Reevaluation of the phylogenetic relationships among Neotomini rodents ( Hodomys , Neotoma , and Xenomys ) and comments on the woodrat classification.
Autor: | Bradley RD; Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409-3131, USA.; Natural Science Research Laboratory, Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409-3191, USA., Edwards CW; Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation (SMSC), George Mason University, Front Royal, Virginia 22030, USA., Lindsey LL; Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409-3131, USA., Bateman JR; Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409-3131, USA., Cajimat MNB; Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555-0609, USA., Milazzo ML; Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555-0609, USA., Fulhorst CF; Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555-0609, USA., Matocq MD; Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA., Mauldin MR; Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409-3131, USA.; Natural Science Research Laboratory, Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409-3191, USA. |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Zdroj: | Journal of mammalogy [J Mammal] 2022 Apr 14; Vol. 103 (5), pp. 1221-1236. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Apr 14 (Print Publication: 2022). |
DOI: | 10.1093/jmammal/gyac031 |
Abstrakt: | The woodrats or packrats of the genus Neotoma have been the subject of a wide array of research including paleoecology, physiology, morphological evolution, systematics, speciation, and hybridization. In recent years, much work has been done to elucidate evolutionary relationships within and between closely related species of the genus; in particular the addition of newly collected specimens from critical geographic regions has provided new opportunities for taxonomic assessment. Given these new data and their potential, parsimony (PARS), maximum likelihood (ML), and Bayesian inference (BI) analyses were conducted on DNA sequences obtained from nine individual genes (four mitochondrial loci: 12S , 16S , CoII , and Cytb ; five nuclear loci: AdhI2 , BfibI7 , En2 , Mlr , and Myh6 ) to estimate the phylogenetic relationships among 23 species of Neotoma . Results of these analyses depicted a wide array of phylogenetic relationships among taxa; with substantial nodal support recovered in both the ML and PARS analyses at some mid-level and terminal positions. Several individual genes, particularly 12S , AdhI2 , BfibI7 , CoII , and Cytb , provided support at several basal positions; however, phylogenetic resolution was limited in the other genes. A final BI analysis where the nine genes were concatenated into a single data set produced several supported clades that corresponded to previously recognized species groups ( floridana , micropus , mexicana , and lepida ) and the subgenus Homodontomys . Levels of genetic divergence for within-species comparisons (estimated from the Cytb data set) ranged from 0.88% ( N . magister ) to 6.82% ( N . fuscipes ); for between sister species comparisons ranged from 4.68% ( N . devia and N . lepida ) to 12.70% ( N . angustapalata and N . nelsoni ); and for members within closely related clades ranged from 8.70% ( N . bryanti and N . lepida ) to 12.57% ( N . goldmani and N . magister ). Evaluations of generic, subgeneric, and species group boundaries were explored using phylogenetic principles on the DNA sequence data presented herein, as well as morphological findings from previous studies. Results obtained suggest that the most conservative taxonomic interpretation involves the abandonment of subgeneric delineations and relies on the recognition of eight species groups ( cinerea , floridana , fuscipes , lepida , mexicana , micropus, phenax , and stephensi ) as the backbone of the woodrat classification. (© The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Society of Mammalogists, www.mammalogy.org.) |
Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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