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Lian L, Peng HW, Erst AS, Ortiz RDC, Jabbour F, Chen ZD, Wang W. Bayesian tip-dated phylogeny and biogeography of Cissampelideae (Menispermaceae): Mitigating the effects of homoplastic morphological characters. Cladistics 2024; 40:391-410. [PMID: 38469932 DOI: 10.1111/cla.12573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2023] [Revised: 02/11/2024] [Accepted: 02/12/2024] [Indexed: 03/13/2024] Open
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The integration of morphological and molecular data is essential to understand the affinities of fossil taxa and spatio-temporal evolutionary processes of organisms. However, homoplastic morphological characters can mislead the placement of fossil taxa and impact downstream analyses. Here, we provide an example of how to mitigate effectively the effect of morphological homoplasy on the placement of fossil taxa and biogeographic inferences of Cissampelideae. We assembled three data types, morphological data only, morphological data with a molecular scaffold and combined morphological and molecular data. By removing high-level homoplastic morphological data or reweighting the morphological characters, we conducted 15 parsimony, 12 undated Bayesian and four dated Bayesian analyses. Our results show that the 14 selected Cissampelideae fossil taxa are placed poorly when based only on morphological data, but the addition of molecular scaffold and combination of morphological and molecular data greatly improve the resolution of fossil nodes. We raise the monotypic Stephania subg. Botryodiscia to generic status and discover that three fossils previously assigned to Stephania should be members of Diploclisia. The Bayesian tip-dated tree recovered by removing homoplastic morphological characters with a Rescaled Consistency Index <0.25 has the highest stratigraphic fit and consequently generates more reasonable biogeographic reconstruction for Cissampelideae. Cissampelideae began to diversify in Asia in the latest Cretaceous and subsequently dispersed to South America around the Cretaceous-Palaeogene boundary. Two dispersal events from Asia to Africa occurred in the Early Eocene and the Late Eocene-Late Oligocene, respectively. These findings provide guidelines and practical methods for mitigating the effects of homoplastic morphological characters on fossil placements and Bayesian tip-dating, as well as insights into the past tropical floristic exchanges among different continents.
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- Lian Lian
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Prominent Crops, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China
- China National Botanical Garden, Beijing, 100093, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Prominent Crops, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China
- China National Botanical Garden, Beijing, 100093, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Central Siberian Botanical Garden, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Zolotodolinskaya str. 101, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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- Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Blvd, St Louis, Missouri, 63110, USA
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- Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Université des Antilles, EPHE, 57 rue Cuvier, CP39, Paris, 75005, France
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Prominent Crops, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China
- China National Botanical Garden, Beijing, 100093, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Prominent Crops, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China
- China National Botanical Garden, Beijing, 100093, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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Sánchez Reyes LL, McTavish EJ, O'Meara B. DateLife: Leveraging Databases and Analytical Tools to Reveal the Dated Tree of Life. Syst Biol 2024; 73:470-485. [PMID: 38507308 DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syae015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2022] [Revised: 03/09/2024] [Accepted: 03/18/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024] Open
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Chronograms-phylogenies with branch lengths proportional to time-represent key data on timing of evolutionary events, allowing us to study natural processes in many areas of biological research. Chronograms also provide valuable information that can be used for education, science communication, and conservation policy decisions. Yet, achieving a high-quality reconstruction of a chronogram is a difficult and resource-consuming task. Here we present DateLife, a phylogenetic software implemented as an R package and an R Shiny web application available at www.datelife.org, that provides services for efficient and easy discovery, summary, reuse, and reanalysis of node age data mined from a curated database of expert, peer-reviewed, and openly available chronograms. The main DateLife workflow starts with one or more scientific taxon names provided by a user. Names are processed and standardized to a unified taxonomy, allowing DateLife to run a name match across its local chronogram database that is curated from Open Tree of Life's phylogenetic repository, and extract all chronograms that contain at least two queried taxon names, along with their metadata. Finally, node ages from matching chronograms are mapped using the congruification algorithm to corresponding nodes on a tree topology, either extracted from Open Tree of Life's synthetic phylogeny or one provided by the user. Congruified node ages are used as secondary calibrations to date the chosen topology, with or without initial branch lengths, using different phylogenetic dating methods such as BLADJ, treePL, PATHd8, and MrBayes. We performed a cross-validation test to compare node ages resulting from a DateLife analysis (i.e, phylogenetic dating using secondary calibrations) to those from the original chronograms (i.e, obtained with primary calibrations), and found that DateLife's node age estimates are consistent with the age estimates from the original chronograms, with the largest variation in ages occurring around topologically deeper nodes. Because the results from any software for scientific analysis can only be as good as the data used as input, we highlight the importance of considering the results of a DateLife analysis in the context of the input chronograms. DateLife can help to increase awareness of the existing disparities among alternative hypotheses of dates for the same diversification events, and to support exploration of the effect of alternative chronogram hypotheses on downstream analyses, providing a framework for a more informed interpretation of evolutionary results.
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- Luna L Sánchez Reyes
- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of California, Merced, CA 95343, USA
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 446 Hesler Biology Building, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of California, Merced, CA 95343, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 446 Hesler Biology Building, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
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Huang Y, Jin XJ, Zhang CY, Li P, Meng HH, Zhang YH. Plastome evolution of Engelhardia facilitates phylogeny of Juglandaceae. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2024; 24:634. [PMID: 38971744 PMCID: PMC11227234 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-024-05293-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2024] [Accepted: 06/12/2024] [Indexed: 07/08/2024]
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BACKGROUND Engelhardia (Juglandaceae) is a genus of significant ecological and economic importance, prevalent in the tropics and subtropics of East Asia. Although previous efforts based on multiple molecular markers providing profound insights into species delimitation and phylogeography of Engelhardia, the maternal genome evolution and phylogeny of Engelhardia in Juglandaceae still need to be comprehensively evaluated. In this study, we sequenced plastomes from 14 samples of eight Engelhardia species and the outgroup Rhoiptelea chiliantha, and incorporated published data from 36 Juglandaceae and six outgroup species to test phylogenetic resolution. Moreover, comparative analyses of the plastomes were conducted to investigate the plastomes evolution of Engelhardia and the whole Juglandaceae family. RESULTS The 13 Engelhardia plastomes were highly similar in genome size, gene content, and order. They exhibited a typical quadripartite structure, with lengths from 161,069 bp to 162,336 bp. Three mutation hotspot regions (TrnK-rps16, ndhF-rpl32, and ycf1) could be used as effective molecular markers for further phylogenetic analyses and species identification. Insertion and deletion (InDels) may be an important driving factor for the evolution of plastomes in Juglandoideae and Engelhardioideae. A total of ten codons were identified as the optimal codons in Juglandaceae. The mutation pressure mostly contributed to shaping codon usage. Seventy-eight protein-coding genes in Juglandaceae experienced relaxed purifying selection, only rpl22 and psaI genes showed positive selection (Ka/Ks > 1). Phylogenetic results fully supported Engelhardia as a monophyletic group including two sects and the division of Juglandaceae into three subfamilies. The Engelhardia originated in the Late Cretaceous and diversified in the Late Eocene, and Juglandaceae originated in the Early Cretaceous and differentiated in Middle Cretaceous. The phylogeny and divergence times didn't support rapid radiation occurred in the evolution history of Engelhardia. CONCLUSION Our study fully supported the taxonomic treatment of at the section for Engelhardia species and three subfamilies for Juglandaceae and confirmed the power of phylogenetic resolution using plastome sequences. Moreover, our results also laid the foundation for further studying the course, tempo and mode of plastome evolution of Engelhardia and the whole Juglandaceae family.
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- Yue Huang
- College of Life and Environmental Science, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035, China
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- College of Life and Environmental Science, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035, China
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Water Environment and Marine Biological Resources Protection, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035, China
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- Yunnan Normal University, Kunming, 650500, Yunnan, China
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- Laboratory of Systematic & Evolutionary Botany and Biodiversity, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Plant Phylogenetics and Conservation Group, Center for Integrative Conservation & Yunnan Key Laboratory for Conservation of Tropical Rainforests and Asian Elephants, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, 666303, China.
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- College of Life and Environmental Science, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035, China.
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Water Environment and Marine Biological Resources Protection, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035, China.
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Zhang Q, Yang Y, Liu B, Lu L, Sauquet H, Li D, Chen Z. Meta-analysis provides insights into the origin and evolution of East Asian evergreen broad-leaved forests. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2024; 242:2369-2379. [PMID: 38186378 DOI: 10.1111/nph.19524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2023] [Accepted: 12/18/2023] [Indexed: 01/09/2024]
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Evergreen broad-leaved forests (EBLFs) are dominated by a monsoon climate and form a distinct biome in East Asia with notably high biodiversity. However, the origin and evolution of East Asian EBLFs (EAEBLFs) remain elusive despite the estimation of divergence times for various representative lineages. Using 72 selected generic-level characteristic lineages, we constructed an integrated lineage accumulation rate (LAR) curve based on their crown ages. According to the crown-based LAR, the EAEBLF origin was identified at least as the early Oligocene (c. 31.8 million years ago (Ma)). The accumulation rate of the characteristic genera peaked at 25.2 and 6.4 Ma, coinciding with the two intensification periods of the Asian monsoon at the Oligocene - Miocene and the Miocene - Pliocene boundaries, respectively. Moreover, the LAR was highly correlated with precipitation in the EAEBLF region and negatively to global temperature, as revealed through time-lag cross-correlation analyses. An early Oligocene origin is suggested for EAEBLFs, bridging the gap between paleobotanical and molecular dating studies and solving conflicts among previous estimates based on individual representative lineages. The strong correlation between the crown-based LAR and the precipitation brought about by the Asian monsoon emphasizes its irreplaceable role in the origin and development of EAEBLFs.
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- Qian Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China
- China National Botanical Garden, Beijing, 100093, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China
- China National Botanical Garden, Beijing, 100093, China
- College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China
- China National Botanical Garden, Beijing, 100093, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China
- China National Botanical Garden, Beijing, 100093, China
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- National Herbarium of New South Wales, Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia
- Evolution and Ecology Research Centre, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
- Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650201, China
- CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650201, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China
- China National Botanical Garden, Beijing, 100093, China
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Dowle EJ, Trewick SA, Morgan-Richards M. Fossil-calibrated phylogenies of Southern cave wētā show dispersal and extinction confound biogeographic signal. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 2024; 11:231118. [PMID: 38356874 PMCID: PMC10864783 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.231118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2023] [Accepted: 01/19/2024] [Indexed: 02/16/2024]
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The biota of continents and islands are commonly considered to have a source-sink relationship, but small islands can harbour distinctive taxa. The distribution of four monotypic genera of Orthoptera on young subantarctic islands indicates a role for long-distance dispersal and extinction. Phylogenetic relationships were inferred from whole mtDNA genomes and nuclear sequences (45S cassette; four histones). We used a fossil and one palaeogeographic event to calibrate molecular clock analysis. We confirm that neither the Australian nor Aotearoa-New Zealand Rhaphidophoridae faunas are monophyletic. The radiation of Macropathinae may have begun in the late Jurassic, but trans-oceanic dispersal is required to explain the current distribution of some lineages within this subfamily. Dating the most recent common ancestor of seven island endemic species with their nearest mainland relative suggests that each existed long before their island home was available. Time estimates from our fossil-calibrated molecular clock analysis suggest several lineages have not been detected on mainland New Zealand, Australia, or elsewhere most probably due to their extinction, providing evidence that patterns of extinction, which are not consistently linked to range size or lineage age, confound biogeographic signal.
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- Eddy J. Dowle
- Department of Anatomy, University of Otago, 9016 Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Ecology, School of Natural Sciences, Massey University Manawatū, Private Bag 11 222, Palmerston North 4410, New Zealand
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- Ecology, School of Natural Sciences, Massey University Manawatū, Private Bag 11 222, Palmerston North 4410, New Zealand
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Ling YY, Xiang KL, Peng HW, Erst AS, Lian L, Zhao L, Jabbour F, Wang W. Biogeographic diversification of Actaea (Ranunculaceae): Insights into the historical assembly of deciduous broad-leaved forests in the Northern Hemisphere. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2023:107870. [PMID: 37406952 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2022] [Revised: 03/28/2023] [Accepted: 07/02/2023] [Indexed: 07/07/2023]
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The deciduous broad-leaved forests (DBLFs) cover large temperate and subtropical high-altitude regions in the Northern Hemisphere. They are home to rich biodiversity, especially to numerous endemic and relict species. However, we know little about how this vegetation in the Northern Hemisphere has developed through time. Here, we used Actaea (Ranunculaceae), an herbaceous genus almost exclusively growing in the understory of the Northern Hemisphere DBLFs, to shed light on the historical assembly of this biome in the Northern Hemisphere. We present a complete species-level phylogenetic analysis of Actaea based on five plastid and nuclear loci. Using the phylogenetic framework, we estimated divergence times, ancestral ranges, and diversification rates. Phylogenetic analyses strongly support Actaea as monophyletic. Sections Podocarpae and Oligocarpae compose a clade, sister to all other Actaea. The sister relationship between sections Chloranthae and Souliea is strongly supported. Section Dichanthera is not monophyletic unless section Cimicifuga is included. Actaea originated in East Asia, likely the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, in the late Paleocene (c. 57 Ma), and subsequently dispersed into North America in the middle Eocene (c. 43 Ma) via the Thulean bridge. Actaea reached Europe twice, Japan twice, and Taiwan once, and all these five colonization events occurred in the late Miocene-early Pliocene, a period when sea level dropped. Actaea began to diversify at c. 43 Ma. The section-level diversification took place at c. 27-37 Ma and the species-level diversification experienced accelerations twice, which occurred at c. 15 Ma and c. 5 Ma, respectively. Our findings suggest that the Northern Hemisphere DBLFs might have risen in the middle Eocene and further diversified in the late Eocene-Oligocene, middle Miocene and early Pliocene, in association with climatic deterioration during these four periods.
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- Yuan-Yuan Ling
- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China; China National Botanical Garden, Beijing 100093, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China; China National Botanical Garden, Beijing 100093, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China; China National Botanical Garden, Beijing 100093, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Central Siberian Botanical Garden, Russian Academy of Sciences, Zolotodolinskaya str. 101, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China; China National Botanical Garden, Beijing 100093, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles, Paris 75005, France
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- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China; China National Botanical Garden, Beijing 100093, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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Wilf P, Iglesias A, Gandolfo MA. The first Gondwanan Euphorbiaceae fossils reset the biogeographic history of the Macaranga-Mallotus clade. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 2023; 110:e16169. [PMID: 37128981 DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.16169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2022] [Revised: 03/08/2023] [Accepted: 03/10/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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PREMISE The spurge family Euphorbiaceae is prominent in tropical rainforests worldwide, particularly in Asia. There is little consensus on the biogeographic origins of the family or its principal lineages. No confirmed spurge macrofossils have come from Gondwana. METHODS We describe the first Gondwanan macrofossils of Euphorbiaceae, represented by two infructescences and associated peltate leaves from the early Eocene (52 Myr ago [Ma]) Laguna del Hunco site in Chubut, Argentina. RESULTS The infructescences are panicles bearing tiny, pedicellate, spineless capsular fruits with two locules, two axile lenticular seeds, and two unbranched, plumose stigmas. The fossils' character combination only occurs today in some species of the Macaranga-Mallotus clade (MMC; Euphorbiaceae), a widespread Old-World understory group often thought to have tropical Asian origins. The associated leaves are consistent with extant Macaranga. CONCLUSIONS The new fossils are the oldest known for the MMC, demonstrating its Gondwanan history and marking its divergence by at least 52 Ma. This discovery makes an Asian origin of the MMC unlikely because immense oceanic distances separated Asia and South America 52 Ma. The only other MMC reproductive fossils so far known are also from the southern hemisphere (early Miocene, southern New Zealand), far from the Asian tropics. The MMC, along with many other Gondwanan survivors, most likely entered Asia during the Neogene Sahul-Sunda collision. Our discovery adds to a substantial series of well-dated, well-preserved fossils from one undersampled region, Patagonia, that have changed our understanding of plant biogeographic history.
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- Peter Wilf
- Department of Geosciences and Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas, San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro, R8400FRF, Argentina
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- L. H. Bailey Hortorium, Plant Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
- Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Trelew, Chubut, 9100, Argentina
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van Galen LG, Orlovich DA, Lord JM, Nilsen AR, Dutoit L, Larcombe MJ. Correlated evolution in an ectomycorrhizal host-symbiont system. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2023; 238:1215-1229. [PMID: 36751898 DOI: 10.1111/nph.18802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2022] [Accepted: 01/30/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Mechanisms of diversification in fungi are relatively poorly known. Many ectomycorrhizal symbionts show preference for particular host genera or families, so host-symbiont selection may be an important driver of fungal diversification in ectomycorrhizal systems. However, whether ectomycorrhizal hosts and symbionts show correlated evolutionary patterns remains untested, and it is unknown whether fungal specialisation also occurs in systems dominated by hosts from the same genus. We use metabarcoding of ectomycorrhizal fungi collected with hyphal ingrowth bags from Nothofagus forests across southern New Zealand to investigate host-symbiont specialisation and correlated evolution. We examine how ectomycorrhizal communities differ between host species and look for patterns of host-symbiont cophylogeny. We found substantial differences in ectomycorrhizal communities associated with different host taxa, particularly between hosts from different subgenera (Lophozonia and Fuscospora), but also between more closely related hosts. Twenty-four per cent of fungal taxa tested showed affiliations to particular hosts, and tests for cophylogeny revealed significant correlations between host relatedness and the fungal phylogeny that extended to substantial evolutionary depth. These results provide new evidence of correlated evolution in ectomycorrhizal systems, indicating that preferences among closely related host species may represent an important evolutionary driver for local lineage diversification in ectomycorrhizal fungi.
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- Laura G van Galen
- Department of Botany, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, 9054, New Zealand
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- Department of Botany, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, 9054, New Zealand
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- Department of Botany, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, 9054, New Zealand
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- Department of Botany, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, 9054, New Zealand
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- Department of Zoology, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, 9054, New Zealand
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- Department of Botany, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, 9054, New Zealand
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A comprehensive phylogeny and revised taxonomy illuminate the origin and diversification of the global radiation of Papilio (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Mol Phylogenet Evol 2023; 183:107758. [PMID: 36907224 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2022] [Revised: 02/28/2023] [Accepted: 03/08/2023] [Indexed: 03/14/2023]
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The swallowtail genus Papilio (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) is species rich, distributed worldwide, and has broad morphological habits and ecological niches. Because of its elevated species richness, it has been historically difficult to reconstruct a densely sampled phylogeny for this clade. Here we provide a taxonomic working list for the genus, resulting in 235 Papilio species, and assemble a molecular dataset of seven gene fragments representing ca. 80% of the currently described diversity. Phylogenetic analyses reconstructed a robust tree with highly supported relationships within subgenera, although a few nodes in the early history of the Old World Papilio remain unresolved. Contrasting with previous results, we found that Papilio alexanor is sister to all Old World Papilio and that the subgenus Eleppone is no longer monotypic. The latter includes the recently described Fijian Papilio natewa with the Australian Papilio anactus and is sister to subgenus Araminta (formerly included in subgenus Menelaides) occurring in Southeast Asia. Our phylogeny also includes rarely studied (P. antimachus, P. benguetana) or endangered species (P. buddha, P. chikae). Taxonomic changes resulting from this study are elucidated. Molecular dating and biogeographic analyses indicate that Papilio originated ca. 30 million years ago (Oligocene), in a northern region centered on Beringia. A rapid early Miocene radiation in the Paleotropics is revealed within Old World Papilio, potentially explaining their low early branch support. Most subgenera originated in the early to middle Miocene followed by synchronous southward biogeographic dispersals and repeated local extirpations in northern latitudes. This study provides a comprehensive phylogenetic framework for Papilio with clarification of subgeneric systematics and species taxonomic changes enumerated, which will facilitate further studies to address questions on their ecology and evolutionary biology using this model clade.
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Wikström N, Larsén E, Khodabandeh A, Rydin C. No phylogenomic support for a Cenozoic origin of the "living fossil" Isoetes. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 2023; 110:e16108. [PMID: 36401556 PMCID: PMC10108322 DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.16108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2022] [Revised: 11/11/2022] [Accepted: 11/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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PREMISE The isoetalean lineage has a rich fossil record that extends to the Devonian, but the age of the living clade is unclear. Recent results indicate that it is young, from the Cenozoic, whereas earlier work based on less data from a denser taxon sampling yielded Mesozoic median ages. METHODS We analyzed node ages in Isoetes using two genomic data sets (plastome and nuclear ribosomal cistron), three clock models implemented in MrBayes (ILN, WN, and TK02 models), and a conservative approach to calibration. RESULTS While topological results were consistently resolved in Isoetes estimated crown group ages range from the latest Paleozoic (mid-Permian) to the Mesozoic depending on data type and clock model. The oldest estimates were retrieved using the autocorrelated TK02 clock model. An (early) Cenozoic age was only obtained under one specific condition (plastome data analyzed with the uncorrelated ILN clock model). That same plastome data set also yielded the oldest (mid-Permian) age estimate when analyzed with the autocorrelated TK02 clock model. Adding the highly divergent, recently established sister species Isoetes wormaldii to the data set approximately doubled the average median node depth to the Isoetes crown group. CONCLUSIONS There is no consistent support for a Cenozoic origin of the living clade Isoetes. We obtained seemingly well-founded, yet strongly deviating results depending on data type and clock model. The single most important future improvement is probably to add calibration points, which requires an improved understanding of the isoetalean fossil record or alternative bases for calibration.
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- Niklas Wikström
- Bergius Foundation, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Box 50005SE‐104 05StockholmSweden
- Department of Ecology, Environment, and Plant SciencesStockholm UniversitySE‐106 91StockholmSweden
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- Department of Ecology, Environment, and Plant SciencesStockholm UniversitySE‐106 91StockholmSweden
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- Bergius Foundation, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Box 50005SE‐104 05StockholmSweden
- Department of Ecology, Environment, and Plant SciencesStockholm UniversitySE‐106 91StockholmSweden
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- Bergius Foundation, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Box 50005SE‐104 05StockholmSweden
- Department of Ecology, Environment, and Plant SciencesStockholm UniversitySE‐106 91StockholmSweden
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Brée B, Condamine FL, Guinot G. Combining palaeontological and neontological data shows a delayed diversification burst of carcharhiniform sharks likely mediated by environmental change. Sci Rep 2022; 12:21906. [PMID: 36535995 PMCID: PMC9763247 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-26010-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2022] [Accepted: 12/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Estimating deep-time species-level diversification processes remains challenging. Both the fossil record and molecular phylogenies allow the estimation of speciation and extinction rates, but each type of data may still provide an incomplete picture of diversification dynamics. Here, we combine species-level palaeontological (fossil occurrences) and neontological (molecular phylogenies) data to estimate deep-time diversity dynamics through process-based birth-death models for Carcharhiniformes, the most speciose shark order today. Despite their abundant fossil record dating back to the Middle Jurassic, only a small fraction of extant carcharhiniform species is recorded as fossils, which impedes relying only on the fossil record to study their recent diversification. Combining fossil and phylogenetic data, we recover a complex evolutionary history for carcharhiniforms, exemplified by several variations in diversification rates with an early low diversity period followed by a Cenozoic radiation. We further reveal a burst of diversification in the last 30 million years, which is partially recorded with fossil data only. We also find that reef expansion and temperature change can explain variations in speciation and extinction through time. These results pinpoint the primordial importance of these environmental variables in the evolution of marine clades. Our study also highlights the benefit of combining the fossil record with phylogenetic data to address macroevolutionary questions.
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- Baptiste Brée
- grid.462058.d0000 0001 2188 7059Institut des Sciences de l’Evolution de Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, EPHE, Université de Montpellier, 34095 Montpellier, France
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- grid.462058.d0000 0001 2188 7059Institut des Sciences de l’Evolution de Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, EPHE, Université de Montpellier, 34095 Montpellier, France
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- grid.462058.d0000 0001 2188 7059Institut des Sciences de l’Evolution de Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, EPHE, Université de Montpellier, 34095 Montpellier, France
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Milec LJM, Vanhove MPM, Bukinga FM, De Keyzer ELR, Kapepula VL, Masilya PM, Mulimbwa N, Wagner CE, Raeymaekers JAM. Complete mitochondrial genomes and updated divergence time of the two freshwater clupeids endemic to Lake Tanganyika (Africa) suggest intralacustrine speciation. BMC Ecol Evol 2022; 22:127. [PMID: 36329403 PMCID: PMC9635120 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-022-02085-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2022] [Accepted: 10/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Background The hydrogeological history of Lake Tanganyika paints a complex image of several colonization and adaptive radiation events. The initial basin was formed around 9–12 million years ago (MYA) from the predecessor of the Malagarasi–Congo River and only 5–6 MYA, its sub-basins fused to produce the clear, deep waters of today. Next to the well-known radiations of cichlid fishes, the lake also harbours a modest clade of only two clupeid species, Stolothrissatanganicae and Limnothrissamiodon. They are members of Pellonulini, a tribe of clupeid fishes that mostly occur in freshwater and that colonized West and Central-Africa during a period of high sea levels during the Cenozoic. There is no consensus on the phylogenetic relationships between members of Pellonulini and the timing of the colonization of Lake Tanganyika by clupeids. Results We use short-read next generation sequencing of 10X Chromium libraries to sequence and assemble the full mitochondrial genomes of S.tanganicae and L.miodon. We then use Maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference to place them into the phylogeny of Pellonulini and other clupeiforms, taking advantage of all available full mitochondrial clupeiform genomes. We identify Potamothrissaobtusirostris as the closest living relative of the Tanganyika sardines and confirm paraphyly for Microthrissa. We estimate the divergence of the Tanganyika sardines around 3.64 MYA [95% CI: 0.99, 6.29], and from P.obtusirostris around 10.92 MYA [95% CI: 6.37–15.48]. Conclusions These estimates imply that the ancestor of the Tanganyika sardines diverged from a riverine ancestor and entered the proto-lake Tanganyika around the time of its formation from the Malagarasi–Congo River, and diverged into the two extant species at the onset of deep clearwater conditions. Our results prompt a more thorough examination of the relationships within Pellonulini, and the new mitochondrial genomes provide an important resource for the future study of this tribe, e.g. as a reference for species identification, genetic diversity, and macroevolutionary studies. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12862-022-02085-8.
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- Leona J. M. Milec
- grid.465487.cFaculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture, Nord University, Universitetsalléen 11, 8026 Bodø, Norway ,grid.12155.320000 0001 0604 5662Centre for Environmental Sciences, Research Group Zoology: Biodiversity and Toxicology, Hasselt University, Agoralaan Gebouw D, 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- grid.12155.320000 0001 0604 5662Centre for Environmental Sciences, Research Group Zoology: Biodiversity and Toxicology, Hasselt University, Agoralaan Gebouw D, 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium ,grid.5596.f0000 0001 0668 7884Laboratory of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Genomics, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, Charles Déberiotstraat 32, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Centre de Recherche en Hydrobiologie-Uvira (CRH-Uvira), Uvira, Sud-Kivu Democratic Republic of Congo
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- grid.5596.f0000 0001 0668 7884Laboratory of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Genomics, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, Charles Déberiotstraat 32, 3000 Leuven, Belgium ,grid.5284.b0000 0001 0790 3681Evolutionary Ecology Group (EVECO), Universiteit Antwerpen, Campus Drie Eiken, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
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- Centre de Recherche en Hydrobiologie-Uvira (CRH-Uvira), Uvira, Sud-Kivu Democratic Republic of Congo ,grid.7942.80000 0001 2294 713XUniversité Catholique de Louvain, Place Sainte Barbe 2, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Centre de Recherche en Hydrobiologie-Uvira (CRH-Uvira), Uvira, Sud-Kivu Democratic Republic of Congo ,Unité d’Enseignement et de Recherche en Hydrobiologie Appliquée (UERHA)-ISP/Bukavu, Bukavu, Sud-Kivu Democratic Republic of Congo
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- Centre de Recherche en Hydrobiologie-Uvira (CRH-Uvira), Uvira, Sud-Kivu Democratic Republic of Congo
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- grid.135963.b0000 0001 2109 0381University of Wyoming, 1000 E University Ave, Laramie, WY 82071 USA
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- grid.465487.cFaculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture, Nord University, Universitetsalléen 11, 8026 Bodø, Norway
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Sauquet H, Ramírez-Barahona S, Magallón S. What is the age of flowering plants? JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2022; 73:3840-3853. [PMID: 35438718 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erac130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2021] [Accepted: 03/31/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The origin of flowering plants (angiosperms) was one of the most transformative events in the history of our planet. Despite considerable interest from multiple research fields, numerous questions remain, including the age of the group as a whole. Recent studies have reported a perplexing range of estimates for the crown-group age of angiosperms, from ~140 million years (Ma; Early Cretaceous) to 270 Ma (Permian). Both ends of the spectrum are now supported by both macroevolutionary analyses of the fossil record and fossil-calibrated molecular dating analyses. Here, we first clarify and distinguish among the three ages of angiosperms: the age of their divergence with acrogymnosperms (stem age); the age(s) of emergence of their unique, distinctive features including flowers (morphological age); and the age of the most recent common ancestor of all their living species (crown age). We then demonstrate, based on recent studies, that fossil-calibrated molecular dating estimates of the crown-group age of angiosperms have little to do with either the amount of molecular data or the number of internal fossil calibrations included. Instead, we argue that this age is almost entirely conditioned by its own prior distribution (typically a calibration density set by the user in Bayesian analyses). Lastly, we discuss which future discoveries or novel types of analyses are most likely to bring more definitive answers. In the meantime, we propose that the age of angiosperms is best described as largely unknown (140-270 Ma) and that contrasting age estimates in the literature mostly reflect conflicting prior distributions. We also suggest that future work that depends on the time scale of flowering plant diversification be designed to integrate over this vexing uncertainty.
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- Hervé Sauquet
- National Herbarium of New South Wales (NSW), Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney, Australia
- Evolution and Ecology Research Centre, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, México
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Ritchie AM, Hua X, Bromham L. Investigating the reliability of molecular estimates of evolutionary time when substitution rates and speciation rates vary. BMC Ecol Evol 2022; 22:61. [PMID: 35538412 PMCID: PMC9088092 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-022-02015-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2021] [Accepted: 04/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Background An accurate timescale of evolutionary history is essential to testing hypotheses about the influence of historical events and processes, and the timescale for evolution is increasingly derived from analysis of DNA sequences. But variation in the rate of molecular evolution complicates the inference of time from DNA. Evidence is growing for numerous factors, such as life history and habitat, that are linked both to the molecular processes of mutation and fixation and to rates of macroevolutionary diversification. However, the most widely used methods rely on idealised models of rate variation, such as the uncorrelated and autocorrelated clocks, and molecular dating methods are rarely tested against complex models of rate change. One relationship that is not accounted for in molecular dating is the potential for interaction between molecular substitution rates and speciation, a relationship that has been supported by empirical studies in a growing number of taxa. If these relationships are as widespread as current evidence suggests, they may have a significant influence on molecular dates. Results We simulate phylogenies and molecular sequences under three different realistic rate variation models—one in which speciation rates and substitution rates both vary but are unlinked, one in which they covary continuously and one punctuated model in which molecular change is concentrated in speciation events, using empirical case studies to parameterise realistic simulations. We test three commonly used “relaxed clock” molecular dating methods against these realistic simulations to explore the degree of error in molecular dates under each model. We find average divergence time inference errors ranging from 12% of node age for the unlinked model when reconstructed under an uncorrelated rate prior using BEAST 2, to up to 91% when sequences evolved under the punctuated model are reconstructed under an autocorrelated prior using PAML. Conclusions We demonstrate the potential for substantial errors in molecular dates when both speciation rates and substitution rates vary between lineages. This study highlights the need for tests of molecular dating methods against realistic models of rate variation generated from empirical parameters and known relationships. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12862-022-02015-8.
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Hancock ZB, Lehmberg ES, Blackmon H. Phylogenetics in Space: How Continuous Spatial Structure Impacts Tree Inference. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2022; 173:107505. [PMID: 35577296 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2021] [Revised: 04/08/2022] [Accepted: 05/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The tendency to discretize biology permeates taxonomy and systematics, leading to models that simplify the often continuous nature of populations. Even when the assumption of panmixia is relaxed, most models still assume some degree of discrete structure. The multispecies coalescent has emerged as a powerful model in phylogenetics, but in its common implementation is entirely space-independent - what we call the "missing z-axis". In this article, we review the many lines of evidence for how continuous spatial structure can impact phylogenetic inference. We illustrate and expand on these by using complex continuous-space demographic models that include distinct modes of speciation. We find that the impact of spatial structure permeates all aspects of phylogenetic inference, including gene tree stoichiometry, topological and branch-length variance, network estimation, and species delimitation. We conclude by utilizing our results to suggest how researchers can identify spatial structure in phylogenetic datasets.
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Hill R, Buggs RJA, Vu DT, Gaya E. Lifestyle Transitions in Fusarioid Fungi are Frequent and Lack Clear Genomic Signatures. Mol Biol Evol 2022; 39:6575681. [PMID: 35484861 PMCID: PMC9051438 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msac085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The fungal genus Fusarium (Ascomycota) includes well-known plant pathogens that are implicated in diseases worldwide, and many of which have been genome sequenced. The genus also encompasses other diverse lifestyles, including species found ubiquitously as asymptomatic-plant inhabitants (endophytes). Here, we produced structurally annotated genome assemblies for five endophytic Fusarium strains, including the first whole-genome data for Fusarium chuoi. Phylogenomic reconstruction of Fusarium and closely related genera revealed multiple and frequent lifestyle transitions, the major exception being a monophyletic clade of mutualist insect symbionts. Differential codon usage bias and increased codon optimisation separated Fusarium sensu stricto from allied genera. We performed computational prediction of candidate secreted effector proteins (CSEPs) and carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes)—both likely to be involved in the host–fungal interaction—and sought evidence that their frequencies could predict lifestyle. However, phylogenetic distance described gene variance better than lifestyle did. There was no significant difference in CSEP, CAZyme, or gene repertoires between phytopathogenic and endophytic strains, although we did find some evidence that gene copy number variation may be contributing to pathogenicity. Large numbers of accessory CSEPs (i.e., present in more than one taxon but not all) and a comparatively low number of strain-specific CSEPs suggested there is a limited specialisation among plant associated Fusarium species. We also found half of the core genes to be under positive selection and identified specific CSEPs and CAZymes predicted to be positively selected on certain lineages. Our results depict fusarioid fungi as prolific generalists and highlight the difficulty in predicting pathogenic potential in the group.
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- Rowena Hill
- Comparative Fungal Biology, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Jodrell Laboratory, Richmond, United Kingdom.,School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- Comparative Fungal Biology, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Jodrell Laboratory, Richmond, United Kingdom.,School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- Research Planning and International Cooperation Department, Plant Resources Center, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Comparative Fungal Biology, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Jodrell Laboratory, Richmond, United Kingdom
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Li Y, Li X, Sylvester SP, Zhang M, Wang X, Duan Y. Plastid genomes reveal evolutionary shifts in elevational range and flowering time of
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(Oleaceae). Ecol Evol 2022; 12:e8777. [PMID: 35386867 PMCID: PMC8975774 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2021] [Revised: 03/10/2022] [Accepted: 03/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Species of Osmanthus are economically important ornamental trees, yet information regarding their plastid genomes (plastomes) have rarely been reported, thus hindering taxonomic and evolutionary studies of this small but enigmatic genus. Here, we performed comparative genomics and evolutionary analyses on plastomes of 16 of the 28 currently accepted species, with 11 plastomes newly sequenced. Phylogenetic studies identified four main lineages within the genus that are here designated the: “Caucasian Osmanthus” (corresponding to O. decorus), “Siphosmanthus” (corresponding to O. sect. Siphosmanthus), “O. serrulatus + O. yunnanensis,” and “Core Osmanthus: (corresponding to O. sect. Osmanthus + O. sect. Linocieroides). Molecular clock analysis suggested that Osmanthus split from its sister clade c. 15.83 Ma. The estimated crown ages of the lineages were the following: genus Osmanthus at 12.66 Ma; “Siphosmanthus” clade at 5.85 Ma; “O. serrulatus + O. yunnanensis” at 4.89 Ma; and “Core Osmanthus: clade at 6.2 Ma. Ancestral state reconstructions and trait mapping showed that ancestors of Osmanthus were spring flowering and originated at lower elevations. Phylogenetic principal component analysis clearly distinguished spring‐flowering species from autumn‐flowering species, suggesting that flowering time differentiation is related to the difference in ecological niches. Nucleotide substitution rates of 80 common genes showed slow evolutionary pace and low nucleotide variations, all genes being subjected to purifying selection.
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- Yongfu Li
- Co‐Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China College of Biology and the Environment International Cultivar Registration Center for Osmanthus Nanjing Forestry University Nanjing China
- Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research Centre University of British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia Canada
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- Co‐Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China College of Biology and the Environment International Cultivar Registration Center for Osmanthus Nanjing Forestry University Nanjing China
- Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research Centre University of British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia Canada
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- Co‐Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China College of Biology and the Environment International Cultivar Registration Center for Osmanthus Nanjing Forestry University Nanjing China
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- Co‐Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China College of Biology and the Environment International Cultivar Registration Center for Osmanthus Nanjing Forestry University Nanjing China
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- Co‐Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China College of Biology and the Environment International Cultivar Registration Center for Osmanthus Nanjing Forestry University Nanjing China
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- Co‐Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China College of Biology and the Environment International Cultivar Registration Center for Osmanthus Nanjing Forestry University Nanjing China
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Xia MZ, Li Y, Zhang FQ, Yu JY, Khan G, Chi XF, Xu H, Chen SL. Reassessment of the Phylogeny and Systematics of Chinese Parnassia (Celastraceae): A Thorough Investigation Using Whole Plastomes and Nuclear Ribosomal DNA. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:855944. [PMID: 35371115 PMCID: PMC8971841 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.855944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2022] [Accepted: 02/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Parnassia L., a perennial herbaceous genus in the family Celastraceae, consists of about 60 species and is mainly distributed in the Pan-Himalayan and surrounding mountainous regions. The taxonomic position and phylogenetic relationships of the genus are still controversial. Herein, we reassessed the taxonomic status of Parnassia and its intra- and inter-generic phylogeny within Celastraceae. To that end, we sequenced and assembled the whole plastid genomes and nuclear ribosomal DNA (nrDNA) of 48 species (74 individuals), including 25 species of Parnassia and 23 species from other genera of Celastraceae. We integrated high throughput sequence data with advanced statistical toolkits and performed the analyses. Our results supported the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group IV (APG IV) taxonomy which kept the genus to the family Celastraceae. Although there were topological conflicts between plastid and nrDNA phylogenetic trees, Parnassia was fully supported as a monophyletic group in all cases. We presented a first attempt to estimate the divergence of Parnassia, and molecular clock analysis indicated that the diversification occurred during the Eocene. The molecular phylogenetic results confirmed numerous taxonomic revisions, revealing that the morphological characters used in Parnassia taxonomy and systematics might have evolved multiple times. In addition, we speculated that hybridization/introgression might exist during genus evolution, which needs to be further studied. Similarly, more in-depth studies will clarify the diversification of characters and species evolution models of this genus.
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- Ming-Ze Xia
- Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Institute of Sanjiangyuan National Park, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Weifang Medical University, Weifang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Institute of Sanjiangyuan National Park, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Qinghai Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding, Xining, China
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- Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Institute of Sanjiangyuan National Park, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute for Biology and Environmental Sciences, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Institute of Sanjiangyuan National Park, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, China
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- Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Institute of Sanjiangyuan National Park, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Institute of Sanjiangyuan National Park, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, China
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Opening a door to the spatiotemporal history of plants from the tropical Indochina Peninsula to subtropical China. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2022; 171:107458. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2021] [Revised: 03/22/2022] [Accepted: 03/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Cai C, Tihelka E, Giacomelli M, Lawrence JF, Ślipiński A, Kundrata R, Yamamoto S, Thayer MK, Newton AF, Leschen RAB, Gimmel ML, Lü L, Engel MS, Bouchard P, Huang D, Pisani D, Donoghue PCJ. Integrated phylogenomics and fossil data illuminate the evolution of beetles. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 2022; 9:211771. [PMID: 35345430 PMCID: PMC8941382 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.211771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2021] [Accepted: 02/15/2022] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Beetles constitute the most biodiverse animal order with over 380 000 described species and possibly several million more yet unnamed. Recent phylogenomic studies have arrived at considerably incongruent topologies and widely varying estimates of divergence dates for major beetle clades. Here, we use a dataset of 68 single-copy nuclear protein-coding (NPC) genes sampling 129 out of the 193 recognized extant families as well as the first comprehensive set of fully justified fossil calibrations to recover a refined timescale of beetle evolution. Using phylogenetic methods that counter the effects of compositional and rate heterogeneity, we recover a topology congruent with morphological studies, which we use, combined with other recent phylogenomic studies, to propose several formal changes in the classification of Coleoptera: Scirtiformia and Scirtoidea sensu nov., Clambiformia ser. nov. and Clamboidea sensu nov., Rhinorhipiformia ser. nov., Byrrhoidea sensu nov., Dryopoidea stat. res., Nosodendriformia ser. nov. and Staphyliniformia sensu nov., and Erotyloidea stat. nov., Nitiduloidea stat. nov. and Cucujoidea sensu nov., alongside changes below the superfamily level. Our divergence time analyses recovered a late Carboniferous origin of Coleoptera, a late Palaeozoic origin of all modern beetle suborders and a Triassic-Jurassic origin of most extant families, while fundamental divergences within beetle phylogeny did not coincide with the hypothesis of a Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution.
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- Chenyang Cai
- State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, and Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, People's Republic of China
- School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK
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- State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, and Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, People's Republic of China
- School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK
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- Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, 17. listopadu 50, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Hokkaido University Museum, Hokkaido University, Kita 8, Nishi 5, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0808, Japan
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- Negaunee Integrative Research Center, Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, USA
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- Negaunee Integrative Research Center, Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, USA
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- Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research, New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Private Bag 92170, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Invertebrate Zoology Department, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, 2559 Puesta del Sol Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93105, USA
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- College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050024, People's Republic of China
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- Division of Entomology, Natural History Museum, and Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, 1501 Crestline Drive – Suite 140, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA
- Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, USA
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- Division of Entomology, Natural History Museum, and Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, 1501 Crestline Drive – Suite 140, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, and Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, People's Republic of China
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- School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK
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- School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK
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Schneider JV, Jungcurt T, Cardoso D, Amorim AM, Paule J, Zizka G. Predominantly Eastward Long-Distance Dispersal in Pantropical Ochnaceae Inferred From Ancestral Range Estimation and Phylogenomics. Front Ecol Evol 2022. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2022.813336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Ochnaceae is a pantropical family with multiple transoceanic disjunctions at deep and shallow levels. Earlier attempts to unravel the processes that led to such biogeographic patterns suffered from insufficient phylogenetic resolution and unclear delimitation of some of the genera. In the present study, we estimated divergence time and ancestral ranges based on a phylogenomic framework with a well-resolved phylogenetic backbone to tackle issues of the timing and direction of dispersal that may explain the modern global distribution of Ochnaceae. The nuclear data provided the more robust framework for divergence time estimation compared to the plastome-scale data, although differences in the inferred clade ages were mostly small. While Ochnaceae most likely originated in West Gondwana during the Late Cretaceous, all crown-group disjunctions are inferred as dispersal-based, most of them as transoceanic long-distance dispersal (LDD) during the Cenozoic. All LDDs occurred in an eastward direction except for the SE Asian clade of Sauvagesieae, which was founded by trans-Pacific dispersal from South America. The most species-rich clade by far, Ochninae, originated from either a widespread neotropical-African ancestor or a solely neotropical ancestor which then dispersed to Africa. The ancestors of this clade then diversified in Africa, followed by subsequent dispersal to the Malagasy region and tropical Asia on multiple instances in three genera during the Miocene-Pliocene. In particular, Ochna might have used the South Arabian land corridor to reach South Asia. Thus, the pantropical distribution of Ochnaceae is the result of LDD either transoceanic or via land bridges/corridors, whereas vicariance might have played a role only along the stem of the family.
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Nge FJ, Biffin E, Waycott M, Thiele KR. Phylogenomics and continental biogeographic disjunctions: insight from the Australian starflowers (Calytrix). AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 2022; 109:291-308. [PMID: 34671970 DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.1790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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PREMISE Continental-scale disjunctions and associated drivers are core research interests in biogeographic studies. Here, we selected a species-rich Australian plant genus (Calytrix; Myrtaceae) as a case study to investigate these patterns. Species of this endemic Australian starflower genus have a disjunct distribution across the mesic fringes of the continent and are largely absent from the arid center. METHODS We used high-throughput sequencing to generate unprecedented resolution and near complete species-level nuclear and plastid phylogenies for Calytrix. BioGeoBEARS and biogeographic stochastic mapping were used to infer ancestral areas, the relative contributions of vicariance and dispersal events, and directionality of dispersal. RESULTS Present-day disjunctions in Calytrix are explained by a combination of scenarios: (1) retreat of multiple lineages from the continental center to the more mesic fringes as Australia became progressively more arid, with subsequent extinction in the center as well as (2) origination of ancestral lineages in southwestern Australia (SWA) for species-rich clades. The SWA biodiversity hotspot is a major diversification center and the most common source area of dispersals, with multiple lineages originating in SWA and subsequently spreading to the adjacent arid Eremaean region. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that major extinction, as a result of cooling and drying of the Australian continent in the Eocene-Miocene, shaped the present-day biogeography of Calytrix. We hypothesize that this peripheral vicariance pattern, which is similar to the African Rand flora, may explain the disjunctions of many other Australian plant groups. Further studies with densely sampled phylogenies are required to test this hypothesis.
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- Francis J Nge
- School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, Australia
- State Herbarium of South Australia, G.P.O. Box 1047, Adelaide, South Australia, 5001, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, Australia
- State Herbarium of South Australia, G.P.O. Box 1047, Adelaide, South Australia, 5001, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, Australia
- State Herbarium of South Australia, G.P.O. Box 1047, Adelaide, South Australia, 5001, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley (Perth), WA, 6009, Australia
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Carta A, Peruzzi L, Ramírez‐Barahona S. A global phylogenetic regionalization of vascular plants reveals a deep split between Gondwanan and Laurasian biotas. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2022; 233:1494-1504. [PMID: 34758121 PMCID: PMC9298788 DOI: 10.1111/nph.17844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2021] [Accepted: 10/28/2021] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Existing global regionalization schemes for plants consider the compositional affinities among biotas, but these have not explicitly considered phylogenetic information. Here, we present for the first time, a phytogeographical delineation of the global vascular flora based on species-level evolutionary relationships. We analysed 8737 820 geographical occurrence records for vascular plants together with a time-calibrated phylogeny including 67 269 species. We constructed a global phylogenetic regionalization by estimating species composition and phylogenetic beta diversity among 200 km × 200 km grid cells across the world. We identified de novo 16 phytogeographical units that are deeply split into two clusters: Laurasian and Gondwanan. Our regionalization broadly matches previous schemes, but also highlights the separation of the Gondwanan biota into an Holotropical cluster and an Australian-Neozealandic-Patagonian cluster. In contrast, no clear split among Laurasian and Gondwanan biotas was retrieved when omitting phylogenetic information. The integration of phylogenetic and geographical information provides new insights into the delineation of phytogeographical areas and their historical relationships, enabling the identification of three large, clearly differentiated biotas, here referred to as kingdoms: Holarctic, Holotropical, and Austral. Our results provide further evidence for delineating transition zones and show a clear latitudinal pattern of increasing evolutionary distinctiveness towards the poles.
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- Angelino Carta
- Unità di BotanicaDipartimento di BiologiaUniversità di Pisa56126PisaItaly
- Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e AmbientaliCentro Interuniversitario per la Biodiversità Vegetale Big Data – PLANT DATAAlma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna40126BolognaItaly
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- Unità di BotanicaDipartimento di BiologiaUniversità di Pisa56126PisaItaly
- Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e AmbientaliCentro Interuniversitario per la Biodiversità Vegetale Big Data – PLANT DATAAlma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna40126BolognaItaly
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- Departamento de BotánicaInstituto de BiologíaUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)Circuito Exterior s/nCiudad de México04510Mexico
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Liu J, Lindstrom AJ, Marler TE, Gong X. Not that young: combining plastid phylogenomic, plate tectonic and fossil evidence indicates a Palaeogene diversification of Cycadaceae. ANNALS OF BOTANY 2022; 129:217-230. [PMID: 34520529 PMCID: PMC8796677 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcab118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Accepted: 10/10/2021] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Previous molecular dating studies revealed historical mass extinctions and recent radiations of extant cycads, but debates still exist between palaeobotanists and evolutionary biologists regarding the origin and evolution of Cycadaceae. METHODS Using whole plastomic data, we revisited the phylogeny of this family and found the Palawan endemic Cycas clade was strongly related to all lineages from Southeast Eurasia, coinciding with a plate drift event occurring in the Early Oligocene. By integrating fossil and biogeographical calibrations as well as molecular data from protein-coding genes, we established different calibration schemes and tested competing evolutionary timelines of Cycadaceae. KEY RESULTS We found recent dispersal cannot explain the distribution of Palawan Cycas, yet the scenario including the tectonic calibration yielded a mean crown age of extant Cycadaceae of ~69-43 million years ago by different tree priors, consistent with multiple Palaeogene fossils assigned to this family. Biogeographical analyses incorporating fossil distributions revealed East Asia as the ancestral area of Cycadaceae. CONCLUSIONS Our findings challenge the previously proposed Middle-Late Miocene diversification of cycads and an Indochina origin for Cycadaceae and highlight the importance of combining phylogenetic clades, tectonic events and fossils for rebuilding the evolutionary history of lineages that have undergone massive extinctions.
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- Jian Liu
- CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, China
- Department of Economic Plants and Biotechnology, Yunnan Key Laboratory for Wild Plant Resources, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, China
- For correspondence. Email , or
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- Global Biodiversity Conservancy, 144/124 Moo3, Soi Bua Thong, Bangsalae, Sattahip, Chonburi 20250, Thailand
- For correspondence. Email , or
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- Western Pacific Tropical Research Center, University of Guam, UOG Station, Mangilao, GU 96923, USA
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, China
- Department of Economic Plants and Biotechnology, Yunnan Key Laboratory for Wild Plant Resources, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- For correspondence. Email , or
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Douglas J, Jiménez-Silva CL, Bouckaert R. OUP accepted manuscript. Syst Biol 2022; 71:901-916. [PMID: 35176772 PMCID: PMC9248896 DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syac010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2021] [Revised: 02/01/2022] [Accepted: 02/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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As genomic sequence data become increasingly available, inferring the phylogeny of the
species as that of concatenated genomic data can be enticing. However, this approach makes
for a biased estimator of branch lengths and substitution rates and an inconsistent
estimator of tree topology. Bayesian multispecies coalescent (MSC) methods address these
issues. This is achieved by constraining a set of gene trees within a species tree and
jointly inferring both under a Bayesian framework. However, this approach comes at the
cost of increased computational demand. Here, we introduce StarBeast3—a software package
for efficient Bayesian inference under the MSC model via Markov chain Monte Carlo. We gain
efficiency by introducing cutting-edge proposal kernels and adaptive operators, and
StarBeast3 is particularly efficient when a relaxed clock model is applied. Furthermore,
gene-tree inference is parallelized, allowing the software to scale with the size of the
problem. We validated our software and benchmarked its performance using three real and
two synthetic data sets. Our results indicate that StarBeast3 is up to one-and-a-half
orders of magnitude faster than StarBeast2, and therefore more than two orders faster than
*BEAST, depending on the data set and on the parameter, and can achieve convergence on
large data sets with hundreds of genes. StarBeast3 is open-source and is easy to set up
with a friendly graphical user interface. [Adaptive; Bayesian inference; BEAST 2;
effective population sizes; high performance; multispecies coalescent; parallelization;
phylogenetics.]
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- Jordan Douglas
- School of Computer Science, University of Auckland, 9 Symonds
Street Level 1 Student Commons, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
- Correspondence to be sent to: School of Computer Science,
University of Auckland, 9 Symonds Street Level 1 Student Commons, Auckland 1010, New
Zealand; E-mail:
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- School of Computer Science, University of Auckland, 9 Symonds
Street Level 1 Student Commons, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
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- School of Computer Science, University of Auckland, 9 Symonds
Street Level 1 Student Commons, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
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Méndez-Camacho K, Leon-Alvarado O, Miranda-Esquivel DR. Biogeographic evidence supports the Old Amazon hypothesis for the formation of the Amazon fluvial system. PeerJ 2021; 9:e12533. [PMID: 34900439 PMCID: PMC8627654 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.12533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2020] [Accepted: 11/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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The Amazon has high biodiversity, which has been attributed to different geological events such as the formation of rivers. The Old and Young Amazon hypotheses have been proposed regarding the date of the formation of the Amazon basin. Different studies of historical biogeography support the Young Amazon model, however, most studies use secondary calibrations or are performed at the population level, preventing evaluation of a possible older formation of the Amazon basin. Here, we evaluated the fit of molecular phylogenetic and biogeographic data to previous models regarding the age of formation of the Amazon fluvial system. We reconstructed time-calibrated molecular phylogenies through Bayesian inference for six taxa belonging to Amphibia, Aves, Insecta and Mammalia, using both, nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequence data and fossils as calibration points, and explored priors for both data sources. We detected the most plausible vicariant barriers for each phylogeny and performed an ancestral reconstruction analysis using areas bounded by major Amazonian rivers, and therefore, evaluated the effect of different dispersal rates over time based on geological and biogeographical information. The majority of the genes analyzed fit a relaxed clock model. The log normal distribution fits better and leads to more precise age estimations than the exponential distribution. The data suggested that the first dispersals to the Amazon basin occurred to Western Amazonia from 16.2-10.4 Ma, and the taxa covered most of the areas of the Amazon basin between 12.2-6.2 Ma. Additionally, regardless of the method, we obtained evidence for two rivers: Tocantins and Madeira, acting as vicariant barriers. Given the molecular and biogeographical analyses, we found that some taxa were fitted to the "Old Amazon" model.
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- Karen Méndez-Camacho
- Biology school, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia
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- Biology school, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade Animal, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Natural products isolation studies of the paleoendemic plant species Nothofagus gunnii and Nothofagus cunninghamii. Fitoterapia 2021; 156:105088. [PMID: 34798163 DOI: 10.1016/j.fitote.2021.105088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2021] [Revised: 11/09/2021] [Accepted: 11/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The first natural product isolation studies of Nothofagus gunnii (Hook.f.) Oerst and Nothofagus cunninghamii (Hook.f.) Oerst have been undertaken. A previously unreported stilbene derivative, pinosylvin monoacetate, was isolated from the leaves of N. gunnii, in addition to 14 known compounds; including the flavonoids galangin, pinobanksin, catechin and quercetin; sesquiterpenoids such as, ilicol and (+)-β-costol acetate; 2,4-dihydroxy-6-methoxychalcone and pinosylvin. Four known flavonoid natural products, catechin, quercetin, ayanin, and avicularin were isolated from the leaves of N. cunninghamii. This study reveals that N. gunnii is a rich source of flavonoid, chalcone and stilbene compounds, while primarily hydroxyflavonoid compounds are found in N. cunninghamii. The isolated phytochemicals are consistent with the evolutionary relationships suggested to exist among Nothofagus species.
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Xiao L, Yu M, Zhang Y, Hu J, Zhang R, Wang J, Guo H, Zhang H, Guo X, Deng T, Lv S, Li X, Huang J, Fan G. Chromosome-scale assembly reveals asymmetric paleo-subgenome evolution and targets for the acceleration of fungal resistance breeding in the nut crop, pecan. PLANT COMMUNICATIONS 2021; 2:100247. [PMID: 34778752 PMCID: PMC8577110 DOI: 10.1016/j.xplc.2021.100247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2021] [Revised: 08/18/2021] [Accepted: 09/22/2021] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Pecan (Carya illinoinensis) is a tree nut crop of worldwide economic importance that is rich in health-promoting factors. However, pecan production and nut quality are greatly challenged by environmental stresses such as the outbreak of severe fungal diseases. Here, we report a high-quality, chromosome-scale genome assembly of the controlled-cross pecan cultivar 'Pawnee' constructed by integrating Nanopore sequencing and Hi-C technologies. Phylogenetic and evolutionary analyses reveal two whole-genome duplication (WGD) events and two paleo-subgenomes in pecan and walnut. Time estimates suggest that the recent WGD event and considerable genome rearrangements in pecan and walnut account for expansions in genome size and chromosome number after the divergence from bayberry. The two paleo-subgenomes differ in size and protein-coding gene sets. They exhibit uneven ancient gene loss, asymmetrical distribution of transposable elements (especially LTR/Copia and LTR/Gypsy), and expansions in transcription factor families (such as the extreme pecan-specific expansion in the far-red impaired response 1 family), which are likely to reflect the long evolutionary history of species in the Juglandaceae. A whole-genome scan of resequencing data from 86 pecan scab-associated core accessions identified 47 chromosome regions containing 185 putative candidate genes. Significant changes were detected in the expression of candidate genes associated with the chitin response pathway under chitin treatment in the scab-resistant and scab-susceptible cultivars 'Excell' and 'Pawnee'. These findings enable us to identify key genes that may be important susceptibility factors for fungal diseases in pecan. The high-quality sequences are valuable resources for pecan breeders and will provide a foundation for the production and quality improvement of tree nut crops.
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- Lihong Xiao
- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A&F University, No. 666 Wusu St. Lin'an District, Hangzhou 311300, China
- Corresponding author
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- BGI-Qingdao, BGI-Shenzhen, No. 2 Hengyunshan Rd. Huangdao District, Qingdao 266555, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A&F University, No. 666 Wusu St. Lin'an District, Hangzhou 311300, China
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- BGI-Qingdao, BGI-Shenzhen, No. 2 Hengyunshan Rd. Huangdao District, Qingdao 266555, China
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- BGI-Qingdao, BGI-Shenzhen, No. 2 Hengyunshan Rd. Huangdao District, Qingdao 266555, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A&F University, No. 666 Wusu St. Lin'an District, Hangzhou 311300, China
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- BGI-Qingdao, BGI-Shenzhen, No. 2 Hengyunshan Rd. Huangdao District, Qingdao 266555, China
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- BGI-Qingdao, BGI-Shenzhen, No. 2 Hengyunshan Rd. Huangdao District, Qingdao 266555, China
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- BGI-Qingdao, BGI-Shenzhen, No. 2 Hengyunshan Rd. Huangdao District, Qingdao 266555, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A&F University, No. 666 Wusu St. Lin'an District, Hangzhou 311300, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A&F University, No. 666 Wusu St. Lin'an District, Hangzhou 311300, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A&F University, No. 666 Wusu St. Lin'an District, Hangzhou 311300, China
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- BGI-Qingdao, BGI-Shenzhen, No. 2 Hengyunshan Rd. Huangdao District, Qingdao 266555, China
- Corresponding author
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Zhou H, Hu Y, Ebrahimi A, Liu P, Woeste K, Zhao P, Zhang S. Whole genome based insights into the phylogeny and evolution of the Juglandaceae. BMC Ecol Evol 2021; 21:191. [PMID: 34674641 PMCID: PMC8529855 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-021-01917-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2021] [Accepted: 09/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND The walnut family (Juglandaceae) contains commercially important woody trees commonly called walnut, wingnut, pecan and hickory. Phylogenetic relationships and diversification within the Juglandaceae are classic and hot scientific topics that have been elucidated by recent fossil, morphological, molecular, and (paleo) environmental data. Further resolution of relationships among and within genera is still needed and can be achieved by analysis of the variation of chloroplast, mtDNA, and nuclear genomes. RESULTS We reconstructed the backbone phylogenetic relationships of Juglandaceae using organelle and nuclear genome data from 27 species. The divergence time of Juglandaceae was estimated to be 78.7 Mya. The major lineages diversified in warm and dry habitats during the mid-Paleocene and early Eocene. The plastid, mitochondrial, and nuclear phylogenetic analyses all revealed three subfamilies, i.e., Juglandoideae, Engelhardioideae, Rhoipteleoideae. Five genera of Juglandoideae were strongly supported. Juglandaceae were estimated to have originated during the late Cretaceous, while Juglandoideae were estimated to have originated during the Paleocene, with evidence for rapid diversification events during several glacial and geological periods. The phylogenetic analyses of organelle sequences and nuclear genome yielded highly supported incongruence positions for J. cinerea, J. hopeiensis, and Platycarya strobilacea. Winged fruit were the ancestral condition in the Juglandoideae, but adaptation to novel dispersal and regeneration regimes after the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary led to the independent evolution of zoochory among several genera of the Juglandaceae. CONCLUSIONS A fully resolved, strongly supported, time-calibrated phylogenetic tree of Juglandaceae can provide an important framework for studying classification, diversification, biogeography, and comparative genomics of plant lineages. Our addition of new, annotated whole chloroplast genomic sequences and identification of their variability informs the study of their evolution in walnuts (Juglandaceae).
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- Huijuan Zhou
- College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China
- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, Shaanxi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, Shaanxi, China
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- USDA Forest Service Hardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center (HTIRC), Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, 715 West State Street, West Lafayette, 47907, Indiana, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, Shaanxi, China
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- USDA Forest Service Hardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center (HTIRC), Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, 715 West State Street, West Lafayette, 47907, Indiana, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, Shaanxi, China.
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- College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China.
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Zhou H, Hu Y, Ebrahimi A, Liu P, Woeste K, Zhao P, Zhang S. Whole genome based insights into the phylogeny and evolution of the Juglandaceae. BMC Ecol Evol 2021. [PMID: 34674641 DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-495294/v1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The walnut family (Juglandaceae) contains commercially important woody trees commonly called walnut, wingnut, pecan and hickory. Phylogenetic relationships and diversification within the Juglandaceae are classic and hot scientific topics that have been elucidated by recent fossil, morphological, molecular, and (paleo) environmental data. Further resolution of relationships among and within genera is still needed and can be achieved by analysis of the variation of chloroplast, mtDNA, and nuclear genomes. RESULTS We reconstructed the backbone phylogenetic relationships of Juglandaceae using organelle and nuclear genome data from 27 species. The divergence time of Juglandaceae was estimated to be 78.7 Mya. The major lineages diversified in warm and dry habitats during the mid-Paleocene and early Eocene. The plastid, mitochondrial, and nuclear phylogenetic analyses all revealed three subfamilies, i.e., Juglandoideae, Engelhardioideae, Rhoipteleoideae. Five genera of Juglandoideae were strongly supported. Juglandaceae were estimated to have originated during the late Cretaceous, while Juglandoideae were estimated to have originated during the Paleocene, with evidence for rapid diversification events during several glacial and geological periods. The phylogenetic analyses of organelle sequences and nuclear genome yielded highly supported incongruence positions for J. cinerea, J. hopeiensis, and Platycarya strobilacea. Winged fruit were the ancestral condition in the Juglandoideae, but adaptation to novel dispersal and regeneration regimes after the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary led to the independent evolution of zoochory among several genera of the Juglandaceae. CONCLUSIONS A fully resolved, strongly supported, time-calibrated phylogenetic tree of Juglandaceae can provide an important framework for studying classification, diversification, biogeography, and comparative genomics of plant lineages. Our addition of new, annotated whole chloroplast genomic sequences and identification of their variability informs the study of their evolution in walnuts (Juglandaceae).
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- Huijuan Zhou
- College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China
- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, Shaanxi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, Shaanxi, China
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- USDA Forest Service Hardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center (HTIRC), Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, 715 West State Street, West Lafayette, 47907, Indiana, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, Shaanxi, China
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- USDA Forest Service Hardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center (HTIRC), Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, 715 West State Street, West Lafayette, 47907, Indiana, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, Shaanxi, China.
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- College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China.
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Rewinding the molecular clock in the genus Carabus (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in light of fossil evidence and the Gondwana split: A reanalysis. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0256679. [PMID: 34550988 PMCID: PMC8457462 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0256679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2020] [Accepted: 06/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Molecular clocks have become powerful tools given increasing sequencing and fossil resources. However, calibration analyses outcomes depend on the choice of priors. Here, we revisited the seminal dating study published by Andújar and coworkers of the genus Carabus proposing that prior choices need re-evaluation. We hypothesized that reflecting fossil evidence and the Gondwanan split properly significantly rewinds the molecular clock. We re-used the dataset including five mitochondrial and four nuclear DNA fragments with a total length of 7888 nt. Fossil evidence for Oligocene occurrence of Calosoma was considered. Root age was set based on the fossil evidence of Harpalinae ground beetles in the Upper Cretaceous. Paleogene divergence of the outgroup taxa Ceroglossini and Pamborini is introduced as a new prior based on current paleontological and geological literature. The ultrametric time-calibrated tree of the extended nd5 dataset resulted in a median TMRCA Carabus of 53.92 Ma (HPD 95% 45.01–63.18 Ma), roughly 30 Ma older than in the Andújar study. The splits among C. rugosus and C. morbillosus (A), C. riffensis from the European Mesocarabus (B), and Eurycarabus and Nesaeocarabus (C) were dated to 17.58 (12.87–22.85), 24.14 (18.02–30.58), and 21.6 (16.44–27.43) Ma. They were decidedly older than those previously reported (7.48, 10.93, and 9.51 Ma). These changes were driven almost entirely by constraining the Carabidae time-tree root with a Harpalinae amber fossil at ~99 Ma. Utilizing the nd5 dating results of three well-supported Carabus clades as secondary calibration points for the complete MIT-NUC dataset led to a TMRCA of Carabus of 44.72 (37.54–52.22) Ma, compared with 25.16 Ma (18.41–33.04 Ma) in the previous study. Considering fossil evidence for Oligocene Calosoma and Late Cretaceous Harpalini together with the Gondwanan split as a new prior, our new approach supports the origin of genus Carabus in the Eocene. Our results are preliminary because of the heavy reliance on the nd5 gene, and thus will have to be tested with a sufficient set of nuclear markers. Additionally, uncertainties due to dating root age of the tree based on a single fossil and outgroup taxon affect the results. Improvement of the fossil database, particularly in the supertribe Carabitae, is needed to reduce these uncertainties in dating Carabus phylogeny.
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Chazot N, Blandin P, Debat V, Elias M, Condamine FL. Punctuational ecological changes rather than global factors drive species diversification and the evolution of wing phenotypes in Morpho butterflies. J Evol Biol 2021; 34:1592-1607. [PMID: 34449944 DOI: 10.1111/jeb.13921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2017] [Revised: 08/10/2021] [Accepted: 08/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Assessing the relative importance of geographical and ecological drivers of evolution is paramount to understand the diversification of species and traits at the macroevolutionary scale. Here, we use an integrative approach, combining phylogenetics, biogeography, ecology and quantified phenotypes to investigate the drivers of both species and phenotypic diversification of the iconic Neotropical butterfly genus Morpho. We generated a time-calibrated phylogeny for all known species and inferred historical biogeography. We fitted models of time-dependent (accounting for rate heterogeneity across the phylogeny) and paleoenvironment-dependent diversification (accounting for global effect on the phylogeny). We used geometric morphometrics to assess variation of wing size and shape across the tree and investigated their dynamics of evolution. We found that the diversification of Morpho is best explained when considering variable diversification rates across the tree, possibly associated with lineages occupying different microhabitat conditions. First, a shift from understory to canopy was characterized by an increased speciation rate partially coupled with an increasing rate of wing shape evolution. Second, the occupation of dense bamboo thickets accompanying a major host-plant shift from dicotyledons towards monocotyledons was associated with a simultaneous diversification rate shift and an evolutionary 'jump' of wing size. Our study points to a diversification pattern driven by punctuational ecological changes instead of a global driver or biogeographic history.
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- Nicolas Chazot
- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, UA, Paris, France
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- Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, UA, Paris, France
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- Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, UA, Paris, France
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- CNRS, UMR 5554, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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Yang YY, Qu XJ, Zhang R, Stull GW, Yi TS. Plastid phylogenomic analyses of Fagales reveal signatures of conflict and ancient chloroplast capture. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2021; 163:107232. [PMID: 34129935 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2021] [Revised: 05/21/2021] [Accepted: 06/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Plastid phylogenomic analyses have shed light on many recalcitrant relationships across the angiosperm Tree of Life and continue to play an important role in plant phylogenetics alongside nuclear data sets given the utility of plastomes for revealing ancient and recent introgression. Here we conduct a plastid phylogenomic study of Fagales, aimed at exploring contentious relationships (e.g., the placement of Myricaceae and some intergeneric relationships in Betulaceae, Juglandaceae, and Fagaceae) and dissecting conflicting phylogenetic signals across the plastome. Combining 102 newly sequenced samples with publically available plastomes, we analyzed a dataset including 256 species and 32 of the 34 total genera of Fagales, representing the largest plastome-based study of the order to date. We find strong support for a sister relationship between Myricaceae and Juglandaceae, as well as strongly supported conflicting signal for alternative generic relationships in Betulaceae and Juglandaceae. These conflicts highlight the sensitivity of plastid phylogenomic analyses to genic composition, perhaps due to the prevalence of uninformative loci and heterogeneity in signal across different regions of the plastome. Phylogenetic relationships were geographically structured in subfamily Quercoideae, with Quercus being non-monophyletic and its sections forming clades with co-distributed Old World or New World genera of Quercoideae. Compared against studies based on nuclear genes, these results suggest extensive introgression and chloroplast capture in the early diversification of Quercus and Quercoideae. This study provides a critical plastome perspective on Fagales phylogeny, setting the stage for future studies employing more extensive data from the nuclear genome.
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- Ying-Ying Yang
- Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650201, China; Kunming College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650201, China; CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650201, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress Research, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, Shangdong 250014, China
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- Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650201, China
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- Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650201, China.
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- Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650201, China; Kunming College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650201, China; CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650201, China.
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Fegies AC, Carmignotto AP, Perez MF, Guilardi MD, Lessinger AC. Molecular Phylogeny of Cryptonanus (Didelphidae: Thylamyini): Evidence for a recent and complex diversification in South American open biomes. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2021; 162:107213. [PMID: 34029717 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2020] [Revised: 05/07/2021] [Accepted: 05/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Systematic revisions of South American marsupials have contributed to our knowledge about genus and species diversity in the last decades, including studies of the most recently described genus Cryptonanus (Didelphidae), currently comprising four recognized species. Herein we provide the first phylogeny for these mouse opossums based on comprehensive sampling, including representatives from all nominal taxa, encompassing most of the geographic distribution of the genus while also extending its known range. The taxonomic status of Cryptonanus species was explored by analyses of multiple mitochondrial and nuclear DNA markers to assess phylogenetic relationships and to provide divergence time estimates, species delimitations and biogeographical hypotheses. Cryptonanus monophyly remained highly supported despite the inclusion of abundant new data from more than a hundred specimens, comprising 10 independent evolutionary lineages. Species-complexes within valid nominal taxa reveal higher species richness in the genus. Based on divergence estimates from a dated phylogeny, we suggest that Cryptonanus diversified along the Quaternary, with speciation events occurring well into the Pleistocene. The best supported biogeographical hypothesis endorses speciation by vicariance and subset speciation across open formations in shaping the evolutionary history of this didelphid genus, strongly associated with dry tropical landscapes of South America.
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- Ana Cláudia Fegies
- Departamento de Engenharia Ambiental, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Campus Sorocaba, Av. Três de Março 511, Sorocaba, São Paulo CEP 18087-180, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar), Campus Sorocaba, Rodovia João Leme dos Santos km 110, Sorocaba, São Paulo CEP 18052-780, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar), Rodovia Washington Luís km 235, São Carlos, São Paulo CEP 13565-905, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia e Evolução, Instituto Butantan, Avenida Vital Brazil 1500, São Paulo, São Paulo CEP 05503-000, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar), Campus Sorocaba, Rodovia João Leme dos Santos km 110, Sorocaba, São Paulo CEP 18052-780, Brazil.
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Douglas J, Zhang R, Bouckaert R. Adaptive dating and fast proposals: Revisiting the phylogenetic relaxed clock model. PLoS Comput Biol 2021; 17:e1008322. [PMID: 33529184 PMCID: PMC7880504 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2020] [Revised: 02/12/2021] [Accepted: 11/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Relaxed clock models enable estimation of molecular substitution rates across lineages and are widely used in phylogenetics for dating evolutionary divergence times. Under the (uncorrelated) relaxed clock model, tree branches are associated with molecular substitution rates which are independently and identically distributed. In this article we delved into the internal complexities of the relaxed clock model in order to develop efficient MCMC operators for Bayesian phylogenetic inference. We compared three substitution rate parameterisations, introduced an adaptive operator which learns the weights of other operators during MCMC, and we explored how relaxed clock model estimation can benefit from two cutting-edge proposal kernels: the AVMVN and Bactrian kernels. This work has produced an operator scheme that is up to 65 times more efficient at exploring continuous relaxed clock parameters compared with previous setups, depending on the dataset. Finally, we explored variants of the standard narrow exchange operator which are specifically designed for the relaxed clock model. In the most extreme case, this new operator traversed tree space 40% more efficiently than narrow exchange. The methodologies introduced are adaptive and highly effective on short as well as long alignments. The results are available via the open source optimised relaxed clock (ORC) package for BEAST 2 under a GNU licence (https://github.com/jordandouglas/ORC).
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- Jordan Douglas
- Centre for Computational Evolution, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Computer Science, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Centre for Computational Evolution, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Computer Science, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Centre for Computational Evolution, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Computer Science, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena, Germany
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Nge FJ, Biffin E, Thiele KR, Waycott M. Reticulate Evolution, Ancient Chloroplast Haplotypes, and Rapid Radiation of the Australian Plant Genus Adenanthos (Proteaceae). Front Ecol Evol 2021. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2020.616741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Cytonuclear discordance, commonly detected in phylogenetic studies, is often attributed to hybridization and/or incomplete lineage sorting (ILS). New sequencing technologies and analytical approaches can provide new insights into the relative importance of these processes. Hybridization has previously been reported in the Australian endemic plant genus Adenanthos (Proteaceae). Like many Australian genera, Adenanthos is of relatively ancient origin, and provides an opportunity to examine long-term evolutionary consequences of gene flow between lineages. Using a hybrid capture approach, we assembled densely sampled low-copy nuclear and plastid DNA sequences for Adenanthos, inferred its evolutionary history, and used a Bayesian posterior predictive approach and coalescent simulations to assess relative contributions of hybridization and ILS to cytonuclear discordance. Our analyses indicate that strong incongruence detected between our plastid and nuclear phylogenies is not only the result of ILS, but also results from extensive ancient introgression as well as recent chloroplast capture and introgression between extant Adenanthos species. The deep reticulation was also detected from long-persisting chloroplast haplotypes shared between evolutionarily distant species. These haplotypes may have persisted for over 12 Ma in localized populations across southwest Western Australia, indicating that the region is not only an important area for old endemic lineages and accumulation of species, but is also characterized by persistence of high genetic diversity. Deep introgression in Adenanthos coincided with the rapid radiation of the genus during the Miocene, a time when many Australian temperate plant groups radiated in response to large-scale climatic change. This study suggests that ancient introgression may play an important role in the evolution of the Australian flora more broadly.
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The origin, evolution and diversification of multiple isoforms of light-dependent protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase (LPOR): focus on angiosperms. Biochem J 2020; 477:2221-2236. [PMID: 32568402 DOI: 10.1042/bcj20200323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2020] [Revised: 05/29/2020] [Accepted: 06/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Light-dependent protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase (LPOR) catalyzes the reduction of protochlorophyllide to chlorophyllide, which is a key reaction for angiosperm development. Dark operative light-independent protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase (DPOR) is the other enzyme able to catalyze this reaction, however, it is not present in angiosperms. LPOR, which evolved later than DPOR, requires light to trigger the reaction. The ancestors of angiosperms lost DPOR genes and duplicated the LPORs, however, the LPOR evolution in angiosperms has not been yet investigated. In the present study, we built a phylogenetic tree using 557 nucleotide sequences of LPORs from both bacteria and plants to uncover the evolution of LPOR. The tree revealed that all modern sequences of LPOR diverged from a single sequence ∼1.36 billion years ago. The LPOR gene was then duplicated at least 10 times in angiosperms, leading to the formation of two or even more LPOR isoforms in multiple species. In the case of Arabidopsis thaliana, AtPORA and AtPORB originated in one duplication event, in contrary to the isoform AtPORC, which diverged first. We performed biochemical characterization of these isoforms in vitro, revealing differences in the lipid-driven properties. The results prone us to hypothesize that duplication events of LPOR gave rise to the isoforms having different lipid-driven activity, which may predispose them for functioning in different locations in plastids. Moreover, we showed that LPOR from Synechocystis operated in the lipid-independent manner, revealing differences between bacterial and plant LPORs. Based on the presented results, we propose a novel classification of LPOR enzymes based on their biochemical properties and phylogenetic relationships.
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Feng YY, Shen TT, Shao CC, Du H, Ran JH, Wang XQ. Phylotranscriptomics reveals the complex evolutionary and biogeographic history of the genus Tsuga with an East Asian-North American disjunct distribution. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2020; 157:107066. [PMID: 33387645 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2020.107066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2020] [Revised: 11/26/2020] [Accepted: 12/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The disjunct distribution between East Asia and North America is one of the best established biogeographic patterns. A robust phylogeny is fundamental for understanding the biogeographic histories of taxa with this distribution pattern. Tsuga (hemlock) is a genus of Pinaceae with a typical intercontinental disjunct distribution in East Asia and eastern and western North America, and its phylogeny has not been completely reconstructed in previous studies. In this study, we reconstructed a highly resolved phylogeny of Tsuga using 881 nuclear genes, 60 chloroplast genes and 23 mitochondrial genes and explored its biogeographic and reticulate evolutionary history. The results of phylogenetic analysis, molecular dating and ancestral area reconstruction indicate that Tsuga very likely originated from North America in the late Oligocene and dispersed from America to East Asia via the Bering Land Bridge during the middle Miocene. In particular, we found complex reticulate evolutionary pattern among the East Asian hemlock species. T. sieboldii possibly originated from hybridization with the ancestor of T. chinensis from mainland China and T. forrestii as the paternal donor and the ancestor of T. diversifolia and T. ulleungensis as the maternal donor. T. chinensis (Taiwan) could have originated by hybridization together with T. sieboldii and then evolved independently after dispersal to the Taiwan Island, subsequently experiencing mitochondrial DNA introgression with T. chinensis from mainland China. Moreover, our study found that T. chinensis from western China is more closely related to T. forrestii than to T. chinensis from eastern China. The nonmonophyletic T. chinensis needs taxonomic reconsideration.
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- Yuan-Yuan Feng
- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- School of Earth Sciences, East China University of Technology, Nanchang 330013, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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Uckele KA, Adams RP, Schwarzbach AE, Parchman TL. Genome-wide RAD sequencing resolves the evolutionary history of serrate leaf Juniperus and reveals discordance with chloroplast phylogeny. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2020; 156:107022. [PMID: 33242585 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2020.107022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2020] [Revised: 10/06/2020] [Accepted: 11/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Juniper (Juniperus) is an ecologically important conifer genus of the Northern Hemisphere, the members of which are often foundational tree species of arid regions. The serrate leaf margin clade is native to topologically variable regions in North America, where hybridization has likely played a prominent role in their diversification. Here we use a reduced-representation sequencing approach (ddRADseq) to generate a phylogenomic data set for 68 accessions representing all 22 species in the serrate leaf margin clade, as well as a number of close and distant relatives, to improve understanding of diversification in this group. Phylogenetic analyses using three methods (SVDquartets, maximum likelihood, and Bayesian) yielded highly congruent and well-resolved topologies. These phylogenies provided improved resolution relative to past analyses based on Sanger sequencing of nuclear and chloroplast DNA, and were largely consistent with taxonomic expectations based on geography and morphology. Calibration of a Bayesian phylogeny with fossil evidence produced divergence time estimates for the clade consistent with a late Oligocene origin in North America, followed by a period of elevated diversification between 12 and 5 Mya. Comparison of the ddRADseq phylogenies with a phylogeny based on Sanger-sequenced chloroplast DNA revealed five instances of pronounced discordance, illustrating the potential for chloroplast introgression, chloroplast transfer, or incomplete lineage sorting to influence organellar phylogeny. Our results improve understanding of the pattern and tempo of diversification in Juniperus, and highlight the utility of reduced-representation sequencing for resolving phylogenetic relationships in non-model organisms with reticulation and recent divergence.
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- Kathryn A Uckele
- Department of Biology, MS 314, University of Nevada, Reno, Max Fleischmann Agriculture Building, 1664 N Virginia St., Reno, NV 89557, USA.
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- Baylor University, Utah Lab, 201 N 5500 W, Hurricane, UT 84790, USA.
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- Department of Health and Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley, 1 W University Drive, Brownsville, TX 78520, USA.
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- Department of Biology, MS 314, University of Nevada, Reno, Max Fleischmann Agriculture Building, 1664 N Virginia St., Reno, NV 89557, USA.
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Blaimer BB, Gotzek D, Brady SG, Buffington ML. Comprehensive phylogenomic analyses re-write the evolution of parasitism within cynipoid wasps. BMC Evol Biol 2020; 20:155. [PMID: 33228574 PMCID: PMC7686688 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-020-01716-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2020] [Accepted: 10/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Parasitoidism, a specialized life strategy in which a parasite eventually kills its host, is frequently found within the insect order Hymenoptera (wasps, ants and bees). A parasitoid lifestyle is one of two dominant life strategies within the hymenopteran superfamily Cynipoidea, with the other being an unusual plant-feeding behavior known as galling. Less commonly, cynipoid wasps exhibit inquilinism, a strategy where some species have adapted to usurp other species' galls instead of inducing their own. Using a phylogenomic data set of ultraconserved elements from nearly all lineages of Cynipoidea, we here generate a robust phylogenetic framework and timescale to understand cynipoid systematics and the evolution of these life histories. RESULTS Our reconstructed evolutionary history for Cynipoidea differs considerably from previous hypotheses. Rooting our analyses with non-cynipoid outgroups, the Paraulacini, a group of inquilines, emerged as sister-group to the rest of Cynipoidea, rendering the gall wasp family Cynipidae paraphyletic. The families Ibaliidae and Liopteridae, long considered archaic and early-branching parasitoid lineages, were found nested well within the Cynipoidea as sister-group to the parasitoid Figitidae. Cynipoidea originated in the early Jurassic around 190 Ma. Either inquilinism or parasitoidism is suggested as the ancestral and dominant strategy throughout the early evolution of cynipoids, depending on whether a simple (three states: parasitoidism, inquilinism and galling) or more complex (seven states: parasitoidism, inquilinism and galling split by host use) model is employed. CONCLUSIONS Our study has significant impact on understanding cynipoid evolution and highlights the importance of adequate outgroup sampling. We discuss the evolutionary timescale of the superfamily in relation to their insect hosts and host plants, and outline how phytophagous galling behavior may have evolved from entomophagous, parasitoid cynipoids. Our study has established the framework for further physiological and comparative genomic work between gall-making, inquiline and parasitoid lineages, which could also have significant implications for the evolution of diverse life histories in other Hymenoptera.
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- Bonnie B Blaimer
- Center for Integrative Biodiversity Discovery, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany.
- National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA.
- North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.
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- National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA
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- National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA
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- Systematic Entomology Laboratory, ARS-USDA, C/O NMNH, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA.
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Menéndez I, Gómez Cano AR, Cantalapiedra JL, Peláez‐Campomanes P, Álvarez‐Sierra MÁ, Hernández Fernández M. A multi‐layered approach to the diversification of squirrels. Mamm Rev 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/mam.12215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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- Iris Menéndez
- Departamento de Geodinámica, Estratigrafía y Paleontología, Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas Universidad Complutense de Madrid C/ José Antonio Novais 12 Madrid28040 Spain
- Departamento de Cambio Medioambiental Instituto de Geociencias (UCM, CSIC) C/Severo Ochoa 7 Madrid28040 Spain
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- Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida, GloCEE Global Change Ecology and Evolution Research Group Universidad de Alcalá Plaza de San Diego s/n, Alcalá de Henares Madrid28801 Spain
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- Departameto de Paleobiología Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, MNCN‐CSIC C/ José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2 Madrid28006 Spain
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- Departamento de Geodinámica, Estratigrafía y Paleontología, Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas Universidad Complutense de Madrid C/ José Antonio Novais 12 Madrid28040 Spain
- Departamento de Cambio Medioambiental Instituto de Geociencias (UCM, CSIC) C/Severo Ochoa 7 Madrid28040 Spain
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- Departamento de Geodinámica, Estratigrafía y Paleontología, Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas Universidad Complutense de Madrid C/ José Antonio Novais 12 Madrid28040 Spain
- Departamento de Cambio Medioambiental Instituto de Geociencias (UCM, CSIC) C/Severo Ochoa 7 Madrid28040 Spain
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Mathiasen P, Venegas-González A, Fresia P, Premoli AC. A relic of the past: current genetic patterns of the palaeoendemic tree Nothofagus macrocarpa were shaped by climatic oscillations in central Chile. ANNALS OF BOTANY 2020; 126:891-904. [PMID: 32578853 PMCID: PMC7539361 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcaa111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2019] [Accepted: 06/17/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS The Mediterranean-type forest of central Chile is considered a 'biodiversity hotspot' and a relic of a wider ancient distribution produced by past climatic oscillations. Nothofagus macrocarpa, commonly known as 'roble de Santiago', is a threatened palaeoendemic of this forest, poorly represented in the protected area system. This tree has been repeatedly misidentified as the sister species N. obliqua, which has affected its recognition and protection. Only a few populations of N. macrocarpa remain within a matrix of intensive land use that has been affected by recent forest fires. We tested the hypothesis that current populations of N. macrocarpa are a relic state of a previously widespread range, with the aim of contributing to its identification, its biogeographical history and the design of conservation measures using genetic information. METHODS We analysed remnant N. macrocarpa forests using nuclear (nDNA) and chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) sequences, conducted phylogenetic and phylogeographical analyses to reconstruct its biogeographical history, and assessed microsatellites [simple sequence repeats (SSRs)] to determine contemporary patters of diversity within and among all remnant populations. We also examined the degree of past, current and potential future isolation of N. macrocarpa populations using ecological niche models (ENMs). KEY RESULTS The species N. macrocarpa was confirmed by nDNA sequences, as previously suggested by chromosomal analysis. Small isolated populations of N. macrocarpa exhibited moderate to high genetic diversity according to SSRs. cpDNA analysis revealed a marked past latitudinal geographical structure, whereas analysis of SSRs did not find such current structure. ENM analyses revealed local expansion-contraction of the N. macrocarpa range during warmer periods, particularly in the northern and central ranges where basal-most cpDNA haplotypes were detected, and recent expansion to the south of the distribution. CONCLUSIONS Genetic patterns confirm that N. macrocarpa is a distinct species and suggest a marked latitudinal relic structure in at least two evolutionarily significant units, despite contemporary among-population gene flow. This information must be considered when choosing individuals (seeds and/or propagules) for restoration purposes, to avoid the admixture of divergent genetic stocks.
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- Paula Mathiasen
- Laboratorio Ecotono, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, INIBIOMA-CONICET, Bariloche, Argentina
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- Hémera Centro de Observación de la Tierra, Escuela de Ingeniería Forestal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Mayor, Santiago, Chile
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- Unidad de Biotecnología, INIA Las Brujas, Canelones, Uruguay
- Unidad de Bioinformática, Instituto Pasteur de Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Laboratorio Ecotono, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, INIBIOMA-CONICET, Bariloche, Argentina
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Doyle ED, Prates I, Sampaio I, Koiffmann C, Silva WA, Carnaval AC, Harris EE. Molecular phylogenetic inference of the howler monkey radiation (Primates: Alouatta). Primates 2020; 62:177-188. [PMID: 32876810 DOI: 10.1007/s10329-020-00854-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2020] [Accepted: 08/03/2020] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Howler monkeys (Alouatta), comprising between nine and 14 species and ranging from southern Mexico to northern Argentina, are the most widely distributed platyrrhines. Previous phylogenetic studies of howlers have used chromosomal and morphological characters and a limited number of molecular markers; however, branching patterns conflict between studies or remain unresolved. We performed a new phylogenetic analysis of Alouatta using both concatenated and coalescent-based species tree approaches based on 14 unlinked non-coding intergenic nuclear regions. Our taxon sampling included five of the seven South American species (Alouatta caraya, Alouatta belzebul, Alouatta guariba, Alouatta seniculus, Alouatta sara) and the two recognized species from Mesoamerica (Alouatta pigra, Alouatta palliata). Similarly to previous studies, our phylogenies supported a Mesoamerican clade and a South American clade. For the South American howlers, both methods recovered the Atlantic Forest endemic A. guariba as sister to all remaining South American species, albeit with moderate support. Moreover, we found no support for the previously proposed sister relationship between A. guariba and A. belzebul. For the first time, a clade composed of A. sara and A. caraya was identified. The relationships among the other South American howlers, however, were not fully supported. Our estimates for divergence times within Alouatta are generally older compared to estimates in earlier studies. However, they conform to recent studies proposing a Miocene age for the Isthmus of Panama and for the uplift of the northern Andes. Our results also point to an early genetic isolation of A. guariba in the Atlantic Forest, in agreement with the hypothesis of biotic exchange across South American rain forests in the Miocene. Collectively, these findings contribute to a better understanding of the diversification processes among howler monkey species; however, they also suggest that further comprehension of the evolutionary history of the Alouatta radiation will rely on broadened taxonomic, geographic, and genomic sampling.
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- Department of Biology, City College of New York, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Instituto de Estudos Costeiros, Universidade Federal Do Pará, Campus de Bragança, Belém, PA, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética e Biologia Evolutiva, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Biology, City College of New York, New York, NY, USA
- The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Geology, Queensborough Community College, The City University of New York, New York, NY, USA.
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The delayed and geographically heterogeneous diversification of flowering plant families. Nat Ecol Evol 2020; 4:1232-1238. [PMID: 32632260 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-020-1241-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2019] [Accepted: 06/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The Early Cretaceous (145-100 million years ago (Ma)) witnessed the rise of flowering plants (angiosperms), which ultimately lead to profound changes in terrestrial plant communities. However, palaeobotanical evidence shows that the transition to widespread angiosperm-dominated biomes was delayed until the Palaeocene (66-56 Ma). Important aspects of the timing and geographical setting of angiosperm diversification during this period, and the groups involved, remain uncertain. Here we address these aspects by constructing and dating a new and complete family-level phylogeny, which we integrate with 16 million geographic occurrence records for angiosperms on a global scale. We show substantial time lags (mean, 37-56 Myr) between the origin of families (stem age) and the diversification leading to extant species (crown ages) across the entire angiosperm tree of life. In turn, our results show that families with the shortest lags are overrepresented in temperate and arid biomes compared with tropical biomes. Our results imply that the diversification and ecological expansion of extant angiosperms was geographically heterogeneous and occurred long after most of their phylogenetic diversity originated during the Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution.
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Wood D, Besnard G, Beerling DJ, Osborne CP, Christin PA. Phylogenomics indicates the "living fossil" Isoetes diversified in the Cenozoic. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0227525. [PMID: 32555586 PMCID: PMC7302493 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0227525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2019] [Accepted: 05/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The fossil record provides an invaluable insight into the temporal origins of extant lineages of organisms. However, establishing the relationships between fossils and extant lineages can be difficult in groups with low rates of morphological change over time. Molecular dating can potentially circumvent this issue by allowing distant fossils to act as calibration points, but rate variation across large evolutionary scales can bias such analyses. In this study, we apply multiple dating methods to genome-wide datasets to infer the origin of extant species of Isoetes, a group of mostly aquatic and semi-aquatic isoetalean lycopsids, which closely resemble fossil forms dating back to the Triassic. Rate variation observed in chloroplast genomes hampers accurate dating, but genome-wide nuclear markers place the origin of extant diversity within this group in the mid-Paleogene, 45-60 million years ago. Our genomic analyses coupled with a careful evaluation of the fossil record indicate that despite resembling forms from the Triassic, extant Isoetes species do not represent the remnants of an ancient and widespread group, but instead have spread around the globe in the relatively recent past.
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- Daniel Wood
- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- CNRS, Université de Toulouse, IRD, UMR 5174, EDB (Laboratoire Évolution & Diversité Biologique), Toulouse, France
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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Koot EM, Morgan-Richards M, Trewick SA. An alpine grasshopper radiation older than the mountains, on Kā Tiritiri o te Moana (Southern Alps) of Aotearoa (New Zealand). Mol Phylogenet Evol 2020; 147:106783. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2019] [Revised: 02/18/2020] [Accepted: 02/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Mu XY, Tong L, Sun M, Zhu YX, Wen J, Lin QW, Liu B. Phylogeny and divergence time estimation of the walnut family (Juglandaceae) based on nuclear RAD-Seq and chloroplast genome data. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2020; 147:106802. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2019] [Revised: 03/18/2020] [Accepted: 03/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Strijk JS, Binh HT, Ngoc NV, Pereira JT, Slik JWF, Sukri RS, Suyama Y, Tagane S, Wieringa JJ, Yahara T, Hinsinger DD. Museomics for reconstructing historical floristic exchanges: Divergence of stone oaks across Wallacea. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0232936. [PMID: 32442164 PMCID: PMC7244142 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0232936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2019] [Accepted: 04/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Natural history collections and tropical tree diversity are both treasure troves of biological and evolutionary information, but their accessibility for scientific study is impeded by a number of properties. DNA in historical specimens is generally highly fragmented, complicating the recovery of high-grade genetic material. Furthermore, our understanding of hyperdiverse, wide-spread tree assemblages is obstructed by extensive species ranges, fragmented knowledge of tropical tree diversity and phenology, and a widespread lack of species-level diagnostic characters, prohibiting the collecting of readily identifiable specimens which can be used to build, revise or strengthen taxonomic frameworks. This, in turn, delays the application of downstream conservation action. A sizable component of botanical collections are sterile-thus eluding identification and are slowing down progress in systematic treatments of tropical biodiversity. With rapid advances in genomics and bioinformatic approaches to biodiversity research, museomics is emerging as a new field breathing life into natural collections that have been built up over centuries. Using MIGseq (multiplexed ISSR genotyping by sequencing), we generated 10,000s of short loci, for both freshly collected materials and museum specimens (aged >100 years) of Lithocarpus-a widespread tropical tree genus endemic to the Asian tropics. Loci recovery from historical and recently collected samples was not affected by sample age and preservation history of the study material, underscoring the reliability and flexibility of the MIGseq approach. Phylogenomic inference and biogeographic reconstruction across insular Asia, highlights repeated migration and diversification patterns between continental regions and islands. Results indicate that co-occurring insular species at the extremity of the distribution range are not monophyletic, raising the possibility of multiple independent dispersals along the outer edge of Wallacea. This suggests that dispersal of large seeded tree genera throughout Malesia and across Wallacea may have been less affected by large geographic distances and the presence of marine barriers than generally assumed. We demonstrate the utility of MIGseq in museomic studies using non-model taxa, presenting the first range-wide genomic assessment of Lithocarpus and tropical Fagaceae as a proof-of-concept. Our study shows the potential for developing innovative genomic approaches to improve the capture of novel evolutionary signals using valuable natural history collections of hyperdiverse taxa.
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- Joeri S. Strijk
- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, China
- Biodiversity Genomics Team, Plant Ecophysiology & Evolution Group, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Conservation, College of Forestry, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, China
- Alliance for Conservation Tree Genomics, Alliance for Conservation Tree Genomics, Pha Tad Ke Botanical Garden, Luang Prabang, Laos
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- Sabah Forestry Department, Forest Research Centre, Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia
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- Environmental and Life Sciences Programme, Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Gadong, Brunei Darussalam
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- Environmental and Life Sciences Programme, Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Gadong, Brunei Darussalam
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- Kawatabi Field Science Centre, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Miyagi, Japan
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- The Kagoshima University Museum, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Center for Asian Conservation Ecology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Biodiversity Genomics Team, Plant Ecophysiology & Evolution Group, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Conservation, College of Forestry, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, China
- Alliance for Conservation Tree Genomics, Alliance for Conservation Tree Genomics, Pha Tad Ke Botanical Garden, Luang Prabang, Laos
- Génomique Métabolique, Genoscope, Institut de Biologie François Jacob, Commissariat à l′Énergie Atomique (CEA), CNRS, Université Évry, Université Paris-Saclay, Évry, France
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Powell CLE, Waskin S, Battistuzzi FU. Quantifying the Error of Secondary vs. Distant Primary Calibrations in a Simulated Environment. Front Genet 2020; 11:252. [PMID: 32265987 PMCID: PMC7099002 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2020.00252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2019] [Accepted: 03/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Using calibrations to obtain absolute divergence times is standard practice in molecular clock studies. While the use of primary (e.g., fossil) calibrations is preferred, this approach can be limiting because of their rarity in fast-growing datasets. Thus, alternatives need to be explored, such as the use of secondary (molecularly-derived) calibrations that can anchor a timetree in a larger number of nodes. However, the use of secondary calibrations has been discouraged in the past because of concerns in the error rates of the node estimates they produce with an apparent high precision. Here, we quantify the amount of errors in estimates produced by the use of secondary calibrations relative to true times and primary calibrations placed on distant nodes. We find that, overall, the inaccuracies in estimates based on secondary calibrations are predictable and mirror errors associated with primary calibrations and their confidence intervals. Additionally, we find comparable error rates in estimated times from secondary calibrations and distant primary calibrations, although the precision of estimates derived from distant primary calibrations is roughly twice as good as that of estimates derived from secondary calibrations. This suggests that increasing dataset size to include primary calibrations may produce divergence times that are about as accurate as those from secondary calibrations, albeit with a higher precision. Overall, our results suggest that secondary calibrations may be useful to explore the parameter space of plausible evolutionary scenarios when compared to time estimates obtained with distant primary calibrations.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, United States
- Center for Data Science and Big Data Analytics, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, United States
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Phylogenomic Reconstruction Sheds Light on New Relationships and Timescale of Rails (Aves: Rallidae) Evolution. DIVERSITY-BASEL 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/d12020070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The integration of state-of-the-art molecular techniques and analyses, together with a broad taxonomic sampling, can provide new insights into bird interrelationships and divergence. Despite their evolutionary significance, the relationships among several rail lineages remain unresolved as does the general timescale of rail evolution. Here, we disentangle the deep phylogenetic structure of rails using anchored phylogenomics. We analysed a set of 393 loci from 63 species, representing approximately 40% of the extant familial diversity. Our phylogenomic analyses reconstruct the phylogeny of rails and robustly infer several previously contentious relationships. Concatenated maximum likelihood and coalescent species-tree approaches recover identical topologies with strong node support. The results are concordant with previous phylogenetic studies using small DNA datasets, but they also supply an additional resolution. Our dating analysis provides contrasting divergence times using fossils and Bayesian and non-Bayesian approaches. Our study refines the evolutionary history of rails, offering a foundation for future evolutionary studies of birds.
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