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Guillory WX, de Medeiros Magalhães F, Coelho FEA, Bonatelli IAS, Palma-Silva C, Moraes EM, Garda AA, Burbrink FT, Gehara M. Geoclimatic drivers of diversification in the largest arid and semi-arid environment of the Neotropics: Perspectives from phylogeography. Mol Ecol 2024:e17431. [PMID: 38877815 DOI: 10.1111/mec.17431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2024] [Revised: 05/24/2024] [Accepted: 05/30/2024] [Indexed: 06/16/2024]
Abstract
The South American Dry Diagonal, also called the Diagonal of Open Formations, is a large region of seasonally dry vegetation extending from northeastern Brazil to northern Argentina, comprising the Caatinga, Cerrado, and Chaco subregions. A growing body of phylogeography literature has determined that a complex history of climatic changes coupled with more ancient geological events has produced a diverse and endemic-rich Dry Diagonal biota. However, the exact drivers are still under investigation, and their relative strengths and effects are controversial. Pleistocene climatic fluctuations structured lineages via vegetation shifts, refugium formation, and corridors between the Amazon and Atlantic forests. In some taxa, older geological events, such as the reconfiguration of the São Francisco River, uplift of the Central Brazilian Plateau, or the Miocene inundation of the Chaco by marine incursions, were more important. Here, we review the Dry Diagonal phylogeography literature, discussing each hypothesized driver of diversification and assessing degree of support. Few studies statistically test these hypotheses, with most support drawn from associating encountered phylogeographic patterns such as population structure with the timing of ancient geoclimatic events. Across statistical studies, most hypotheses are well supported, with the exception of the Pleistocene Arc Hypothesis. However, taxonomic and regional biases persist, such as a proportional overabundance of herpetofauna studies, and the under-representation of Chaco studies. Overall, both Pleistocene climate change and Neogene geological events shaped the evolution of the Dry Diagonal biota, though the precise effects are regionally and taxonomically varied. We encourage further use of model-based analyses to test evolutionary scenarios, as well as interdisciplinary collaborations to progress the field beyond its current focus on the traditional set of geoclimatic hypotheses.
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- Wilson X Guillory
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University Newark, Newark, New Jersey, USA
- Department of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University Newark, Newark, New Jersey, USA
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- Departamento de Ecologia e Biologia Evolutiva, Instituto de Ciências Ambientais, Químicas e Farmacêuticas, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Diadema, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar), Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Botânica e Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
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- Department of Herpetology, The American Museum of Natural History, New York City, New York, USA
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University Newark, Newark, New Jersey, USA
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Ferreiro AM, Soibelzon E, Pinotti JD, Poljak S, Chiappero MB. Reconstructing the distribution of Chacoan biota from current and past evidence: the case of the southern three-banded armadillo Tolypeutes matacus (Desmarest, 1804). J MAMM EVOL 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s10914-022-09627-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Porto CR, Fazolato CP, Marques R, Batalha-Filho H, Napoli MF, Garda AA, de Carvalho MLS, de Campos Fernandes FM. Unravelling the cryptic diversity and evolution of the dwarf swamp frog Pseudopaludicola mystacalis (Anura, Leptodactylidae) in open habitats of South America. AMPHIBIA-REPTILIA 2022. [DOI: 10.1163/15685381-bja10099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Many studies on the diversity of the South American biota support the role of ecological and geological events as main drivers of species diversification. For many groups, geomorphological events are the key drivers of diversification, while the influence of Pleistocene climate oscillations is prominent for others. To precisely indicate which events were key for the development of the astonishing biodiversity in South America, studies on widely distributed species are paramount. One such species, the dwarf swamp frog Pseudopaludicola mystacalis (Leptodactylidae, Leiuperinae), is widely distributed in open habitats of South America and we herein investigate population differentiation and diversification in this species across its geographic range. We sequenced a 1374 bp mtDNA fragment from 64 specimens across 25 localities. We used population assignment and species delimitation methods to assess genetic structure and lineage limits across the species distribution. We estimated, for each lineage, intraspecific diversity, divergence times, and demographic histories. Our results recovered ten lineages with up to 5% of genetic divergence among them. Diversification occurred mainly during the Tertiary, suggesting that Miocene-Pliocene topographic events had a major influence on the diversification of P. mystacalis. Pleistocene climatic oscillations also played a role on evolutionary history of P. mystacalis, causing demographic changes in one lineage.
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- Clara Ribeiro Porto
- Universidade Federal da Bahia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Genética e Biodiversidade, Instituto de Biologia, Rua Barão de Jeremoabo, s/n, 40170-115, Ondina, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal da Bahia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Evolução, Instituto de Biologia, Rua Barão de Jeremoabo, s/n, 40170-115, Ondina, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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- Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, 78690-000, Nova Xavantina, Mato Grosso, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal da Bahia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Evolução, Instituto de Biologia, Rua Barão de Jeremoabo, s/n, 40170-115, Ondina, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal da Bahia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Evolução, Instituto de Biologia, Rua Barão de Jeremoabo, s/n, 40170-115, Ondina, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Centro de Biociências, Departamento de Botânica e Zoologia, Avenida Senador Salgado Filho, S/N, Lagoa Nova, 59078-900, Natal, RN, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal da Bahia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Genética e Biodiversidade, Instituto de Biologia, Rua Barão de Jeremoabo, s/n, 40170-115, Ondina, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
- Universidade Federal da Bahia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Evolução, Instituto de Biologia, Rua Barão de Jeremoabo, s/n, 40170-115, Ondina, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal da Bahia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Genética e Biodiversidade, Instituto de Biologia, Rua Barão de Jeremoabo, s/n, 40170-115, Ondina, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
- Universidade Federal da Bahia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Evolução, Instituto de Biologia, Rua Barão de Jeremoabo, s/n, 40170-115, Ondina, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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Schneider RG, Ferro JM, Reinko IN, Boeris JM, Cardozo DE, Baldo D. Sex chromosomes in the Vizcacheras' White-lipped frog, Leptodactylus bufonius (Anura, Leptodactylidae). AN ACAD BRAS CIENC 2021; 93:e20190426. [PMID: 34105608 DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765202120190426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2019] [Accepted: 06/13/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Cytogenetic analyses were performed on specimens of Leptodactylus bufonius from different localities in Argentina. Mitotic chromosomes were studied with Giemsa and differential staining techniques (Ag-NOR, C-banding, and CMA3/DAPI) and fluorescence in situ hybridization with the 18S DNAr probe. All specimens showed karyotypes with 2n = 2x = 22 and FN = 44. Secondary constrictions were present in the long arm of chromosome pair 8, coincident with Ag-NOR and hybridization signals of the 18S DNAr probe. The C-banding technique evidenced an important amount of heterochromatin with a sex-linked pericentromeric band in the short arm of chromosome pair 4. This heterochromatic band was heteromorphic in males but present in both homologues of females, and it was CMA3 positive (DAPI negative) at fluorescence staining. The occurrence of heteromorphic XY sex chromosomes in L. bufonius is the second known case in Leptodactylus and the fifth within the speciose family Leptodactylidae.
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- Rosio G Schneider
- Laboratorio de Genética Evolutiva "Claudio Juan Bidau", Instituto de Biología Subtropical (CONICET-UNaM), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Químicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Misiones, Félix de Azara 1552, 6to Piso, CPA N3300LQF, Posadas, Misiones, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Genética Evolutiva "Claudio Juan Bidau", Instituto de Biología Subtropical (CONICET-UNaM), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Químicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Misiones, Félix de Azara 1552, 6to Piso, CPA N3300LQF, Posadas, Misiones, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Genética Evolutiva "Claudio Juan Bidau", Instituto de Biología Subtropical (CONICET-UNaM), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Químicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Misiones, Félix de Azara 1552, 6to Piso, CPA N3300LQF, Posadas, Misiones, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Genética Evolutiva "Claudio Juan Bidau", Instituto de Biología Subtropical (CONICET-UNaM), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Químicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Misiones, Félix de Azara 1552, 6to Piso, CPA N3300LQF, Posadas, Misiones, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Genética Evolutiva "Claudio Juan Bidau", Instituto de Biología Subtropical (CONICET-UNaM), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Químicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Misiones, Félix de Azara 1552, 6to Piso, CPA N3300LQF, Posadas, Misiones, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Genética Evolutiva "Claudio Juan Bidau", Instituto de Biología Subtropical (CONICET-UNaM), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Químicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Misiones, Félix de Azara 1552, 6to Piso, CPA N3300LQF, Posadas, Misiones, Argentina
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Simon C, Gordon ERL, Moulds MS, Cole JA, Haji D, Lemmon AR, Lemmon EM, Kortyna M, Nazario K, Wade EJ, Meister RC, Goemans G, Chiswell SM, Pessacq P, Veloso C, McCutcheon JP, Łukasik P. Off-target capture data, endosymbiont genes and morphology reveal a relict lineage that is sister to all other singing cicadas. Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blz120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Phylogenetic asymmetry is common throughout the tree of life and results from contrasting patterns of speciation and extinction in the paired descendant lineages of ancestral nodes. On the depauperate side of a node, we find extant ‘relict’ taxa that sit atop long, unbranched lineages. Here, we show that a tiny, pale green, inconspicuous and poorly known cicada in the genus Derotettix, endemic to degraded salt-plain habitats in arid regions of central Argentina, is a relict lineage that is sister to all other modern cicadas. Nuclear and mitochondrial phylogenies of cicadas inferred from probe-based genomic hybrid capture data of both target and non-target loci and a morphological cladogram support this hypothesis. We strengthen this conclusion with genomic data from one of the cicada nutritional bacterial endosymbionts, Sulcia, an ancient and obligate endosymbiont of the larger plant-sucking bugs (Auchenorrhyncha) and an important source of maternally inherited phylogenetic data. We establish Derotettiginae subfam. nov. as a new, monogeneric, fifth cicada subfamily, and compile existing and new data on the distribution, ecology and diet of Derotettix. Our consideration of the palaeoenvironmental literature and host-plant phylogenetics allows us to predict what might have led to the relict status of Derotettix over 100 Myr of habitat change in South America.
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- Chris Simon
- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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- Australian Museum Research Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Natural Sciences Division, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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- Department of Scientific Computing, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
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- Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
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- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
- Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Curry College, Milton, MA, USA
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- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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- Centro de Investigaciones Esquel de Montaña y Estepa Patagónicas, Esquel, Chubut, Argentina
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- Department of Ecological Sciences, Science Faculty, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA
- Department of Bioinformatics and Genetics, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden
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