Phylogenomics and biogeography of the world's thrushes (Aves, Turdus): new evidence for a more parsimonious evolutionary history

Author(s)

Batista, Romina ^{[1, 2, 3]} ; Olsson, Urban ^{[1, 4]} ; Andermann, Tobias ^{[1, 4]} ; Aleixo, Alexandre ^[5] ; Ribas, Camila Cherem ^[6] ; Antonelli, Alexandre ^{[7, 1, 4]}

Affiliation

^[1] Gothenburg Global Biodivers Ctr, Box 461, S-40530 Gothenburg - Sweden

^[2] INPA, PPG GCBEv, Programa Posgrad Genet Conservacao & Biol Evolut, Campus 2, Av Andre Araujo 2936, BR-69067375 Manaus, Amazonas - Brazil

^[3] Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, Lab Biol Mol, Coordenacao Zool, BR-66077830 Belem, Para - Brazil

^[4] Univ Gothenburg, Dept Biol & Environm Sci, SE-41319 Gothenburg - Sweden

^[5] Univ Helsinki, Finnish Museum Nat Hist, POB 17, Helsinki 00014 - Finland

^[6] INPA, Campus 2, Av Andre Araujo 2936, BR-69060000 Manaus, Amazonas - Brazil

^[7] Royal Bot Gardens, Richmond TW9 3AE, Surrey - England

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; v. 287, n. 1919 JAN 29 2020.
• Web of Science Citations: 0

Abstract

To elucidate the relationships and spatial range evolution across the world of the bird genus Turdus (Aves), we produced a large genomic dataset comprising ca 2 million nucleotides for ca 100 samples representing 53 species, including over 2000 loci. We estimated time-calibrated maximum-likelihood and multispecies coalescentphylogenies and carried out biogeographic analyses. Our results indicate that there have been considerably fewer trans-oceanic dispersals within the genus Turdus than previously suggested, such that the Palaearctic clade did not originate in America and the African clade was not involved in the colonization of the Americas. Instead, our findings suggest that dispersal from the Western Palaearctic via the Antilles to the Neotropics might have occurred in a single event, giving rise to the rich Neotropical diversity of Turdus observed today, with no reverse dispersals to thePalaearctic or Africa. Our large multilocus dataset, combined with dense species-level sampling and analysed under probabilistic methods, brings important insights into historical biogeography and systematics, even in a scenario of fast and spatially complex diversification. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 12/50260-6 - Structure and evolution of the Amazonian biota and its environment: an integrative approach
• Grantee: Lúcia Garcez Lohmann
• Support Opportunities: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Thematic Grants