Historical biogeography and phylogeny of Cucurbita: Insights from ancestral area reconstruction and niche evolution

2018 ◽  
Vol 128 ◽  
pp. 38-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriela Castellanos-Morales ◽  
Leslie M. Paredes-Torres ◽  
Niza Gámez ◽  
Helena S. Hernández-Rosales ◽  
Guillermo Sánchez-de la Vega ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Historical Biogeography ◽  
Niche Evolution ◽  
Ancestral Area ◽  
Ancestral Area Reconstruction

Niche evolution and historical biogeography of lady slipper orchids in North America and Eurasia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huanchu Liu ◽  
Hans Jacquemyn ◽  
Wei Chen ◽  
Steven B. Janssens ◽  
Xingyuan He ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Historical Biogeography ◽  
Niche Evolution

Species Delimitation and evolutionary history of tree frogs in the Hyla chinensis-group (Hylidae, Amphibian)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tao Pan ◽  
Guiyou Wu ◽  
Xing Kang ◽  
Peng Yan ◽  
Izaz Ali ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Species Delimitation ◽  
Divergence Time ◽  
Distinct Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Early Miocene ◽  
Evolutionary Divergence ◽  
Dabie Mountains ◽  
Ancestral Area ◽  
Ancestral Area Reconstruction ◽  
History Of

Abstract Background Species are the cornerstone in many domains of biology research, which made the accurate species delimitation became critically important. In this study, the systematics and biogeography of the Hyla chinensis -group were analyzed based on phylogeny, species delimitation and ancestral area reconstruction methods.Results The phylogenetic results showed six specific clusters existed in the H. chinensis- group. BPP analysis indicated that six distinct species exist due to the high probability values (>0.95), which were also supported by the BF analysis. The divergence time of the H. chinensis -group is estimated to date back to 18.84 Mya in the early Miocene. Combining the results of ancestral area reconstruction, the H. chinensis -group might have originated from Guangxi-Hainan, then spread eastwardly and reached Nanling mountains, Wuyi mountains, Huangshan mountains and Taiwan. In rightabout colonization, it is gradually extended to the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, Sichuan basin, Qinling mountains and Dabie mountains. Considering the geological movement from early Miocene to Pliocene, the colonization pattern of the H. chinensis -group maybe closely related to the progressive uplift of Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP) and historical climate change.Conclusions Our study provides evidence for species delimitation and speciation process within the H. chinensis -group. Our study supports the hypothesis that the evolutionary divergence in this species group was a consequence of the progressive uplift of QTP and environmental change.

From the desert it came: evolution of the Australian paper daisy genus Leucochrysum (Asteraceae, Gnaphalieae)

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander N. Schmidt-Lebuhn ◽  
Kiarrah J. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Arid Zone ◽  
Nuclear Gene ◽  
Amplicon Sequencing ◽  
Success Rates ◽  
Ancestral Area ◽  
Biogeographic History ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Ancestral Area Reconstruction ◽  
History Of ◽  
Australian Flora

Present patterns of diversity in the Australian flora have been shaped by increasing seasonality since the Eocene, and by pronounced aridification in the past 3 million years. Arid-zone plants are commonly hypothesised to be the products of radiations of ancestrally temperate or coastal lineages, as in the case of the everlasting paper daisy tribe Gnaphalieae (Asteraceae). However, these inferences are often based on higher-level phylogenies, whereas evolutionary processes in the Australian Gnaphalieae have rarely been studied at the species level. Here, we reconstructed the phylogeny and biogeographic history of the small, but ecologically diverse, paper daisy genus Leucochrysum, to examine recent habitat shifts and character changes, at the same time exploring the feasibility of using amplicon sequencing of low-copy nuclear gene regions to resolve phylogenetic relationships in Australian Gnaphalieae. On the balance of evidence, outgroup comparison and ancestral-area reconstruction support an ancestral range in the arid zone with subsequent diversification towards the south-east, demonstrating a complex evolutionary history with a re-colonisation of temperate areas. Low amplification success rates suggest that methods other than amplicon sequencing of currently available primers will be more promising for molecular phylogenetic work at a larger scale.

scholarly journals Phylogenomics of Brosimum Sw. (Moraceae) and allied genera, including a revised subgeneric system

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elliot M. Gardner ◽  
Lauren Audi ◽  
Qian Zhang ◽  
Hervé Sauquet ◽  
Alexandre K. Monro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Central America ◽  
Greater Antilles ◽  
Target Enrichment ◽  
Medicinal Uses ◽  
Ancestral Area ◽  
Underutilized Crop ◽  
Brosimum Alicastrum ◽  
Ancestral Area Reconstruction ◽  
Phylogenomic Study

AbstractWe present a phylogenomic study of Brosimum and the allied genera Trymatococcus and Helianthostylis, with near-complete taxon sampling. Distributed from Mexico and the Greater Antilles to the Amazon, this clade contains the underutilized crop ramón (bread nut) (Brosimum alicastrum) as well as other species valued for timber or medicinal uses. Target enrichment for 333 genes produced a well-resolved phylogenetic tree and showed that Trymatoccocus and Helianthostylis are nested within Brosimum. We present a revised subgeneric classification of Brosimum based on phylogenetic and morphological considerations, including the reduction of Trymatococcus and Helianthostylis to subgenera. The monophyletic subgenera can be diagnosed based on stipule, pistillode, and cotyledon synapomorphies. Divergence date estimates suggest a Miocene origin for Brosimum, and ancestral area reconstruction indicated that all four subgenera originated and initially diversified in Amazonia before dispersing into other parts of South and Central America.ResumenPresentamos un estudio filogenómico del género Brosimum y sus aliados, Trymatococcus y Helianthostylis, y que incluye prácticamente todas las especies descritas. Su distribución va desde México y las Antillas Mayores hasta el Amazonas y comprende especies como el ramón (B. alicastrum), un cultivo infrautilizado, y otras especies empleadas como madera o en medicina. La secuenciación masiva dirigida de 333 marcadores nucleares de copia única permitió la reconstrucción de una filogenia bien resuelta, en la que se demuestra que Trymatococcus y Helianthostylis están anidados en Brosimum. Presentamos, por lo tanto, una clasificación revisada a nivel de especies, teniendo en cuenta los resultados moleculares y las características morfológicas, y donde Trymatococcus y Helianthostylis pasan a ser subgéneros de Brosimum. Estos subgéneros monofiléticos pueden ser identificados por caracteres de las estípulas y de los pistilodios.

scholarly journals Phylogeography of Nasutitermes ephratae (Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae) in Neotropical region

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda de Faria Santos ◽  
Eliana Marques Cancello ◽  
Adriana Coletto Morales
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Structure ◽  
Central America ◽  
Divergence Time ◽  
Haplotype Network ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Ancestral Area ◽  
Genetic Patterns ◽  
Dispersal Route ◽  
Ancestral Area Reconstruction ◽  
History Of

Abstract The neotropical region ranks third in the number of termites with five different families. Of these, Termitidae is the most diverse and includes the species Nasutitermes ephratae and is common in the neotropics. To date, only one study has been published about phylogeographic issues in neotropical termites (N. corniger). Here, we aimed to investigate and analyze the population genetic patterns of N. ephratae and then evaluated the phylogeographical processes involved in the evolutionary history of the species. We used the mitochondrial genes 16S rRNA and COII as molecular markers: These were sequenced for 128 samples of N. ephratae. We estimated the genetic diversity and divergence time as well as the demographic and genetic structure analyses. We also produced ancestral area reconstruction and a haplotype network. The results showed high genetic variability, recent demographic expansion, and strong genetic structure. We also inferred a dispersal route for the species that occurred in both directions between South and Central America. The results emphasize a temporary separation between the South and Central America population that affected the origin of the current Central America populations. These were formed form different phylogeographic histories.

scholarly journals Into-India or out-of-India? Historical biogeography of freshwater gastropod genus Pila (Ampullariidae)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maitreya Sil ◽  
N. A. Aravind ◽  
K. Praveen Karanth
Keyword(s):  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
Continental Drift ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Freshwater Snail ◽  
Historical Biogeography ◽  
Molecular Dating ◽  
Tropical Asia ◽  
Relative Contribution ◽  
Ancestral Area Reconstruction ◽  
History Of

AbstractThe biota of the Indian subcontinent has assembled during various points of the history of its continental drift: some when it was still a part of Gondwanaland and subsequently dispersed ‘out-of-India’ and some dispersed ‘into-India’ after it collided with Asia. However, the relative contribution of these connection to the current biotic assembly of the subcontinent is still under-explored. We aimed to understand the relative importance of these various routes of biotic assembly in India through studying the historical biogeography of tropical Old World freshwater snail genus Pila. We reconstructed a near-complete phylogeny of Ampullariidae including all the described Pila species from India and published sequences of Ampullariids from all over the world from two mitochondrial and two nuclear markers. Thereafter molecular dating and ancestral area reconstruction analyses were carried out in order to ascertain the time frame and route of colonization of India. The results suggest that Pila dispersed into India as well as other parts of tropical Asia from Africa after both India and Africa collided with Eurasia. Furthermore, multiple dispersals have taken place between Southeast Asia and India. The findings consolidate the rapidly building evidence that much of the current assemblage of biota actually dispersed into-India after it collided with Asia.

Phylogenetic relationships of Petunia patagonica (Solanaceae) revealed by molecular and biogeographical evidence

Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 222 (1) ◽  
pp. 17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maikel Reck-Kortmann ◽  
Gustavo A Silva-Arias ◽  
João R Stehmann ◽  
Julián A Greppi ◽  
Loreta B Freitas
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Ancestral Area ◽  
The Andes ◽  
Ancestral Area Reconstruction ◽  
Cpdna Markers

Petunia patagonica is restricted to the Patagonian region of Argentina and its identity is controversial. The species was described in the genus Nierembergia, and subsequently transferred to the genus Petunia. However, several morphological characteristics of P. patagonica as well as its geographical distribution differ from other Petunia species, and it has been repeatedly considered an exception in the genus. Using one nuclear and two cpDNA markers for 22 species representing seven genera of the tribe Petunieae, we analyzed phylogenetic and biogeographic evidence to clarify the phylogenetic position of P. patagonica. Our results suggest that P. patagonica is not a member of the genus Petunia and is closer to Fabiana imbricata. In addition, Calibrachoa appears basal within the Petunia, Calibrachoa, and Fabiana clades, and Fabiana and Petunia are sister genera. This result led us to reconstruct an ancestral region for this clade within the subtropical grasslands of South America. Subsequent dispersion to the Patagonian and Andean regions was inferred in the divergence of Fabiana and P. patagonica. Our work suggests a need for more studies towards a new generic placement. Ancestral area reconstruction suggests that the origin of the Calibrachoa, Fabiana and Petunia lineages was located in the subtropical grasslands of South America, and the colonization of the Andes and Patagonia seems to be divergent and was achieved only for species belonging to the Fabiana and P. patagonica clades.

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