Diversification history of clown tree frogs in Neotropical rainforests (Anura, Hylidae, Dendropsophus leucophyllatus group)

dc.careerEscuela de Ciencias Biológicases
dc.category.authorprincipalen_US
dc.contributor.authorRon Melo, Santiago Rafael
dc.contributor.correspondingRon Melo, Santiago Rafael
dc.countryEcuadores
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-04T21:30:21Z
dc.date.available2023-11-04T21:30:21Z
dc.date.issued2020-09
dc.dedication.authorTCes
dc.description.abstractGeneral consensus emphasizes that no single biological process can explain the patterns of species’ distributions and diversification in the Neotropics. Instead, the interplay of several processes across space and time must be taken into account. Here we investigated the phylogenetic relationships and biogeographic history of tree frogs in the Dendropsophus leucophyllatus species group (Amphibia: Hylidae), which is distributed across Amazonia and the Atlantic rainforests. Using Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) and double digest restriction-site associated DNA (ddRADseq), we inferred phylogenetic relationships, species limits, and temporal and geographic patterns of diversification relative to the history of these biomes. Our results indicate that the D. leucophyllatus species group includes at least 14 independent lineages, which are currently arranged into ten described species. Therefore, a significant portion of species in the group are still unnamed. Different processes were associated to the group diversification history. For instance, the Andes uplift likely caused allopatric speciation for Cis-Andean species, whereas it may also be responsible for changes in the Amazonian landscape triggering parapatric speciation by local adaptation to ecological factors. Meanwhile, Atlantic Forest ancestors unable to cross the dry diagonal biomes after rainforest’s retraction, evolved in isolation into different species. Diversification in the group began in the early Miocene, when connections between Atlantic Forest and the Andes (Pacific Dominion) by way of a south corridor were possible. The historical scenario in Amazonia, characterized by several speciation events and habitat heterogeneity, helped promoting diversification, resulting in the highest species diversity for the group. This marked species diversification did not happen in Atlantic Forest, where speciation is very recent (late Pliocene and Pleistocene), despite its remarkable climatic heterogeneity.en_US
dc.facultyCiencias Exactas y Naturaleses
dc.id.author1711059137
dc.id.type1
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106877.
dc.identifier.issn1055-7903
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.puce.edu.ec/handle/123456789/4438
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790320301494
dc.indexed.databaseOtheres
dc.language.isoen
dc.list.authorsPirani, R., Peloso, P., Prado, J., Polo, E. et al.
dc.magazine.pageRange1-14
dc.magazine.titleMolecular Phylogenetics and Evolutionen_US
dc.magazine.volumeChapter150
dc.rightsOpenAccessen
dc.statepublisheden_US
dc.subjectBiodiversidades
dc.subjectGenómicaes
dc.subjectRanases
dc.subjectBiodiversidad
dc.subjectGenómica
dc.subjectRanas
dc.titleDiversification history of clown tree frogs in Neotropical rainforests (Anura, Hylidae, Dendropsophus leucophyllatus group)en_US
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