Phylogenetic Relationships among Some Neotropical Parrot Genera (Psittacidae) Based on Mitochondrial Sequences

Abstract The New World tribe Arini includes 30 genera and represents 148 known species of parrots. A previous phylogenetic study examined nine of those genera and suggested the existence of two groups. Our objective was to better understand the relationships among 14 species from 9 genera belonging to one of those groups. We partially sequenced the 12S and 16S ribosomal DNAs, cytochrome b, cytochrome oxidase I, and control region. We improved our understanding of the phylogenetic relationships among Neotropical parrots by adding both taxa and sequences, but the relationships among the deeper lineages were not well resolved. Our results agree with present classifications that place some species formerly in the genus Ara into three additional genera (Primolius, Orthopsittaca, and Diopsittaca). Additionally, we suggest that (1) D. nobilis and Guarouba guarouba are closely related and the genus Aratinga is not monophyletic; (2) diversification of genera may have occurred during the Miocene, and of species within genera during the Pliocene and Pleistocene; and (3) geologic, climatic, and environmental changes in South America may have been related to that diversification.

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PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS AMONG SOME NEOTROPICAL PARROT GENERA (PSITTACIDAE) BASED ON MITOCHONDRIAL SEQUENCES

The Auk ◽

10.1642/0004-8038(2004)121[0230:prasnp]2.0.co;2 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 121 (1) ◽

pp. 230 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

Erika S. Tavares ◽

Carlos Yamashita ◽

Cristina Y. Miyaki

Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Relationships ◽

Mitochondrial Sequences

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Phylogenetic relationships of artiodactyls and cetaceans as deduced from the comparison of cytochrome b and 12S rRNA mitochondrial sequences

Molecular Biology and Evolution ◽

10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025792 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 14 (5) ◽

pp. 550-559 ◽

Cited By ~ 167

Author(s):

C. Montgelard ◽

F. M. Catzeflis ◽

E. Douzery

Keyword(s):

Cytochrome B ◽

Phylogenetic Relationships ◽

12S Rrna ◽

Mitochondrial Sequences

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Phylogenetic relationships of Gomphillaceae and Asterothyriaceae: evidence from a combined Bayesian analysis of nuclear and mitochondrial sequences

Mycologia ◽

10.1080/15572536.2005.11832978 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 96 (2) ◽

pp. 283-294 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Robert Lücking ◽

Bryan L. Stuart ◽

H. Thorsten Lumbsch

Keyword(s):

Bayesian Analysis ◽

Phylogenetic Relationships ◽

Mitochondrial Sequences

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Phylogenetic Relationships of Gomphillaceae and Asterothyriaceae: Evidence from a Combined Bayesian Analysis of Nuclear and Mitochondrial Sequences

Mycologia ◽

10.2307/3762064 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 96 (2) ◽

pp. 283 ◽

Cited By ~ 23

Author(s):

Robert Lucking ◽

Bryan L. Stuart ◽

H. Thorsten Lumbsch

Keyword(s):

Bayesian Analysis ◽

Phylogenetic Relationships ◽

Mitochondrial Sequences

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Supraordinal phylogenetic relationships of Lecanoromycetes based on a Bayesian analysis of combined nuclear and mitochondrial sequences

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ◽

10.1016/j.ympev.2003.11.001 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 31 (3) ◽

pp. 822-832 ◽

Cited By ~ 70

Author(s):

H.Thorsten Lumbsch ◽

Imke Schmitt ◽

Zdenek Palice ◽

Elisabeth Wiklund ◽

Stefan Ekman ◽

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Keyword(s):

Bayesian Analysis ◽

Phylogenetic Relationships ◽

Mitochondrial Sequences

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Architecture of Radiolitid Rudist (Mollusca) Shell-Wall Structures and its Phylogenetic Implications

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100117054 ◽

1975 ◽

Vol 33 ◽

pp. 686-687

Author(s):

David H. Sturm ◽

Bob F. Perkins

Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Relationships ◽

Outer Wall ◽

Shell Microstructure ◽

Shell Wall ◽

Wall Structures ◽

Phylogenetic Implications ◽

Cellular Wall ◽

Superfamily Analysis ◽

Central Texas

Each of the seven families of rudists (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Hippuritacea) is characterized by distinctive shell-wall architectures which reflect phylogenetic relationships within the superfamily. Analysis of the complex, calcareous, cellular wall of the attached valve of the radiolite rudist Eoradiolites davidsoni (Hill) from the Comanche Cretaceous of Central Texas indicates that its wall architecture is an elaboration of the simpler monopleurid rudist wall and supports possible radiolite-monopleurid relationships.Several well-preserved specimens of E. davidsoni were sectioned, polished, etched, and carbon and gold coated for SEM examination. Maximum shell microstructure detail was displayed by etching with a 0.7% HC1 solution from 80 to 100 seconds.The shell of E. davidsoni comprises a large, thick-walled, conical, attached valve (AV) and a small, very thin, operculate, free valve (FV) (Fig. 1a). The AV shell is two-layered with a thin inner wall, in which original structures are usually obliterated by recrystallization, and a thick, cellular, outer wall.

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