Species tree of a recent radiation: The subfamily Delphininae (Cetacea, Mammalia)

Amaral, Ana R.; Jackson, Jennifer A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4158-1924; Möller, Luciana M.; Beheregaray, Luciano B.; Coelho, M. Manuela. 2012 Species tree of a recent radiation: The subfamily Delphininae (Cetacea, Mammalia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 64 (1). 243-253. 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.04.004

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Abstract/Summary

Lineages undergoing rapid radiations provide exceptional opportunities for studying speciation and adaptation, but also represent a challenge for molecular systematics because retention of ancestral polymorphisms and the occurrence of hybridization can obscure relationships among lineages. Dolphins in the subfamily Delphininae are one such case. Non-monophyly, rapid speciation events, and discordance between morphological and molecular characters have made the inference of phylogenetic relationships within this subfamily very difficult. Here we approach this problem by applying multiple methods intended to estimate species trees using a multi-gene dataset for the Delphininae (Sousa, Sotalia, Stenella, Tursiops, Delphinus and Lagenodelphis). Incongruent gene trees obtained indicate that incomplete lineage sorting and possibly hybridization are confounding the inference of species history in this group. Nonetheless, using coalescent-based methods, we have been able to extract an underlying species-tree signal from divergent histories of independent genes. This is the first time a molecular study provides support for such relationships. This study further illustrates how methods of species-tree inference can be very sensitive both to the characteristics of the dataset and the evolutionary processes affecting the evolution of the group under study.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1016/j.ympev.2012.04.004
Programmes:	BAS Programmes > Polar Science for Planet Earth (2009 - ) > Environmental Change and Evolution
ISSN:	1055-7903
Additional Keywords:	Hybridization
Date made live:	30 Apr 2012 14:50 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/17909

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

10.1016/j.ympev.2012.04.004

Programmes:

BAS Programmes > Polar Science for Planet Earth (2009 - ) > Environmental Change and Evolution

ISSN:

1055-7903

Additional Keywords:

Hybridization

Date made live:

30 Apr 2012 14:50 +0 (UTC)