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Nesi N, Tsagkogeorga G, Tsang SM, Nicolas V, Lalis A, Scanlon AT, Riesle-Sbarbaro SA, Wiantoro S, Hitch AT, Juste J, Pinzari CA, Bonaccorso FJ, Todd CM, Lim BK, Simmons NB, McGowen MR, Rossiter SJ. Interrogating Phylogenetic Discordance Resolves Deep Splits in the Rapid Radiation of Old World Fruit Bats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae). Syst Biol 2021; 70:1077-1089. [PMID: 33693838 PMCID: PMC8513763 DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syab013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2019] [Revised: 04/27/2021] [Accepted: 03/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The family Pteropodidae (Old World fruit bats) comprises $>$200 species distributed across the Old World tropics and subtropics. Most pteropodids feed on fruit, suggesting an early origin of frugivory, although several lineages have shifted to nectar-based diets. Pteropodids are of exceptional conservation concern with $>$50% of species considered threatened, yet the systematics of this group has long been debated, with uncertainty surrounding early splits attributed to an ancient rapid diversification. Resolving the relationships among the main pteropodid lineages is essential if we are to fully understand their evolutionary distinctiveness, and the extent to which these bats have transitioned to nectar-feeding. Here we generated orthologous sequences for $>$1400 nuclear protein-coding genes (2.8 million base pairs) across 114 species from 43 genera of Old World fruit bats (57% and 96% of extant species- and genus-level diversity, respectively), and combined phylogenomic inference with filtering by information content to resolve systematic relationships among the major lineages. Concatenation and coalescent-based methods recovered three distinct backbone topologies that were not able to be reconciled by filtering via phylogenetic information content. Concordance analysis and gene genealogy interrogation show that one topology is consistently the best supported, and that observed phylogenetic conflicts arise from both gene tree error and deep incomplete lineage sorting. In addition to resolving long-standing inconsistencies in the reported relationships among major lineages, we show that Old World fruit bats have likely undergone at least seven independent dietary transitions from frugivory to nectarivory. Finally, we use this phylogeny to identify and describe one new genus. [Chiroptera; coalescence; concordance; incomplete lineage sorting; nectar feeder; species tree; target enrichment.].
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- Nicolas Nesi
- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK
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- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK
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- Department of Mammalogy, Division of Vertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA
- Zoology Section, National Museum of Natural History, Manila, Philippines
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- Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles, Paris, France
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- Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles, Paris, France
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- School of Natural and Built Environments, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, SA, Australia
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, London, UK
- Centre for Biological Threats and Special Pathogens, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
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- Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, Research Center for Biology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Cibinong, Indonesia
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- Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology, University of California Davis, CA, USA
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- Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC), Avda. Américo Vespucio, Sevilla, Spain
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- The Hawkesbury institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Australia
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- Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON M5S 2C6, Canada
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- Department of Mammalogy, Division of Vertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA
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- Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA
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- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK
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Wang H, Zhao H, Chu Y, Feng J, Sun K. Assessing evidence for adaptive evolution in two hearing-related genes important for high-frequency hearing in echolocating mammals. G3 (BETHESDA, MD.) 2021; 11:jkab069. [PMID: 33784395 PMCID: PMC8049434 DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkab069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2021] [Accepted: 02/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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High-frequency hearing is particularly important for echolocating bats and toothed whales. Previously, studies of the hearing-related genes Prestin, KCNQ4, and TMC1 documented that adaptive evolution of high-frequency hearing has taken place in echolocating bats and toothed whales. In this study, we present two additional candidate hearing-related genes, Shh and SK2, that may also have contributed to the evolution of echolocation in mammals. Shh is a member of the vertebrate Hedgehog gene family and is required in the specification of the mammalian cochlea. SK2 is expressed in both inner and outer hair cells, and it plays an important role in the auditory system. The coding region sequences of Shh and SK2 were obtained from a wide range of mammals with and without echolocating ability. The topologies of phylogenetic trees constructed using Shh and SK2 were different; however, multiple molecular evolutionary analyses showed that those two genes experienced different selective pressures in echolocating bats and toothed whales compared to nonecholocating mammals. In addition, several nominally significant positively selected sites were detected in the nonfunctional domain of the SK2 gene, indicating that different selective pressures were acting on different parts of the SK2 gene. This study has expanded our knowledge of the adaptive evolution of high-frequency hearing in echolocating mammals.
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- Hui Wang
- College of Life Science, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun 130118, China
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- Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Resource Conservation and Utilization, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130117, China
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- College of Life Science, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun 130118, China
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- College of Life Science, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun 130118, China
- Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Resource Conservation and Utilization, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130117, China
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- Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Resource Conservation and Utilization, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130117, China
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Almeida FC, Simmons NB, Giannini NP. A Species-Level Phylogeny of Old World Fruit Bats with a New Higher-Level Classification of the Family Pteropodidae. AMERICAN MUSEUM NOVITATES 2020. [DOI: 10.1206/3950.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- Francisca Cunha Almeida
- Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires – CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Mammalogy, Division of Vertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York
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- Department of Mammalogy, Division of Vertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York
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Hassanin A, Bonillo C, Tshikung D, Pongombo Shongo C, Pourrut X, Kadjo B, Nakouné E, Tu VT, Prié V, Goodman SM. Phylogeny of African fruit bats (Chiroptera, Pteropodidae) based on complete mitochondrial genomes. J ZOOL SYST EVOL RES 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- Alexandre Hassanin
- Institut Systématique Evolution Biodiversité (ISYEB) Sorbonne Université MNHN CNRS EPHE Paris France
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- Muséum National d'Histoire NaturelleUMS 2700 2AD Paris France
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- Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire Université de Lubumbashi Lubumbashi Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire Université de Lubumbashi Lubumbashi Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement UR 224 MIVEGEC Marseille France
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- UFR Biosciences Université Félix Houphouet‐Boigny Abidjan Côte d'Ivoire
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- Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology Hanoi Vietnam
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- Institut Systématique Evolution Biodiversité (ISYEB) Sorbonne Université MNHN CNRS EPHE Paris France
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Solari S, Sotero-Caio CG, Baker RJ. Advances in systematics of bats: towards a consensus on species delimitation and classifications through integrative taxonomy. J Mammal 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyy168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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- Sergio Solari
- Instituto de Biología, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
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- Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Cidade Universitária, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA
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Simões BF, Foley NM, Hughes GM, Zhao H, Zhang S, Rossiter SJ, Teeling EC. As Blind as a Bat? Opsin Phylogenetics Illuminates the Evolution of Color Vision in Bats. Mol Biol Evol 2019; 36:54-68. [PMID: 30476197 PMCID: PMC6340466 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msy192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Through their unique use of sophisticated laryngeal echolocation bats are considered sensory specialists amongst mammals and represent an excellent model in which to explore sensory perception. Although several studies have shown that the evolution of vision is linked to ecological niche adaptation in other mammalian lineages, this has not yet been fully explored in bats. Recent molecular analysis of the opsin genes, which encode the photosensitive pigments underpinning color vision, have implicated high-duty cycle (HDC) echolocation and the adoption of cave roosting habits in the degeneration of color vision in bats. However, insufficient sampling of relevant taxa has hindered definitive testing of these hypotheses. To address this, novel sequence data was generated for the SWS1 and MWS/LWS opsin genes and combined with existing data to comprehensively sample species representing diverse echolocation types and niches (SWS1 n = 115; MWS/LWS n = 45). A combination of phylogenetic analysis, ancestral state reconstruction, and selective pressure analyses were used to reconstruct the evolution of these visual pigments in bats and revealed that although both genes are evolving under purifying selection in bats, MWS/LWS is highly conserved but SWS1 is highly variable. Spectral tuning analyses revealed that MWS/LWS opsin is tuned to a long wavelength, 555-560 nm in the bat ancestor and the majority of extant taxa. The presence of UV vision in bats is supported by our spectral tuning analysis, but phylogenetic analyses demonstrated that the SWS1 opsin gene has undergone pseudogenization in several lineages. We do not find support for a link between the evolution of HDC echolocation and the pseudogenization of the SWS1 gene in bats, instead we show the SWS1 opsin is functional in the HDC echolocator, Pteronotus parnellii. Pseudogenization of the SWS1 is correlated with cave roosting habits in the majority of pteropodid species. Together these results demonstrate that the loss of UV vision in bats is more widespread than was previously considered and further elucidate the role of ecological niche specialization in the evolution of vision in bats.
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- Bruno F Simões
- UCD School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
- School of Earth Science, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
- School of Biological Science, The University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- UCD School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- UCD School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Department of Ecology and Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, China
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- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- UCD School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
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Gbogbo F, Kyei MO. Knowledge, perceptions and attitude of a community living around a colony of straw-coloured fruit bats (Eidolon helvum) in Ghana after Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa. Zoonoses Public Health 2017; 64:628-635. [PMID: 28371424 DOI: 10.1111/zph.12357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2016] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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A large population of straw-coloured fruit bats (Eidolon helvum) colonizes a prime area in the city of Accra where several public amenities are located. Although the colony is positive to several zoonotic viruses including the Ebola virus, there is limited information on the social dimensions of the existence of the bats. As a step towards effective response to health risk and conservation of the bats, this study assessed the knowledge and attitude of the community living around the bats and determined their level of environmental and public health consciousness. The community generally lacks interest in bat bushmeat consumption but had low knowledge and disease risk perception of the bats. Despite major campaigns during the recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa, elements of risky behaviour including disbelief and disregard for some preventive measures and lack of interest in post-bat exposure prophylaxis were recorded among a limited proportion of the community. There was the need to focus public health education on the community and possibly others that may have E. helvum colonies in West Africa.
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- F Gbogbo
- Department of Animal Biology and Conservation Science, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana
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- Department of Animal Biology and Conservation Science, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana
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Bat Systematics in the Light of Unconstrained Analyses of a Comprehensive Molecular Supermatrix. J MAMM EVOL 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s10914-016-9363-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Richards LR, Rambau RV, Goodman SM, Taylor PJ, Schoeman MC, Yang F, Lamb JM. Karyotypic Evolution in Malagasy Flying Foxes (Pteropodidae, Chiroptera) and Their Hipposiderid Relatives as Determined by Comparative Chromosome Painting. Cytogenet Genome Res 2016; 148:185-98. [PMID: 27256929 DOI: 10.1159/000446297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Pteropodidae and Hipposideridae are 2 of the 9 chiropteran families that occur on Madagascar. Despite major advancements in the systematic study of the island's bat fauna, few karyotypic data exist for endemic species. We utilized G- and C-banding in combination with chromosome painting with Myotismyotis probes to establish a genome-wide homology among Malagasy species belonging to the families Pteropodidae (Pteropus rufus 2n = 38; Rousettus madagascariensis, 2n = 36), Hipposideridae (Hipposideros commersoni s.s., 2n = 52), and a single South African representative of the Rhinolophidae (Rhinolophus clivosus, 2n = 58). Painting probes of M. myotis detected 26, 28, 28, and 29 regions of homology in R. madagascariensis, P. rufus, H. commersoni s.s, and R. clivosus, respectively. Translocations, pericentric inversions, and heterochromatin additions were responsible for karyotypic differences amongst the Malagasy pteropodids. Comparative chromosome painting revealed a novel pericentric inversion on P. rufus chromosome 4. Chromosomal characters suggest a close evolutionary relationship between Rousettus and Pteropus. H. commersoni s.s. shared several chromosomal characters with extralimital congeners but did not exhibit 2 chromosomal synapomorphies proposed for Hipposideridae. This study provides further insight into the ancestral karyotypes of pteropodid and hipposiderid bats and corroborates certain molecular phylogenetic hypotheses.
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Cunhaalmeida F, Giannini NP, Simmons NB. The Evolutionary History of the African Fruit Bats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae). ACTA CHIROPTEROLOGICA 2016. [DOI: 10.3161/15081109acc2016.18.1.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Davies KTJ, Tsagkogeorga G, Rossiter SJ. Divergent evolutionary rates in vertebrate and mammalian specific conserved non-coding elements (CNEs) in echolocating mammals. BMC Evol Biol 2014; 14:261. [PMID: 25523630 PMCID: PMC4302572 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-014-0261-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2014] [Accepted: 12/08/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The majority of DNA contained within vertebrate genomes is non-coding, with a certain proportion of this thought to play regulatory roles during development. Conserved Non-coding Elements (CNEs) are an abundant group of putative regulatory sequences that are highly conserved across divergent groups and thus assumed to be under strong selective constraint. Many CNEs may contain regulatory factor binding sites, and their frequent spatial association with key developmental genes - such as those regulating sensory system development - suggests crucial roles in regulating gene expression and cellular patterning. Yet surprisingly little is known about the molecular evolution of CNEs across diverse mammalian taxa or their role in specific phenotypic adaptations. We examined 3,110 vertebrate-specific and ~82,000 mammalian-specific CNEs across 19 and 9 mammalian orders respectively, and tested for changes in the rate of evolution of CNEs located in the proximity of genes underlying the development or functioning of auditory systems. As we focused on CNEs putatively associated with genes underlying the development/functioning of auditory systems, we incorporated echolocating taxa in our dataset because of their highly specialised and derived auditory systems. RESULTS Phylogenetic reconstructions of concatenated CNEs broadly recovered accepted mammal relationships despite high levels of sequence conservation. We found that CNE substitution rates were highest in rodents and lowest in primates, consistent with previous findings. Comparisons of CNE substitution rates from several genomic regions containing genes linked to auditory system development and hearing revealed differences between echolocating and non-echolocating taxa. Wider taxonomic sampling of four CNEs associated with the homeobox genes Hmx2 and Hmx3 - which are required for inner ear development - revealed family-wise variation across diverse bat species. Specifically within one family of echolocating bats that utilise frequency-modulated echolocation calls varying widely in frequency and intensity high levels of sequence divergence were found. CONCLUSIONS Levels of selective constraint acting on CNEs differed both across genomic locations and taxa, with observed variation in substitution rates of CNEs among bat species. More work is needed to determine whether this variation can be linked to echolocation, and wider taxonomic sampling is necessary to fully document levels of conservation in CNEs across diverse taxa.
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- Kalina T J Davies
- School of Biological & Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, UK.
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- School of Biological & Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, UK.
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- School of Biological & Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, UK.
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Dai M, Wang Y, Fang L, Irwin DM, Zhu T, Zhang J, Zhang S, Wang Z. Differential expression of Meis2, Mab21l2 and Tbx3 during limb development associated with diversification of limb morphology in mammals. PLoS One 2014; 9:e106100. [PMID: 25166052 PMCID: PMC4148388 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2014] [Accepted: 07/27/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Bats are the only mammals capable of self-powered flight using wings. Differing from mouse or human limbs, four elongated digits within a broad wing membrane support the bat wing, and the foot of the bat has evolved a long calcar that spread the interfemoral membrane. Our recent mRNA sequencing (mRNA-Seq) study found unique expression patterns for genes at the 5' end of the Hoxd gene cluster and for Tbx3 that are associated with digit elongation and wing membrane growth in bats. In this study, we focused on two additional genes, Meis2 and Mab21l2, identified from the mRNA-Seq data. Using whole-mount in situ hybridization (WISH) we validated the mRNA-Seq results for differences in the expression patterns of Meis2 and Mab21l2 between bat and mouse limbs, and further characterize the timing and location of the expression of these two genes. These analyses suggest that Meis2 may function in wing membrane growth and Mab21l2 may have a role in AP and DV axial patterning. In addition, we found that Tbx3 is uniquely expressed in the unique calcar structure found in the bat hindlimb, suggesting a role for this gene in calcar growth and elongation. Moreover, analysis of the coding sequences for Meis2, Mab21l2 and Tbx3 showed that Meis2 and Mab21l2 have high sequence identity, consistent with the functions of genes being conserved, but that Tbx3 showed accelerated evolution in bats. However, evidence for positive selection in Tbx3 was not found, which would suggest that the function of this gene has not been changed. Together, our findings support the hypothesis that the modulation of the spatiotemporal expression patterns of multiple functional conserved genes control limb morphology and drive morphological change in the diversification of mammalian limbs.
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- Mengyao Dai
- Institute of Molecular Ecology and Evolution, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Institute of Molecular Ecology and Evolution, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Institute of Molecular Ecology and Evolution, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Institute of Molecular Ecology and Evolution, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Institute of Molecular Ecology and Evolution, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Institute of Molecular Ecology and Evolution, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Institute of Molecular Ecology and Evolution, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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Shen B, Fang T, Dai M, Jones G, Zhang S. Independent losses of visual perception genes Gja10 and Rbp3 in echolocating bats (Order: Chiroptera). PLoS One 2013; 8:e68867. [PMID: 23874796 PMCID: PMC3715546 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2012] [Accepted: 06/04/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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A trade-off between the sensory modalities of vision and hearing is likely to have occurred in echolocating bats as the sophisticated mechanism of laryngeal echolocation requires considerable neural processing and has reduced the reliance of echolocating bats on vision for perceiving the environment. If such a trade-off exists, it is reasonable to hypothesize that some genes involved in visual function may have undergone relaxed selection or even functional loss in echolocating bats. The Gap junction protein, alpha 10 (Gja10, encoded by Gja10 gene) is expressed abundantly in mammal retinal horizontal cells and plays an important role in horizontal cell coupling. The interphotoreceptor retinoid-binding protein (Irbp, encoded by the Rbp3 gene) is mainly expressed in interphotoreceptor matrix and is known to be critical for normal functioning of the visual cycle. We sequenced Gja10 and Rbp3 genes in a taxonomically wide range of bats with divergent auditory characteristics (35 and 18 species for Gja10 and Rbp3, respectively). Both genes have became pseudogenes in species from the families Hipposideridae and Rhinolophidae that emit constant frequency echolocation calls with Doppler shift compensation at high-duty-cycles (the most sophisticated form of biosonar known), and in some bat species that emit echolocation calls at low-duty-cycles. Our study thus provides further evidence for the hypothesis that a trade-off occurs at the genetic level between vision and echolocation in bats.
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- Bin Shen
- Institute of Molecular Ecology and Evolution, Institutes for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Institute of Molecular Ecology and Evolution, Institutes for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Institute of Molecular Ecology and Evolution, Institutes for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Molecular Ecology and Evolution, Institutes for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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Nesi N, Kadjo B, Pourrut X, Leroy E, Pongombo Shongo C, Cruaud C, Hassanin A. Molecular systematics and phylogeography of the tribe Myonycterini (Mammalia, Pteropodidae) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear markers. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2013; 66:126-37. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.09.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2012] [Revised: 09/14/2012] [Accepted: 09/15/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The lyssaviruses are a diverse group of viruses capable of causing rabies, which is an invariably fatal encephalitic disease in both humans and animals. Currently, the lyssavirus genus consists of 12 species with 11 of these distinct species having been isolated from bats. The basis for the apparent geographical segregation of bat lyssavirus infection between the Old and New World is poorly understood. In the New World species of insectivorous, frugivorous, and hematophagous bats, all represent important reservoirs of rabies virus. In contrast, rabies virus has never been detected in Old World bat populations, despite being endemic in terrestrial mammals. Instead, both insectivorous and frugivorous bat species across the Old World appear to act as reservoirs for the non-rabies lyssaviruses. In this chapter, we describe the association of the different lyssaviruses with different bat species across the world, classifying bat species by their feeding behavior.
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- Ashley C. Banyard
- Wildlife Zoonoses and Vector Borne Diseases Research Group, Department of Virology, Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Weybridge, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey, KT15 3NB, UK
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- Wildlife Zoonoses and Vector Borne Diseases Research Group, Department of Virology, Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Weybridge, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey, KT15 3NB, UK,Cambridge Infectious Diseases Consortium, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ES, UK,Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
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- Institute of Molecular Biology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, D-17493 Greifswald - Insel Riems, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Biology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, D-17493 Greifswald - Insel Riems, Germany
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- Wildlife Zoonoses and Vector Borne Diseases Research Group, Department of Virology, Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Weybridge, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey, KT15 3NB, UK,National Consortium for Zoonosis Research, University of Liverpool, Leahurst, Chester High Road, Neston, Wirral, CH64 7TE, UK
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- Wildlife Zoonoses and Vector Borne Diseases Research Group, Department of Virology, Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Weybridge, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey, KT15 3NB, UK
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Hayman DTS, McCrea R, Restif O, Suu-Ire R, Fooks AR, Wood JLN, Cunningham AA, Rowcliffe JM. Demography of straw-colored fruit bats in Ghana. J Mammal 2012; 93:1393-1404. [PMID: 23525358 PMCID: PMC3605799 DOI: 10.1644/11-mamm-a-270.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Eidolon helvum is widely distributed across sub-Saharan Africa where it forms large, dense colonies. The species is migratory and satellite telemetry studies have demonstrated that individuals can migrate over 2,500 km. It is a common source of bush meat in West Africa and evidence of infection with potentially zoonotic viruses has been found in West African colonies. The species, therefore, is of interest to both ecologists and those interested in public health. Despite this, demographic parameters of the species are unknown. We focused our study primarily on a colony of up to 1,000,000 bats that roost in trees in Accra, Ghana to obtain estimates of birth rate and survival probability. Aging of bats by examination of tooth cementum annuli allowed use of life tables to indicate an annual survival probability for juveniles of 0.43 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.16-0.77) and for adults of 0.83 (95% CI 0.73-0.93). Additionally, an annual adult survival probability of 0.63 (95% CI 0.27-0.88) was estimated by following 98 radiocollared bats over a year; capture-recapture data were analyzed using multistate models to address the confounding factor of emigration. True survival probabilities may be in between the 2 estimates, because permanent emigration may lead to underestimation in the capture-recapture study, and population decline may lead to overestimation in the life table analysis. Birth rates (0.96 young per female per year, 95% CI 0.92-0.98) and colony size changes were also estimated. Estimation of these key parameters will allow future analyses of both infection dynamics within, and harvest sustainability of, E. helvum populations.
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- Cambridge Infectious Diseases Consortium, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ES, United Kingdom (DTSH, OR, JLNW)
- Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent’s Park, London NW1 4RY, United Kingdom (DTSH, AAC, JMR)
- Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Woodham Lane, Weybridge KT15 3NB, United Kingdom (DTSH, ARF)
- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA (DTSH)
- National Centre for Statistical Ecology, University of Kent, Giles Lane, Canterbury CT2 7NF, United Kingdom (RM)
- Wildlife Division of the Ghana Forestry Commission, Accra, P.O. Box M239, Ghana (RS-I)
- University of Liverpool, Leahurst, Liverpool CH64 7TE, United Kingdom (ARF)
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- Cambridge Infectious Diseases Consortium, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ES, United Kingdom (DTSH, OR, JLNW)
- Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent’s Park, London NW1 4RY, United Kingdom (DTSH, AAC, JMR)
- Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Woodham Lane, Weybridge KT15 3NB, United Kingdom (DTSH, ARF)
- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA (DTSH)
- National Centre for Statistical Ecology, University of Kent, Giles Lane, Canterbury CT2 7NF, United Kingdom (RM)
- Wildlife Division of the Ghana Forestry Commission, Accra, P.O. Box M239, Ghana (RS-I)
- University of Liverpool, Leahurst, Liverpool CH64 7TE, United Kingdom (ARF)
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- Cambridge Infectious Diseases Consortium, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ES, United Kingdom (DTSH, OR, JLNW)
- Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent’s Park, London NW1 4RY, United Kingdom (DTSH, AAC, JMR)
- Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Woodham Lane, Weybridge KT15 3NB, United Kingdom (DTSH, ARF)
- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA (DTSH)
- National Centre for Statistical Ecology, University of Kent, Giles Lane, Canterbury CT2 7NF, United Kingdom (RM)
- Wildlife Division of the Ghana Forestry Commission, Accra, P.O. Box M239, Ghana (RS-I)
- University of Liverpool, Leahurst, Liverpool CH64 7TE, United Kingdom (ARF)
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- Cambridge Infectious Diseases Consortium, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ES, United Kingdom (DTSH, OR, JLNW)
- Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent’s Park, London NW1 4RY, United Kingdom (DTSH, AAC, JMR)
- Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Woodham Lane, Weybridge KT15 3NB, United Kingdom (DTSH, ARF)
- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA (DTSH)
- National Centre for Statistical Ecology, University of Kent, Giles Lane, Canterbury CT2 7NF, United Kingdom (RM)
- Wildlife Division of the Ghana Forestry Commission, Accra, P.O. Box M239, Ghana (RS-I)
- University of Liverpool, Leahurst, Liverpool CH64 7TE, United Kingdom (ARF)
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- Cambridge Infectious Diseases Consortium, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ES, United Kingdom (DTSH, OR, JLNW)
- Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent’s Park, London NW1 4RY, United Kingdom (DTSH, AAC, JMR)
- Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Woodham Lane, Weybridge KT15 3NB, United Kingdom (DTSH, ARF)
- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA (DTSH)
- National Centre for Statistical Ecology, University of Kent, Giles Lane, Canterbury CT2 7NF, United Kingdom (RM)
- Wildlife Division of the Ghana Forestry Commission, Accra, P.O. Box M239, Ghana (RS-I)
- University of Liverpool, Leahurst, Liverpool CH64 7TE, United Kingdom (ARF)
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- Cambridge Infectious Diseases Consortium, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ES, United Kingdom (DTSH, OR, JLNW)
- Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent’s Park, London NW1 4RY, United Kingdom (DTSH, AAC, JMR)
- Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Woodham Lane, Weybridge KT15 3NB, United Kingdom (DTSH, ARF)
- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA (DTSH)
- National Centre for Statistical Ecology, University of Kent, Giles Lane, Canterbury CT2 7NF, United Kingdom (RM)
- Wildlife Division of the Ghana Forestry Commission, Accra, P.O. Box M239, Ghana (RS-I)
- University of Liverpool, Leahurst, Liverpool CH64 7TE, United Kingdom (ARF)
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- Cambridge Infectious Diseases Consortium, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ES, United Kingdom (DTSH, OR, JLNW)
- Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent’s Park, London NW1 4RY, United Kingdom (DTSH, AAC, JMR)
- Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Woodham Lane, Weybridge KT15 3NB, United Kingdom (DTSH, ARF)
- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA (DTSH)
- National Centre for Statistical Ecology, University of Kent, Giles Lane, Canterbury CT2 7NF, United Kingdom (RM)
- Wildlife Division of the Ghana Forestry Commission, Accra, P.O. Box M239, Ghana (RS-I)
- University of Liverpool, Leahurst, Liverpool CH64 7TE, United Kingdom (ARF)
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Liu Y, Han N, Franchini LF, Xu H, Pisciottano F, Elgoyhen AB, Rajan KE, Zhang S. The voltage-gated potassium channel subfamily KQT member 4 (KCNQ4) displays parallel evolution in echolocating bats. Mol Biol Evol 2012; 29:1441-50. [PMID: 22319145 PMCID: PMC3339320 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msr310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Bats are the only mammals that use highly developed laryngeal echolocation, a sensory mechanism based on the ability to emit laryngeal sounds and interpret the returning echoes to identify objects. Although this capability allows bats to orientate and hunt in complete darkness, endowing them with great survival advantages, the genetic bases underlying the evolution of bat echolocation are still largely unknown. Echolocation requires high-frequency hearing that in mammals is largely dependent on somatic electromotility of outer hair cells. Then, understanding the molecular evolution of outer hair cell genes might help to unravel the evolutionary history of echolocation. In this work, we analyzed the molecular evolution of two key outer hair cell genes: the voltage-gated potassium channel gene KCNQ4 and CHRNA10, the gene encoding the α10 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit. We reconstructed the phylogeny of bats based on KCNQ4 and CHRNA10 protein and nucleotide sequences. A phylogenetic tree built using KCNQ4 amino acid sequences showed that two paraphyletic clades of laryngeal echolocating bats grouped together, with eight shared substitutions among particular lineages. In addition, our analyses indicated that two of these parallel substitutions, M388I and P406S, were probably fixed under positive selection and could have had a strong functional impact on KCNQ4. Moreover, our results indicated that KCNQ4 evolved under positive selection in the ancestral lineage leading to mammals, suggesting that this gene might have been important for the evolution of mammalian hearing. On the other hand, we found that CHRNA10, a gene that evolved adaptively in the mammalian lineage, was under strong purifying selection in bats. Thus, the CHRNA10 amino acid tree did not show echolocating bat monophyly and reproduced the bat species tree. These results suggest that only a subset of hearing genes could underlie the evolution of echolocation. The present work continues to delineate the genetic bases of echolocation and ultrasonic hearing in bats.
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- Yang Liu
- Institute of Molecular Ecology and Evolution, Institutes for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ingeniería Genética y Biología Molecular, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Institute of Molecular Ecology and Evolution, Institutes for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ingeniería Genética y Biología Molecular, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ingeniería Genética y Biología Molecular, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Animal Science, School of Life Sciences, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, India
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- Institute of Molecular Ecology and Evolution, Institutes for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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Almeida FC, Giannini NP, DeSalle R, Simmons NB. Evolutionary relationships of the old world fruit bats (Chiroptera, Pteropodidae): another star phylogeny? BMC Evol Biol 2011; 11:281. [PMID: 21961908 PMCID: PMC3199269 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2011] [Accepted: 09/30/2011] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The family Pteropodidae comprises bats commonly known as megabats or Old World fruit bats. Molecular phylogenetic studies of pteropodids have provided considerable insight into intrafamilial relationships, but these studies have included only a fraction of the extant diversity (a maximum of 26 out of the 46 currently recognized genera) and have failed to resolve deep relationships among internal clades. Here we readdress the systematics of pteropodids by applying a strategy to try to resolve ancient relationships within Pteropodidae, while providing further insight into subgroup membership, by 1) increasing the taxonomic sample to 42 genera; 2) increasing the number of characters (to >8,000 bp) and nuclear genomic representation; 3) minimizing missing data; 4) controlling for sequence bias; and 5) using appropriate data partitioning and models of sequence evolution. RESULTS Our analyses recovered six principal clades and one additional independent lineage (consisting of a single genus) within Pteropodidae. Reciprocal monophyly of these groups was highly supported and generally congruent among the different methods and datasets used. Likewise, most relationships within these principal clades were well resolved and statistically supported. Relationships among the 7 principal groups, however, were poorly supported in all analyses. This result could not be explained by any detectable systematic bias in the data or incongruence among loci. The SOWH test confirmed that basal branches' lengths were not different from zero, which points to closely-spaced cladogenesis as the most likely explanation for the poor resolution of the deep pteropodid relationships. Simulations suggest that an increase in the amount of sequence data is likely to solve this problem. CONCLUSIONS The phylogenetic hypothesis generated here provides a robust framework for a revised cladistic classification of Pteropodidae into subfamilies and tribes and will greatly contribute to the understanding of character evolution and biogeography of pteropodids. The inability of our data to resolve the deepest relationships of the major pteropodid lineages suggests an explosive diversification soon after origin of the crown pteropodids. Several characteristics of pteropodids are consistent with this conclusion, including high species diversity, great morphological diversity, and presence of key innovations in relation to their sister group.
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- Francisca C Almeida
- American Museum of Natural History, Division of Vertebrate Zoology, Department of Mammalogy, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, USA
- American Museum of Natural History, Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, USA
- Universitat de Barcelona, Departament de Genètica, Diagonal 645, Barcelona, 08028, Spain
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- American Museum of Natural History, Division of Vertebrate Zoology, Department of Mammalogy, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, USA
- CONICET, Programa de Investigaciones de Biodiversidad Argentina, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto Miguel Lillo, Miguel Lillo 205, Tucumán, CP 4000, Argentina
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- American Museum of Natural History, Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, USA
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- American Museum of Natural History, Division of Vertebrate Zoology, Department of Mammalogy, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, USA
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Numerous bat species have been identified as important reservoirs of zoonotic viral pathogens. Rabies and rabies-related viruses constitute one of the most important viral zoonoses and pose a significant threat to public health across the globe. Whereas rabies virus (RABV) appears to be restricted to bats of the New World, related lyssavirus species have not been detected in the Americas and have only been detected in bat populations across Africa, Eurasia, and Australia. Currently, 11 distinct species of lyssavirus have been identified, 10 of which have been isolated from bat species and all of which appear to be able to cause encephalitis consistent with that seen with RABV infection of humans. In contrast, whereas lyssaviruses are apparently able to cause clinical disease in bats, it appears that these lyssaviruses may also be able to circulate within bat populations in the absence of clinical disease. This feature of these highly encephalitic viruses, alongside many other aspects of lyssavirus infection in bats, is poorly understood. Here, we review what is known of the complex relationship between bats and lyssaviruses, detailing both natural and experimental infections of these viruses in both chiropteran and nonchiropteran models. We also discuss potential mechanisms of virus excretion, transmission both to conspecifics and spill-over of virus into nonvolant species, and mechanisms of maintenance within bat populations. Importantly, we review the significance of neutralizing antibodies reported within bat populations and discuss the potential mechanisms by which highly neurovirulent viruses such as the lyssaviruses are able to infect bat species in the absence of clinical disease.
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- Ashley C Banyard
- Rabies and Wildlife Zoonoses Group, Department of Virology, Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Weybridge, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey, United Kingdom
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O'Brien J. Bats of the Western Indian Ocean Islands. Animals (Basel) 2011; 1:259-90. [PMID: 26486500 PMCID: PMC4513465 DOI: 10.3390/ani1030259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2011] [Revised: 08/10/2011] [Accepted: 08/12/2011] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The natural colonisation of many remote oceanic islands by bats, including those of the western Indian Ocean, has been facilitated by their unique capability among mammals for powered flight. In the western Indian Ocean region, only the Malagasy islands of Madagascar and the Comoros archipelago have been naturally colonised by non-volant mammals. Despite their greater potential for inter-island dispersal, and thus gene transfer, endemicity of Chiroptera in the western Indian Ocean islands is high. Given their vulnerability to stochastic and anthropogenic disturbances, greater focus needs to be placed on investigating the demographic and ecological history of bats on Western Indian Ocean islands to safeguard not only their future, but also the ecosystem functioning on these islands, for which they are undoubtedly such an integral part. Here, I summarise the taxonomic and life history information available on bats from Western Indian Ocean islands and highlight knowledge gaps and conservation issues that threaten the continued persistence of some species.
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- John O'Brien
- Department of Zoology, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
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Muchlinski MN. A comparative analysis of vibrissa count and infraorbital foramen area in primates and other mammals. J Hum Evol 2010; 58:447-73. [PMID: 20434193 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2010.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2008] [Revised: 01/23/2010] [Accepted: 01/23/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Vibrissae are specialized sensory "hairs" that respond to mechanical stimuli. Sensory information from vibrissae is transmitted to the brain via the infraorbital nerve, which passes through the infraorbital foramen (IOF). Several analyses have documented that primates have smaller IOFs than non-primate mammals, and that haplorhines have smaller IOFs than strepsirrhines. These grade shifts in IOF area were attributed to differences in "vibrissa development." Following earlier analyses, IOF area has been used to derive a general estimate of "whiskeredness" in extinct primates, and consequently, IOF area has been used in phylogenetic and paleoecological interpretations. Yet, the relationship between IOF area and vibrissa count has not been tested, and little is known about how IOF area and vibrissa counts vary among mammals. This study explores how relative IOF area and vibrissa count differ among 25 mammalian orders, and tests for a correlation between IOF area and vibrissa count. Results indicate that primates and dermopterans (Primatomorpha) have smaller IOFs than most non-primate mammals, but they do not have fewer vibrissae. In addition, strepsirrhines and haplorhines do not differ from one another in relative IOF area or vibrissa counts. Despite different patterns documented for IOF area and vibrissa count variation across mammals, results from this study do confirm that vibrissa count and IOF area are significantly and positively correlated (p < 0.0001). However, there is considerable scatter in the data, suggesting that vibrissa counts cannot be predicted from IOF area. There are three implications of these finding. First, IOF area reflects all mechanoreceptors in the maxillary region, not just vibrissae. Second, IOF area may be an informative feature in interpretations of the fossil record. Third, paleoecological interpretations based on vibrissae are not recommended.
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- Magdalena N Muchlinski
- Department of Anatomy and Pathology, Marshall University-School of Medicine, 1542 Spring Valley Drive, Huntington, WV 25704, USA.
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Fink S, Fischer MC, Excoffier L, Heckel G. Genomic scans support repetitive continental colonization events during the rapid radiation of voles (Rodentia: Microtus): the utility of AFLPs versus mitochondrial and nuclear sequence markers. Syst Biol 2010; 59:548-72. [PMID: 20834011 DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syq042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Single locus studies might not resolve phylogenetic relationships and the evolutionary history of taxa. The analysis of multiple markers promises higher resolution, and congruence among loci may indicate that the phylogenies represent the underlying species history. Here, we examine the utility of a genome-wide approach based on amplified fragment length polymorphisms (AFLP) and several DNA sequence markers in resolving phylogenetic signals in the rapidly radiating rodent genus Microtus which produced about 70 vole species within the last 1.2-2 myr. The current Holarctic distribution of Microtus is assumed to have resulted from three independent colonization events out of Asia to North America, Europe, and northern Asia without subsequent colonization, which would have led to deep splits between species from different continents. We investigated this hypothesis of three single colonization events by reconstructing the phylogenetic relationships among species from all three continents based on data from the first exon of the nuclear arginine vasopressin receptor 1a gene (EXON1), an adjacent noncoding region and the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene. The phylogenetic patterns obtained from these sequence markers are contrasted to genome-wide data on more than 1800 amplified fragment length polymorphisms (AFLP) analyzed for the same samples. Our results show that the single sequence markers partially resolve the phylogenetic relationships within Microtus, but with some incongruence mostly between EXON1 and the other loci. However, deeper nodes of the radiation are only weakly supported and neither the combination of the markers nor additional nuclear sequences improved the resolution significantly. AFLPs provided much stronger support for major continent-specific clades, and show also that reciprocal monophyly of American and European voles is incomplete. Our results demonstrate that Microtus voles colonized the American and European continents each repeatedly in several independent events on similar colonization routes during their radiation. More generally, this study supports the suitability of AFLPs as an alternative to sequence markers to resolve the evolutionary history of rapidly radiating taxa.
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- Sabine Fink
- Department of Biology, Computational and Molecular Population Genetics (CMPG), Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, Baltzerstrasse 6, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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Ahn KJ, Jeon MJ, Branham MA. Phylogeny, biogeography and the stepwise evolutionary colonization of intertidal habitat in the Liparocephalini based on morphological and molecular characters (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Cladistics 2010; 26:344-358. [PMID: 34875809 DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2009.00290.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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A phylogenetic analysis of the tribe Liparocephalini Fenyes is presented based on morphological and molecular characters. The data set comprised 50 adult morphological characters, partial COI (907 bp), COII (366 bp) and 12S rDNA (325-355 bp), and nearly complete sequences of 18S rDNA (1768-1902 bp) for 21 species. Eighteen species of liparocephaline beetles from all eight genera and three outgroups, are included. The sequences were analysed separately and simultaneously with morphological characters by direct optimization in the program POY4 and by partitioned Bayesian analysis for the combined data. The direct optimization (DO) tree for the combined data under equal weighting, which also shows a minimum incongruence length difference value, resulted in a monophyletic Liparocephalini with the following patterns of phylogenetic relationships (outgroup ((Baeostethus, Ianmoorea) (Paramblopusa ((Amblopusa, Halorhadinus) (Liparocephalus, Diaulota))))). A sensitivity analysis using 16 different parameter sets for the combined data shows the monophyly of the liparocephalines and all its genera under all parameter sets. Bayesian analysis resulted in topological differences in comparison with the DO tree under equal weighting only in the position of the genus Paramblopusa and clade (Amblopusa + Halorhadinus), which were reversed. Historical biogeography and the stepwise evolutionary colonization of intertidal habitat in the Liparocephalini are discussed. Based on the biogeographical analyses, we hypothesize that the ancestor of the Liparocephalini occurred along the Panthallassan Ocean, the direct antecedent of the Pacific Ocean, followed by repeated dispersals to the Nearctic from the Palearctic. We also hypothesize that ancestors of the Liparocephalini appear to have arisen in the littoral zone of beaches and then colonized rocky reef areas in the low tidal zone later through high- to mid-tide zones. © The Willi Hennig Society 2009.
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- Kee-Jeong Ahn
- Department of Biology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, South Korea
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- Biological Resources Research Department, National Institute of Biological Resources, Incheon 404-170, South Korea
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- Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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Goodman SM, Chan LM, Nowak MD, Yoder AD. Phylogeny and biogeography of western Indian Ocean Rousettus (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae). J Mammal 2010; 91:593-606. [PMID: 32287379 PMCID: PMC7108659 DOI: 10.1644/09-mamm-a-283.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2009] [Accepted: 12/29/2009] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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We examined patterns of genetic variation in Rousettus madagascariensis from Madagascar and R. obliviosus from the Comoros (Grande Comore, Anjouan, and Mohéli). Genetic distances among individuals on the basis of 1,130 base pairs of the mitochondrial cytochrome b (Cytb) locus were estimated from specimens collected from 17 sites on Madagascar, 3 sites on Grande Comore, 3 sites on Anjouan, and 2 sites on Mohéli. We observed little variation in Madagascar and nearshore island samples (maximum 1.1%) and interisland Comoros samples (maximum 1.8%). In contrast, pairwise distances between different sampled sites on Madagascar and the Comoros varied from 8.5% to 13.2%. For 131 Malagasy animals, 69 unique haplotypes were recovered with 86 variable sites, and for 44 Comorian individuals, 17 unique haplotypes were found with 30 variable sites. No haplotype was shared between Madagascar and the Comoros, adding to previous morphological evidence that these 2 populations should be considered separate species. Cytb data showed that Rousettus populations of Madagascar (including nearshore islands) and the Comoros are respectively monophyletic and display no geographic structure in haplotype diversity, and that R. madagascariensis and R. obliviosus are strongly supported as sister to each other relative to other Rousettus species. Genotypic data from 6 microsatellite loci confirm lack of geographic structure in either of the 2 species. In pairwise tests of population differentiation, the only significant values were between samples from the Comoro Islands and Madagascar (including nearshore islands). Estimates of current and historical demographic parameters support population expansion in both the Comoros and Madagascar. These data suggest a more recent and rapid demographic expansion in Madagascar in comparison with greater population stability on the Comoros. On the basis of available evidence, open-water crossings approaching 300 km seem rarely traversed by Rousettus, and, if successful, can result in genetic isolation and subsequent differentiation.
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- Steven M. Goodman
- Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, USA, and Vahatra, BP 3972, Antananarivo 101, Madagascar
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- Department of Biology, Box 90338, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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- Department of Biology, Box 90338, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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- Department of Biology, Box 90338, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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A First Assessment of Home Range and Foraging Behaviour of the African Long-Tongued Bat Megaloglossus woermanni (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) in a Heterogeneous Landscape within the Lama Forest Reserve, Benin. ACTA CHIROPTEROLOGICA 2009. [DOI: 10.3161/150811009x485558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Almeida FC, Giannini NP, DeSalle R, Simmons NB. The phylogenetic relationships of cynopterine fruit bats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae: Cynopterinae). Mol Phylogenet Evol 2009; 53:772-83. [PMID: 19660560 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.07.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2009] [Revised: 07/25/2009] [Accepted: 07/29/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The subfamily Cynopterinae comprises ca. 24 species of pteropodid bats (Family Pteropodidae) distributed exclusively in South and Southeast Asia. Although some studies have supported monophyly of the subfamily, molecular analyses have produced contradictory results and there has been little agreement on relationships of cynopterines to other megabat groups. However, no previous studies have included a complete sampling of cynopterine genera. Here we describe a phylogenetic analysis of Cynopterinae based on more than 6000 bp from six different genes sampled in representatives of all 14 recognized genera. Our results support the monophyly of Cynopterinae but refute a close relationship of cynopterines with Nyctimeninae. Within Cynopterinae, our analyses consistently recovered two monophyletic clades, which we recommend be recognized formally as tribes: Cynopterini and Balionycterini. Biogeographic analyses indicate a Sundaland origin of the Cynopterinae and divergence date estimates suggest different timing of diversification of the two major cynopterine clades.
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- Francisca C Almeida
- American Museum of Natural History, Division of Vertebrate Zoology, Department of Mammalogy, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, USA.
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Zhao H, Rossiter SJ, Teeling EC, Li C, Cotton JA, Zhang S. The evolution of color vision in nocturnal mammals. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009; 106:8980-5. [PMID: 19470491 PMCID: PMC2690009 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0813201106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Nonfunctional visual genes are usually associated with species that inhabit poor light environments (aquatic/subterranean/nocturnal), and these genes are believed to have lost function through relaxed selection acting on the visual system. Indeed, the visual system is so adaptive that the reconstruction of intact ancestral opsin genes has been used to reject nocturnality in ancestral primates. To test these assertions, we examined the functionality of the short and medium- to long-wavelength opsin genes in a group of mammals that are supremely adapted to a nocturnal niche: the bats. We sequenced the visual cone opsin genes in 33 species of bat with diverse sensory ecologies and reconstructed their evolutionary history spanning 65 million years. We found that, whereas the long-wave opsin gene was conserved in all species, the short-wave opsin gene has undergone dramatic divergence among lineages. The occurrence of gene defects in the short-wave opsin gene leading to loss of function was found to directly coincide with the origin of high-duty-cycle echolocation and changes in roosting ecology in some lineages. Our findings indicate that both opsin genes have been under purifying selection in the majority bats despite a long history of nocturnality. However, when spectacular losses do occur, these result from an evolutionary sensory modality tradeoff, most likely driven by subtle shifts in ecological specialization rather than a nocturnal lifestyle. Our results suggest that UV color vision plays a considerably more important role in nocturnal mammalian sensory ecology than previously appreciated and highlight the caveat of inferring light environments from visual opsins and vice versa.
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- Huabin Zhao
- Institute of Zoology and Graduate University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China
- School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
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- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom; and
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- UCD School of Biology and Environmental Science and UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
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- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom; and
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- School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
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Bocak L, Bocakova M, Hunt T, Vogler AP. Multiple ancient origins of neoteny in Lycidae(Coleoptera): consequences for ecology and macroevolution. Proc Biol Sci 2008; 275:2015-23. [PMID: 18477542 PMCID: PMC2596372 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2008] [Revised: 04/28/2008] [Accepted: 04/29/2008] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Neoteny, the maintenance of larval features in sexually mature adults, is a radical way of generating evolutionary novelty through shifts in relative timing of developmental programmes. While controlled by the environment in facultative neotenics, retention of larval features is obligatory in many species of Lycidae (net-winged beetles). They are studied here as an example of how developmental shifts and ecology interact to produce macroevolutionary impacts. We conducted a phylogenetic analysis of Lycidae based on DNA sequences from nuclear (18S and 28S rRNA) and mitochondrial (rrnL, cox1, cob and nad5) genes from a representative set of lineages (73 species), including 17 neotenic taxa. Major changes of basal relationships compared with those implied in the current classification generally supported three independent origins of neotenics in Lycidae. The southeast Asian Lyropaeinae and Ateliinae were in basal positions indicating evolutionary antiquity, also confirmed by molecular clock estimates, unlike the neotropical leptolycines nested within Calopterini and presumably much younger. neotenics exhibit typical K-selected traits including slow development, large body size, high investment in offspring and low dispersal. This correlated with low species richness and restricted ranges of neotenic lineages compared with their sisters. Yet, these factors did not impede the evolutionary persistence of affected lineages, even without reversals to fully metamorphosed forms, contradicting earlier suggestions of recent evolution from dispersive non-neotenics.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Biological Evolution
- Coleoptera/anatomy & histology
- Coleoptera/genetics
- Coleoptera/growth & development
- DNA, Mitochondrial/chemistry
- DNA, Mitochondrial/genetics
- Female
- Male
- Phylogeny
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- RNA, Ribosomal, 18S/chemistry
- RNA, Ribosomal, 18S/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 28S/chemistry
- RNA, Ribosomal, 28S/genetics
- Sequence Alignment
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
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- Ladislav Bocak
- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Palacky University, Trída Svobody 26, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
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Involvement of Mos-MEK-MAPK pathway in cytostatic factor (CSF) arrest in eggs of the parthenogenetic insect, Athalia rosae. Mech Dev 2008; 125:996-1008. [PMID: 18793721 DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2008.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2008] [Revised: 07/17/2008] [Accepted: 08/26/2008] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Extensive survey of meiotic metaphase II arrest during oocyte maturation in vertebrates revealed that the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway regulated by the c-mos proto-oncogene product, Mos, has an essential role in cytostatic activity, termed cytostatic factor (CSF). In contrast, little is known in invertebrates in which meiotic arrest occurs in most cases at metaphase I (MI arrest). A parthenogenetic insect, the sawfly Athalia rosae, in which artificial egg activation is practicable, has advantages to investigate the mechanisms of MI arrest. Both the MAPK/extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase kinase (MEK) and MAPK were phosphorylated and maintained active in MI-arrested sawfly eggs, whereas they were dephosphorylated soon after egg activation. Treatment of MI-arrested eggs with U0126, an inhibitor of MEK, resulted in dephosphorylation of MAPK and MI arrest was resumed. The sawfly c-mos gene orthologue encoding a serine/threonine kinase was cloned and analyzed. It was expressed in nurse cells in the ovaries. To examine CSF activity of the sawfly Mos, synthesized glutathione S-transferase (GST)-fusion sawfly Mos protein was injected into MI-resumed eggs in which MEK and MAPK were dephosphorylated. Both MEK and MAPK were phosphorylated again upon injection. In these GST-fusion sawfly Mos-injected eggs subsequent mitotic (syncytial) divisions were blocked and embryonic development was ceased. These results demonstrated that the MEK-MAPK pathway was involved in maintaining CSF arrest in sawfly eggs and Mos functioned as its upstream regulatory molecule.
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Esselstyn JA, Garcia HJD, Saulog MG, Heaney LR. A New Species ofDesmalopex(Pteropodidae) from the Philippines, with a Phylogenetic Analysis of the Pteropodini. J Mammal 2008. [DOI: 10.1644/07-mamm-a-285.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Manegold A. Composition and phylogenetic affinities of vangas (Vangidae, Oscines, Passeriformes) based on morphological characters. J ZOOL SYST EVOL RES 2008. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2008.00458.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Giannini NP, Almeida FC, Simmons NB, Helgen KM. The systematic position of Pteropus leucopterus and its bearing on the monophyly and relationships of Pteropus (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae). ACTA CHIROPTEROLOGICA 2008. [DOI: 10.3161/150811008x331054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Gómez-Zurita J, Hunt T, Vogler AP. Multilocus ribosomal RNA phylogeny of the leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae). Cladistics 2008. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2007.00167.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Peterson AT, Papeş M, Carroll DS, Leirs H, Johnson KM. Mammal Taxa Constituting Potential Coevolved Reservoirs of Filoviruses. J Mammal 2007. [DOI: 10.1644/06-mamm-a-280r1.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Bocakova M, Bocak L, Hunt T, Teraväinen M, Vogler AP. Molecular phylogenetics of Elateriformia (Coleoptera): evolution of bioluminescence and neoteny. Cladistics 2007. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2007.00164.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Esselstyn JA. A New Species of Stripe-Faced Fruit Bat (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae:Styloctenium) from the Philippines. J Mammal 2007. [DOI: 10.1644/06-mamm-a-294r.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Monaghan MT, Inward DJG, Hunt T, Vogler AP. A molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Scarabaeinae (dung beetles). Mol Phylogenet Evol 2007; 45:674-92. [PMID: 17656114 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2007] [Revised: 06/06/2007] [Accepted: 06/12/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The dung beetles (Scarabaeinae) include ca. 5000 species and exhibit a diverse array of morphologies and behaviors. This variation presumably reflects the adaptation to a diversity of food types and the different strategies used to avoid competition for vertebrate dung, which is the primary breeding environment for most species. The current classification gives great weight to the major behavioral types, separating the ball rollers and the tunnelers, but existing phylogenetic studies have been based on limited taxonomic or biogeographic sampling and have been contradictory. Here, we present a molecular phylogenetic analysis of 214 species of Scarabaeinae, representing all 12 traditionally recognized tribes and six biogeographical regions, using partial gene sequences from one nuclear (28S) and two mitochondrial (cox1, rrnL) genes. Length variation in 28S (588-621 bp) and rrnL (514-523 bp) was subjected to a thorough evaluation of alternative alignments, gap-coding methods, and tree searches using model-based (Bayesian and likelihood), maximum parsimony, and direct optimization analyses. The small-bodied, non-dung-feeding Sarophorus+Coptorhina were basal in all reconstructions. These were closely related to rolling Odontoloma+Dicranocara, suggesting an early acquisition of rolling behavior. Smaller tribes and most genera were monophyletic, while Canthonini and Dichotomiini each consisted of multiple paraphyletic lineages at hierarchical levels equivalent to the smaller tribes. Plasticity of rolling and tunneling was evidenced by a lack of monophyly (S-H test, p > 0.05) and several reversals within clades. The majority of previously unrecognized clades were geographical, including the well-supported Neotropical Phanaeini+Eucraniini, and a large Australian clade of rollers as well as tunneling Coptodactyla and Demarziella. Only three lineages, Gymnopleurini, Copris+Microcopris and Onthophagus, were widespread and therefore appear to be dispersive at a global scale. A reconstruction of biogeographical characters recovered 38-48 transitions between regions and an African origin for most lineages. Dispersal-vicariance analysis supported an African origin with links to all other regions and little back-migration. Our results provide a new synthesis of global-scale dung beetle evolution, demonstrating the great plasticity of behavioral and morphological traits and the importance of biogeographic distributions as the basis for a new classification.
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- Michael T Monaghan
- Department of Entomology, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK.
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Arango CP, Wheeler WC. Phylogeny of the sea spiders (Arthropoda, Pycnogonida) based on direct optimization of six loci and morphology. Cladistics 2007; 23:255-293. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2007.00143.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Helgen KM, Kock D, Gomez RKSC, Ingle NR, Sinaga MH. Taxonomy and Natural History of the Southeast Asian Fruit-Bat GenusDyacopterus. J Mammal 2007. [DOI: 10.1644/06-mamm-a-276r.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Gómez-Zurita J, Hunt T, Kopliku F, Vogler AP. Recalibrated tree of leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) indicates independent diversification of angiosperms and their insect herbivores. PLoS One 2007; 2:e360. [PMID: 17426809 PMCID: PMC1832224 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2006] [Accepted: 03/19/2007] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The great diversity of the "Phytophaga" (weevils, longhorn beetles and leaf beetles) has been attributed to their co-radiation with the angiosperms based on matching age estimates for both groups, but phylogenetic information and molecular clock calibrations remain insufficient for this conclusion. METHODOLOGY A phylogenetic analysis of the leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) was conducted based on three partial ribosomal gene markers (mitochondrial rrnL, nuclear small and large subunit rRNA) including over 3000 bp for 167 taxa representing most major chrysomelid lineages and outgroups. Molecular clock calibrations and confidence intervals were based on paleontological data from the oldest (K-T boundary) leaf beetle fossil, ancient feeding traces ascribed to hispoid Cassidinae, and the vicariant split of Nearctic and Palearctic members of the Timarchini. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS The origin of the Chrysomelidae was dated to 73-79 Mya (confidence interval 63-86 Mya), and most subfamilies were post-Cretaceous, consistent with the ages of all confirmed body fossils. Two major monocot feeding chrysomelid lineages formed widely separated clades, demonstrating independent colonization of this ancient (early Cretaceous) angiosperm lineage. CONCLUSIONS Previous calibrations proposing a much older origin of Chrysomelidae were not supported. Therefore, chrysomelid beetles likely radiated long after the origin of their host lineages and their diversification was driven by repeated radiaton on a pre-existing diverse resource, rather than ancient host associations.
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- Jesús Gómez-Zurita
- Department of Entomology, Natural History Museum, London, United Kindgom.
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Contrasting patterns of genetic differentiation between endemic and widespread species of fruit bats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2007; 44:474-82. [PMID: 17395494 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2006] [Revised: 01/25/2007] [Accepted: 02/04/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Ksepka DT, Bertelli S, Giannini NP. The phylogeny of the living and fossil Sphenisciformes (penguins). Cladistics 2006. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2006.00116.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Campbell P, Schneider CJ, Adnan AM, Zubaid A, Kunz TH. Comparative population structure of Cynopterus fruit bats in peninsular Malaysia and southern Thailand. Mol Ecol 2006; 15:29-47. [PMID: 16367828 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2005.02769.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The extent to which response to environmental change is mediated by species-specific ecology is an important aspect of the population histories of tropical taxa. During the Pleistocene glacial cycles and associated sea level fluctuations, the Sunda region in Southeast Asia experienced concurrent changes in landmass area and the ratio of forest to open habitat, providing an ideal setting to test the expectation that habitat associations played an important role in determining species' response to the opportunity for geographic expansion. We used mitochondrial control region sequences and six microsatellite loci to compare the phylogeographic structure and demographic histories of four broadly sympatric species of Old World fruit bats in the genus, Cynopterus. Two forest-associated species and two open-habitat generalists were sampled along a latitudinal transect in Singapore, peninsular Malaysia, and southern Thailand. Contrary to expectations based on habitat associations, the geographic scale of population structure was not concordant across ecologically similar species. We found evidence for long and relatively stable demographic history in one forest and one open-habitat species, and inferred non-coincident demographic expansions in the second forest and open-habitat species. Thus, while these results indicate that Pleistocene climate change did not have a single effect on population structure across species, a correlation between habitat association and response to environmental change was supported in only two of four species. We conclude that interactions between multiple factors, including historical and contemporary environmental change, species-specific ecology and interspecific interactions, have shaped the recent evolutionary histories of Cynopterus fruit bats in Southeast Asia.
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- Polly Campbell
- Boston University, Department of Biology, 5 Cummington Street, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
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Gómez-Zurita J, Funk DJ, Vogler AP. THE EVOLUTION OF UNISEXUALITY IN CALLIGRAPHA LEAF BEETLES: MOLECULAR AND ECOLOGICAL INSIGHTS ON MULTIPLE ORIGINS VIA INTERSPECIFIC HYBRIDIZATION. Evolution 2006. [DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2006.tb01110.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Schelly R, Salzburger W, Koblmüller S, Duftner N, Sturmbauer C. Phylogenetic relationships of the lamprologine cichlid genus Lepidiolamprologus (Teleostei: Perciformes) based on mitochondrial and nuclear sequences, suggesting introgressive hybridization. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2006; 38:426-38. [PMID: 15964213 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2005.04.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2005] [Accepted: 04/27/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Using sequences of the mitochondrial NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 gene (ND2, 1047bp) and a segment of the non-coding mitochondrial control region, as well as nuclear sequences including two introns from the S7 ribosomal protein and the loci TmoM25, TmoM27, and UME002, we explore the phylogenetic relationships of Lepidiolamprologus, one of seven lamprologine cichlid genera in Lake Tanganyika, East Africa. Analyses consisted of direct optimization using POY, including a parsimony sensitivity analysis, and maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference for comparison. With respect to Lepidiolamprologus, the results based on the mitochondrial dataset were robust to parameter variation in POY. Lepidiolamprologus cunningtoni was resolved in a large clade sister to ossified group lamprologines, among which the remaining Lepidiolamprologus were nested. In addition to L. attenuatus, L. elongatus, L. kendalli, and L. profundicola, Neolamprologus meeli, N. hecqui, N. boulengeri, N. variostigma, and two undescribed species were resolved in a two-pore Lepidiolamprologus clade sister to Lamprologus callipterus and two species of Altolamprologus. Lepidiolamprologus nkambae, in marked conflict with morphological and nuclear DNA evidence, nested outside of the two-pore Lepidiolamprologus clade, suggesting that the mtDNA signal has been convoluted by introgressive hybridization.
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- Robert Schelly
- Division of Vertebrate Zoology, Ichthyology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024, USA.
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Gómez-Zurita J, Funk DJ, Vogler AP. THE EVOLUTION OF UNISEXUALITY IN CALLIGRAPHA LEAF BEETLES: MOLECULAR AND ECOLOGICAL INSIGHTS ON MULTIPLE ORIGINS VIA INTERSPECIFIC HYBRIDIZATION. Evolution 2006. [DOI: 10.1554/05-452.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Bertelli S, Giannini NP, Ksepka DT. Redescription and Phylogenetic Position of the Early Miocene Penguin Paraptenodytes Antarcticus from Patagonia. AMERICAN MUSEUM NOVITATES 2006. [DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3525[1:rappot]2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Giannini NP, Simmons NB. Conflict and congruence in a combined DNA-morphology analysis of megachiropteran bat relationships (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Pteropodidae). Cladistics 2005; 21:411-437. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2005.00083.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Bertelli S, Giannini NP. A phylogeny of extant penguins (Aves: Sphenisciformes) combining morphology and mitochondrial sequences. Cladistics 2005. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2005.00065.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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