The evolution of a tropical biodiversity hotspot.
Journal
Science (New York, N.Y.)
ISSN: 1095-9203
Titre abrégé: Science
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0404511
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
11 12 2020
11 12 2020
Historique:
received:
01
10
2019
revised:
01
05
2020
accepted:
29
10
2020
entrez:
11
12
2020
pubmed:
12
12
2020
medline:
3
2
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The tropics are the source of most biodiversity yet inadequate sampling obscures answers to fundamental questions about how this diversity evolves. We leveraged samples assembled over decades of fieldwork to study diversification of the largest tropical bird radiation, the suboscine passerines. Our phylogeny, estimated using data from 2389 genomic regions in 1940 individuals of 1283 species, reveals that peak suboscine species diversity in the Neotropics is not associated with high recent speciation rates but rather with the gradual accumulation of species over time. Paradoxically, the highest speciation rates are in lineages from regions with low species diversity, which are generally cold, dry, unstable environments. Our results reveal a model in which species are forming faster in environmental extremes but have accumulated in moderate environments to form tropical biodiversity hotspots.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33303617
pii: 370/6522/1343
doi: 10.1126/science.aaz6970
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1343-1348Commentaires et corrections
Type : CommentIn
Informations de copyright
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