Reconsideration of the phylogenetic relationships of the enigmatic Bornean Bristlehead (Pityriasis gymnocephala)

Moyle, Robert G.; Cracraft, Joel; Lakim, Maklarin; Nais, Jamili; Sheldon, Frederick H.

doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.01.024

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“…We sampled all 15 genera and 16 out of 21 species of Vanginae (missing one species each of Xenopirostris and Calicalicus and three species of Newtonia), including all newly proposed members of this subfamily, and representatives of all potential relatives suggested by recent studies [3,10,[35][36][37][38]. These included several African species of Playsteiridae and Malaconotidae, as well as Asian species proposed to be closely allied to vangas.…”

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Diversification and the adaptive radiation of the vangas of Madagascar

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The vangas of Madagascar exhibit extreme diversity in morphology and ecology. Recent studies have shown that several other Malagasy species also are part of this endemic radiation, even as the monophyly of the clade remains in question. Using DNA sequences from 13 genes and representatives of all 15 vanga genera, we find strong support for the monophyly of the Malagasy vangids and their inclusion in a family along with six aberrant genera of shrike-like corvoids distributed in Asia and Africa. Biogeographic reconstructions of these lineages include both Asia and Africa as possible dispersal routes to Madagascar. To study patterns of speciation through time, we introduce a method that can accommodate phylogenetically non-random patterns of incomplete taxon sampling in diversification studies. We demonstrate that speciation rates in vangas decreased dramatically through time following the colonization of Madagascar. Foraging strategies of these birds show remarkable congruence with phylogenetic relationships, indicating that adaptations to feeding specializations played a role in the diversification of these birds. Vangas fit the model of an 'adaptive radiation' in that they show an explosive burst of speciation soon after colonization, increased diversification into novel niches and extraordinary ecomorphological diversity.

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Diversification and the adaptive radiation of the vangas of Madagascar

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“…All Bayesian analyses were run for the same number of generations to aid in comparing the performance and convergence rate of different partitioning strategies. Bayes factors (BF) have been used extensively to determine whether a partitioning strategy is statically justified (McGuire et al, 2007;Moyle et al, 2006;Smith et al, 2005;Wiens et al, 2005). Brown and Lemmon (2007) have clearly shown that Bayes factors perform well and provide a statistically sound measure for choosing partitioning strategies.…”

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Remarkable phylogenetic resolution of the most complex clade of Cyprinidae (Teleostei: Cypriniformes): A proof of concept of homology assessment and partitioning sequence data integrated with mixed model Bayesian analyses

Mayden

2013

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

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“…Molecular analyses have revealed that some taxa placed within the core Corvoidea are members of other assemblages (examples in Pasquet et al, 2002;Jønsson et al, 2007Jønsson et al, , 2008a) while some genera have been shown to be polyphyletic (Jønsson et al, 2007(Jønsson et al, , 2008a. Nevertheless the emerging picture is of an African-centred radiation comprising bush-shrikes, vangas and allies (malaconotoids), and an Australo-Papuan radiation comprising the monarchs, fantails and birds-of-paradise among others (Barker et al, 2004;Fuchs et al, 2004;Moyle et al, 2006).…”

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