综合方法揭示了田蛇多样化的多个驱动因素
Justin M Bernstein1, Harold K Voris2, Bryan L Stuart3
1Center for Genomics, University of Kansas, Dyche Hall, 1345 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS, 66045, USA. jmbernst223@gmail.com.
Scientific reports
|March 13, 2024
概括
东南亚的田蛇大约在240万年前出现了多样化,这可能是科拉特高原升高所引发的. 环境差异也维持了它们的物种化,支持了生物地理学假设.
科学领域:
- 系统学和进化生物学.
- 类学 类学 类学 类学
- 生物地理学 生物地理学 生物地理学
背景情况:
- 差异约会对于测试生物地理假设至关重要.
- 基因组数据的挑战限制了微型生物地理研究的样本大小.
- 东南亚大米田蛇 (Homalopsidae:Hypsiscopus) 的多样化缺乏明确的年代.
研究的目的:
- 通过融合的人口模型研究Hypsiscopus的多样化.
- 为了测试Hypsiscopus多样化的假设是由25万年前的Khorat高原升起引发的.
- 分析过去和现在环境中Hypsiscopus物种之间的利基区分.
主要方法:
- 采用聚变人口建模来估计分歧时间.
- 生态利基模型被用来评估利基重叠和差异化.
- 对Homalopsidae蛇的遗传学分析.
主要成果:
- 据估计,Hypsiscopus的多样化发生在大约240万年前.
- 科拉特高原的升起被认为是Hypsiscopus多样化的潜在驱动力.
- 在Hypsiscopus物种之间观察到显著的利基区分和转移.
结论:
- 科拉特高原的升起很可能启动了大米田蛇的多样化.
- 环境异质性在提升后维持物种分化方面发挥了作用.
- 多地址数据集在与基因组数据一起测试生物地理假设方面仍然很有价值.
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