abstract：:We assess the phylogeographic structure and test several species delimitation methods in the forest-living Pondo flat-gecko, Afroedura pondolia, by sampling specimens from across the entire distribution in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces of South Africa. Phylogenetic results, using Bayesian inferences and...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Busschau T,Conradie W,Daniels SR

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the Family Unionidae, the greatest radiation of freshwater mussels, malacologists have been misled by extreme intraspecific shell variation and conversely interspecific conchological stasis or convergence. We characterized the genetic and morphological diversity of two phenotypes of Lampsilis teres from specimens (...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Keogh SM,Simons AM

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myrcia is the largest exclusively Neotropical genus of the plant family Myrtaceae with c. 770 species. Although several studies have elucidated the relationships within particular sections of the genus, to date no phylogeny has been produced that includes a broad taxonomic and geographic representation. Here we presen...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Amorim BS,Vasconcelos TNC,Souza G,Alves M,Antonelli A,Lucas E

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Tropical Andes contains exceptionally high diversity, much of it arising within the Quaternary period. The complex geology of the Andes and paleoclimate fluctuations within the Quaternary suggest complex speciation scenarios. This, in turn, has contributed to idiosyncratic speciation modes among shallowly diverged...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： French CM,Deutsch MS,Chávez G,Almora CE,Brown JL

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Notholaenids are an unusual group of ferns that have adapted to, and diversified within, the deserts of Mexico and the southwestern United States. With approximately 40 species, this group is noted for being desiccation-tolerant and having "farina"-powdery exudates of lipophilic flavonoid aglycones-that occur on both ...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Kao TT,Pryer KM,Freund FD,Windham MD,Rothfels CJ

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Freshwater mussels (order Unionoida) are a diverse radiation of parasitic bivalves that require temporary larval encystment on vertebrate hosts to complete metamorphosis to free-living juveniles. The freshwater mussel-fish symbiosis represents a useful relationship for understanding eco-evolutionary dynamics in freshw...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Pfeiffer JM,Breinholt JW,Page LM

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With just a handful of documented cases of hybridisation in cartilaginous fishes, shark hybridisation remains poorly investigated. Small amounts of admixture have been detected between Galapagos (Carcharhinus galapagensis) and dusky (Carcharhinus obscurus) sharks previously, generating a hypothesis of ongoing hybridis...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Pazmiño DA,van Herderden L,Simpfendorfer CA,Junge C,Donnellan SC,Hoyos-Padilla EM,Duffy CAJ,Huveneers C,Gillanders BM,Butcher PA,Maes GE

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lycosids are a diverse family of spiders distributed worldwide. Previous studies recovered some of the deeper splits of the family, but with little support. We present a broad phylogenetic analysis of the Lycosidae including a wide geographic sampling of representatives and all the subfamilies described to date. Addit...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Piacentini LN,Ramírez MJ

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the majority of cichlid diversity occurs in the African Great Lakes, these fish have also diversified across the African continent. Such continental radiations, occurring in both rivers and lakes have received far less attention than lacustrine radiations despite some members, such as the oreochromine cichlid...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Ford AGP,Bullen TR,Pang L,Genner MJ,Bills R,Flouri T,Ngatunga BP,Rüber L,Schliewen UK,Seehausen O,Shechonge A,Stiassny MLJ,Turner GF,Day JJ

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Next generation sequencing (NGS) and genomic database mining allow biologists to gather and select large molecular datasets well suited to address phylogenomics and molecular evolution questions. Here we applied this approach to a mammal family, the Echimyidae, for which generic relationships have been difficult to re...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Courcelle M,Tilak MK,Leite YLR,Douzery EJP,Fabre PH

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vertebrates, true parthenogenesis is found only in squamate reptiles and (mostly) originates via interspecific hybridization after secondary contact. In many cases, parthenogenesis is followed by an increase of ploidy, resulting in triploid lineages. Phylogenetic analyses derived from nuclear and maternally inherit...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Brunes TO,da Silva AJ,Marques-Souza S,Rodrigues MT,Pellegrino KCM

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comprehensive phylogeny of the genus Salaria based on mitochondrial and nuclear markers grouped the extant species of the genus in well-characterised marine and freshwater clades, thus rejecting the hypothesis of a polytypic origin of the freshwater Salaria populations and supporting the occurrence of a single invas...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Belaiba E,Marrone F,Vecchioni L,Bahri-Sfar L,Arculeo M

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper we focus on Hidalgoa, a small genus distributed in cloud forest from Mexico to Colombia with the uncommon climbing habit of enlarging its petioles. This genus belongs to tribe Coreopsideae (Asteraceae), a group mostly from the Neotropics with a few taxa in Oceania and Polynesia. The phylogenetic position...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Sánchez-Chávez E,Rodríguez A,Castro-Castro A,Pérez-Farrera MA,Sosa V

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge of the internal phylogeny and evolutionary history of ants (Formicidae), the world's most species-rich clade of eusocial organisms, has dramatically improved since the advent of molecular phylogenetics. A number of relationships at the subfamily level, however, remain uncertain. Key unresolved issues include...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Borowiec ML,Rabeling C,Brady SG,Fisher BL,Schultz TR,Ward PS

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blue grama grass (Bouteloua gracilis) populations are found in widely variable environments, tolerating drought, alkaline soils and different levels of grazing. Many ploidy levels have been reported for this species that is also considered to be phenotypically plastic and morphologically variable. Recently a decline i...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Avendaño-González M,Morales-Domínguez JF,Siqueiros-Delgado ME

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Palaeoclimatic events and biogeographical processes since the mid-Tertiary have played an important role in shaping the evolution and distribution of Australian fauna. However, their impacts on fauna in southern and arid zone regions of Australia are not well understood. Here we investigate the phylogeography of an Au...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Ansari MH,Cooper SJB,Schwarz MP,Ebrahimi M,Dolman G,Reinberger L,Saint KM,Donnellan SC,Bull CM,Gardner MG

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-branch attraction (LBA) is a well-known artifact in phylogenetic reconstruction. Sparse taxon sampling and extreme heterogeneity of evolutionary rates among lineages generate propitious situations for LBA, even defying probabilistic methods of phylogenetic inference. A clear example illustrating LBA challenges is...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Uribe JE,Irisarri I,Templado J,Zardoya R

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Slo1 and Slo3 encode close paralogues of the Slo potassium (K+) channels family. Despite their evolutionary relatedness, Slo1 and Slo3 channels show marked functional differences and evolutionary dynamics. Whereas Slo1 is a highly conserved and widely expressed channel, Slo3 is a rapidly evolving channel restricted to...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Vicens A,Vinuesa P,Arenas M,Treviño CL

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Termites are the principal decomposers in tropical and subtropical ecosystems around the world. Time-calibrated molecular phylogenies show that some lineages of Neoisoptera diversified during the Oligocene and Miocene, and acquired their pantropical distribution through transoceanic dispersal events, probably by rafti...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Wang M,Buček A,Šobotník J,Sillam-Dussès D,Evans TA,Roisin Y,Lo N,Bourguignon T

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:'Gradual' vs 'punctuated' and 'unidirectional' (only lengthening) vs. 'bidirectional'(lengthenings and shortenings) modes of evolution are explanations that compete to explain adaptive changes of flower tube length in angiosperm. The nightshade genus Salpichroa Miers, with 21 species mostly growing in the tropical And...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Ibañez AC,Moré M,Salazar G,Leiva S,Barboza GE,Cocucci AA

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiosperm mitochondrial horizontal gene transfer (HGT) has been widely reported during the past decades. With a few exceptions, foreign sequences are mitochondrial genes or intronic regions from other plants, indicating that HGT has played a major role in shaping mitochondrial genome evolution. Host-parasite relation...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Sanchez-Puerta MV,Edera A,Gandini CL,Williams AV,Howell KA,Nevill PG,Small I

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Even though Brazil is the world leader in amphibian diversity, a significant part of its richness remains unknown or hidden under cryptic taxa. Here, we used model-based species delimitation in an integrative taxonomic approach, by gathering molecular and morphometric data to assess cryptic taxa within the monkey frog...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Ramos EKS,Magalhães RF,Marques NCS,Baêta D,Garcia PCA,Santos FR

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The South China Mainland (SCM) and its adjacent continental islands are a global biodiversity hotspot. However, how and when plants dispersed between SCM and Hainan/Taiwan Islands remains largely unknown. In this study, we used restriction site-associated DNA sequencing (RAD-seq) to identify the demographic dynamics a...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Jiang XL,Gardner EM,Meng HH,Deng M,Xu GB

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identifying patterns of introgression across the tree of life is foundational to understanding general mechanisms that govern the impacts of gene flow on the speciation process. There are few vertebrate groups in which hybridization is associated with as large a diversity of outcomes as in North American whiptail liza...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Barley AJ,Nieto-Montes de Oca A,Reeder TW,Manríquez-Morán NL,Arenas Monroy JC,Hernández-Gallegos O,Thomson RC

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:White-nosed coatis (Nasua narica) are widely distributed throughout North, Central, and South America, but the patterns of temporal and spatial diversification that have contributed to this distribution are unknown. In addition, the biogeographic history of procyonid species in the Americas remains contentious. Using ...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Nigenda-Morales SF,Gompper ME,Valenzuela-Galván D,Lay AR,Kapheim KM,Hass C,Booth-Binczik SD,Binczik GA,Hirsch BT,McColgin M,Koprowski JL,McFadden K,Wayne RK,Koepfli KP

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato comprises a species complex of tick-transmitted bacteria that includes the agents of human Lyme borreliosis. Borrelia turdi is a genospecies of this complex that exists in cryptic transmission cycles mainly between ornithophilic tick vectors and their avian hosts. The species has been o...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Margos G,Becker NS,Fingerle V,Sing A,Ramos JA,Carvalho IL,Norte AC

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The insect order Hymenoptera presents marvelous morphological and ecological diversity. Higher-level hymenopteran relationships remain controversial, even after recent phylogenomic analyses, as their taxon sampling was limited. To shed light on the origin and diversification of Hymenoptera, in particular the poorly st...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Tang P,Zhu JC,Zheng BY,Wei SJ,Sharkey M,Chen XX,Vogler AP

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brittlestars in the family Ophiocomidae are large and colourful inhabitants of tropical shallow water habitats across the globe. Here we use targeted capture and next-generation sequencing to generate robust phylogenomic trees for 39 of the 43 species in order to test the monophyly of existing genera. The large genus ...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： O'Hara TD,Hugall AF,Cisternas PA,Boissin E,Bribiesca-Contreras G,Sellanes J,Paulay G,Byrne M

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dipteronia (Sapindaceae) is an ancient relict woody genus, and contains just two extant species endemic to Southwestern and Central China. As sharing numerous morphological characters, Dipteronia and Acer have long been considered as sister groups forming the traditional family Aceraceae. However, molecular phylogenet...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Feng Y,Comes HP,Zhou XP,Qiu YX

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polygonatum is a widespread temperate genus with approximately 75 species centered in the Eastern Himalaya and Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspots. A complete assessment of the remarkable diversity of Polygonatum in these areas requires an accurate circumscription of the genus, as well as a clear understanding of generic...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Floden A,Schilling EE

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rivers draining the Western Ghats (WG) mountain ranges in peninsular India harbor an exceptionally diverse, unique and evolutionarily distinct assemblage of lower vertebrates with high levels of endemism, attributed to their evolution and potentially long history of isolation during the Late Cretaceous or Early Tertia...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Anoop VK,Dahanukar N,Philip S,Thomas L,Raghavan R

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The family Halacaridae comprises more than one thousand mostly marine or rarely freshwater species. Many are predacious, but among marine mites, some genera evolved the ability to feed on macroalgae. We inferred a time-calibrated phylogeny based on 18S rDNA, 28S rDNA, and Cytochrome oxidase I (5,143 nt aligned) and al...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Pepato AR,Vidigal THDA,Klimov PB

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Target enrichment is a cost-effective sequencing technique that holds promise for elucidating evolutionary relationships in fast-evolving lineages. However, potential biases and impact of bioinformatic sequence treatments in phylogenetic inference have not been thoroughly explored yet. Here, we investigate this issue ...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Herrando-Moraira S,Cardueae Radiations Group.

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Murid rodents (Rodentia: Muridae) represent the most diverse and abundant mammalian family. In this study, we provide a refined set of fossil calibrations which is used to reconstruct a dated phylogeny of the family using a multilocus dataset (six nuclear and nine mitochondrial gene fragments) encompassing 161 species...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Aghová T,Kimura Y,Bryja J,Dobigny G,Granjon L,Kergoat GJ

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data sets comprising small numbers of genetic markers are not always able to resolve phylogenetic relationships. This has frequently been the case in molecular systematic studies of plants, with many analyses being based on sequence data from only two or three chloroplast genes. An example of this comes from the ricef...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Foster CSP,Henwood MJ,Ho SYW

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Austropurcellia, a genus of dispersal-limited arachnids endemic to isolated patches of coastal rainforest in Queensland, Australia, has a remarkable biogeographic history. The genus is a member of the family Pettalidae, which has a classical temperate Gondwanan distribution; previous work has suggested that Austropurc...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Oberski JT,Sharma PP,Jay KR,Coblens MJ,Lemon KA,Johnson JE,Boyer SL

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Species of Podophylloideae (Berberidaceae, Ranunculales) are of great pharmacogenetic importance and represent the classic biogeographic disjunction between eastern Asia (EA; 10 ssp.) and eastern North America (ENA; 2 ssp.). However, previous molecular studies of this group suffered from low phylogenetic resolution an...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Ye WQ,Yap ZY,Li P,Comes HP,Qiu YX

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chiroxiphia and Antilophia manakins are recognized as closely related genera. Nonetheless, Chiroxiphia has been recovered as paraphyletic in some studies with limited taxonomic coverage. This genus currently comprises five species, although this arrangement is still unsettled. Chiroxiphia pareola is the most widesprea...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Silva SM,Agne CE,Aleixo A,Bonatto SL

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between morphology and inheritance is of perennial interest in evolutionary biology and palaeontology. Using three marine snail genera Penion, Antarctoneptunea and Kelletia, we investigate whether systematics based on shell morphology accurately reflect evolutionary lineages indicated by molecular phy...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Vaux F,Trewick SA,Crampton JS,Marshall BA,Beu AG,Hills SFK,Morgan-Richards M

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The species category is the fundamental unit in biology. In the last decades, several studies have been carried out, using sequence information and phylogenies to resolve issues in taxonomically problematic groups. The multispecies coalescent theory, and the species-delimitation methods developed in the last years bas...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Tomasello S

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00