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Resolving taxonomic uncertainty and historical biogeographic patterns in Muscicapa flycatchers and their allies.
Voelker, Gary; Huntley, Jerry W; Peñalba, Joshua V; Bowie, Rauri C K.
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  • Voelker G; Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences and Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collections, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA. Electronic address: gvoelker@tamu.edu.
  • Huntley JW; Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences and Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collections, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
  • Peñalba JV; Museum of Vertebrate Zoology and Department of Integrative Biology, 3101 Valley Life Science Building, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
  • Bowie RCK; Museum of Vertebrate Zoology and Department of Integrative Biology, 3101 Valley Life Science Building, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Mol Phylogenet Evol ; 94(Pt B): 618-625, 2016 Jan.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26475615
ABSTRACT
Muscicapa flycatchers and their allies (Bradornis, Dioptornis, Empidornis, Fraseria, Myioparus, Namibornis, and Sigelus) are widely distributed in Africa, Europe and Asia. This broad distribution and the wide variety of habitats occupied by the group, ranging from arid to tropical forests, presents an interesting opportunity to explore the evolution of biogeographic patterns and habitat associations. Sequence data (up to 3310 base pairs from two mitochondrial and two nuclear genes) were generated for 36 of 42 species which comprise the assemblage. Complementary data from an additional species was retrieved from GenBank, as was an additional gene which was available for 21 of our included taxa. Using model-based phylogenetic methods and molecular clock dating, we constructed a time-calibrated molecular phylogenetic hypothesis for the lineage. Ancestral area reconstructions were performed on the phylogeny using LaGrange and BioGeoBEARS. Our results indicate that Bradornis, Fraseria, and Muscicapa are each non-monophyletic, with the latter being shown to comprise five separate clades each more closely related to other genera. Two new genera (Chapinia and Ripleyia) are erected to account for these results. Muscicapa and allies originated c. 7.4 Ma, most likely in Africa given that their sister lineage is almost entirely from there, and rapidly achieved a Eurasian distribution by c. 7.1 Ma. A second divergence at c. 6.1 Ma resulted in two clades. The first is a largely Eurasian clade that subsequently recolonized Africa, perhaps as the result of the loss of migration. The second is an African clade, and ancestral reconstructions suggest a Congolian (e.g. tropical forest) origin for this clade, with several subsequent diversifications into more arid habitats. This is a unique result, as most tropical forest lineages are confined to that habitat. As with other studies of African bird lineages, Afrotropical forest dynamics appear to have played a significant role in driving diversification in Muscicapa and allies, and our results include just the second recorded case of southern to northern African colonization patterns.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Pájaros Cantores Tipo de estudio: Prognostic_studies Límite: Animals País/Región como asunto: Africa / Asia / Europa Idioma: En Revista: Mol Phylogenet Evol Asunto de la revista: BIOLOGIA / BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR Año: 2016 Tipo del documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Pájaros Cantores Tipo de estudio: Prognostic_studies Límite: Animals País/Región como asunto: Africa / Asia / Europa Idioma: En Revista: Mol Phylogenet Evol Asunto de la revista: BIOLOGIA / BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR Año: 2016 Tipo del documento: Article
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