Title
Phylogenomic analysis of evolutionary relationships in Ranitomeya poison frogs (Family Dendrobatidae) using ultraconserved elements
Date Issued
01 March 2022
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Muell M.R.
Prates I.
Guillory W.X.
Kahn T.R.
Twomey E.M.
Rodrigues M.T.
Brown J.L.
Instituto Peruano de Herpetología
Publisher(s)
Academic Press Inc.
Abstract
The use of genome-scale data in phylogenetics has enabled recent strides in determining the relationships between taxa that are taxonomically problematic because of extensive morphological variation. Here, we employ a phylogenomic approach to infer evolutionary relationships within Ranitomeya (Anura: Dendrobatidae), an Amazonian lineage of poison frogs consisting of 16 species with remarkable diversity in color pattern, range size, and parental care behavior. We infer phylogenies with all described species of Ranitomeya from ultraconserved nuclear genomic elements (UCEs) and also estimate divergence times. Our results differ from previous analyses regarding interspecific relationships. Notably, we find that R. toraro and R. defleri are not sister species but rather distantly related, contrary to previous analyses based on smaller genetic datasets. We recover R. uakarii as paraphyletic, designate certain populations formerly assigned to R. fantastica from Peru as R. summersi, and transfer the French Guianan and eastern Brazilian R. amazonica populations to R. variabilis. By clarifying both inter- and intraspecific relationships within Ranitomeya, our study paves the way for future tests of hypotheses on color pattern evolution and historical biogeography.
Volume
168
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Zoología, Ornitología, Entomología, ciencias biológicas del comportamiento
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85122656326
PubMed ID
Source
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
ISSN of the container
10557903
Sponsor(s)
Much of this research was supported by startup to JLB provided by Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. MRM and WXG are thankful for funding from the Students United in Exploring, Preserving, and Researching Biodiversity (SUPERB) fellowship, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), USA (DUE-1564969). We thank Janalee Caldwell (Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History), and Frederick Sheldon (Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science) for providing tissue samples under their care. We thank C?sar Aguilar (MUSM) and Kyle Summers (ECU) for allowing access to specimens and tissues under their care. We are grateful to Andrew J. Mason for advice on divergence time estimation analyses, as well as Jamie R. Oaks and Perry L. Wood Jr. for additional advice regarding analyses. We thank two anonymous reviewers for their feedback, which greatly improved the quality of this manuscript. Paulo Melo-Sampaio, Pedro Peloso, and members of the Rodrigues Lab assisted during fieldwork. Permits were issued by: Brazil's Instituto Chico Mendes de Conserva??o da Biodiversidade (SISBIO 30309, 36753, 7147) the Servicio Nacional Forestal y de Fauna Silvestre in Peru (R.D.G. 120- 2012-AG-DGFFS-DGEFFS, R.D.G. 029-2016-SERFOR-DGGSPFFS, R.D.G. 405-2016-SERFOR-DGGSPFFS, R.D.G. 116-2017-SERFORDGGSPFFS, N? 002765-AG-INRENA, N? 061-2003-INRENA-IFFS-DCB, N? 050-2006-INRENA-IFFS-DCB, N? 067-2007-INRENA-IFFS-DCB, N? 083-2017-SERFOR/DGGSPFFS, N?004-2013-SERNANP-JRCA, and N?016-2010-SERNANP-DGANP), Contrato de Acceso Marco a Recursos Gen?ticos in Peru (359-2013-MINAGRI-DGFFS-DGEFFS, Ministerio de Agricultura of Peru (Permit Number Code 25397, N? 2904-2012-AGDGFFS-DGEFFS) and the administration of Manu National Park (06-2013-SERNANP-PNM-JEF). Much of this research was supported by startup to JLB provided by Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. MRM and WXG are thankful for funding from the Students United in Exploring, Preserving, and Researching Biodiversity (SUPERB) fellowship, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), USA (DUE-1564969).
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