TY - JOUR Y1 - 2015 L1 - https://nhm.openrepository.com/bitstream/10141/622682/2/journal.pone.0140933.PDF DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0140933 JO - PLOS ONE ED - Boykin, LM AU - Wu, L-W AU - Yen, S-H AU - Lees, David AU - Lu, C-C AU - Yang, P-S AU - Hsu, Y-F AB - The phylogenetic status of the well-known Asian butterflies often known as Agehana (a species group, often treated as a genus or a subgenus, within Papilio sensu lato) has longremained unresolved. Only two species are included, and one of them especially, Papiliomaraho, is not only rare but near-threatened, being monophagous on its vulnerable hostplant, Sassafras randaiense (Lauraceae). Although the natural history and population conservation of “Agehana” has received much attention, the biogeographic origin of this groupstill remains enigmatic. To clarify these two questions, a total of 86 species representativeswithin Papilionidae were sampled, and four genes (concatenated length 3842 bp) wereused to reconstruct their phylogenetic relationships and historical scenarios. Surprisingly,“Agehana” fell within the American Papilio subgenus Pterourus and not as previously suggested, phylogenetically close to the Asian Papilio subgenus Chilasa. We therefore formallysynonymize Agehana with Pterourus. Dating and biogeographic analysis allow us to inferan intercontinental dispersal of an American ancestor of Asian Pterourus in the early Miocene, which was coincident with historical paleo-land bridge connections, resulting in thepresent “East Asia-America” disjunction distribution. We emphasize that species exchangebetween East Asia and America seems to be a quite frequent occurrence in butterflies during the Oligocene to Miocene climatic optima. T1 - Phylogeny and Historical Biogeography of Asian Pterourus Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae): A Case of Intercontinental Dispersal from North America to East Asia UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622682 ER - TY - JOUR Y1 - 2019 L1 - https://nhm.openrepository.com/bitstream/10141/622699/3/Humboldt%20Nat%20Ecol%20Evol%20v2%20preprint.pdf DO - 10.1038/s41559-019-1025-9 JO - Nature Ecology & Evolution AU - Mackay, AW AU - Adger, D AU - Bond, AL AU - Giles, S AU - Ochu, E AB - Scientists are human, and scientists are diverse. But this diversity is nothing unless people can be themselves while practising science. This should extend to acknowledging ‘hidden’ diversities of the scientists that changed our understanding of the world. This is important not only for historical accuracy but also because it provides role models for today’s diverse scientific communities. T1 - Straight-washing ecological legacies PB - Springer Science and Business Media LLC UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622699 ER - TY - JOUR Y1 - 2020 L1 - https://nhm.openrepository.com/bitstream/10141/622852/1/Goszal%2c%20Telnov%20et%20al%202020.pdf DO - 10.1038/s41598-020-73272-0 JO - Scientific Reports AU - Jakub, G AU - Andrzej, O AU - Robert, R AU - Igor, C AU - Katarzyna, M AU - Radosław, P AU - Matti, L AU - Mauro, G AU - Gernot, H AU - Vytautas, T AU - Maksims, B AU - Telnov, Dmitry AU - Maria‑Magdalena, D AU - Adam, T AB - During the Last Glacial Maximum in the Northern Hemisphere, expanding ice sheets forced a large number of plants, including trees, to retreat from their primary distribution areas. Many host-associated herbivores migrated along with their host plants. Long-lasting geographic isolation between glacial refugia could have been led to the allopatric speciation in separated populations. Here, we have studied whether the migration history of the Norway spruce Picea abies in Quaternary has affected its host-associated herbivorous beetle—Monochamus sartor. By using microsatellite markers accompanied by the geometric morphometrics analysis of wing venation, we have revealed the clear geographic structure of M. sartor in Eurasia, encompassing two main clusters: southern (Alpine–Carpathian) and eastern (including northeastern Europe and Asia), which reflects the northern and southern ecotypes of its host. The two beetles’ lineages probably diverged during the Pleniglacial (57,000—15,000 BC) when their host tree species was undergoing significant range fragmentation and experienced secondary contact during post-glacial recolonization of spruce in the Holocene. A secondary contact of divergent lineages of M. sartor has resulted in the formation of the hybrid zone in northeastern Europe. Our findings suggest that the climatic oscillations during the Pleistocene have driven an insect-plant co-evolutionary process, and have contributed to the formation of the unique biodiversity of Europe. T1 - Climatic oscillations in Quaternary have shaped the co‑evolutionary patterns between the Norway spruce and its host‑associated herbivore PB - Springer Nature UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622852 ER - TY - JOUR Y1 - 24/07/2018 L1 - https://nhm.openrepository.com/bitstream/10141/622397/1/Xu%20et%20al%202018%20Lingwulong.pdf DO - 10.1038/s41467-018-05128-1 JO - Nature Communications AU - Xu, X AU - Upchurch, P AU - Mannion, PD AU - Barrett, PM AU - Regalado-Fernandez, OR AU - Mo, J AU - Ma, J AU - Liu, H T1 - A new Middle Jurassic diplodocoid suggests an earlier dispersal and diversification of sauropod dinosaurs UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622397 ER - TY - JOUR Y1 - 2015 L1 - https://nhm.openrepository.com/bitstream/10141/622198/1/New%20Permian%20fauna%20from%20tropical%20Gondwana.pdf DO - 10.1038/ncomms9676 JO - Nature Communications AU - Cisneros, JC AU - Marsicano, C AU - Angielczyk, KD AU - Smith, RMH AU - Richter, M AU - Fröbisch, J AU - Kammerer, CF AU - Sadleir, RW T1 - New Permian fauna from tropical Gondwana UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622198 ER - TY - GEN Y1 - 29/07/2018 L1 - https://nhm.openrepository.com/bitstream/10141/622492/3/ortiz-sepulveda_etal_2018.pdf JO - Ortiz-Sepulveda, C et al, (2018) Diversification dynamics in freshwater bivalves (Unionidae) from the East African Rift. In: SIAL 8- Speciation in Ancient Lakes – Celebrating 25 years and moving towards the future. Conference Program and Abstracts. 29 July – 3 August, Entebbe (Uganda). ED - Anon AU - Ortiz-Sepulveda, C AU - Stelbrink, B AU - Poux, C AU - Monnet, C AU - Albrecht, C AU - Todd, JA AU - Michel, E AU - Van Bocxlaer, B AB - Invertebrates are exceptionally diverse, but declining because of anthropogenic changes to their habitat, as exemplified by freshwater bivalves in Europe and North America. Much less information is available for African freshwater bivalves, especially for Unionidae, which comprise 9 genera and ~40 nominal species, many of which are endemic to African ancient lakes. The phylogenetic position of most of these genera and species remains uncertain, and their conservation status unassessed. Here, we present preliminary results of phylogenetic studies on the Unionidae of the East African Rift. We integrate a phylogenetic backbone based on four gene fragments with (1) sampling information to examine geographic patterns of diversity and with (2) geometric morphometrics of shell shape to examine the relation between morphological disparity and molecular diversity. African Unionidae apart from ‘Cafferia’ form a monophyletic clade, and the basal splits in this clade occur between the reciprocally monophyletic genera Pseudospatha and Grandidieria, both of which are currently endemic to Lake Tanganyika. Mweruella, Nyassunio and Prisodontopsis are also monophyletic in the preliminary analyses as is Nitia, although this latter taxon is nested within Coelatura, which highlights the need of systematic revisions. Biogeographic analyses indicate a statistically significant North-to-South colonization of the East African Rift by Coelatura sensu lato. Beyond deep phylogenetic splits among individual clades, limited molecular differentiation is observed within most clades, calling for population genetic studies. Ongoing morphometric analyses suggest strong morphological differentiation among several clades, but substantial disparity in shell shape is observed within many clades, which needs further examination. T1 - Diversification dynamics in freshwater bivalves (Unionidae) from the East African Rift PB - SIAL UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622492 ER - TY - JOUR Y1 - 2012 L1 - https://nhm.openrepository.com/bitstream/10141/622498/1/Contrasting%20biogeographic%20and%20diversification%20patterns%20in%20two%20Mediterranean-type%20ecosystems.pdf DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0039377 JO - PLoS ONE ED - Salamin, N AU - Buerki, S AU - Jose, S AU - Yadav, SR AU - Goldblatt, P AU - Manning, JC AU - Forest, F AB - The five Mediterranean regions of the world comprise almost 50,000 plant species (ca 20% of the known vascular plants) despite accounting for less than 5% of the world’s land surface. The ecology and evolutionary history of two of these regions, the Cape Floristic Region and the Mediterranean Basin, have been extensively investigated, but there have been few studies aimed at understanding the historical relationships between them. Here, we examine the biogeographic and diversification processes that shaped the evolution of plant diversity in the Cape and the Mediterranean Basin using a large plastid data set for the geophyte family Hyacinthaceae (comprising ca. 25% of the total diversity of the group), a group found mainly throughout Africa and Eurasia. Hyacinthaceae is a predominant group in the Cape and the Mediterranean Basin both in terms of number of species and their morphological and ecological variability. Using state-of-the-art methods in biogeography and diversification, we found that the Old World members of the family originated in sub-Saharan Africa at the Paleocene–Eocene boundary and that the two Mediterranean regions both have high diversification rates, but contrasting biogeographic histories. While the Cape diversity has been greatly influenced by its relationship with sub-Saharan Africa throughout the history of the family, the Mediterranean Basin had no connection with the latter after the onset of the Mediterranean climate in the region and the aridification of the Sahara. The Mediterranean Basin subsequently contributed significantly to the diversity of neighbouring areas, especially Northern Europe and the Middle East, whereas the Cape can be seen as a biogeographical cul-de-sac, with only a few dispersals toward sub-Saharan Africa. The understanding of the evolutionary history of these two important repositories of biodiversity would benefit from the application of the framework developed here to other groups of plants present in the two regions. T1 - Contrasting Biogeographic and Diversification Patterns in Two Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems PB - PLOS UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622498 ER - TY - JOUR Y1 - 2015 L1 - https://nhm.openrepository.com/bitstream/10141/622291/1/A%20chemosynthetic%20weed%3a%20the%20tubeworm%20Sclerolinum%20contortum%20is%20a%20bipolar%2c%20cosmopolitan%20species.pdf DO - 10.1186/s12862-015-0559-y JO - BMC Evolutionary Biology AU - Georgieva, MN AU - Wiklund, H AU - Bell, JB AU - Eilertsen, MH AU - Mills, RA AU - Little, CTS AU - Glover, AG T1 - A chemosynthetic weed: the tubeworm Sclerolinum contortum is a bipolar, cosmopolitan species UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622291 ER - TY - JOUR Y1 - 2014 L1 - https://nhm.openrepository.com/bitstream/10141/601435/3/10.1371_journal.pone.0101108.PDF DO - https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0101108 JO - PLoS ONE ED - Mans, BJ AU - Rougerie, R AU - Haxaire, J AU - Miller, SE AU - Hausmann, A AU - Hebert, PDN AU - Kitching, I T1 - Australian Sphingidae – DNA Barcodes Challenge Current Species Boundaries and Distributions PB - PLOS UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10141/601435 ER - TY - JOUR Y1 - 2018 L1 - https://nhm.openrepository.com/bitstream/10141/622422/2/s41598-018-23076-0.pdf DO - 10.1038/s41598-018-23076-0 JO - Scientific Reports AU - Eilertsen, MH AU - Georgieva, MN AU - Kongsrud, JA AU - Linse, K AU - Wiklund, H AU - Glover, AG AU - Rapp, HT T1 - Genetic connectivity from the Arctic to the Antarctic: Sclerolinum contortum and Nicomache lokii (Annelida) are both widespread in reducing environments UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622422 ER - TY - JOUR Y1 - 2016 L1 - https://nhm.openrepository.com/bitstream/10141/622196/1/Ecology%20and%20biogeography%20of%20megafauna%20and%20macrofauna%20at%20the%20first%20known%20deep-sea%20hydrothermal%20vents%20on%20the%20ultraslow-spreading%20Southwest%20Indian%20Ridge.pdf DO - 10.1038/srep39158 N1 - 0000-0002-9489-074X JO - Scientific Reports AU - Copley, JT AU - Marsh, L AU - Glover, AG AU - Hühnerbach, V AU - Nye, VE AU - Reid, WDK AU - Sweeting, CJ AU - Wigham, BD AU - Wiklund, H T1 - Ecology and biogeography of megafauna and macrofauna at the first known deep-sea hydrothermal vents on the ultraslow-spreading Southwest Indian Ridge UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622196 ER -