grasslands.
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- Anna M. Solecki
- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1 Canada
- Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, Macdonald Campus, Ste-Anne-De-Bellevue, QC H9X 3V9 Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes, 960 Carling Ave, Ottawa, ON K1A 0C6 Canada
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- Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, Macdonald Campus, Ste-Anne-De-Bellevue, QC H9X 3V9 Canada
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- Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, Macdonald Campus, Ste-Anne-De-Bellevue, QC H9X 3V9 Canada
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Beaudry FEG, Barrett SCH, Wright SI. Ancestral and neo-sex chromosomes contribute to population divergence in a dioecious plant. Evolution 2019; 74:256-269. [PMID: 31808547 DOI: 10.1111/evo.13892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2019] [Revised: 10/16/2019] [Accepted: 11/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Empirical evidence from several animal groups suggests sex chromosomes disproportionately contribute to reproductive isolation. This effect may be enhanced when sex chromosomes are associated with turnover of sex determination systems resulting from structural rearrangements to the chromosomes. We investigated these predictions in the dioecious plant Rumex hastatulus, which is composed of populations of two different sex chromosome cytotypes caused by an X-autosome fusion. Using population genomic analyses, we investigated the demographic history of R. hastatulus and explored the contributions of ancestral and neo-sex chromosomes to population genetic divergence. Our study revealed that the cytotypes represent genetically divergent populations with evidence for historical but not contemporary gene flow between them. In agreement with classical predictions, we found that the ancestral X chromosome was disproportionately divergent compared with the rest of the genome. Excess differentiation was also observed on the Y chromosome, even when we used measures of differentiation that control for differences in effective population size. Our estimates of the timing of the origin of neo-sex chromosomes in R. hastatulus are coincident with cessation of gene flow, suggesting that the chromosomal fusion event that gave rise to the origin of the XYY cytotype may have also contributed to reproductive isolation.
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- Felix E G Beaudry
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 3B2, Canada
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 3B2, Canada
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 3B2, Canada
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Salazar-Vallejo SI, Rizzo AE, de León-González JÁ, Brauko KM. Four new Caribbean Sigambra species (Annelida, Pilargidae), and clarifications of three other Sigambra species. Zookeys 2019; 893:21-50. [PMID: 31844399 PMCID: PMC6901610 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.893.39594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2019] [Accepted: 11/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Sigambragrubii Müller, 1858 has been reported from many different coastal environments in Brazil and the Grand Caribbean. However, more than one species was thought to be included under this species group name. After the study of several subtle and consistent differences in specimens fitting the description S.grubii, a new Grand Caribbean species is herein recognized and described as S.hernandezisp. nov. Further, the study of other Sigambra specimens prompted the examination of type specimens of S.bassi (Hartman, 1947), and of S.wassi Pettibone, 1966 to clarify some morphological features, and three other new species are recognized and newly described: S.diazisp. nov. and S.ligneroisp. nov. from the southeastern Caribbean (Venezuela), and S.olivaisp. nov. from the northwestern Caribbean (México). Morphological features are also clarified for S.grubii by comparison with specimens from the type locality, Florianópolis, Brazil, and with type specimens of S.bassi from Florida (U.S.A.), and non-type specimens of S.wassi from Virginia (USA). A key to identify all species of Sigambra is also included.
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- Sergio I Salazar-Vallejo
- Depto. Sistemática y Ecología Acuática, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Chetumal, QR, México El Colegio de la Frontera Sur Chetumal Mexico
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- Laboratório de Zoologia de Invertebrados, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- Laboratorio de Biosistemática, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, NL, México Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León Monterrey Mexico
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- Benthic Laboratory, NEMAR, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil Federal University of Santa Catarina Florianópolis Brazil
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McCallum JL, Nabuurs MH, Gallant ST, Kirby CW, Mills AAS. Phytochemical Characterization of Wild Hops ( Humulus lupulus ssp. lupuloides) Germplasm Resources From the Maritimes Region of Canada. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:1438. [PMID: 31921222 PMCID: PMC6917649 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.01438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2019] [Accepted: 10/16/2019] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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A survey was conducted in the Maritimes region of eastern Canada to measure the phytochemical diversity of prenylchalcone, soft resins (alpha & beta acids), and flavonol constituents from 30 unique wild-growing populations of hops (Humulus lupulus L.). Based on cone chemometrics, the majority of accessions (63.3%) are native Humulus lupulus ssp. lupoloides, with cones containing both xanthogalenol and 4'-O-methyl xanthohumol as chemotaxonomic indicator molecules. Interestingly, the leaves of all verified Humulus lupulus ssp. lupulus accessions accumulated high proportions (>0.20 total flavonols) of two acylated flavonol derivatives (kaempferol-3-O-(6''-O-malonyl)-β-D-glucopyranoside; quercetin-3-O-(6''-O-malonyl)-β-D-glucopyranoside), both previously unreported from hops leaves. The native lupuloides accessions examined possess only trace amounts of this compound in their leaves (<0.10 total flavonols), suggesting its potential utility as a novel, leaf-derived chemotaxonomic marker for subspecies identification purposes. A leaf-derived taxonomic marker is useful for identifying wild-growing accessions, as leaves are present throughout the entire growing season, whereas cones are only produced late in summer. Additionally, the collection of cones from 10-meter tall wild plants in overgrown riparian habitats is often difficult. The total levels of alpha acids, beta acids, and prenylchalcones in wild-collected Maritimes lupuloides cones are markedly higher than those previously reported for lupuloides individuals in the westernmost extent of its native range and show potentially valuable traits for future cultivar development, while some may be worthy of immediate commercial release. The accessions will be maintained as a core germplasm resource for future cultivar development.
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- Jason L. McCallum
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Charlottetown Research and Development Centre, Charlottetown, Canada
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Rincon-Sandoval M, Betancur-R R, Maldonado-Ocampo JA. Comparative phylogeography of trans-Andean freshwater fishes based on genome-wide nuclear and mitochondrial markers. Mol Ecol 2019; 28:1096-1115. [PMID: 30714250 DOI: 10.1111/mec.15036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2018] [Revised: 01/17/2019] [Accepted: 01/23/2019] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The Neotropical region represents one of the greatest biodiversity hot spots on earth. Despite its unparalleled biodiversity, regional comparative phylogeographic studies are still scarce, with most focusing on model clades (e.g. birds) and typically examining a handful of loci. Here, we apply a genome-wide comparative phylogeographic approach to test hypotheses of codiversification of freshwater fishes in the trans-Andean region. Using target capture methods, we examined exon data for over 1,000 loci combined with complete mitochondrial genomes to study the phylogeographic history of five primary fish species (>150 individuals) collected from eight major river basins in Northwestern South America and Lower Central America. To assess their patterns of genetic structure, we inferred genealogical concordance taking into account all major aspects of phylogeography (within loci, across multiple genes, across species and among biogeographic provinces). Based on phylogeographic concordance factors, we tested four a priori biogeographic hypotheses, finding support for three of them and uncovering a novel, unexpected pattern of codiversification. The four emerging inter-riverine patterns are as follows: (a) Tuira + Atrato, (b) Ranchería + Catatumbo, (c) Magdalena system and (d) Sinú + Atrato. These patterns are interpreted as shared responses to the complex uplifting and orogenic processes that modified or sundered watersheds, allowing codiversification and speciation over geological time. We also find evidence of cryptic speciation in one of the species examined and instances of mitochondrial introgression in others. These results help further our knowledge of the historical geographic factors shaping the outstanding biodiversity of the Neotropics.
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- Melissa Rincon-Sandoval
- Laboratorio de Ictiología, Unidad de Ecología y Sistemática (UNESIS), Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.,Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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- Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico.,Department of Biology, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
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- Laboratorio de Ictiología, Unidad de Ecología y Sistemática (UNESIS), Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
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Hope AG, Stephens RB, Mueller SD, Tkach VV, Demboski JR. Speciation of North American pygmy shrews (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae) supports spatial but not temporal congruence of diversification among boreal species. Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blz139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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AbstractSpeciation among many animals was rapid through the Pleistocene, impacted by climate and periodic isolation and reconnection. As such, species limits among often morphologically cryptic lineages may remain unresolved despite clear mitogenomic partitioning. Accumulating evidence from phylogeographical studies is revealing congruent regional differentiation of lineages across taxonomic groups that share ecological and evolutionary traits. Here, we analyse multiple DNA loci and morphology to resolve the geography and timeframe associated with evolutionary history of North American pygmy shrews (genus Sorex). We then assess lineage diversification among three co-distributed shrew complexes using phylogenetic and approximate Bayesian computation approaches to test a hypothesis of spatial congruence but temporal incongruence of species formation on a continental scale. Our results indicate consistency in regional lineage distributions, partial congruence of the sequence of divergence, and strong but not definitive support for temporal incongruence, suggesting that successive glacial cycles initiated the process of diversification repeatedly through the Pleistocene. Our results emphasize a continuing need for greater genomic coverage in comparative phylogeography, with persistent challenges. We recognize distinct eastern (Sorex hoyi Baird, 1857) and western (Sorex eximius Osgood, 1901) species of pygmy shrew based on available evidence, but discuss issues with taxonomic designations considering the continuum of speciation throughout the boreal biome.
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- Andrew G Hope
- Division of Biology, 116 Ackert Hall, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Natural Resources and the Environment, 114 James Hall, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA
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- Department of Biology, Starcher Hall, University of North Dakota Grand Forks, Grand Forks, ND, USA
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- Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Boulevard, Denver, CO, USA
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Senula SF, Scavetta JT, Banta JA, Mueller UG, Seal JN, Kellner K. Potential Distribution of Six North American Higher-Attine Fungus-Farming Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Species. JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE (ONLINE) 2019; 19:24. [PMID: 31854452 PMCID: PMC6921375 DOI: 10.1093/jisesa/iez118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2018] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Ants are among the most successful insects in Earth's evolutionary history. However, there is a lack of knowledge regarding range-limiting factors that may influence their distribution. The goal of this study was to describe the environmental factors (climate and soil types) that likely impact the ranges of five out of the eight most abundant Trachymyrmex species and the most abundant Mycetomoellerius species in the United States. Important environmental factors may allow us to better understand each species' evolutionary history. We generated habitat suitability maps using MaxEnt for each species and identified associated most important environmental variables. We quantified niche overlap between species and evaluated possible congruence in species distribution. In all but one model, climate variables were more important than soil variables. The distribution of M. turrifex (Wheeler, W.M., 1903) was predicted by temperature, specifically annual mean temperature (BIO1), T. arizonensis (Wheeler, W.M., 1907), T. carinatus, and T. smithi Buren, 1944 were predicted by precipitation seasonality (BIO15), T. septentrionalis (McCook, 1881) were predicted by precipitation of coldest quarter (BIO19), and T. desertorum (Wheeler, W.M., 1911) was predicted by annual flood frequency. Out of 15 possible pair-wise comparisons between each species' distributions, only one was statistically indistinguishable (T. desertorum vs T. septentrionalis). All other species distribution comparisons show significant differences between species. These models support the hypothesis that climate is a limiting factor in each species distribution and that these species have adapted to temperatures and water availability differently.
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- Sarah F Senula
- Department of Biology, University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX, USA
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- Section of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX, USA
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Murray C, Litmer A, Grisnik M, Sconyers ML, Guyer C. Head shape variation among cryptic populations of ground skinks (
Scincella lateralis
). J ZOOL SYST EVOL RES 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Christopher Murray
- Department of Biological Sciences Tennessee Technological University Cookeville Tennessee
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- Department of Biological Sciences Tennessee Technological University Cookeville Tennessee
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- Department of Biology Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro Tennessee
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- Division of Habitat and Species Conservation Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Tallahassee Florida
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- Department of Biological Sciences Auburn University Auburn Alabama
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Burkhart JJ, Puckett EE, Beringer CJ, Sholy CN, Semlitsch RD, Eggert LS. Post-Pleistocene differentiation in a Central Interior Highlands endemic salamander. Ecol Evol 2019; 9:11171-11184. [PMID: 31641463 PMCID: PMC6802018 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2019] [Revised: 07/30/2019] [Accepted: 08/07/2019] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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AIM For many endemic species with limited dispersal capacities, the relationship between landscape changes and species distributions is still unclear. We characterized the population structure of the endemic ringed salamander (Ambystoma annulatum) across its distribution in the Central Interior Highlands (CIH) of North America, an area of high species endemism, to infer the ecological and evolutionary history of the species. METHODS We sampled 498 individuals across the species distribution and characterized the population genetic structure using nuclear microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) markers. RESULTS Ambystoma annulatum exist in two strongly supported nuclear genetic clusters across the CIH that correspond to a northern cluster that includes the Missouri Ozark populations and a southern cluster that includes the Arkansas and Oklahoma Ozarks and the Ouachita Mountains. Our demographic models estimated that these populations diverged approximately 2,700 years ago. Pairwise estimates of genetic differentiation at microsatellite and mtDNA markers indicated limited contemporary gene flow and suggest that genetic differentiation was primarily influenced by changes in the post-Pleistocene landscape of the CIH. MAIN CONCLUSIONS Both the geologic history and post-European settlement history of the CIH have influenced the population genetic structure of A. annulatum. The low mtDNA diversity suggests a retraction into and expansion out of refugial areas in the south-central Ozarks, during temperature fluctuations of the Pleistocene and Holocene epochs. Similarly, the estimated divergence time for the two nuclear clusters corresponds to changes in the post-Pleistocene landscape. More recently, decreased A. annulatum gene flow may be a result of increased habitat fragmentation and alteration post-European settlement.
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- Department of Biological SciencesUniversity of MemphisMemphisTNUSA
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- Division of Biological SciencesUniversity of MissouriColumbiaMOUSA
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Chloroplast Genomes and Comparative Analyses among Thirteen Taxa within Myrsinaceae s.str. Clade (Myrsinoideae, Primulaceae). Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20184534. [PMID: 31540236 PMCID: PMC6769889 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20184534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2019] [Revised: 09/02/2019] [Accepted: 09/10/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The Myrsinaceae s.str. clade is a tropical woody representative in Myrsinoideae of Primulaceae and has ca. 1300 species. The generic limits and alignments of this clade are unclear due to the limited number of genetic markers and/or taxon samplings in previous studies. Here, the chloroplast (cp) genomes of 13 taxa within the Myrsinaceae s.str. clade are sequenced and characterized. These cp genomes are typical quadripartite circle molecules and are highly conserved in size and gene content. Three pseudogenes are identified, of which ycf15 is totally absent from five taxa. Noncoding and large single copy region (LSC) exhibit higher levels of nucleotide diversity (Pi) than other regions. A total of ten hotspot fragments and 796 chloroplast simple sequence repeats (SSR) loci are found across all cp genomes. The results of phylogenetic analysis support the notion that the monophyletic Myrsinaceae s.str. clade has two subclades. Non-synonymous substitution rates (dN) are higher in housekeeping (HK) genes than photosynthetic (PS) genes, but both groups have a nearly identical synonymous substitution rate (dS). The results indicate that the PS genes are under stronger functional constraints compared with the HK genes. Overall, the study provides hypervariable molecular markers for phylogenetic reconstruction and contributes to a better understanding of plastid gene evolution in Myrsinaceae s.str. clade.
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Gómez-Zurita J, Cardoso A. Phylogeographic assessment of mtDNA paraphyly and the evolution of unisexuality in Calligrapha
(Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). J ZOOL SYST EVOL RES 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- Jesús Gómez-Zurita
- Animal Biodiversity and Evolution; Institute of Evolutionary Biology (CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra); Barcelona Spain
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- Animal Biodiversity and Evolution; Institute of Evolutionary Biology (CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra); Barcelona Spain
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Du Z, Hasegawa H, Cooley JR, Simon C, Yoshimura J, Cai W, Sota T, Li H. Mitochondrial Genomics Reveals Shared Phylogeographic Patterns and Demographic History among Three Periodical Cicada Species Groups. Mol Biol Evol 2019; 36:1187-1200. [PMID: 30850829 PMCID: PMC6526903 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msz051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The mass application of whole mitogenome (MG) sequencing has great potential for resolving complex phylogeographic patterns that cannot be resolved by partial mitogenomic sequences or nuclear markers. North American periodical cicadas (Magicicada) are well known for their periodical mass emergence at 17- and 13-year intervals in the north and south, respectively. Magicicada comprises three species groups, each containing one 17-year species and one or two 13-year species. Within each life cycle, single-aged cohorts, called broods, of periodical cicadas emerge in different years, and most broods contain members of all three species groups. There are 12 and three extant broods of 17- and 13-year cicadas, respectively. The phylogeographic relationships among the populations and broods within the species groups have not been clearly resolved. We analyzed 125 whole MG sequences from all broods and seven species within three species groups to ascertain the divergence history of the geographic and allochronic populations and their life cycles. Our mitogenomic phylogeny analysis clearly revealed that each of the three species groups had largely similar phylogeographic subdivisions (east, middle, and west) and demographic histories (rapid population expansion after the last glacial period). The mitogenomic phylogeny also partly resolved the brood diversification process, which could be explained by hypothetical temporary life cycle shifts, and showed that none of the 13- and 17-year species within the species groups was monophyletic, possibly due to gene flow between them. Our findings clearly reveal phylogeographic structures in the three Magicicada species groups, demonstrating the advantage of whole MG sequence data in phylogeographic studies.
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- Zhenyong Du
- Department of Entomology and MOA Key Lab of Pest Monitoring and Green Management, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Zoology, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology and Department of Mathematical and Systems Engineering, Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu, Japan.,Department of Environmental and Forest Biology, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY.,Marine Biosystems Research Center, Chiba University, Kamogawa, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Entomology and MOA Key Lab of Pest Monitoring and Green Management, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Zoology, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Entomology and MOA Key Lab of Pest Monitoring and Green Management, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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Integrating Phylogeographic Analysis and Geospatial Methods to Infer Historical Dispersal Routes and Glacial Refugia of Liriodendron chinense. FORESTS 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/f10070565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Liriodendron chinense (Hemsl.), a Tertiary relic tree, is mainly distributed in subtropical China. The causes of the geographical distribution pattern of this species are poorly understood. In this study, we inferred historical dispersal routes and glacial refugia of this species by combining genetic data (chloroplast DNA (cpDNA), nuclear ribosomal DNA (nrDNA), and nuclear DNA (nDNA)) and geospatial data (climate and geology) with the methods of landscape genetics. Additionally, based on sequence variation at multiple loci, we employed GenGIS and Barrier software to analyze L. chinense population genetic structure. Dispersal corridors and historical gene flow between the eastern and western populations were detected, and they were located in mountainous regions. Based on species distribution model (SDMs), the distribution patterns in paleoclimatic periods were consistent with the current pattern, suggesting the presence of multiple refuges in multiple mountainous regions in China. The genetic structure analysis clustered most eastern populations into a clade separated from the western populations. Additionally, a genetic barrier was detected between the eastern and western populations. The dispersal corridors and historical gene flow detected here suggested that the mountains acted as a bridge, facilitating gene flow between the eastern and western populations. Due to Quaternary climatic fluctuations, the habitats and dispersal corridors were frequently inhabited by warm-temperate evergreen forests, which may have fragmented L. chinense habitats and exacerbated the differentiation of eastern and western populations. Ultimately, populations retreated to multiple isolated mountainous refugia, shaping the current geographical distribution pattern. These dispersal corridors and montane refugia suggested that the mountains in subtropical China play a crucial role in the conservation of genetic resources and migration of subspecies or related species in this region.
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Bourgeois Y, Ruggiero RP, Manthey JD, Boissinot S. Recent Secondary Contacts, Linked Selection, and Variable Recombination Rates Shape Genomic Diversity in the Model Species Anolis carolinensis. Genome Biol Evol 2019; 11:2009-2022. [PMID: 31134281 PMCID: PMC6681179 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evz110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Gaining a better understanding on how selection and neutral processes affect genomic diversity is essential to gain better insights into the mechanisms driving adaptation and speciation. However, the evolutionary processes affecting variation at a genomic scale have not been investigated in most vertebrate lineages. Here, we present the first population genomics survey using whole genome resequencing in the green anole (Anolis carolinensis). Anoles have been intensively studied to understand mechanisms underlying adaptation and speciation. The green anole in particular is an important model to study genome evolution. We quantified how demography, recombination, and selection have led to the current genetic diversity of the green anole by using whole-genome resequencing of five genetic clusters covering the entire species range. The differentiation of green anole's populations is consistent with a northward expansion from South Florida followed by genetic isolation and subsequent gene flow among adjacent genetic clusters. Dispersal out-of-Florida was accompanied by a drastic population bottleneck followed by a rapid population expansion. This event was accompanied by male-biased dispersal and/or selective sweeps on the X chromosome. We show that the interaction between linked selection and recombination is the main contributor to the genomic landscape of differentiation in the anole genome.
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- New York University Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University
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Morris AB, Shaw J. Markers in time and space: A review of the last decade of plant phylogeographic approaches. Mol Ecol 2019; 27:2317-2333. [PMID: 29675939 DOI: 10.1111/mec.14695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2017] [Revised: 03/22/2018] [Accepted: 03/26/2018] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Plant studies comprise a relatively small proportion of the phylogeographic literature, likely as a consequence of the fundamental challenges posed by the complex genomic structures and life history strategies of these organisms. Comparative plastomics (i.e., comparisons of mutation rates within and among regions of the chloroplast genome) across plant lineages has led to an increased understanding of which markers are likely to provide the most information at low taxonomic levels. However, the extent to which the results of such work have influenced the literature has not been fully assessed, nor has the extent to which plant phylogeographers explicitly analyse markers in time and space, both of which are integral components of the field. Here, we reviewed more than 400 publications from the last decade of plant phylogeography to specifically address the following questions: (i) What is the phylogenetic breadth of studies to date? (ii) What molecular markers have been used, and why were they chosen? (iii) What kinds of markers are most frequently used and in what combinations? (iv) How frequently are divergence time estimation and ecological niche modelling used in plant phylogeography? Our results indicate that chloroplast DNA sequence data remain the primary tool of choice, followed distantly by nuclear DNA sequences and microsatellites. Less than half (42%) of all studies use divergence time estimation, while even fewer use ecological niche modelling (14%). We discuss the implications of our findings, as well as the need for community standards on data reporting.
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- Ashley B Morris
- Department of Biology and Center for Molecular Biosciences, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee
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- Department of Biology, Geology, and Environmental Science, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, Tennessee
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Spriggs EL, Schlutius C, Eaton DA, Park B, Sweeney PW, Edwards EJ, Donoghue MJ. Differences in flowering time maintain species boundaries in a continental radiation of Viburnum. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 2019; 106:833-849. [PMID: 31124135 DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.1292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2018] [Accepted: 03/19/2019] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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PREMISE We take an integrative approach in assessing how introgression and Pleistocene climate fluctuations have shaped the diversification of the core Lentago clade of Viburnum, a group of five interfertile species with broad areas of sympatry. We specifically tested whether flowering time plays a role in maintaining species isolation. METHODS RAD-seq data for 103 individuals were used to infer the species relationships and the genetic structure within each species. Flowering times were compared among species on the basis of historical flowering dates documented by herbarium specimens. RESULTS Within each species, we found a strong relationship between flowering date and latitude, such that southern populations flower earlier than northern ones. In areas of sympatry, the species flower in sequence rather than simultaneously, with flowering dates offset by ≥9 d for all species pairs. In two cases it appears that the offset in flowering times is an incidental consequence of adaptation to differing climates, but in the recently diverged sister species V. prunifolium and V. rufidulum, we find evidence that reinforcement led to reproductive character displacement. Long-term trends suggest that the two northern-most species are flowering earlier in response to recent climate change. CONCLUSIONS We argue that speciation in the Lentago clade has primarily occurred through ecological divergence of allopatric populations, but differences in flowering time were essential to maintain separation of incipient species when they came into secondary contact. This combination of factors may underlie diversification in many other plant clades.
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- Elizabeth L Spriggs
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, P.O. Box 208106, New Haven, Connecticut, 06520, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, P.O. Box 208106, New Haven, Connecticut, 06520, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, New York, New York, 10027, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, P.O. Box 208106, New Haven, Connecticut, 06520, USA
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- Division of Botany, Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, P.O. Box 208118, New Haven, Connecticut, 06520, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, P.O. Box 208106, New Haven, Connecticut, 06520, USA
- Division of Botany, Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, P.O. Box 208118, New Haven, Connecticut, 06520, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, P.O. Box 208106, New Haven, Connecticut, 06520, USA
- Division of Botany, Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, P.O. Box 208118, New Haven, Connecticut, 06520, USA
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Nauer F, Deluqui Gurgel CF, Ayres-Ostrock LM, Plastino EM, Oliveira MC. Phylogeography of the Hypnea musciformis species complex (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta) with the recognition of cryptic species in the western Atlantic Ocean. JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY 2019; 55:676-687. [PMID: 30809803 DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2018] [Accepted: 02/05/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Populations of the marine benthic red macroalgae Hypnea musciformis and Hypnea pseudomusciformis along the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans were tested for phylogeographic structure using the DNA barcode COI-5P combined with rbcL for the construction of the phylogenetic tree. Strong patterns of genetic structure were detected across 210 COI-5P DNA sequences, and 37 COI-5P haplotypes were found, using multiple statistical approaches. Hypnea musciformis was found in the Northeast and Northwest Atlantic, the Mediterrean Sea, Namibia, and along the Pacific coast of Mexico. Two new putative species were detected, Hypnea sp. 1 in the Caribbean Sea and Hypnea sp. 2 in the Dominican Republic. Three distinct marine phylogeographic provinces were recognized in the Southern Hemisphere for H. pseudomusciformis: Uruguay, South-Southeast Brazil, and Northeast Brazil. The degree of genetic isolation and distinctness among these provinces varied considerably. The Uruguay province was the most genetically distinct, as characterized by four unique haplotypes not shared with any of the Brazilian populations. Statistically significant results support both, isolation by distance and isolation by environment hypotheses, explaining the formation and mantainance of phylogeographic structuring along the Uruguay-Brazil coast. Geographic, taxonomic and molecular marker concordances were found between our H. pseudomusciformis results and published studies. Furthermore, our data indicate that the Hawaiian introduced populations of H. musciformis contain Hypnea sp. 1 haplotypes, the current known distribution of which is restricted to the Caribbean.
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- Fabio Nauer
- Department of Botany, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, Rua do Matão 277, São Paulo, São Paulo, 05508-090, Brazil
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- Departament of Botany, Institute of Biosciences, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, 88040-900, Brazil
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- Department of Botany, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, Rua do Matão 277, São Paulo, São Paulo, 05508-090, Brazil
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- Department of Botany, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, Rua do Matão 277, São Paulo, São Paulo, 05508-090, Brazil
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- Department of Botany, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, Rua do Matão 277, São Paulo, São Paulo, 05508-090, Brazil
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Barrowclough GF, Groth JG, Mauck WM, Blair ME. Phylogeography and species limits in the red-shouldered hawk ( Buteo lineatus): Characterization of the Northern Florida Suture Zone in birds. Ecol Evol 2019; 9:6245-6258. [PMID: 31236218 PMCID: PMC6580285 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2019] [Revised: 03/28/2019] [Accepted: 03/29/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The North American red-shouldered hawk, Buteo lineatus, is comprised of two widely allopatric eastern and western populations with an additional well-marked subspecies in the Florida peninsula. The two eastern populations meet in northern Florida, the location of a well-known suture zone in many nonavian organisms. We sequenced the complete mitochondrial ND2 gene and two nuclear introns to investigate its genetic population structure and species status. No mitochondrial haplotypes were shared between the eastern and western populations, and genetic variance among 14 populations was 0.42; almost all of this (0.40) was distributed among the three regions. A clade of haplotypes very common in the Florida peninsula decreased in frequency elsewhere and, when modeled as a hybrid zone, had an estimated width of 1,158 km with a center near Ocala, FL. Ecological niche modeling suggests the western, eastern, and Florida peninsula populations were geographically isolated during the last glacial maximum. We consider these to represent three phylogenetic species. A coalescent analysis incorporating incomplete lineage sorting and gene tree uncertainty also suggested the divergence between the western and eastern populations is consistent with species-level divergence. With the addition of this hawk, four avian species are now known to hybridize along the Gulf Coast of the United States in or near the Northern Florida Suture Zone. The widths of these avian zones vary substantially (176-1,158 km) and appear to reflect magnitude of gene flow, rather than extent of genetic differentiation. None of these birds was suggested as possible exemplars in the original description of the suture zone. Of the six species that were so identified, three have been surveyed to date, but none of those was found to be genetically differentiated.
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- Department of OrnithologyAmerican Museum of Natural HistoryNew YorkNew York
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- Department of OrnithologyAmerican Museum of Natural HistoryNew YorkNew York
- New York Genome CenterNew YorkNew York
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- Center for Biodiversity and ConservationAmerican Museum of Natural HistoryNew YorkNew York
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DeSaix MG, Bulluck LP, Eckert AJ, Viverette CB, Boves TJ, Reese JA, Tonra CM, Dyer RJ. Population assignment reveals low migratory connectivity in a weakly structured songbird. Mol Ecol 2019; 28:2122-2135. [DOI: 10.1111/mec.15083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2018] [Accepted: 03/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Matthew G. DeSaix
- Center for Environmental Studies Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond Virginia
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- Center for Environmental Studies Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond Virginia
- Department of Biology Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond Virginia
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- Department of Biology Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond Virginia
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- Arkansas Department of Biological Sciences Arkansas State University Jonesboro Arkansas
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- Department of Biology Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond Virginia
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- School of Environmental and Natural Resources The Ohio State University Columbus Ohio
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- Center for Environmental Studies Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond Virginia
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Sullivan J, Smith ML, Espíndola A, Ruffley M, Rankin A, Tank D, Carstens B. Integrating life history traits into predictive phylogeography. Mol Ecol 2019; 28:2062-2073. [DOI: 10.1111/mec.15029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2018] [Revised: 01/04/2019] [Accepted: 01/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Jack Sullivan
- Department of Biological Sciences University of Idaho Moscow Idaho
- Institute for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies University of Idaho Moscow Idaho
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology The Ohio State University Columbus Ohio
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- Department of Biological Sciences University of Idaho Moscow Idaho
- Department of Entomology University of Maryland College Park Maryland
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- Department of Biological Sciences University of Idaho Moscow Idaho
- Institute for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies University of Idaho Moscow Idaho
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- Department of Biological Sciences University of Idaho Moscow Idaho
- Institute for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies University of Idaho Moscow Idaho
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- Department of Biological Sciences University of Idaho Moscow Idaho
- Institute for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies University of Idaho Moscow Idaho
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology The Ohio State University Columbus Ohio
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Genomic evidence of survival near ice sheet margins for some, but not all, North American trees. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:8431-8436. [PMID: 30962371 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1901656116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Temperate species experienced dramatic range reductions during the Last Glacial Maximum, yet refugial populations from which modern populations are descended have never been precisely located. Climate-based models identify only broad areas of potential habitat, traditional phylogeographic studies provide poor spatial resolution, and pollen records for temperate forest communities are difficult to interpret and do not provide species-level taxonomic resolution. Here we harness signals of range expansion from large genomic datasets, using a simulation-based framework to infer the precise latitude and longitude of glacial refugia in two widespread, codistributed hickories (Carya spp.) and to quantify uncertainty in these estimates. We show that one species likely expanded from close to ice sheet margins near the site of a previously described macrofossil for the genus, highlighting support for the controversial notion of northern microrefugia. In contrast, the expansion origin inferred for the second species is compatible with classic hypotheses of distant displacement into southern refugia. Our statistically rigorous, powerful approach demonstrates how refugia can be located from genomic data with high precision and accuracy, addressing fundamental questions about long-term responses to changing climates and providing statistical insight into longstanding questions that have previously been addressed primarily qualitatively.
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Hyseni C, Garrick RC. The role of glacial-interglacial climate change in shaping the genetic structure of eastern subterranean termites in the southern Appalachian Mountains, USA. Ecol Evol 2019; 9:4621-4636. [PMID: 31031931 PMCID: PMC6476779 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2018] [Revised: 01/27/2019] [Accepted: 02/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The eastern subterranean termite, Reticulitermes flavipes, currently inhabits previously glaciated regions of the northeastern U.S., as well as the unglaciated southern Appalachian Mountains and surrounding areas. We hypothesized that Pleistocene climatic fluctuations have influenced the distribution of R. flavipes, and thus the evolutionary history of the species. We estimated contemporary and historical geographic distributions of R. flavipes by constructing Species Distribution Models (SDM). We also inferred the evolutionary and demographic history of the species using mitochondrial (cytochrome oxidase I and II) and nuclear (endo-beta-1,4-glucanase) DNA sequence data. To do this, genetic populations were delineated using Bayesian spatial-genetic clustering, competing hypotheses about population divergence were assessed using approximate Bayesian computation (ABC), and changes in population size were estimated using Bayesian skyline plots. SDMs identified areas in the north with suitable habitat during the transition from the Last Interglacial to the Last Glacial Maximum, as well as an expanding distribution from the mid-Holocene to the present. Genetic analyses identified three geographically cohesive populations, corresponding with northern, central, and southern portions of the study region. Based on ABC analyses, divergence between the Northern and Southern populations was the oldest, estimated to have occurred 64.80 thousand years ago (kya), which corresponds with the timing of available habitat in the north. The Central and Northern populations diverged in the mid-Holocene, 8.63 kya, after which the Central population continued to expand. Accordingly, phylogeographic patterns of R. flavipes in the southern Appalachians appear to have been strongly influenced by glacial-interglacial climate change. OPEN RESEARCH BADGES This article has been awarded Open Materials, Open Data Badges. All materials and data are publicly accessible via the Open Science Framework at https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.5hr7f31.
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- Chaz Hyseni
- Department of BiologyUniversity of MississippiOxfordMississippi
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- Department of BiologyUniversity of MississippiOxfordMississippi
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Schönswetter P, Schneeweiss GM. Is the incidence of survival in interior Pleistocene refugia (nunataks) underestimated? Phylogeography of the high mountain plant Androsace alpina (Primulaceae) in the European Alps revisited. Ecol Evol 2019; 9:4078-4086. [PMID: 31015989 PMCID: PMC6468090 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2018] [Revised: 02/11/2019] [Accepted: 02/18/2019] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Temperate mountain ranges such as the European Alps have been strongly affected by the Pleistocene glaciations. Glacial advances forced biota into refugia, which were situated either at the periphery of mountain ranges or in their interior. Whereas in the Alps peripheral refugia have been repeatedly and congruently identified, support for the latter scenario, termed "nunatak hypothesis," is still limited and no general pattern is recognizable yet. Here, we test the hypothesis of nunatak survival for species growing in the high alpine to subnival zones on siliceous substrate using the cushion plant Androsace alpina (Primulaceae), endemic to the European Alps, as our model species. To this end, we analyzed AFLP and plastid DNA sequence data obtained from a dense and range-wide sampling. Both AFLPs and plastid sequence data identified the southwestern-most population as the most divergent one. AFLP data did not allow for discrimination of interior and peripheral populations, but rather identified two to three longitudinally separated major gene pools. In contrast, in the eastern half of the Alps several plastid haplotypes of regional or local distribution in interior ranges-the Alpine periphery mostly harbored a widespread haplotype-were indicative for the presence of interior refugia. Together with evidence from other Alpine plant species, this study shows that in the eastern Alps silicicolous species of open habitats in the alpine and subnival zone survived, also or exclusively so, in interior refugia. As the corresponding genetic structure may be lost in mostly nuclear-derived, rapidly homogenizing marker systems such as AFLPs or RAD sequencing tags, markers not prone to homogenization, as is the case for plastid sequences (Sanger-sequenced or extracted from an NGS data set) will continue to be important for detecting older, biogeographically relevant patterns.
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Sovic M, Fries A, Martin SA, Lisle Gibbs H. Genetic signatures of small effective population sizes and demographic declines in an endangered rattlesnake, Sistrurus catenatus. Evol Appl 2019; 12:664-678. [PMID: 30976301 PMCID: PMC6439488 DOI: 10.1111/eva.12731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2018] [Revised: 09/28/2018] [Accepted: 10/01/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Endangered species that exist in small isolated populations are at elevated risk of losing adaptive variation due to genetic drift. Analyses that estimate short-term effective population sizes, characterize historical demographic processes, and project the trajectory of genetic variation into the future are useful for predicting how levels of genetic diversity may change. Here, we use data from two independent types of genetic markers (single nucleotide polymorphisms [SNPs] and microsatellites) to evaluate genetic diversity in 17 populations spanning the geographic range of the endangered eastern massasauga rattlesnake (Sistrurus catenatus). First, we use SNP data to confirm previous reports that these populations exhibit high levels of genetic structure (overall Fst = 0.25). Second, we show that most populations have contemporary Ne estimates <50. Heterozygosity-fitness correlations in these populations provided no evidence for a genetic cost to living in small populations, though these tests may lack power. Third, model-based demographic analyses of individual populations indicate that all have experienced declines, with the onset of many of these declines occurring over timescales consistent with anthropogenic impacts (<200 years). Finally, forward simulations of the expected loss of variation in relatively large (Ne = 50) and small (Ne = 10) populations indicate they will lose a substantial amount of their current standing neutral variation (63% and 99%, respectively) over the next 100 years. Our results argue that drift has a significant and increasing impact on levels of genetic variation in isolated populations of this snake, and efforts to assess and mitigate associated impacts on adaptive variation should be components of the management of this endangered reptile.
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- Michael Sovic
- Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology and Ohio Biodiversity Conservation PartnershipThe Ohio State UniversityColumbusOhio
- Present address:
College of PharmacyThe Ohio State UniversityColumbusOhio
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- Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology and Ohio Biodiversity Conservation PartnershipThe Ohio State UniversityColumbusOhio
- United States Air Force School of Aerospace MedicineWright‐Patterson AFBColumbusOhio
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- Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology and Ohio Biodiversity Conservation PartnershipThe Ohio State UniversityColumbusOhio
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- Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology and Ohio Biodiversity Conservation PartnershipThe Ohio State UniversityColumbusOhio
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Baeza JA, Prakash S. An integrative taxonomic and phylogenetic approach reveals a complex of cryptic species in the ‘peppermint’ shrimp Lysmata wurdemanni sensu stricto. Zool J Linn Soc 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zly084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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- J Antonio Baeza
- Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA
- Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce, Fort Pierce, FL, USA
- Departamento de Biología Marina, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad Católica del Norte, Larrondo, Coquimbo, Chile
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA
- Centre for Climate Change Studies, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Rajiv Gandhi Salai, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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Folt B, Bauder J, Spear S, Stevenson D, Hoffman M, Oaks JR, Wood PL, Jenkins C, Steen DA, Guyer C. Taxonomic and conservation implications of population genetic admixture, mito-nuclear discordance, and male-biased dispersal of a large endangered snake, Drymarchon couperi. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0214439. [PMID: 30913266 PMCID: PMC6435180 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0214439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2018] [Accepted: 03/11/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Accurate species delimitation and description are necessary to guide effective conservation of imperiled species, and this synergy is maximized when multiple data sources are used to delimit species. We illustrate this point by examining Drymarchon couperi (Eastern Indigo Snake), a large, federally-protected species in North America that was recently divided into two species based on gene sequence data from three loci and heuristic morphological assessment. Here, we re-evaluate the two-species hypothesis for D. couperi by evaluating both population genetic and gene sequence data. Our analyses of 14 microsatellite markers revealed 6–8 genetic population clusters with significant admixture, particularly across the contact zone between the two hypothesized species. Phylogenetic analyses of gene sequence data with maximum-likelihood methods suggested discordance between mitochondrial and nuclear markers and provided phylogenetic support for one species rather than two. For these reasons, we place Drymarchon kolpobasileus into synonymy with D. couperi. We suggest inconsistent patterns between mitochondrial and nuclear DNA are driven by high dispersal of males relative to females. We advocate for species delimitation exercises that evaluate admixture and gene flow in addition to phylogenetic analyses, particularly when the latter reveal monophyletic lineages. This is particularly important for taxa, such as squamates, that exhibit strong sex-biased dispersal. Problems associated with over-delimitation of species richness can become particularly acute for threatened and endangered species, because of high costs to conservation when taxonomy demands protection of more individual species than are supported by accumulating data.
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- Brian Folt
- Department of Biological Sciences and Auburn University Museum of Natural History, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America
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- The Orianne Society, 11 Fruitstand Lane, Tiger, Georgia, United States of America
- Department of Environmental Conservation, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Illinois Natural History Survey, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois, United States of America
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- The Orianne Society, 11 Fruitstand Lane, Tiger, Georgia, United States of America
- The Wilds, Cumberland, Ohio United States of America
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- The Orianne Society, 11 Fruitstand Lane, Tiger, Georgia, United States of America
- Altamaha Environmental Consulting, Hinesville, Georgia, United States of America
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- The Orianne Center for Indigo Conservation, Central Florida Zoo and Botanical Gardens, Sanford, Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Auburn University Museum of Natural History, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Auburn University Museum of Natural History, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America
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- The Orianne Society, 11 Fruitstand Lane, Tiger, Georgia, United States of America
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- Georgia Sea Turtle Center, Jekyll Island Authority, Jekyll Island, Georgia, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Auburn University Museum of Natural History, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America
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Acosta JJ, Fahrenkrog AM, Neves LG, Resende MFR, Dervinis C, Davis JM, Holliday JA, Kirst M. Exome Resequencing Reveals Evolutionary History, Genomic Diversity, and Targets of Selection in the Conifers Pinus taeda and Pinus elliottii. Genome Biol Evol 2019; 11:508-520. [PMID: 30689841 PMCID: PMC6385631 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evz016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) and slash pine (Pinus elliottii) are ecologically and economically important pine species that dominate many forest ecosystems in the southern United States, but like all conifers, the study of their genetic diversity and demographic history has been hampered by their large genome size. A small number of studies mainly based on candidate-gene sequencing have been reported for P. taeda to date, whereas none are available for P. elliottii. Targeted exome resequencing has recently enabled population genomics studies for conifers, approach used here to assess genomic diversity, signatures of selection, population structure, and demographic history of P. elliottii and P. taeda. Extensive similarities were revealed between these species: both species feature rapid linkage disequilibrium decay and high levels of genetic diversity. Moreover, genome-wide positive correlations for measures of genetic diversity between the species were also observed, likely due to shared structural genomic constraints. Also, positive selection appears to be targeting a common set of genes in both pines. Demographic history differs between both species, with only P. taeda being affected by a dramatic bottleneck during the last glacial period. The ability of P. taeda to recover from a dramatic reduction in population size while still retaining high levels of genetic diversity shows promise for other pines facing environmental stressors associated with climate change, indicating that these too may be able to adapt successfully to new future conditions even after a drastic population size contraction.
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- Juan J Acosta
- School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida.,University of Florida Genetics Institute, University of Florida.,Camcore, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
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- School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida.,Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Program, University of Florida
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- School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida.,Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Program, University of Florida.,RAPiD Genomics, Gainesville, FL
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- School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida
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- Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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- School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida.,Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Program, University of Florida.,University of Florida Genetics Institute, University of Florida
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Salisbury SJ, McCracken GR, Keefe D, Perry R, Ruzzante DE. Extensive secondary contact among three glacial lineages of Arctic Char ( Salvelinus alpinus) in Labrador and Newfoundland. Ecol Evol 2019; 9:2031-2045. [PMID: 30847090 PMCID: PMC6392391 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2018] [Revised: 11/26/2018] [Accepted: 12/07/2018] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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AIM The Pleistocene glaciation event prompted the allopatric divergence of multiple glacial lineages of Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus), some of which have come into secondary contact upon their recolonization of the Holarctic. While three glacial lineages (Arctic, Atlantic, and Acadian) are known to have recolonized the western Atlantic, the degree of overlap of these three lineages is largely unknown. We sought to determine the distribution of these three glacial lineages in Labrador and Newfoundland at a fine spatial scale to assess their potential for introgression and their relative contribution to local fisheries. LOCATION Labrador and Newfoundland, Canada. METHODS We sequenced a portion of the D-loop region in over 1,000 Arctic char (S. alpinus) samples from 67 locations across Labrador and Newfoundland. RESULTS Within Labrador, the Arctic and Atlantic lineages were widespread. Two locations (one landlocked and one with access to the sea) also contained individuals of the Acadian lineage, constituting the first record of this lineage in Labrador. Atlantic and Acadian lineage individuals were found in both eastern and western Newfoundland. Multiple sampling locations in Labrador and Newfoundland contained fish of two or more different glacial lineages, implying their introgression. Glacial lineage did not appear to dictate contemporary genetic divergence between the pale and dark morph of char present in Gander Lake, Newfoundland. Both were predominately of the Atlantic lineage, suggesting the potential for their divergence in sympatry. MAIN CONCLUSIONS Our study reveals Labrador and Newfoundland to be a unique junction of three glacial lineages which have likely hybridized extensively in this region.
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- Department of Environment and ConservationCorner BrookNewfoundland and LabradorCanada
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- Department of Environment and ConservationCorner BrookNewfoundland and LabradorCanada
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Gradish A, Keyghobadi N, Sperling F, Otis G. Population genetic structure and assessment of allochronic divergence in the Macoun’s Arctic (Oeneis macounii) butterfly. CAN J ZOOL 2019. [DOI: 10.1139/cjz-2018-0117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Patterns in the genetic variation of species can be used to infer their specific demographic and evolutionary history and provide insight into the general mechanisms underlying population divergence and speciation. The Macoun’s Arctic (Oeneis macounii (W.H. Edwards, 1885); MA) butterfly occurs across Canada and parts of the northern United States in association with jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.) and lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Douglas ex Loudon). MA’s current distribution is highly fragmented, and the extent of reproductive isolation among allopatric populations is unknown. Furthermore, although MA is biennial, adults emerge every year in some populations. These populations presumably consist of two alternate-year cohorts, providing the opportunity for sympatric divergence via allochronic isolation. Using mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers, we analyzed MA’s genetic structure to determine the current and historical role of allopatric and allochronic isolation in MA population divergence. Both markers revealed high diversity and a low, but significant, degree of spatial structure and pattern of isolation by distance. Phylogeographic structure was generally absent, with low divergence among mtDNA haplotypes. MA likely exhibits low dispersal and gene flow among most allopatric populations; however, there was no evidence of differentiation resulting from allochronic isolation for sympatric cohorts.
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- A.E. Gradish
- School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Western University, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2R3, Canada
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- School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
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Konrade L, Shaw J, Beck J. A rangewide herbarium-derived dataset indicates high levels of gene flow in black cherry ( Prunus serotina). Ecol Evol 2019; 9:975-985. [PMID: 30805134 PMCID: PMC6374653 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2018] [Revised: 10/20/2018] [Accepted: 10/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Isolation by Distance (IBD) is a genetic pattern in which populations geographically closer to one another are more genetically similar to each other than populations which are farther apart. Black cherry (Prunus serotina Ehrh.) (Rosaceae) is a forest tree species widespread in eastern North America, and found sporadically in the southwestern United States, Mexico, and Guatemala. IBD has been studied in relatively few North American plant taxa, and no study has rigorously sampled across the range of such a widespread species. In this study, IBD and overall genetic structure were assessed in eastern black cherry (P. serotina Ehrh. var. serotina), the widespread variety of eastern North America. Eastern North America. Prunus serotina Ehrh. var. serotina (Rosaceae). Dense sampling across the entire range of eastern black cherry was made possible by genotyping 15 microsatellite loci in 439 herbarium samples from all portions of the range. Mantel tests and STRUCTURE analyses were performed to evaluate the hypothesis of IBD and genetic structure. Mantel tests demonstrated significant but weak IBD, while STRUCTURE analyses revealed no clear geographic pattern of genetic groups. The modest geographic/genetic structure across the eastern black cherry range suggests widespread gene flow in this taxon. This is consistent with P. serotina's status as a disturbance-associated species. Further studies should similarly evaluate IBD in species characteristic of low-disturbance forests.
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- Lauren Konrade
- Department of BiologyWichita State UniversityWichitaKansas
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- Department of Biology, Geology, and Environmental ScienceUniversity of TennesseeChattanooga, ChattanoogaTennessee
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- Department of BiologyWichita State UniversityWichitaKansas
- Botanical Research Institute of TexasFort WorthTexas
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Myers EA, Bryson RW, Hansen RW, Aardema ML, Lazcano D, Burbrink FT. Exploring Chihuahuan Desert diversification in the gray-banded kingsnake, Lampropeltis alterna (Serpentes: Colubridae). Mol Phylogenet Evol 2019; 131:211-218. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.10.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2018] [Revised: 10/23/2018] [Accepted: 10/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Ecological Drivers of Species Distributions and Niche Overlap for Three Subterranean Termite Species in the Southern Appalachian Mountains, USA. INSECTS 2019; 10:insects10010033. [PMID: 30669589 PMCID: PMC6359368 DOI: 10.3390/insects10010033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2018] [Revised: 01/16/2019] [Accepted: 01/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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In both managed and unmanaged forests, termites are functionally important members of the dead-wood-associated (saproxylic) insect community. However, little is known about regional-scale environmental drivers of geographic distributions of termite species, and how these environmental factors impact co-occurrence among congeneric species. Here we focus on the southern Appalachian Mountains-a well-known center of endemism for forest biota-and use Ecological Niche Modeling (ENM) to examine the distributions of three species of Reticulitermes termites (i.e., R. flavipes, R. virginicus, and R. malletei). To overcome deficiencies in public databases, ENMs were underpinned by field-collected high-resolution occurrence records coupled with molecular taxonomic species identification. Spatial overlap among areas of predicted occurrence of each species was mapped, and aspects of niche similarity were quantified. We also identified environmental factors that most strongly contribute to among-species differences in occupancy. Overall, we found that R. flavipes and R. virginicus showed significant niche divergence, which was primarily driven by dry-season precipitation. Also, all three species were most likely to co-occur in the mid-latitudes of the study area (i.e., northern Alabama and Georgia, eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina), which is an area of considerable topographic complexity. This work provides important baseline information for follow-up studies of local-scale drivers of these species' distributions. It also identifies specific geographic areas where future assessments of the frequency of true syntopy vs. micro-allopatry, and associated interspecific competitive interactions, should be focused.
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Qu XJ, Moore MJ, Li DZ, Yi TS. PGA: a software package for rapid, accurate, and flexible batch annotation of plastomes. PLANT METHODS 2019; 15:50. [PMID: 31139240 PMCID: PMC6528300 DOI: 10.1186/s13007-019-0435-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 633] [Impact Index Per Article: 126.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2018] [Accepted: 05/10/2019] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND Plastome (plastid genome) sequences provide valuable information for understanding the phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of plants. Although the rapid development of high-throughput sequencing technology has led to an explosion of plastome sequences, annotation remains a significant bottleneck for plastomes. User-friendly batch annotation of multiple plastomes is an urgent need. RESULTS We introduce Plastid Genome Annotator (PGA), a standalone command line tool that can perform rapid, accurate, and flexible batch annotation of newly generated target plastomes based on well-annotated reference plastomes. In contrast to current existing tools, PGA uses reference plastomes as the query and unannotated target plastomes as the subject to locate genes, which we refer to as the reverse query-subject BLAST search approach. PGA accurately identifies gene and intron boundaries as well as intron loss. The program outputs GenBank-formatted files as well as a log file to assist users in verifying annotations. Comparisons against other available plastome annotation tools demonstrated the high annotation accuracy of PGA, with little or no post-annotation verification necessary. Likewise, we demonstrated the flexibility of reference plastomes within PGA by annotating the plastome of Rosa roxburghii using that of Amborella trichopoda as a reference. The program, user manual and example data sets are freely available at https://github.com/quxiaojian/PGA. CONCLUSIONS PGA facilitates rapid, accurate, and flexible batch annotation of plastomes across plants. For projects in which multiple plastomes are generated, the time savings for high-quality plastome annotation are especially significant.
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- Xiao-Jian Qu
- Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming, 650204 Yunnan China
- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Resistance Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, Shandong China
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- Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming, 650204 Yunnan China
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- Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming, 650204 Yunnan China
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Massatti R, Prendeville HR, Larson S, Richardson BA, Waldron B, Kilkenny FF. Population history provides foundational knowledge for utilizing and developing native plant restoration materials. Evol Appl 2018; 11:2025-2039. [PMID: 30459846 PMCID: PMC6231468 DOI: 10.1111/eva.12704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2018] [Revised: 08/21/2018] [Accepted: 08/26/2018] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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A species' population structure and history are critical pieces of information that can help guide the use of available native plant materials in restoration treatments and decide what new native plant materials should be developed to meet future restoration needs. In the western United States, Pseudoroegneria spicata (bluebunch wheatgrass; Poaceae) is an important component of grassland and shrubland plant communities and commonly used for restoration due to its drought resistance and competitiveness with exotic weeds. We used next-generation sequencing data to investigate the processes that shaped P. spicata's geographic pattern of genetic variation across the Intermountain West. Pseudoroegneria spicata's genetic diversity is partitioned into populations that likely differentiated since the Last Glacial Maximum. Adjacent populations display varying magnitudes of historical gene flow, with migration rates ranging from multiple migrants per generation to multiple generations per migrant. When considering the commercial germplasm sources available for restoration, genetic identities remain representative of the wildland localities from which germplasm sources were originally developed, and they maintain high levels of heterozygosity and nucleotide diversity. However, the commercial germplasm sources represent a small fraction of the overall genetic diversity of P. spicata in the Intermountain West. Given the low migration rates and long divergence times between some pairs of P. spicata populations, using commercial germplasm sources could facilitate undesirable restoration outcomes when used in certain geographic areas, even if the environment in which the commercial materials thrive is similar to that of the restoration site. As such, population structure and history can be used to provide guidance on what geographic areas may need additional native plant materials so that restoration efforts support species and community resilience and improve outcomes.
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- Rob Massatti
- Southwest Biological Science CenterU.S. Geological SurveyFlagstaffArizona
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Hu G, Hua Y, Hebert PDN, Hua B. Evolutionary history of the scorpionfly
Dicerapanorpa magna
(Mecoptera, Panorpidae). ZOOL SCR 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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- Gui‐Lin Hu
- Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management Ministry of Education College of Plant Protection Northwest A&F University Yangling China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management Ministry of Education College of Plant Protection Northwest A&F University Yangling China
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- Centre for Biodiversity Genomics University of Guelph Guelph Ontario Canada
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management Ministry of Education College of Plant Protection Northwest A&F University Yangling China
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Yu H, Favre A, Sui X, Chen Z, Qi W, Xie G. Mapping the genetic patterns of plants in the region of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: Implications for conservation strategies. DIVERS DISTRIB 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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- Haibin Yu
- School of Life Sciences; Guangzhou University; Guangzhou China
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- Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum; Frankfurt am Main Germany
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol; School of Life Sciences; Sun Yat-sen University; Guangzhou China
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- Guangdong Institute of Eco-environmental Science & Technology; Guangzhou China
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- Institute of Polar Meteorology; Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences; Beijing China
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- School of Life Sciences; Guangzhou University; Guangzhou China
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