Phylogeography and diversification of lineages of Pitcairnia flammea (Bromeliaceae) complex

• Grant number: 15/07685-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Effective date (Start): July 01, 2015
• Effective date (End): June 30, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Genetics - Plant Genetics
• Principal Investigator: Clarisse Palma da Silva
• Grantee: Juliana Ribeiro Martins Santin
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IB). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Rio Claro. Rio Claro , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Phylogeography studies have revealed the mechanisms of diversification of many organisms and can contribute greatly to the advancement of knowledge of these processes in Neotropical groups. In South America the studies of phylogeography have become more frequent, and new biogeographic patterns have been revealed, especially in Brazilian biomes such as the Atlantic Forest. In this sense phylogeographic studies of South American species can provide important information about the historical processes that were responsible for the biological diversity in this region. The objective of this project is to study the diversification of lineages and phylogeographic patterns Pitcairnia flammea (Bromeliaceae), a species adapted to rocky outcrops, known as "terrestrial islands" (inselbergs), inserted in the Atlantic Forest biome. The time of divergence of these lineagess, the demographic events that have shaped the genetic structure observed in the present and the gene flow patterns among populations will be investigated by characterizing the population genetic structure revealed by uni- and bi-parental molecular markers. This information is fundamental to the understanding of the processes that generated the species diversity in this biome, and provide support for the management and conservation of this and other species adapted to rocky outcrops.

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

MOTA, MATEUS RIBEIRO; PINHEIRO, FABIO; DOS SANTOS LEAL, BARBARA SIMOES; SARDELLI, CARLA HAISLER; WENDT, TANIA; PALMA-SILVA, CLARISSE. From micro- to macroevolution: insights from a Neotropical bromeliad with high population genetic structure adapted to rock outcrops. HEREDITY, JUL 2020. (14/15588-6, 14/02377-7, 09/52725-3, 18/07596-0, 15/07685-4)

MOTA, MATEUS RIBEIRO; PINHEIRO, FABIO; DOS SANTOS LEAL, BARBARA SIMOES; SARDELLI, CARLA HAISLER; WENDT, TANIA; PALMA-SILVA, CLARISSE. From micro- to macroevolution: insights from a Neotropical bromeliad with high population genetic structure adapted to rock outcrops. HEREDITY, v. 125, n. 5, p. 353-370, NOV 2020. (14/02377-7, 14/15588-6, 18/07596-0, 15/07685-4, 09/52725-3)