Can Pheromones Contribute to Phylogenetic Hypotheses? A Case Study of Chrysomelidae.

Autor: Dos Santos AT; Setor de Ciências Exatas, Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, CEP 81531-980, Brazil.; Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, CEP 81531-980, Brazil., Souza JPA; Setor de Ciências Exatas, Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, CEP 81531-980, Brazil., Jorge IR; Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, CEP 81531-980, Brazil., Andrade SMM; Natural Resources Canada - Great Lakes Forestry Centre, Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, P6A 2E5, Canada.; Graduate Department of Forestry, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3B3, Canada., Rosa BB; Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, 14040-901, Brazil.; Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Center for Integrative Biodiversity Discovery, Invalidenstraße 43, 10115, Berlin, Germany., Moura MO; Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, CEP 81531-980, Brazil., Zarbin PHG; Setor de Ciências Exatas, Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, CEP 81531-980, Brazil. pzarbin@ufpr.br.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of chemical ecology [J Chem Ecol] 2023 Dec; Vol. 49 (11-12), pp. 611-641. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Oct 19.
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-023-01450-1
Abstrakt: Pheromones mediate species-level communication in the search for mates, nesting, and feeding sites. Although the role of pheromones has long been discussed by various authors, their existence was not proven until the mid-twentieth century when the first sex pheromone was identified. From this finding, much has been speculated about whether this communication mechanism has acted as a regulatory agent in the process of speciation, competition, and sexual selection since it acts as an intraspecific barrier. Chrysomelidae is one of the major Phytophaga lineages, with approximately 40,000 species. Due to this immense diversity the internal relationships remain unstable when analyzed only with morphological data, consequently recent efforts have been directed to molecular analyses to establish clarity for the relationships and found their respective monophyly. Therefore, our goals are twofold 1) to synthesize the current literature on Chrysomelidae sex pheromones and 2) to test whether Chrysomelidae sex pheromones and their chemical structures could be used in phylogenetic analysis for the group. The results show that, although this is the first analysis in Chrysomelidae to use pheromones as a phylogenetic character, much can be observed in agreement with previous analyses, thus confirming that pheromones, when known in their entirety within lineages, can be used as characters in phylogenetic analyses, bringing elucidation to the relationships and evolution of organisms.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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