Corrigendum to "Shining a light on species delimitation in the tree genus Engelhardia Leschenault ex Blume (Juglandaceae...
...Published in Molecular phylogenetics and evolution
Phylogeny and biogeography of South American marsh pitcher plant genus Heliamphora (Sarraceniaceae) endemic to the Guian...
Published in Molecular phylogenetics and evolution
Heliamphora is a genus of carnivorous pitcher plants endemic to the Guiana Highlands with fragmented distributions. We present a well resolved, time-calibrated, and comprehensive Heliamphora phylogeny estimated using Bayesian inference and maximum likelihood based on nuclear genes (26S, ITS, and PHYC) and secondary calibration. We used stochastic m...
Multiple species delimitation approaches applied to the avian lark genus Alaudala.
...Published in Molecular phylogenetics and evolution
Species delimitation has advanced from a purely phenotypic exercise to a branch of science that integrates multiple sources of data to identify independently evolving lineages that can be treated as species. We here test species limits in the avian Lesser Short-toed Lark Alaudala rufesens-Sand Lark A. raytal complex, which has an intricate taxonomi...
Phylogenomic relationships and character evolution of the grape family (Vitaceae).
Published in Molecular phylogenetics and evolution
The grape family consists of 16 genera and ca. 950 species. It is best known for the economically important fruit crop - the grape Vitis vinifera. The deep phylogenetic relationships and character evolution of the grape family have attracted the attention of researchers in recent years. We herein reconstruct the phylogenomic relationships within Vi...
High gene space divergence contrasts with frozen vegetative architecture in the moss family Funariaceae.
Published in Molecular phylogenetics and evolution
A new paradigm has slowly emerged regarding the diversification of bryophytes, with inferences from molecular data highlighting a dynamic evolution of their genome. However, comparative studies of expressed genes among closely related taxa is so far missing. Here we contrast the dimensions of the vegetative transcriptome of Funaria hygrometrica and...
Dispersal as a result of asymmetrical hybridization between two closely related oak species in China.
Published in Molecular phylogenetics and evolution
Hybridization has played an important role in plant evolution. Less attention has been paid, however, to its role in dispersal. In this study, historical divergence and hybridization were investigated in two closely related Chinese oaks, Quercus mongolica and Q. liaotungensis, to estimate the role that hybridization played in their dispersal. We ge...
Further insights into the phylogeny of peniculid ciliates (Ciliophora, Oligohymenophorea) based on multigene data.
Published in Molecular phylogenetics and evolution
Peniculids comprise a large order of ciliated protists in Class Oligohymenophorea having many unresolved evolutionary relationships. Herein, we report 27 new sequences, including 18S rRNA, ITS1-5.8S- ITS2 rRNA, 28S rRNA and the mitochondrial cox1 genes of eight peniculids. We conducted phylogenetic analyses based on each these markers and on a four...
UCE data reveal multiple origins of rose gallers in North America: Global phylogeny of Diplolepis Geoffroy (Hymenoptera:...
Published in Molecular phylogenetics and evolution
Gall wasps in the genus Diplolepis Geoffroy are specialized herbivores that induce galls exclusively on roses. Despite their wide distribution across the Holarctic, little is known about their evolutionary history. Here we present the first phylogenomic tree of global Diplolepis reconstructed using Ultraconserved Elements (UCEs), resulting in a rob...
Evolution of vector transmitted parasites by host switching revealed through sequencing of Haemoproteus parasite mitocho...
Published in Molecular phylogenetics and evolution
Parasite species evolve by switching to new hosts, cospeciating with their current hosts, or speciating on their current hosts. Vector transmitted parasites are expected to speciate by host switching, but confirming this hypothesis has proved challenging. Parasite DNA can be difficult to sequence, thus well resolved parasite phylogenies that are ne...
Life history and ecology might explain incongruent population structure in two co-distributed montane bird species of th...
Published in Molecular phylogenetics and evolution
Comparative phylogeography is a powerful approach to investigate the role of historical and environmental processes in the evolution of biodiversity within a region. In this regard, comparative studies of species with similar habitat preferences are valuable to reduce the confounding influence of habitat association when interpreting phylogeographi...
