Molecular dating of the diversification of Phyllostominae bats based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences

• Published in: Molecular phylogenetics and evolution Vol. 49; no. 2; pp. 653 - 658
• Main Authors: Hoffmann, Federico G., Hoofer, Steven R., Baker, Robert J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.11.2008
• Subjects: Animals; Bayes Theorem; Chiroptera - classification; Chiroptera - genetics; Divergence times; DNA, Mitochondrial - genetics; Evolution, Molecular; Fossils; Genes, Mitochondrial; Genes, rRNA; Genetic Speciation; Likelihood Functions; Mitochondria - genetics; Models, Genetic; Molecular clock; Neotropical bats; Phyllostominae; Phylogeny; RNA, Ribosomal - genetics; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - genetics; Sequence Alignment; Sequence Analysis, DNA; South America; South America; Divergence times; Neotropical bats; Phylogeny; Molecular clock; Phyllostominae
• ISSN: 1055-7903; 1095-9513
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.08.002

Times of divergence among the three tribes included within the subfamily Phyllostominae were estimated using a Bayesian approach to infer dates of divergence based on mitochondrial and nuclear sequence data. The subfamily Phyllostominae is particularly attractive for such analysis, as it is one of the few groups of bats to have fossil specimens. Our molecular time analyses suggest that diversification among tribes and genera of phyllostomine bats occurred during the Early to Mid-Miocene, and was coincident with diversification events in two co distributed taxa: Caviomorph rodents and New World monkeys.