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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
African endemics span the tree of songbirds (Passeri): Molecular systematics of several evolutionary 'enigmas'
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Volume 272, No. 1565, Year 2005
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The deep divergence between the African endemic passerines Picathartidae (rockfowl Picathartes and rockjumpers Chaetops, four species) and the Passerida (ca. 3500 species) suggests an older history of oscines on the African continent than has previously been assumed. In order to determine whether any additional, unexpectedly deep lineages occur in African endemic songbirds, 29 species-including 10 enigmatic focal taxa endemic to southern Africa-were added to a large nuclear sequence dataset gathered from oscine songbirds (Passeri). Phylogenetic analyses of these data resolve many long-standing questions about the affinities of these birds, not all of which were predicted by traditional approaches. The application of a molecular clock indicates that most basal divergences in Passerida occurred in the middle to late Eocene, with divergences between African and Australasian core corvoids occurring somewhat later in the early Miocene. Consistent with inferences for mammals, divergences between Malagasy endemic passerines and their mainland relatives suggests an asynchronous colonization history. This emerging phylogenetic picture reveals that relationships within Old World families are highly informative regarding the early dispersal and radiation of songbirds out of Gondwana. Future analyses will depend on improving resolution of higher-level phylogenetic relationships among these groups, and increasing the density of taxon sampling within them. © 2005 The Royal Society.
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Authors & Co-Authors
Beresford, P.
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
United States, New York
City College of new York
Keith Barker, F.
United States, Minneapolis
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
United States, New York
American Museum of Natural History
Ryan, Peter G.
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Crowe, Timothy M.
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
United States, New York
American Museum of Natural History
Statistics
Citations: 116
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1098/rspb.2004.2997
ISSN:
09628452
Research Areas
Cancer