The evolution of a tropical biodiversity hotspot

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The tropics are the source of most biodiversity yet inadequate sampling obscures answers to fundamental questions about how this diversity evolves. We leveraged samples assembled over decades of fieldwork to study diversification of the largest tropical bird radiation, the suboscine passerines. Our phylogeny, estimated using data from 2389 genomic regions in 1940 individuals of 1283 species, reveals that peak suboscine species diversity in the Neotropics is not associated with high recent speciation rates but rather with the gradual accumulation of species over time. Paradoxically, the highest speciation rates are in lineages from regions with low species diversity, which are generally cold, dry, unstable environments. Our results reveal a model in which species are forming faster in environmental extremes but have accumulated in moderate environments to form tropical biodiversity hotspots.

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CommentIn: Science. 2020 Dec 11;370(6522):1268-1269. - PMID 33303602

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:370

Enthalten in:

Science (New York, N.Y.) - 370(2020), 6522 vom: 11. Dez., Seite 1343-1348

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Harvey, Michael G [VerfasserIn]
Bravo, Gustavo A [VerfasserIn]
Claramunt, Santiago [VerfasserIn]
Cuervo, Andrés M [VerfasserIn]
Derryberry, Graham E [VerfasserIn]
Battilana, Jaqueline [VerfasserIn]
Seeholzer, Glenn F [VerfasserIn]
McKay, Jessica Shearer [VerfasserIn]
O'Meara, Brian C [VerfasserIn]
Faircloth, Brant C [VerfasserIn]
Edwards, Scott V [VerfasserIn]
Pérez-Emán, Jorge [VerfasserIn]
Moyle, Robert G [VerfasserIn]
Sheldon, Frederick H [VerfasserIn]
Aleixo, Alexandre [VerfasserIn]
Smith, Brian Tilston [VerfasserIn]
Chesser, R Terry [VerfasserIn]
Silveira, Luís Fábio [VerfasserIn]
Cracraft, Joel [VerfasserIn]
Brumfield, Robb T [VerfasserIn]
Derryberry, Elizabeth P [VerfasserIn]

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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

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Date Completed 02.02.2021

Date Revised 10.06.2021

published: Print

CommentIn: Science. 2020 Dec 11;370(6522):1268-1269. - PMID 33303602

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1126/science.aaz6970

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM318689766