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Molecular assessment of the phylogeny and biogeography of a recently diversified endemic group of South American canids (Mammalia: Carnivora: Canidae)

Overview of attention for article published in Genetics and Molecular Biology, July 2016
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Title
Molecular assessment of the phylogeny and biogeography of a recently diversified endemic group of South American canids (Mammalia: Carnivora: Canidae)
Published in
Genetics and Molecular Biology, July 2016
DOI 10.1590/1678-4685-gmb-2015-0189
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Ligia Tchaicka, Thales Renato Ochotorena de Freitas, Alex Bager, Stela Luengos Vidal, Mauro Lucherini, Agustín Iriarte, Andres Novaro, Eli Geffen, Fabricio Silva Garcez, Warren E. Johnson, Robert K. Wayne, Eduardo Eizirik

Abstract

To investigate the evolution and biogeography of an endemic group of South American foxes, we examined mitochondrial DNA control region sequences for 118 individuals belonging to all six extant species of the genus Lycalopex. Phylogenetic and molecular dating analyses supported the inference that this genus has undergone a very recent and rapid radiation, stemming from a common ancestor that lived ca. 1 million years ago. The Brazilian endemic L. vetulus was supported as the most basal species in this genus, whereas the most internal group is comprised by the recently diverged (ca. 350,000 years ago) Andean/Patagonian species L. griseus and L. culpaeus. We discuss the inferred phylogenetic relationships and divergence times in the context of the current geographic distributions of these species, and the likely effects of Pleistocene climatic changes on the biogeography of this group. Furthermore, a remarkable finding was the identification of multiple individuals classified as L. gymnocercus bearing mtDNA haplotypes clearly belonging to L. griseus, sampled in regions where the latter is not known to occur. At a minimum, this result implies the need to clarify the present-day geographic distribution of each of these fox species, while it may also indicate an ongoing hybridization process between them. Future testing of this hypothesis with in-depth analyses of these populations is thus a priority for understanding the history, evolutionary dynamics and present-day composition of this endemic Neotropical genus.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Mexico 1 <1%
Spain 1 <1%
United States 1 <1%
Unknown 112 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 17 15%
Student > Bachelor 16 14%
Student > Ph. D. Student 12 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 12 10%
Student > Master 11 9%
Other 20 17%
Unknown 28 24%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 49 42%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 12 10%
Environmental Science 10 9%
Earth and Planetary Sciences 6 5%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 3 3%
Other 8 7%
Unknown 28 24%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 16. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 June 2022.
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