Phylogeography of two sympatric species of spiny rats from the Western Amazon

• Grant number: 16/24464-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): July 29, 2017
• Effective date (End): July 28, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology - Taxonomy of Recent Groups
• Principal Investigator: Alexandre Reis Percequillo
• Grantee: Jeronymo Dalapicolla
• Supervisor: Laura Lacey Knowles
• Host Institution: Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil
• Research place: University of Michigan, United States
• Associated to the scholarship: 15/02853-6 - Integrative taxonomy of the genus Proechimys (Rodentia: Echimydae) from Western Amazon, BP.DR

Abstract

Proechimys is a genus of the family Echimyidae widely distributed in the Amazon. Although it is abundant and widely distributed this genus is rarely studied, and there are few published data about its evolution and natural history. Therefore, the objective of this proposal is to investigate the phylogeographic pattern of two sympatric species of Proechimys from the Western Amazon. For this I will generate three genomic libraries with 180 samples using the ddRAD-Seq technique. The SNPs will be aligned and processed for phylogeographic and population analyzes. In addition, species distribution models will be created for the two target species, for the Last Glacial Maximum, Middle Holocene and for the present, in order to analyze whether environmental changes over time could explain the genetic variability. Genetic diversity indexes will be calculated for the populations and the relationships of this diversity with the geography will be analyzed through a Procrustes analyzes. Also, a phylogeny hypothesis for the genus Proechimys will be created to verify the phylogenetic relationship between target species. Thus, the expectation is to increase knowledge about the population dynamics of these species, as well as to increase information about its natural and evolutionary history of the genus. These data will help studies on ecology, taxonomy, evolution and conservation of Proechimys species.

Scientific publications

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(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)

ABREU, EDSON FIEDLER; DALAPICOLLA, JERONYMO; FURINI, PAULO ROBERTO; DE LA SANCHA, NOE U.; JANSA, SHARON A.; PERCEQUILLO, ALEXANDRE REIS. Habitat stability shaped the demographic history of the Atlantic Forest endemic rodent Euryoryzomys russatus (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) during the Pleistocene. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. N/A, p. 16-pg., 2022-06-08. (16/24464-4, 15/02853-6, 12/15928-6, 09/16009-1)

DALAPICOLLA, JERONYMO; DO PRADO, JOYCE RODRIGUES; PERCEQUILLO, ALEXANDRE REIS; KNOWLES, L. LACEY. unctional connectivity in sympatric spiny rats reflects different dimensions of Amazonian forest-associatio. Journal of Biogeography, v. 48, n. 12, NOV 2021. (15/02853-6, 16/20055-2, 16/24464-4, 09/16009-1)

DALAPICOLLA, JERONYMO; ABREU, EDSON FIEDLER; DO PRADO, JOYCE RODRIGUES; CHIQUITO, ELISANDRA DE ALMEIDA; DE OLIVEIRA ROTH, PAULO RICARDO; DE GOES BRENNAND, PAMELLA GUSMAO; D'OLIVEIRA PAVAN, ANA CAROLINA; PEREIRA, ALEX; MENDES, FABIANA ROCHA; DEL VALLE ALVAREZ, MARTIN ROBERTO; et al. reas of endemism of small mammals are underprotected in the Atlantic Fores. JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY, v. 102, n. 5, p. 1390-1404, OCT 2021. (10/14633-7, 16/24464-4, 16/20055-2, 13/25441-0, 14/01986-0, 14/18800-6, 15/02853-6, 12/15928-6)

DALAPICOLLA, JERONYMO; REIS LEITE, YURI LUIZ. Historical connections among river basins and climatic changes explain the biogeographic history of a water rat. PeerJ, v. 6, JUL 27 2018. (15/02853-6, 16/24464-4)