Demographical history and palaeodistribution modelling show range shift towards Amazon basin for a neotropical tree species in the LGM
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2016
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Background: We studied the phylogeography and demographical history of Tabebuia serratifolia (Bignoniaceae) to
understand the disjunct geographical distribution of South American seasonally dry tropical forests (SDTFs). We
specifically tested if the multiple and isolated patches of SDTFs are current climatic relicts of a widespread and
continuously distributed dry forest during the last glacial maximum (LGM), the so called South American dry forest
refugia hypothesis, using ecological niche modelling (ENM) and statistical phylogeography. We sampled 235
individuals of T. serratifolia in 17 populations in Brazil and analysed the polymorphisms at three intergenic
chloroplast regions and ITS nuclear ribosomal DNA.
Results: Coalescent analyses showed a demographical expansion at the last c. 130 ka (thousand years before
present). Simulations and ENM also showed that the current spatial pattern of genetic diversity is most likely due to
a scenario of range expansion and range shift towards the Amazon Basin during the colder and arid climatic
conditions associated with the LGM, matching the expected for the South American dry forest refugia hypothesis,
although contrasting to the Pleistocene Arc hypothesis. Populations in more stable areas or with higher suitability
through time showed higher genetic diversity. Postglacial range shift towards the Southeast and Atlantic coast may
have led to spatial genome assortment due to leading edge colonization as the species tracks suitable
environments, leading to lower genetic diversity in populations at higher distance from the distribution centroid at
21 ka.
Conclusion: Haplotype sharing or common ancestry among populations from Caatinga in Northeast Brazil, Atlantic
Forest in Southeast and Cerrado biome and ENM evince the past connection among these biomes.
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Bignoniaceae, Quaternary climatic changes, Dry forest refugia, Pleistocene arc hypothesis, Ecological niche modelling, Phylogeography
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VITORINO, Luciana Cristina; LIMA-RIBEIRO, Matheus S.; TERRIBILE, Levi Carina; Collevatti, Rosane G. Demographical history and palaeodistribution modelling show range shift towards Amazon Basin for a neotropical tree species in the LGM. BMC Evolutionary Biology San Francisco, v. 16, p. 213, 2016. DOI: 10.1186/s12862-016-0779-9. Disponível em: https://bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12862-016-0779-9. Acesso em: 22 mar. 2023.