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Lin R, Li H, Lin W, Yang F, Bao X, Pan C, Lai L, Lin W. Whole-genome selection signature differences between Chaohu and Ji'an red ducks. BMC Genomics 2024; 25:522. [PMID: 38802792 PMCID: PMC11131323 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-024-10339-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2023] [Accepted: 04/23/2024] [Indexed: 05/29/2024] Open
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Assessing the genetic structure of local varieties and understanding their genetic data are crucial for effective management and preservation. However, the genetic differences among local breeds require further explanation. To enhance our understanding of their population structure and genetic diversity, we conducted a genome-wide comparative study of Chaohu and Ji'an Red ducks using genome sequence and restriction site-associated DNA sequencing technology. Our analysis revealed a distinct genetic distinction between the two breeds, leading to divided groups. The phylogenetic tree for Chaohu duck displayed two branches, potentially indicating minimal impact from artificial selection. Additionally, our ROH (runs of homozygosity) analysis revealed that Chaohu ducks had a lower average inbreeding coefficient than Ji'an Red ducks. We identified several genomic regions with high genetic similarity in these indigenous duck breeds. By conducting a selective sweep analysis, we identified 574 candidate genes associated with muscle growth (BMP2, ITGA8, MYLK, and PTCH1), fat deposits (ELOVL1 and HACD2), and pigmentation (ASIP and LOC101797494). These results offer valuable insights for the further enhancement and conservation of Chinese indigenous duck breeds.
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- Ruiyi Lin
- College of Animal Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, People's Republic of China
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- College of Animal Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, People's Republic of China
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- College of Animal Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, People's Republic of China
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- College of Animal Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, People's Republic of China
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- College of Animal Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, People's Republic of China
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- College of Animal Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, People's Republic of China
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- College of Animal Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, People's Republic of China
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- College of Animal Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, People's Republic of China.
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Wacker KS, Winger BM. An Elevational Phylogeographic Diversity Gradient in Neotropical Birds Is Decoupled from Speciation Rates. Am Nat 2024; 203:362-381. [PMID: 38358813 DOI: 10.1086/728598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2024]
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AbstractA key question about macroevolutionary speciation rates is whether they are controlled by microevolutionary processes operating at the population level. For example, does spatial variation in population genetic differentiation underlie geographical gradients in speciation rates? Previous work suggests that speciation rates increase with elevation in Neotropical birds, but underlying population-level gradients remain unexplored. Here, we characterize elevational phylogeographic diversity between montane and lowland birds in the megadiverse Andes-Amazonian system and assess its relationship to speciation rates to evaluate the link between population-level differentiation and species-level diversification. We aggregated and georeferenced nearly 7,000 mitochondrial DNA sequences across 103 species or species complexes in the Andes and Amazonia and used these sequences to describe phylogeographic differentiation across both regions. Our results show increased levels of both discrete and continuous metrics of population structure in the Andean mountains compared with the Amazonian lowlands. However, higher levels of population differentiation do not predict higher rates of speciation in our dataset. Multiple potential factors may lead to our observed decoupling of initial population divergence and speciation rates, including the ephemerality of incipient species and the multifaceted nature of the speciation process, as well as methodological challenges associated with estimating rates of population differentiation and speciation.
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Moraes SDS, Gueratto PE, Dos Santos JP, Santos MH, Freitas AVL, Duarte M. Niche modelling and comparative morphology untangle taxonomy of the Dysschema eurocilia clade (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) and reveal a relictual Pleistocene Arc distribution. SYST BIODIVERS 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2022.2072968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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- Simeão de Souza Moraes
- Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Avenida Bertrand Russell, Barão Geraldo, Campinas, 13083–970, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Avenida Bertrand Russell, Barão Geraldo, Campinas, 13083–970, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Avenida Bertrand Russell, Barão Geraldo, Campinas, 13083–970, SP, Brazil
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- Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, Av. General Carlos Cavalcanti, 4748, Uvaranas, Ponta Grossa, PR 84030-900, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Avenida Bertrand Russell, Barão Geraldo, Campinas, 13083–970, SP, Brazil
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- Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Avenida Nazaré 481, Ipiranga, São Paulo, SP 04263–000, Brazil
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Bourke BP, Justi SA, Caicedo-Quiroga L, Pecor DB, Wilkerson RC, Linton YM. Phylogenetic analysis of the Neotropical Albitarsis Complex based on mitogenome data. Parasit Vectors 2021; 14:589. [PMID: 34838107 PMCID: PMC8627034 DOI: 10.1186/s13071-021-05090-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2021] [Accepted: 11/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Some of the most important malaria vectors in South America belong to the Albitarsis Complex (Culicidae; Anophelinae; Anopheles). Understanding the origin, nature, and geographical distribution of species diversity in this important complex has important implications for vector incrimination, control, and management, and for modelling future responses to climate change, deforestation, and human population expansion. This study attempts to further explore species diversity and evolutionary history in the Albitarsis Complex by undertaking a characterization and phylogenetic analysis of the mitogenome of all 10 putative taxa in the Albitarsis Complex. METHODS Mitogenome assembly and annotation allowed for feature comparison among Albitarsis Complex and Anopheles species. Selection analysis was conducted across all 13 protein-coding genes. Maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference methods were used to construct gene and species trees, respectively. Bayesian methods were also used to jointly estimate species delimitation and species trees. RESULTS Gene composition and order were conserved across species within the complex. Unique signatures of positive selection were detected in two species-Anopheles janconnae and An. albitarsis G-which may have played a role in the recent and rapid diversification of the complex. The COI gene phylogeny does not fully recover the mitogenome phylogeny, and a multispecies coalescent-based phylogeny shows that considerable uncertainty exists through much of the mitogenome species tree. The origin of divergence in the complex dates to the Pliocene/Pleistocene boundary, and divergence within the distinct northern South American clade is estimated at approximately 1 million years ago. Neither the phylogenetic trees nor the delimitation approach rejected the 10-species hypothesis, although the analyses could not exclude the possibility that four putative species with scant a priori support (An. albitarsis G, An. albitarsis H, An. albitarsis I, and An. albitarsis J), represent population-level, rather than species-level, splits. CONCLUSION The lack of resolution in much of the species tree and the limitations of the delimitation analysis warrant future studies on the complex using genome-wide data and the inclusion of additional specimens, particularly from two putative species, An. albitarsis I and An. albitarsis J.
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- Brian P Bourke
- Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit, Smithsonian Institution Museum Support Center, MRC-534, 4210 Silver Hill Rd., Suitland, MD, 20746, USA.
- Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 503 Robert Grant Avenue, Silver Spring, MD, 20910, USA.
- Department of Entomology, Smithsonian Institution-National Museum of Natural History, 10th St NE & Constitution Ave NE, Washington, DC, 20002, USA.
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- Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit, Smithsonian Institution Museum Support Center, MRC-534, 4210 Silver Hill Rd., Suitland, MD, 20746, USA
- Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 503 Robert Grant Avenue, Silver Spring, MD, 20910, USA
- Department of Entomology, Smithsonian Institution-National Museum of Natural History, 10th St NE & Constitution Ave NE, Washington, DC, 20002, USA
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- Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit, Smithsonian Institution Museum Support Center, MRC-534, 4210 Silver Hill Rd., Suitland, MD, 20746, USA
- Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 503 Robert Grant Avenue, Silver Spring, MD, 20910, USA
- Department of Entomology, Smithsonian Institution-National Museum of Natural History, 10th St NE & Constitution Ave NE, Washington, DC, 20002, USA
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- Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit, Smithsonian Institution Museum Support Center, MRC-534, 4210 Silver Hill Rd., Suitland, MD, 20746, USA
- Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 503 Robert Grant Avenue, Silver Spring, MD, 20910, USA
- Department of Entomology, Smithsonian Institution-National Museum of Natural History, 10th St NE & Constitution Ave NE, Washington, DC, 20002, USA
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- Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit, Smithsonian Institution Museum Support Center, MRC-534, 4210 Silver Hill Rd., Suitland, MD, 20746, USA
- Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 503 Robert Grant Avenue, Silver Spring, MD, 20910, USA
- Department of Entomology, Smithsonian Institution-National Museum of Natural History, 10th St NE & Constitution Ave NE, Washington, DC, 20002, USA
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- Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit, Smithsonian Institution Museum Support Center, MRC-534, 4210 Silver Hill Rd., Suitland, MD, 20746, USA
- Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 503 Robert Grant Avenue, Silver Spring, MD, 20910, USA
- Department of Entomology, Smithsonian Institution-National Museum of Natural History, 10th St NE & Constitution Ave NE, Washington, DC, 20002, USA
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Lim MCW, Bi K, Witt CC, Graham CH, Dávalos LM. Pervasive Genomic Signatures of Local Adaptation to Altitude Across Highland Specialist Andean Hummingbird Populations. J Hered 2021; 112:229-240. [PMID: 33631009 DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esab008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2020] [Accepted: 02/23/2021] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
Abstract
Populations along steep environmental gradients are subject to differentiating selection that can result in local adaptation, despite countervailing gene flow, and genetic drift. In montane systems, where species are often restricted to narrow ranges of elevation, it is unclear whether the selection is strong enough to influence functional differentiation of subpopulations differing by a few hundred meters in elevation. We used targeted capture of 12 501 exons from across the genome, including 271 genes previously implicated in altitude adaptation, to test for adaptation to local elevations for 2 highland hummingbird species, Coeligena violifer (n = 62) and Colibri coruscans (n = 101). For each species, we described population genetic structure across the complex geography of the Peruvian Andes and, while accounting for this structure, we tested whether elevational allele frequency clines in single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) showed evidence for local adaptation to elevation. Although the 2 species exhibited contrasting population genetic structures, we found signatures of clinal genetic variation with shifts in elevation in both. The genes with SNP-elevation associations included candidate genes previously discovered for high-elevation adaptation as well as others not previously identified, with cellular functions related to hypoxia response, energy metabolism, and immune function, among others. Despite the homogenizing effects of gene flow and genetic drift, natural selection on parts of the genome evidently optimizes elevation-specific cellular function even within elevation range-restricted montane populations. Consequently, our results suggest local adaptation occurring in narrow elevation bands in tropical mountains, such as the Andes, may effectively make them "taller" biogeographic barriers.
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- Marisa C W Lim
- Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
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- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, CA.,California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA (Bi)
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- Museum of Southwestern Biology and Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY.,Swiss Federal Research Institute (WSL), Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY.,Consortium for Inter-Disciplinary Environmental Research, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
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Bolívar-Leguizamón SD, Silveira LF, Derryberry EP, Brumfield RT, Bravo GA. Phylogeography of the Variable Antshrike (Thamnophilus caerulescens), a South American passerine distributed along multiple environmental gradients. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2020; 148:106810. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2019] [Revised: 01/23/2020] [Accepted: 03/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Glassfrogs (family: Centrolenidae) represent a fantastic radiation (~150 described species) of Neotropical anurans that originated in South America and dispersed into Central America. In this study, we review the systematics of Ecuadorian glassfrogs, providing species accounts of all 60 species, including three new species described herein. For all Ecuadorian species, we provide new information on the evolution, morphology, biology, conservation, and distribution. We present a new molecular phylogeny for Centrolenidae and address cryptic diversity within the family. We employ a candidate species system and designate 24 putative new species that require further study to determine their species status. We find that, in some cases, currently recognized species lack justification; specifically, we place Centrolene gemmata and Centrolene scirtetes under the synonymy of Centrolene lynchi; C. guanacarum and C. bacata under the synonymy of Centrolene sanchezi; Cochranella phryxa under the synonymy of Cochranella resplendens; and Hyalinobatrachium ruedai under the synonymy of Hyalinobatrachium munozorum. We also find that diversification patterns are mostly congruent with allopatric speciation, facilitated by barriers to gene flow (e.g., valleys, mountains, linearity of the Andes), and that niche conservatism is a dominant feature in the family. Conservation threats are diverse, but habitat destruction and climate change are of particular concern. The most imperiled glassfrogs in Ecuador are Centrolene buckleyi, C. charapita, C. geckoidea, C. medemi, C. pipilata, Cochranella mache, Nymphargus balionotus, N. manduriacu, N. megacheirus, and N. sucre, all of which are considered Critically Endangered. Lastly, we identify priority areas for glassfrog conservation in Ecuador.
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Derouiche L, Irzagh A, Rahmouni R, Tahri R, Hadjeloum M, Bouhadad R, Fernandes C. Deep mitochondrial DNA phylogeographic divergence in the threatened aoudad Ammotragus lervia (Bovidae, Caprini). Gene 2020; 739:144510. [PMID: 32109559 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2020.144510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2019] [Revised: 02/20/2020] [Accepted: 02/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The aoudad or Barbary sheep (Ammotragus lervia) is a threatened ungulate emblematic of North Africa, whose population structure and subspecific taxonomy have not been examined genetically. This knowledge is essential and urgently needed to inform ongoing conservation and management efforts. We analysed the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene and four nuclear genes (casein kappa, spectrin beta nonerythrocytic 1, thyroglobulin, thyrotropin subunit beta) for the first phylogeographic survey of the aoudad, and uncovered a deep Mediterranean-Saharan mitochondrial split separating two highly distinct evolutionary lineages. Their level of divergence is greater than or comparable to those observed between several pairs of congeneric species of different caprine genera. The split was estimated to have occurred in the Early Pleistocene, about 1.3 million years ago. None of the four nuclear genes surveyed, chosen because they have been used in phylogeographic and species-level phylogenetic studies of bovids, allowed us to detect, likely due to their slow evolutionary rate, the substantial and geographically coherent subdivision revealed by mitochondrial DNA. This study is evidence and testament to the ability of mitochondrial DNA, probably unrivalled by any other single-locus marker, as an exploratory tool for investigating population genealogy and history and identifying potential evolutionarily significant units for conservation in animals.
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- Louiza Derouiche
- LBEIG, Population Genetics & Conservation Unit, Faculté des Sciences Biologiques, Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumediene, BP 32 El-Alia, Bab Ezzouar, 16111, Algiers, Algeria.
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- Département de Biotechnologie, Faculté des Sciences de la Nature et de la Vie, Université Saad Dahlab de Blida, route de Soumâa, BP 270, 09000 Blida, Algeria
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- Réserve de Chasse de Tlemcen, Direction Générale des Forêts (DGF), Boulevard de Lala Sitti, Tlemcen, Algeria
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- Bureau de la Gestion et Protection de la Faune, Direction Générale des Forêts (DGF), Algiers, Algeria
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- LBEIG, Population Genetics & Conservation Unit, Faculté des Sciences Biologiques, Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumediene, BP 32 El-Alia, Bab Ezzouar, 16111, Algiers, Algeria
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- CE3C - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal.
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Peñafiel N, Flores DM, Rivero De Aguilar J, Guayasamin JM, Bonaccorso E. A cost-effective protocol for total DNA isolation from animal tissue. NEOTROPICAL BIODIVERSITY 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/23766808.2019.1706387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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- Nicolás Peñafiel
- Department of Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Canada
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- Centro de Investigación de la Biodiversidad y Cambio Climático (BioCamb), Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica, Quito, Ecuador
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- Departamento de Ciencias Ecológicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Centro de Investigación de la Biodiversidad y Cambio Climático (BioCamb), Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica, Quito, Ecuador
- Laboratorio de Biología Evolutiva, Instituto BIOSFERA, and Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador
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- Centro de Investigación de la Biodiversidad y Cambio Climático (BioCamb), Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica, Quito, Ecuador
- Laboratorio de Biología Evolutiva, Instituto BIOSFERA, and Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador
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Gutiérrez‐Pinto N, McCracken KG, Tubaro P, Kopuchian C, Astie A, Cadena CD. Molecular and morphological differentiation among Torrent Duck (
Merganetta armata
) populations in the Andes. ZOOL SCR 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Natalia Gutiérrez‐Pinto
- Laboratorio de Biología Evolutiva de Vertebrados, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas Universidad de los Andes Bogotá Colombia
- School of Biological Sciences University of Nebraska Lincoln Nebraska
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- Department of Biology University of Miami Coral Gables Florida
- Department of Marine Biology and Ecology Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences Miami Florida
- Institute of Arctic Biology University of Alaska Museum Fairbanks Alaska
- Department of Biology and Wildlife University of Alaska Fairbanks Fairbanks Alaska
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- División Ornitología Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia” (MACN ‐ CONICET) Buenos Aires Argentina
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- División Ornitología Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia” (MACN ‐ CONICET) Buenos Aires Argentina
- Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral (CECOAL‐CONICET) Corrientes Argentina
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- Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas (CONICET‐CCT Mendoza) Mendoza Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Biología Evolutiva de Vertebrados, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas Universidad de los Andes Bogotá Colombia
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Guayasamin JM, Cisneros-Heredia DF, Vieira J, Kohn S, Gavilanes G, Lynch RL, Hamilton PS, Maynard RJ. A new glassfrog (Centrolenidae) from the Chocó-Andean Río Manduriacu Reserve, Ecuador, endangered by mining. PeerJ 2019; 7:e6400. [PMID: 30863669 PMCID: PMC6404656 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.6400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2018] [Accepted: 01/06/2019] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
We describe a new glassfrog from Río Manduriacu Reserve, Imbabura Province, on the Pacific slopes of the Ecuadorian Andes. The new species can be distinguished from most other glassfrogs by having numerous yellow spots on the dorsum and lacking membranes among fingers. Both morphological and molecular data support the placement of the species in the genus Nymphargus. We present a new mitochondrial phylogeny of Nymphargus and discuss the speciation patterns of this genus; most importantly, recent speciation events seem to result from the effect of the linearity of the Andes. Finally, although the new species occurs within a private reserve, it is seriously endangered by mining activities; thus, following IUCN criteria, we consider the new species as Critically Endangered.
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- Juan M Guayasamin
- Laboratorio de Biología Evolutiva, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales COCIBA, Instituto BIÓSFERA-USFQ, Campus Cumbayá, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Quito, Ecuador.,Centro de Investigación de la Biodiversidad y Cambio Climático, Ingeniería en Biodiversidad y Recursos Genéticos, Facultad de Ciencias del Medio Ambiente, Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica, Quito, Ecuador
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- Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales COCIBA, Instituto de Zoología Terrestre y Museo de Zoología, Instituto de Geografía, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Cumbayá, Ecuador.,División de Herpetología, Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad INABIO, Quito, Ecuador
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- Laboratorio de Biología Evolutiva, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales COCIBA, Instituto BIÓSFERA-USFQ, Campus Cumbayá, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Quito, Ecuador.,Tropical Herping, Quito, Ecuador
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- Fundación Cóndor Andino, Quito, Ecuador.,Fundación EcoMinga, Baños, Ecuador
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- Laboratorio de Biología Evolutiva, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales COCIBA, Instituto BIÓSFERA-USFQ, Campus Cumbayá, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Quito, Ecuador
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Cadena CD, Pérez-emán JL, Cuervo AM, Céspedes LN, Epperly KL, Klicka JT. Extreme genetic structure and dynamic range evolution in a montane passerine bird: implications for tropical diversification. Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/bly207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Carlos Daniel Cadena
- Laboratorio de Biología Evolutiva de Vertebrados, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Instituto de Zoología y Ecología Tropical, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela
- Colección Ornitológica Phelps, Caracas, Venezuela
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- Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
- Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Laboratorio de Biología Evolutiva de Vertebrados, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Department of Biology and Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Biology and Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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