Data from: The evolutionary history of the Cape hare (Lepus capensis sensu lato): insights for systematics and biogeography
Inferring the phylogeography of species with large distributions helps deciphering major diversification patterns that may occur in parallel across taxa. Here, we infer the evolutionary history of the Cape hare, Lepus capensis sensu lato, a species distributed from southern Africa to Asia, by analys...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:50|dedup_wf_001::5e43a1e231a6b9b0fd65bb4ea9ace4e8 2023-05-15T17:07:50+02:00 Data from: The evolutionary history of the Cape hare (Lepus capensis sensu lato): insights for systematics and biogeography Lado, Sara Alves, Paulo C. Islam, M. Zafarul Brito, José C. Melo-Ferreira, José 2020-07-19 https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.th71ss0 undefined unknown http://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.th71ss0 https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.th71ss0 lic_creative-commons oai:services.nod.dans.knaw.nl:Products/dans:oai:easy.dans.knaw.nl:easy-dataset:127714 10.5061/dryad.th71ss0 oai:easy.dans.knaw.nl:easy-dataset:127714 10|eurocrisdris::fe4903425d9040f680d8610d9079ea14 10|openaire____::9e3be59865b2c1c335d32dae2fe7b254 re3data_____::r3d100000044 10|re3data_____::84e123776089ce3c7a33db98d9cd15a8 10|re3data_____::94816e6421eeb072e7742ce6a9decc5f Life sciences medicine and health care Lepus granatensis phylogeography conservation Biogeography Lepus capensis Lepus europaeus Lepus timidus Evolutionary Biology Holocene Pleistocene FOS: Biological sciences archeo geo Dataset https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_ddb1/ 2020 fttriple https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.th71ss0 2023-01-22T17:23:00Z Inferring the phylogeography of species with large distributions helps deciphering major diversification patterns that may occur in parallel across taxa. Here, we infer the evolutionary history of the Cape hare, Lepus capensis sensu lato, a species distributed from southern Africa to Asia, by analysing variation at 18 microsatellites and 9 DNA (1 mitochondrial and 8 nuclear) sequenced loci, from field and museum-collected samples. Using a combination of assignment and coalescent-based methods, we show that the Cape hare is composed of five evolutionary lineages, distributed in distinct biogeographic regions – north-western Africa, eastern Africa, southern Africa, the Near East and the Arabian Peninsula. A deep phylogenetic break possibly dating to the Early Pleistocene was inferred between the African and Asian L. capensis groups, and the latter appear more closely related to other Eurasian hare species than to African Cape hares. The inferred phylogeographic structure is shared by numerous taxa distributed across the studied range, suggesting that environmental changes, such as the progressive aridification of the Saharo-Arabian desert and the fluctuations of savannah habitats in Sub-Saharan Africa, had comparable impacts across species. Fine-scale analyses of the western Sahara-Sahel populations showed rich fragmentation patterns for mitochondrial DNA but not for microsatellites, compatible with the environmental heterogeneity of the region and female philopatry. The complex evolutionary history of L. capensis sensu lato, which possibly includes interspecific gene flow, is not reflected by taxonomy. Integrating evolutionary inference contributes to an improved characterization of biodiversity, which is fundamental to foster the conservation of relevant evolutionary units. GenotypesGenotypes from microsatellite loci.genotypes.xlsx01_CYTB_longCytochrome b long sequence alignment.02_CYTB_shortCytochrome b short sequence alignment.03_DARC_phasedDARC phased sequence alignment.04_HPX_phasedHPX phased sequence ... Dataset Lepus timidus Unknown |
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Life sciences medicine and health care Lepus granatensis phylogeography conservation Biogeography Lepus capensis Lepus europaeus Lepus timidus Evolutionary Biology Holocene Pleistocene FOS: Biological sciences archeo geo Lado, Sara Alves, Paulo C. Islam, M. Zafarul Brito, José C. Melo-Ferreira, José Data from: The evolutionary history of the Cape hare (Lepus capensis sensu lato): insights for systematics and biogeography |
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Inferring the phylogeography of species with large distributions helps deciphering major diversification patterns that may occur in parallel across taxa. Here, we infer the evolutionary history of the Cape hare, Lepus capensis sensu lato, a species distributed from southern Africa to Asia, by analysing variation at 18 microsatellites and 9 DNA (1 mitochondrial and 8 nuclear) sequenced loci, from field and museum-collected samples. Using a combination of assignment and coalescent-based methods, we show that the Cape hare is composed of five evolutionary lineages, distributed in distinct biogeographic regions – north-western Africa, eastern Africa, southern Africa, the Near East and the Arabian Peninsula. A deep phylogenetic break possibly dating to the Early Pleistocene was inferred between the African and Asian L. capensis groups, and the latter appear more closely related to other Eurasian hare species than to African Cape hares. The inferred phylogeographic structure is shared by numerous taxa distributed across the studied range, suggesting that environmental changes, such as the progressive aridification of the Saharo-Arabian desert and the fluctuations of savannah habitats in Sub-Saharan Africa, had comparable impacts across species. Fine-scale analyses of the western Sahara-Sahel populations showed rich fragmentation patterns for mitochondrial DNA but not for microsatellites, compatible with the environmental heterogeneity of the region and female philopatry. The complex evolutionary history of L. capensis sensu lato, which possibly includes interspecific gene flow, is not reflected by taxonomy. Integrating evolutionary inference contributes to an improved characterization of biodiversity, which is fundamental to foster the conservation of relevant evolutionary units. GenotypesGenotypes from microsatellite loci.genotypes.xlsx01_CYTB_longCytochrome b long sequence alignment.02_CYTB_shortCytochrome b short sequence alignment.03_DARC_phasedDARC phased sequence alignment.04_HPX_phasedHPX phased sequence ... |
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Data from: The evolutionary history of the Cape hare (Lepus capensis sensu lato): insights for systematics and biogeography |
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Data from: The evolutionary history of the Cape hare (Lepus capensis sensu lato): insights for systematics and biogeography |
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Data from: The evolutionary history of the Cape hare (Lepus capensis sensu lato): insights for systematics and biogeography |
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Data from: The evolutionary history of the Cape hare (Lepus capensis sensu lato): insights for systematics and biogeography |
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data from: the evolutionary history of the cape hare (lepus capensis sensu lato): insights for systematics and biogeography |
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