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Origins and macroevolution of Booidea (Squamata, Serpentes) using phylogenetic and ancestral area reconstruction analysis

Grant number: 17/00845-1
Support Opportunities:Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
Start date: May 01, 2017
End date: January 31, 2022
Field of knowledge:Biological Sciences - Zoology - Paleozoology
Agreement: Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
Principal Investigator:Annie Schmaltz Hsiou
Grantee:Silvio Yuji Onary Alves
Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto (FFCLRP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Ribeirão Preto , SP, Brazil
Associated scholarship(s):19/11166-3 - Integrating molecules, morphology and fossils: the evolution of booid snakes as revealed by tip-dating total-evidence phylogenetics, BE.EP.DR

Abstract

The superfamily Booidea comprises 58 species of snakes positioned in six families: (a) Boidae; (b) Calabariidae; (c) Candoiidae; (d) Charinidae; (e) Erycidae; and (f) Sanziniidae. They have a global distribution, concentrating in tropical zones. The group constitute a great model for phylogeographic investigations due to the diversity and current pattern of distribution. The current phylogenetic and biogeographical studies focuses mainly on molecular data, being the last morphological phylogenies dated from the 90's. In this sense, this project aims to propose a new phylogenetic hypothesis to Booidea, performing a reevaluation and the proposition of new morphologic characters, as well, the integration of fossils previously attributed to Booidea, however without a formal cladistic analysis. The resulting topology will be submitted to the ancestral area reconstruction analysis, using the probabilistic parametric model of the package BioGeoBEARs for R. The new phylogenetic hypothesis together with the biogeographic analysis will generate new data to the understanding of origins and macroevolution of Booidea, besides provide a complete study of the anatomy of the group. (AU)

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Scientific publications (4)
(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)
FACHINI, THIAGO SCHINEIDER; ONARY, SILVIO; PALCI, ALESSANDRO; LEE, MICHAEL S. Y.; BRONZATI, MARIO; HSIOU, ANNIE SCHMALTZ. Cretaceous Blind Snake from Brazil Fills Major Gap in Snake Evolution. ISCIENCE, v. 23, n. 12, . (18/18145-9, 17/00845-1, 11/14080-0, 19/11166-3)
ONARY, SILVIO; HSIOU, ANNIE S.; LEE, MICHAEL S. Y.; PALCI, ALESSANDRO. Redescription, taxonomy and phylogenetic relationships of Boavus Marsh, 1871 (Serpentes: Booidea) from the early-middle Eocene of the USA. JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC PALAEONTOLOGY, v. 19, n. 23, p. 22-pg., . (17/00845-1, 19/11166-3)