The macroevolutionary singularity of snakes.

Journal

Science (New York, N.Y.)
ISSN: 1095-9203
Titre abrégé: Science
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0404511

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
23 Feb 2024
Historique:
medline: 22 2 2024
pubmed: 22 2 2024
entrez: 22 2 2024
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Snakes and lizards (Squamata) represent a third of terrestrial vertebrates and exhibit spectacular innovations in locomotion, feeding, and sensory processing. However, the evolutionary drivers of this radiation remain poorly known. We infer potential causes and ultimate consequences of squamate macroevolution by combining individual-based natural history observations (>60,000 animals) with a comprehensive time-calibrated phylogeny that we anchored with genomic data (5400 loci) from 1018 species. Due to shifts in the dynamics of speciation and phenotypic evolution, snakes have transformed the trophic structure of animal communities through the recurrent origin and diversification of specialized predatory strategies. Squamate biodiversity reflects a legacy of singular events that occurred during the early history of snakes and reveals the impact of historical contingency on vertebrate biodiversity.

Identifiants

DOI: 10.1126/science.adh2449 PMID: 38386744
pubmed: 38386744
doi: 10.1126/science.adh2449
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

918-923

Auteurs

Pascal O Title (PO)

Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA.
Environmental Resilience Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47408, USA.
Museum of Zoology and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
ORCID: 0000-0002-6316-0736

Sonal Singhal (S)

Museum of Zoology and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Department of Biology, California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA 90747, USA.

Michael C Grundler (MC)

Museum of Zoology and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.

Gabriel C Costa (GC)

Museum of Zoology and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Auburn University at Montgomery, Montgomery, AL 36117, USA.

R Alexander Pyron (RA)

Department of Biological Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA.
Department of Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 20560, USA.
ORCID: 0000-0003-2524-1794

Timothy J Colston (TJ)

Department of Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 20560, USA.
Biology Department, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, Mayagüez 00680, Puerto Rico.
ORCID: 0000-0002-1127-1207

Maggie R Grundler (MR)

Museum of Zoology and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
ORCID: 0000-0002-7104-0494

Ivan Prates (I)

Museum of Zoology and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
ORCID: 0000-0001-6314-8852

Natasha Stepanova (N)

Museum of Zoology and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
ORCID: 0000-0002-8099-1259

Marc E H Jones (MEH)

Science Group: Fossil Reptiles, Amphibians and Birds Section, Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK.
Research Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia.
ORCID: 0000-0002-0146-9623

Lucas B Q Cavalcanti (LBQ)

Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, Paraíba 58051-900, Brazil.
ORCID: 0000-0002-0074-278X

Guarino R Colli (GR)

Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Distrito Federal 70910-900, Brazil.
ORCID: 0000-0002-2628-5652

Nicolas Di-Poï (N)

Institute of Biotechnology, Helsinki Institute of Life Science, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland.
ORCID: 0000-0002-3313-3016

Stephen C Donnellan (SC)

South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia.
ORCID: 0000-0002-5448-3226

Craig Moritz (C)

Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia.
ORCID: 0000-0001-5313-7279

Daniel O Mesquita (DO)

Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, Paraíba 58051-900, Brazil.
ORCID: 0000-0002-8174-6837

Eric R Pianka (ER)

Department of Integrative Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.

Stephen A Smith (SA)

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
ORCID: 0000-0003-2035-9531

Laurie J Vitt (LJ)

Sam Noble Museum and Department of Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA.
ORCID: 0000-0002-8755-4545

Daniel L Rabosky (DL)

Museum of Zoology and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
ORCID: 0000-0002-7499-8251

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