Detailed Information on Publication Record
2017
Evolutionary history of the thicket rats (genus Grammomys) mirrors the evolution of African forests since late Miocene
BRYJA, Josef, Radim ŠUMBERA, Julian Kerbis PETERHANS, Tatiana AGHOVÁ, Anna BRYJOVÁ et. al.Basic information
Original name
Evolutionary history of the thicket rats (genus Grammomys) mirrors the evolution of African forests since late Miocene
Authors
BRYJA, Josef (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Radim ŠUMBERA (203 Czech Republic), Julian Kerbis PETERHANS (840 United States of America), Tatiana AGHOVÁ (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Anna BRYJOVÁ (203 Czech Republic), Ondřej MIKULA (203 Czech Republic), Violaine NICOLAS (250 France), Christiane DENYS (250 France) and Erik VERHEYEN (56 Belgium)
Edition
Journal of Biogeography, Hoboken, NJ USA, Wiley, 2017, 0305-0270
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Článek v odborném periodiku
Field of Study
10600 1.6 Biological sciences
Country of publisher
Germany
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Impact factor
Impact factor: 4.154
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14310/17:00096150
Organization unit
Faculty of Science
UT WoS
000391956900017
Keywords in English
Arvicanthini; coastal forests; late Miocene; lowland forests; mountain forests; phylogeography; Plio-Pleistocene climate changes; Rodentia; tropical Africa
Změněno: 3/4/2018 15:21, Ing. Nicole Zrilić
Abstract
V originále
Aim Grammomys are mostly arboreal rodents occurring in forests, woodlands and thickets throughout sub-Saharan Africa. We investigated whether the divergence events within the genus follow the existing evolutionary scenario for the development of African forests since the late Miocene. Location Sub-Saharan African forests and woodlands. We inferred the molecular phylogeny of Grammomys using Bayesian and maximum likelihood methods and DNA sequences of 351 specimens collected from across the distribution of the genus. We mapped the genetic diversity, estimated the divergence times by a relaxed clock model and compared evolution of the genus with forest history. Phylogenetic analysis confirms the monophyly of Grammomys and reveals five main Grammomys lineages with mainly parapatric distributions: (1) the poensis group in Guineo-Congolese forests; (2) the selousi group with a distribution mainly in coastal forests of southern and eastern Africa; (3) the dolichurus group restricted to the easternmost part of South Africa; (4) the macmillani group in the northern part of eastern and Central Africa with one isolated species in Guinean forests; and (5) the surdaster group, widely dis- tributed in eastern Africa south of the equator. The evolutionary history of the genus Grammomys closely reflects the accepted scenario of major historical changes in the distribution of tropical African forests since the late Miocene.