• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: Environmental temperatures shape thermal physiology as well as diversification and genome-wide substitution rates in lizards
  • Beteiligte: Garcia-Porta, Joan; Irisarri, Iker; Kirchner, Martin; Rodríguez, Ariel; Kirchhof, Sebastian; Brown, Jason L.; MacLeod, Amy; Turner, Alexander P.; Ahmadzadeh, Faraham; Albaladejo, Gonzalo; Crnobrnja-Isailovic, Jelka; De la Riva, Ignacio; Fawzi, Adnane; Galán, Pedro; Göçmen, Bayram; Harris, D. James; Jiménez-Robles, Octavio; Joger, Ulrich; Jovanović Glavaš, Olga; Karış, Mert; Koziel, Giannina; Künzel, Sven; Lyra, Mariana; Miles, Donald; [...]
  • Erschienen: Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019
  • Erschienen in: Nature Communications, 10 (2019) 1
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-11943-x
  • ISSN: 2041-1723
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  • Beschreibung: <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Climatic conditions changing over time and space shape the evolution of organisms at multiple levels, including temperate lizards in the family Lacertidae. Here we reconstruct a dated phylogenetic tree of 262 lacertid species based on a supermatrix relying on novel phylogenomic datasets and fossil calibrations. Diversification of lacertids was accompanied by an increasing disparity among occupied bioclimatic niches, especially in the last 10 Ma, during a period of progressive global cooling. Temperate species also underwent a genome-wide slowdown in molecular substitution rates compared to tropical and desert-adapted lacertids. Evaporative water loss and preferred temperature are correlated with bioclimatic parameters, indicating physiological adaptations to climate. Tropical, but also some populations of cool-adapted species experience maximum temperatures close to their preferred temperatures. We hypothesize these species-specific physiological preferences may constitute a handicap to prevail under rapid global warming, and contribute to explaining local lizard extinctions in cool and humid climates.</jats:p>
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