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论文题目: Talpid Mole Phylogeny Unites Shrew Moles and Illuminates Overlooked Cryptic Species Diversity
作者: He K, Shinohara A, Helgen KM, Springer MS, Jiang XL, Campbell KL
联系作者: Jiangxl@mail.kiz.ac.cn;Kevin.Campbell@umanitoba.ca
发表年度: 2017
DOI: doi:10.1093/molbev/msw221
摘要: The mammalian family Talpidae (moles, shrew moles, desmans) is characterized by diverse ecomorphologies associated with terrestrial, semi-aquatic, semi-fossorial, fossorial, and aquatic-fossorial lifestyles. Prominent specializations involved with these different lifestyles, and the transitions between them pose outstanding questions regarding the evolutionary history within the family, not only for living but also for fossil taxa. Here we investigate the phylogenetic relationships, divergence times, and biogeographic history of the family using 19 nuclear and two mitochondrial genes (~16 kb) from ~60% of described species representing all 17 genera. Our phylogenetic analyses help settle classical questions in the evolution of moles, identify an ancient (mid-Miocene) split within the monotypic genus Scaptonyx, and indicate that talpid species richness may be nearly 30% higher than previously recognized. Our results also uniformly support the monophyly of long-tailed moles with the two shrew mole tribes and confirm that the Gansu mole is the sole living Asian member of an otherwise North American radiation. Finally, we provide evidence that aquatic specializations within the tribes Condylurini and Desmanini evolved along different morphological trajectories, though we were unable to statistically reject monophyly of the strictly fossorial tribes Talpini and Scalopini.
刊物名称: Molecular Biology and Evolution
论文出处: https://academic.oup.com/mbe/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/molbev/msw221
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