Mitogenomic data resolve basal relationships among passeriform and passeridan birds

Barker, F. Keith

doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.06.011

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“…The N. cincta (hihi) and T. philomelos (song thrush) genomes have independently evolved a novel gene order involving duplication of tRNA Pro-CR. This is contra to a previous report showing a standard gene order for these two genomes ( Barker 2014 ). This gene rearrangement differs from previously recorded avian mitochondrial duplications, as tRNA Thr is not part of the duplicated segment (see fig.…”

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“…Within oscines, the traditional Passerida forms three broad lineages: Paseroidea, Sylvioidea, and Muscicapoidea. We find Sylvioidea to diverge first, in agreement with some nuclear and mitochondrial studies (e.g., Barker et al 2004 ; Treplin et al 2008 ; Barker 2014 ), although alternative arrangements are also seen (e.g., Hackett et al 2008 ; Johansson et al 2008 ; Price et al 2014 ). Support for the arrangement is still weak and the internodes are short, however, it is “locally stable” ( Cooper and Penny 1997 ) in that the alternate arrangements are only one step away.…”

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New Zealand Passerines Help Clarify the Diversification of Major Songbird Lineages during the Oligocene

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Passerines are the largest avian order, and the 6,000 species comprise more than half of all extant bird species. This successful radiation probably had its origin in the Australasian region, but dating this origin has been difficult due to a scarce fossil record and poor biogeographic assumptions. Many of New Zealand’s endemic passerines fall within the deeper branches of the passerine radiation, and a well resolved phylogeny for the modern New Zealand element in the deeper branches of the oscine lineage will help us understand both oscine and passerine biogeography. To this end we present complete mitochondrial genomes representing all families of New Zealand passerines in a phylogenetic framework of over 100 passerine species. Dating analyses of this robust phylogeny suggest Passeriformes originated in the early Paleocene, with the major lineages of oscines “escaping” from Australasia about 30 Ma, and radiating throughout the world during the Oligocene. This independently derived conclusion is consistent with the passerine fossil record.

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New Zealand Passerines Help Clarify the Diversification of Major Songbird Lineages during the Oligocene

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“…On the other hand, an alternative hypothesis based on the high level of recurrent breakpoints in birds [ 3 ] could consider a 4th inversion in Saltator species, in the canary and the zebra finch, which would have reverted the segment homologous to LAL 18 to one continuous block [ 23 ]. This proposal is supported by the fact that the genera Saltator , Serinus and Taeniopygia are included in the same phylogenetic branch, called “Core Passeroidea” [ 50 ]. The 4th inversion would have occurred in the common ancestor of this group.…”

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Comparative Cytogenetics between Two Important Songbird, Models: The Zebra Finch and the Canary

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Songbird species (order Passeriformes, suborder Oscines) are important models in various experimental fields spanning behavioural genomics to neurobiology. Although the genomes of some songbird species were sequenced recently, the chromosomal organization of these species is mostly unknown. Here we focused on the two most studied songbird species in neuroscience, the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) and the canary (Serinus canaria). In order to clarify these issues and also to integrate chromosome data with their assembled genomes, we used classical and molecular cytogenetics in both zebra finch and canary to define their chromosomal homology, localization of heterochromatic blocks and distribution of rDNA clusters. We confirmed the same diploid number (2n = 80) in both species, as previously reported. FISH experiments confirmed the occurrence of multiple paracentric and pericentric inversions previously found in other species of Passeriformes, providing a cytogenetic signature for this order, and corroborating data from in silico analyses. Additionally, compared to other Passeriformes, we detected differences in the zebra finch karyotype concerning the morphology of some chromosomes, in the distribution of 5S rDNA clusters, and an inversion in chromosome 1.

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“…Passerines comprise more than 6,000 extant species, representing more than 60% of extant avian diversity. During the past two decades, new data have elucidated the diversity of (11, 12) and relationships among (5, 9, 13–17) a number of major passerine lineages (summarized in ref. 18), resulting in the expansion of the number of recognized passerine families from 46 to 137 (11, 12).…”

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Earth history and the passerine superradiation

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et al. 2019

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Avian diversification has been influenced by global climate change, plate tectonic movements, and mass extinction events. However, the impact of these factors on the diversification of the hyperdiverse perching birds (passerines) is unclear because family level relationships are unresolved and the timing of splitting events among lineages is uncertain. We analyzed DNA data from 4,060 nuclear loci and 137 passerine families using concatenation and coalescent approaches to infer a comprehensive phylogenetic hypothesis that clarifies relationships among all passerine families. Then, we calibrated this phylogeny using 13 fossils to examine the effects of different events in Earth history on the timing and rate of passerine diversification. Our analyses reconcile passerine diversification with the fossil and geological records; suggest that passerines originated on the Australian landmass ∼47 Ma; and show that subsequent dispersal and diversification of passerines was affected by a number of climatological and geological events, such as Oligocene glaciation and inundation of the New Zealand landmass. Although passerine diversification rates fluctuated throughout the Cenozoic, we find no link between the rate of passerine diversification and Cenozoic global temperature, and our analyses show that the increases in passerine diversification rate we observe are disconnected from the colonization of new continents. Taken together, these results suggest more complex mechanisms than temperature change or ecological opportunity have controlled macroscale patterns of passerine speciation.

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Mitogenomic data resolve basal relationships among passeriform and passeridan birds

Cited by 35 publications

References 97 publications

New Zealand Passerines Help Clarify the Diversification of Major Songbird Lineages during the Oligocene

New Zealand Passerines Help Clarify the Diversification of Major Songbird Lineages during the Oligocene

Comparative Cytogenetics between Two Important Songbird, Models: The Zebra Finch and the Canary

Earth history and the passerine superradiation

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