Molecular systematics reveals cryptic Tertiary diversification of a widespread tropical rainforest tree
dc.contributor.author | Dick, Christopher W. | |
dc.contributor.author | Abdul-Salim, Kobinah | |
dc.contributor.author | Bermingham, Eldredge | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-03-20T18:03:08Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-03-20T18:03:08Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-03-20T18:03:08Z | en_US |
dc.date.issued | 2003 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Dick, C. W., K. Abdul-Salim and E. Bermingham (2003) Molecular systematics reveals cryptic Tertiary diversification of a widespread tropical rainforest tree. American Naturalist 160(12): 691-703. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/83308> | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/83308 | |
dc.description.abstract | The broad geographic range of many Neotropical rain forest tree species implies excellent dispersal abilities or range establishment that preceded the formation of current dispersal barriers. In order to initiate historical analyses of such widespread Neotropical trees, we sequenced the nuclear ribosomal spacer (ITS) region of Symphonia globulifera L. f. (Clusiaceae) from populations spanning the Neotropics and western Africa. This rain forest tree has left unmistakable Miocene fossils in Mesoamerica (15.5–18.2 Ma) and in South America (∼15 Ma). Although marine dispersal of S. globulifera is considered improbable, our study establishes three marine dispersal events leading to the colonization of Mesoamerica, the Amazon basin, and the West Indies, thus supporting the paleontological data. Our phylogeographic analysis revealed the spatial extent of the three Neotropical S. globulifera clades, which represent trans‐Andes (Mesoamerica + West Ecuador), cis‐Andes (Amazonia + Guiana ), and the West Indies. Strong phylogeographic structure found among trans‐Andean populations of S. globulifera stands in contrast to an absence of ITS nucleotide variation across the Amazon basin and indicates profound regional differences in the demographic history of this rain forest tree. Drawing from these results, we provide a historical biogeographic hypothesis to account for differences in the patterns of β diversity within Mesoamerican and Amazonian forests. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | The University of Chicago Press | en_US |
dc.subject | Phylogeography | en_US |
dc.subject | Tropical Trees | en_US |
dc.title | Molecular systematics reveals cryptic Tertiary diversification of a widespread tropical rainforest tree | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Science | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Department of (EEB) | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Ann Arbor | en_US |
dc.identifier.pmid | 14737707 | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/83308/1/Dick2003b.pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1086/379795 | |
dc.identifier.source | American Naturalist | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Department of (EEB) |
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