Molecular phylogenetics and historical biogeography of Rhinolophus bats

The phylogenetic relationships within the horseshoe bats (genus Rhinolophus) are poorly resolved, particularly at deeper levels within the tree. We present a better-resolved phylogenetic hypothesis for 30 rhinolophid species based on parsimony and Bayesian analyses of the mitochondrial cytochrome b...

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Published inMolecular phylogenetics and evolution Vol. 54; no. 1; pp. 1 - 9
Main Authors Stoffberg, Samantha, Jacobs, David S., Mackie, Iain J., Matthee, Conrad A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 2010
Subjects
Animals
Bayes Theorem
Biogeography
Chiroptera - classification
Chiroptera - genetics
DIVA
DNA, Mitochondrial - genetics
Evolution, Molecular
Genetic Speciation
Geography
Introns
Phylogeny
Relaxed Bayesian molecular clock
Rhinolophus
Sequence Alignment
Sequence Analysis, DNA
DIVA
Biogeography
Phylogeny
Rhinolophus
Relaxed Bayesian molecular clock
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Summary:The phylogenetic relationships within the horseshoe bats (genus Rhinolophus) are poorly resolved, particularly at deeper levels within the tree. We present a better-resolved phylogenetic hypothesis for 30 rhinolophid species based on parsimony and Bayesian analyses of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene and three nuclear introns (TG, THY and PRKC1). Strong support was found for the existence of two geographic clades within the monophyletic Rhinolophidae: an African group and an Oriental assemblage. The relaxed Bayesian clock method indicated that the two rhinolophid clades diverged approximately 35 million years ago and results from Dispersal Vicariance (DIVA) analysis suggest that the horseshoe bats arose in Asia and subsequently dispersed into Europe and Africa.
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ISSN:1055-7903
1095-9513
DOI:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.09.021