A phylogenomic evaluation of the relationships among herons (Aves:Ardeidae)
Herons (Aves: Ardeidae) are a cosmopolitan family of birds that comprises ~65 species and is found on all continents except Antarctica. Despite being well-studied by ornithologists, phylogenetic relationships within the family are uncertain. For example, the earliest diverging lineages have not been...
Main Author: | |
---|---|
Other Authors: | , , |
Format: | Thesis |
Language: | English |
Published: |
University of Kansas
2018
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/27921 http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:15996 |
id |
ftunivkansas:oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/27921 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftunivkansas:oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/27921 2023-05-15T13:35:10+02:00 A phylogenomic evaluation of the relationships among herons (Aves:Ardeidae) Hruska, Johnathan Moyle, Robert Glor, Richard Kelly, John 2018 47 pages http://hdl.handle.net/1808/27921 http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:15996 en eng University of Kansas http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:15996 http://hdl.handle.net/1808/27921 orcid:0000-0001-8461-8163 Copyright held by the author. openAccess Systematic biology Gorsachius herons Ixobrychus phylogenomics ultraconserved elements Thesis 2018 ftunivkansas 2022-08-26T13:23:14Z Herons (Aves: Ardeidae) are a cosmopolitan family of birds that comprises ~65 species and is found on all continents except Antarctica. Despite being well-studied by ornithologists, phylogenetic relationships within the family are uncertain. For example, the earliest diverging lineages have not been confidently identified, and the monophyly of some genera has been questioned. Here, I present the results of a molecular phylogenetic analysis of herons that includes ~70 percent of species diversity. Analyses of thousands of genomic loci yielded a fully resolved and well-supported phylogeny for the herons. Phylogenetic relationships were broadly congruent across all analytical methods and clarified the composition and placement of several genera that have been traditionally difficult to place. For example, I identified the tiger-herons as the sister-group to all other herons and recovered non-monophyly for some tribes (Nycticoracini and Egrettini) and genera (e.g. Gorsachius and Ixobrychus). Thesis Antarc* Antarctica The University of Kansas: KU ScholarWorks |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
The University of Kansas: KU ScholarWorks |
op_collection_id |
ftunivkansas |
language |
English |
topic |
Systematic biology Gorsachius herons Ixobrychus phylogenomics ultraconserved elements |
spellingShingle |
Systematic biology Gorsachius herons Ixobrychus phylogenomics ultraconserved elements Hruska, Johnathan A phylogenomic evaluation of the relationships among herons (Aves:Ardeidae) |
topic_facet |
Systematic biology Gorsachius herons Ixobrychus phylogenomics ultraconserved elements |
description |
Herons (Aves: Ardeidae) are a cosmopolitan family of birds that comprises ~65 species and is found on all continents except Antarctica. Despite being well-studied by ornithologists, phylogenetic relationships within the family are uncertain. For example, the earliest diverging lineages have not been confidently identified, and the monophyly of some genera has been questioned. Here, I present the results of a molecular phylogenetic analysis of herons that includes ~70 percent of species diversity. Analyses of thousands of genomic loci yielded a fully resolved and well-supported phylogeny for the herons. Phylogenetic relationships were broadly congruent across all analytical methods and clarified the composition and placement of several genera that have been traditionally difficult to place. For example, I identified the tiger-herons as the sister-group to all other herons and recovered non-monophyly for some tribes (Nycticoracini and Egrettini) and genera (e.g. Gorsachius and Ixobrychus). |
author2 |
Moyle, Robert Glor, Richard Kelly, John |
format |
Thesis |
author |
Hruska, Johnathan |
author_facet |
Hruska, Johnathan |
author_sort |
Hruska, Johnathan |
title |
A phylogenomic evaluation of the relationships among herons (Aves:Ardeidae) |
title_short |
A phylogenomic evaluation of the relationships among herons (Aves:Ardeidae) |
title_full |
A phylogenomic evaluation of the relationships among herons (Aves:Ardeidae) |
title_fullStr |
A phylogenomic evaluation of the relationships among herons (Aves:Ardeidae) |
title_full_unstemmed |
A phylogenomic evaluation of the relationships among herons (Aves:Ardeidae) |
title_sort |
phylogenomic evaluation of the relationships among herons (aves:ardeidae) |
publisher |
University of Kansas |
publishDate |
2018 |
url |
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/27921 http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:15996 |
genre |
Antarc* Antarctica |
genre_facet |
Antarc* Antarctica |
op_relation |
http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:15996 http://hdl.handle.net/1808/27921 orcid:0000-0001-8461-8163 |
op_rights |
Copyright held by the author. openAccess |
_version_ |
1766061832041136128 |