Phylogenomic analyses re-examine the evolution of reinforcement and hypothesized hybrid speciation in Phlox wildflowers

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Veröffentlicht in:The New phytologist. - 1979. - 243(2024), 1 vom: 20. Juni, Seite 451-465
1. Verfasser: Garner, Austin G (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Goulet-Scott, Benjamin E, Hopkins, Robin
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2024
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:The New phytologist
Schlagworte:Journal Article RADseq gene flow hybrid species hybridization phylogeny polyploid reinforcement speciation
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Zusammenfassung:© 2024 The Authors. New Phytologist © 2024 New Phytologist Foundation.
The tree of life is riddled with reticulate evolutionary histories, and some clades, such as the eastern standing Phlox, appear to be hotspots of hybridization. In this group, there are two cases of reinforcement and nine hypothesized hybrid species. Given their historical importance in our understanding of plant speciation, the relationships between these taxa and the role of hybridization in their diversification require genomic validation. Using phylogenomic analyses, we resolve the evolutionary relationships of the eastern standing Phlox and evaluate hypotheses about whether and how hybridization and gene flow played a role in their diversification. Our results provide novel resolution of the phylogenetic relationships in this group, including paraphyly across some taxa. We identify gene flow during one case of reinforcement and find genomic support for a hybrid lineage underlying one of the five hypothesized homoploid hybrid speciation events. Additionally, we estimate the ancestries of four allotetraploid hybrid species. Our results are consistent with hybridization contributing to diverse evolutionary outcomes within this group; although, not as extensively as previously hypothesized. This study demonstrates the importance of phylogenomics in evaluating hypothesized evolutionary histories of non-model systems and adds to the growing support of interspecific genetic exchange in the generation of biodiversity
Beschreibung:Date Completed 06.06.2024
Date Revised 06.06.2024
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1469-8137
DOI:10.1111/nph.19802