Climatic oscillations triggered post-Messinian speciation of Western Palearctic brown frogs (Amphibia, Ranidae)

Veith, Michael; Kosuch, Joachim; Vences, Miguel

doi:10.1016/s1055-7903(02)00324-x

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“…The nuclear gene encoding the visual pigment rhodopsin is useful for phylogenetic analyses (Bossuyt & Milinkovitch 2000;Page 2000;Birks & Edwards 2002;Chen et al 2003;Veith et al 2003) and occurs as a single copy in A. carolinensis, a close relative of A. porcatus and A. allisoni (Kawamura & Yokoyama 1994). Here, we examine the third intron and portions of the flanking exon sequence for this gene.…”

Section: Materials and Methods (A) Specimens Examined And Species Idenmentioning

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Partial island submergence and speciation in an adaptive radiation: a multilocus analysis of the Cuban green anoles

Glor

Gifford

Larson

et al. 2004

Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B

102

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Sympatric speciation is often proposed to account for species-rich adaptive radiations within lakes or islands, where barriers to gene flow or dispersal may be lacking. However, allopatric speciation may also occur in such situations, especially when ranges are fragmented by fluctuating water levels. We test the hypothesis that Miocene fragmentation of Cuba into three palaeo-archipelagos accompanied species-level divergence in the adaptive radiation of West Indian Anolis lizards. Analysis of morphology, mitochondrial DNA (mt DNA) and nuclear DNA in the Cuban green anoles (carolinensis subgroup) strongly supports three predictions made by this hypothesis. First, three geographical sets of populations, whose ranges correspond with palaeo-archipelago boundaries, are distinct and warrant recognition as independent evolutionary lineages or species. Coalescence of nuclear sequence fragments sampled from these species and the large divergences observed between their mtDNA haplotypes suggest separation prior to the subsequent unification of Cuba ca. 5 Myr ago. Second, molecular phylogenetic relationships among these species reflect historical geographical relationships rather than morphological similarity. Third, all three species remain distinct despite extensive geographical contact subsequent to island unification, occasional hybridization and introgression of mtDNA haplotypes. Allopatric speciation initiated during partial island submergence may play an important role in speciation during the adaptive radiation of Anolis lizards.

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Section: Materials and Methods (A) Specimens Examined And Species Idenmentioning

confidence: 99%

Partial island submergence and speciation in an adaptive radiation: a multilocus analysis of the Cuban green anoles

Glor

Gifford

Larson

et al. 2004

Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B

102

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“…R. temporaria was studied to understand phylogenetic relationship between population and range modification related to climate change (see among others, Palo et al 2004;Teacher et al 2009;Veith et al 2003;Zeisset and Beebee 2008). Southern Europe has always been considered a fundamental glacial refugium, the Iberian, Italian, and Balkan peninsulas in particular.…”

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“…In recent years, phylogeographic studies have used genetic and molecular methods for investigating the history of the distribution of various taxa of amphibians (among others: Duellman 1999; Riberon et al 2001;Zeisset and Beebee 2001;Bonnet and Chippindale 2004;Vences et al 2004;Alexandrino et al 2007;Crottini et al 2007;Recuero et al 2007;Vences and Wake 2007;Stöck et al 2008;Shepard and Burbrink 2009;Mattoccia et al 2011;Chiari et al 2012). As far as Europe is concerned, Rana temporaria has been the subject of several papers (Veith et al 2003;Palo et al 2004;Gómez and Lunt 2006;Zeisset and Beebee 2008;Teacher et al 2009;Stefani et al 2012), probably because its current broad range (Gasc et al 1997;Kuzmin 1999;Sillero et al 2014) and the fact that it is adapted to relatively cold environments render this species a good model for evaluating the range changes that occurred during and after the Pleistocene coolings. The fossil record is only marginally taken into consideration in these papers, but it could potentially provide relevant information thanks to the fact that it represents the only way to directly access to the chronological and geographic dimensions of biological events occurred in the past.…”

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Late Pleistocene fossils and the future distribution of Rana temporaria (Amphibia, Anura) along the Apennine Peninsula (Italy)

Bartolini

Cioppi²,

Rook

et al. 2014

Zool. Stud.

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Background: The effect of past climatic changes on the distribution of organisms is a fertile field of research that has been tackled in many different ways. Because the fossil record provides direct access to the chronological and geographic dimensions of biological events occurred in the past, it can be a useful tool for assessing range contractions and expansions related to climatic changes.Results: Here, we provide support for the 'recent' shrinkage of the range of a frigophilous anuran, the common frog, Rana temporaria Linnaeus, 1758, by analyzing the amphibian fossil assemblage coming from the Grotta di Equi, a Late Pleistocene site (about 45 ka) located in the Apuan Alps (northern Apennine chain, Massa-Carrara Province, Italy). Besides, R. temporaria, the assemblage includes cf. Salamandra salamandra Linnaeus, 1758 and Bufo bufo Linnaeus, 1758. Conclusions:The presence of R. temporaria in the Apuan Alps during a cold interglacial phase at an elevation that is much lower than the minimum current elevation in the region (about 300 m lower) supports the previously reported hypothesis that the Pleistocene coolings favored the dispersal of this frigophilous species along the Apennine chain and that its current, locally disjointed distribution is the effect of the post Pleistocene raise in temperature. Our results concur in predicting that the current global warming will further affect, negatively, the range of this frigophilous species by further reducing its distribution in the southern sectors of its range.

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“…An alternative hypothesis-that of an anthropogenic introduction to Ireland from Iberia-gains no support from our data as populations in Ireland show no specific similarity to those in Spain. A study by Veith et al (2003) found a unique common frog haplotype in one sample from North-Western Spain (Serra da Capelada), which they interpreted as representing a sub-species (R. t. parvipalmata). On inspection of the nucleotide sequence, this sample fits most closely with the main eastern haplotype (sharing 7-bp mutations) and is highly divergent when compared with all Irish haplotypes, thus again providing no evidence to support an IberianIrish link in the common frog.…”

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European phylogeography of the common frog (Rana temporaria): routes of postglacial colonization into the British Isles, and evidence for an Irish glacial refugium

2009

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Climatic oscillations triggered post-Messinian speciation of Western Palearctic brown frogs (Amphibia, Ranidae)

Cited by 144 publications

References 52 publications

Partial island submergence and speciation in an adaptive radiation: a multilocus analysis of the Cuban green anoles

Partial island submergence and speciation in an adaptive radiation: a multilocus analysis of the Cuban green anoles

Late Pleistocene fossils and the future distribution of Rana temporaria (Amphibia, Anura) along the Apennine Peninsula (Italy)

European phylogeography of the common frog (Rana temporaria): routes of postglacial colonization into the British Isles, and evidence for an Irish glacial refugium

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