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Hagemann J, Hofreiter M, Bibi F, Holroyd P, Arnold P. Is it inappropriate to ask for your age? Evaluating parameter impact on tree dating in a challenging clade (Macroscelidea). Mol Phylogenet Evol 2023; 183:107756. [PMID: 36906195 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2022] [Revised: 02/24/2023] [Accepted: 03/05/2023] [Indexed: 03/11/2023]
Abstract
Sengis (order Macroscelidea) are small mammals endemic to Africa. The taxonomy and phylogeny of sengis has been difficult to resolve due to a lack of clear morphological apomorphies. Molecular phylogenies have already significantly revised sengi systematics, but until now no molecular phylogeny has included all 20 extant species. In addition, the age of origin of the sengi crown clade and the divergence age of its two extant families remain unclear. Two recently published studies based on different datasets and age-calibration parameters (DNA type, outgroup selection, fossil calibration points) proposed highly different divergent age estimates and evolutionary scenarios. We obtained nuclear and mitochondrial DNA from mainly museum specimens using target enrichment of single-stranded DNA libraries to generate the first phylogeny of all extant macroscelidean species. We then explored the effects of different parameters (type of DNA, ratio of ingroup to outgroup sampling, number and type of fossil calibration points) and their resulting impacts on age estimates for the origin and initial diversification of Macroscelidea. We show that, even after correcting for substitution saturation, both using mitochondrial DNA in conjunction with nuclear DNA or alone results in much older ages and different branch lengths than when using nuclear DNA alone. We further show that the former effect can be attributed to insufficient amounts of nuclear data. If multiple calibration points are included, the age of the sengi crown group fossil prior has minimal impact on the estimated time frame of sengi evolution. In contrast, the inclusion or exclusion of outgroup fossil priors has a major effect on the resulting node ages. We also find that a reduced sampling of ingroup species does not significantly affect overall age estimates and that terminal specific substitution rates can serve as a means to evaluate the biological likeliness of the produced temporal estimates. Our study demonstrates how commonly varied parameters in temporal calibration of phylogenies affect age estimates. Dated phylogenies should therefore always be seen in the context of the dataset which was used to produce them.
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- Justus Hagemann
- Evolutionary Adaptive Genomics, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 24-25, 14476, Potsdam, Germany.
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- Evolutionary Adaptive Genomics, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 24-25, 14476, Potsdam, Germany
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- Museum Für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Invalidenstrasse 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany
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- University of California Museum of Paleontology, 1101 Valley Life Sciences Building, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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- Evolutionary Adaptive Genomics, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 24-25, 14476, Potsdam, Germany.
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Dianat M, Voet I, Ortiz D, Goüy de Bellocq J, Cuypers LN, Kryštufek B, Bureš M, Čížková D, Bryjová A, Bryja J, Nicolas V, Konečný A. Cryptic diversity of Crocidura shrews in the savannahs of Eastern and Southern Africa. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2023; 180:107708. [PMID: 36657626 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2022] [Revised: 01/07/2023] [Accepted: 01/12/2023] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
Abstract
Crocidura (Eulipotyphla, Soricidae) is the most species-rich genus among mammals, with high cryptic diversity and complicated taxonomy. The hirta-flavescens group of Crocidura represents the most abundant and widespread shrews in savannahs of eastern and southern Africa, making them a suitable phylogeographical model for assessing the role of paleoclimatic changes on current biodiversity in open African habitats. We present the first comprehensive study on the phylogeography, evolutionary history, geographical distribution, systematics, and taxonomy of the group, using the integration of mitochondrial, genome-wide (ddRAD sequencing), morphological and morphometrical data collected from specimens over most of the known geographic distribution. Our genomic data confirmed the monophyly of this group and its sister relationship with the olivieri group of Crocidura. There is a substantial genetic variation within the hirta-flavescens group, with three highly supported clades showing parapatric distribution and which can be distinguished morphologically: C. hirta, distributed in both the Zambezian and Somali-Masai bioregions, C. flavescens, known from South Africa and south-western Zambia, and C. cf. flavescens, which is known to occur only in central and western Tanzania. Morphometric data revealed relatively minor differences between C. hirta and C. cf. flavescens, but they differ in the colouration of the pelage. Diversification of the hirta-flavescens group has most likely happened during phases of grassland expansion and contraction during Plio-Pleistocene climatic cycles. Eastern African Rift system, rivers, and the distinctiveness of Zambezian and Somali-Masai bioregions seem to have also shaped the pattern of their diversity, which is very similar to sympatric rodent species living in open habitats. Finally, we review the group's taxonomy and propose to revalidate C. bloyeti, currently a synonym of C. hirta, including the specimens treated as C. cf. flavescens.
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- Malahat Dianat
- Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Kvetna 8, 603 65 Brno, Czech Republic; Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlarska 2, 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic.
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- Institut de Systematique, Evolution, Biodiversite (ISYEB), Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Universite, EPHE, Universite des Antilles, CP51, 75005 Paris, France
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- Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlarska 2, 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Kvetna 8, 603 65 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Evolutionary Ecology Group, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp,Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlarska 2, 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Kvetna 8, 603 65 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Kvetna 8, 603 65 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Kvetna 8, 603 65 Brno, Czech Republic; Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlarska 2, 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institut de Systematique, Evolution, Biodiversite (ISYEB), Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Universite, EPHE, Universite des Antilles, CP51, 75005 Paris, France
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- Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlarska 2, 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic
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Kostin DS, Martynov AA, Lebedev VS, Zemlemerova ED, Gromov AR, Lavrenchenko LA. Position of the ammodile and the origin of Gerbillinae (Rodentia): Out of the Horn of Africa? ZOOL SCR 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Danila S. Kostin
- A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution Russian Academy of Sciences Moscow Russia
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- A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution Russian Academy of Sciences Moscow Russia
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- A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution Russian Academy of Sciences Moscow Russia
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- A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution Russian Academy of Sciences Moscow Russia
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- A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution Russian Academy of Sciences Moscow Russia
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Krásová J, Mikula O, Bryja J, Baptista NL, António T, Aghová T, Šumbera R. Biogeography of Angolan rodents: The first glimpse based on phylogenetic evidence. DIVERS DISTRIB 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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- Jarmila Krásová
- Department of Zoology Faculty of Science University of South Bohemia České Budějovice Czech Republic
- Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the Czech Academy of Sciences Brno Czech Republic
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- Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the Czech Academy of Sciences Brno Czech Republic
- Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences Brno Czech Republic
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- Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the Czech Academy of Sciences Brno Czech Republic
- Department of Botany and Zoology Faculty of Science Masaryk University Brno Czech Republic
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- Instituto Superior de Ciências da Educação da Huíla (ISCED‐Huíla) Lubango Angola
- CIBIO‐InBIO Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos GenéticosUniversidade do Porto Vairão Portugal
- Faculdade de Ciências Universidade do Porto Porto Portugal
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- Instituto Superior de Ciências da Educação da Huíla (ISCED‐Huíla) Lubango Angola
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- Centre of OncocytogenomicsInstitute of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory DiagnosticsGeneral University Hospital and First Faculty of MedicineCharles University Prague Czech Republic
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- Department of Zoology Faculty of Science University of South Bohemia České Budějovice Czech Republic
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Nicolas V, Mikula O, Lavrenchenko LA, Šumbera R, Bartáková V, Bryjová A, Meheretu Y, Verheyen E, Missoup AD, Lemmon AR, Moriarty Lemmon E, Bryja J. Phylogenomics of African radiation of Praomyini (Muridae: Murinae) rodents: First fully resolved phylogeny, evolutionary history and delimitation of extant genera. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2021; 163:107263. [PMID: 34273505 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2021] [Revised: 07/06/2021] [Accepted: 07/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
The tribe Praomyini is a diversified group including 64 species and eight extant rodent genera. They live in a broad spectrum of habitats across whole sub-Saharan Africa. Members of this tribe are often very abundant, they have a key ecological role in ecosystems, they are hosts of many potentially pathogenic microorganisms and comprise numerous agricultural pests. Although this tribe is well supported by both molecular and morphological data, its intergeneric relationships and the species contents of several genera are not yet fully resolved. Recent molecular data suggest that at least three genera in current sense are paraphyletic. However, in these studies the species sampling was sparse and the resolution of relationships among genera was poor, probably due to a fast radiation of the tribe dated to the Miocene and insufficient amount of genetic data. Here we used genomic scale data (395 nuclear loci = 610,965 bp long alignment and mitogenomes = 14,745 bp) and produced the first fully resolved species tree containing most major lineages of the Praomyini tribe (i.e. all but one currently delimited genera and major intrageneric clades). Results of a fossil-based divergence dating analysis suggest that the radiation started during the Messinian stage (ca. 7 Ma) and was likely linked to a fragmentation of the pan-African Miocene forest. Some lineages remained in the rain forests, while many others adapted to a broad spectrum of new open lowland and montane habitats that appeared at the beginning of Pliocene. Our analyses clearly confirmed the presence of three polyphyletic genera (Praomys, Myomyscus and Mastomys). We review current knowledge of these three genera and suggest corresponding taxonomic changes. To keep genera monophyletic, we propose taxonomic re-arrangements and delimit four new genera. Furthermore, we discovered a new highly divergent genetic lineage of Praomyini in southwestern Ethiopia, which is described as a new species and genus.
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- Violaine Nicolas
- Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles, CP51, 75005 Paris, France
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- Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr. 33, Moscow 119071, Russia
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- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic; Department of Biology and Institute of Mountain Research and Development, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Tigray, Ethiopia
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- Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences, Operational Direction Taxonomy and Phylogeny, 1000 Brussels, Belgium; Evolutionary Ecology Group, Biology Department, University of Antwerp, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium
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- Zoology Unit, Laboratory of Biology and Physiology of Animal Organisms, Faculty of Science, University of Douala, Douala, Cameroon
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- Department of Scientific Computing, Florida State University, Dirac Science Library, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4295, United States
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- Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, 319 Stadium Drive, PO Box 3064295, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4295, United States
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- Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic; Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, 611 37, Brno, Czech Republic.
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