Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, ( ISI ), Volume (65), No (1), Year (2012-7) , Pages (35-45)

Title : ( Convergent evolution of morphological and ecological traits in the open-habitat chat complex (Aves, Muscicapidae: Saxicolinae) )

Authors: Mansour Aliabadian , M. Kaboli , MI. Forschler , V. Nijman , A. Chamani , A. Tillier , R. Prodon , E. Pasquet , PG. Ericson , D. Zuccon ,

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Abstract

Open-habitat chats (genera Myrmec ocichla , Cercomela , Oenanthe and relative) are a morphologically and ecologically cohesive group of genera with unclear phylogenetic relationships. They are distributed mostly in open, arid and/or rocky hab itats of Africa and Eurasia. Here, we present the most comprehen-sive molecular phylogenetic analysis of this group to date, with a complete taxon sampling at the species level. The analysis, based on a multilocus dataset including three mitochondrial and three nuclear loci, allows us to elucidate the phylogenetic relationships and test the traditiona l generic limits. All genera are non-mon ophyletic, suggesting extensive convergence on similar plumage patterns in unrelated spe-cies. While the colour pattern app ear to be a poor predictor of the phylogenetic relation ships, some of the ecological and behavioural traits agree relatively well with the major clades. Following our results, we also propose a revise d generic classification for the whole group.

Keywords

Molecular phylogeny Systematics Passeriformes Wheatears Saxicolinae
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author = {Aliabadian, Mansour and M. Kaboli and MI. Forschler and V. Nijman and A. Chamani and A. Tillier and R. Prodon and E. Pasquet and PG. Ericson and D. Zuccon},
title = {Convergent evolution of morphological and ecological traits in the open-habitat chat complex (Aves, Muscicapidae: Saxicolinae)},
journal = {Molecular phylogenetics and evolution},
year = {2012},
volume = {65},
number = {1},
month = {July},
issn = {1055-7903},
pages = {35--45},
numpages = {10},
keywords = {Molecular phylogeny Systematics Passeriformes Wheatears Saxicolinae},
}

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%0 Journal Article
%T Convergent evolution of morphological and ecological traits in the open-habitat chat complex (Aves, Muscicapidae: Saxicolinae)
%A Aliabadian, Mansour
%A M. Kaboli
%A MI. Forschler
%A V. Nijman
%A A. Chamani
%A A. Tillier
%A R. Prodon
%A E. Pasquet
%A PG. Ericson
%A D. Zuccon
%J Molecular phylogenetics and evolution
%@ 1055-7903
%D 2012

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