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New Zealand geckos (Diplodactylidae): Cryptic diversity in a post-Gondwanan lineage with trans-Tasman affinities.
Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2011 Apr; 59(1):1-22.MP

Abstract

We used a multi-gene approach to assess the phylogenetic relationships of New Zealand diplodactylid geckos to their Australian and New Caledonian relatives and to one another. Data from nuclear (RAG-1, PDC) and mitochondrial (ND2, 16S) genes from >180 specimens representing all 19 recognized New Zealand taxa and all but two of 20 putatively new species suggested by previous studies were analyzed using Maximum Parsimony, Maximum Likelihood and Bayesian inference. All analyses retrieved a monophyletic New Zealand clade, most closely related to the Australian Diplodactylidae exclusive of Pseudothecadactylus. Hoplodactylus is paraphyletic and composed of two morphological groups: a broad-toed clade, consisting of the island-restricted, largest extant species, Hoplodactylus duvaucelii, and the species-rich, wide-ranging Hoplodactylus maculatus clade; and a narrow-toed clade, comprising five monophyletic subgroups: Naultinus, the Hoplodactylus pacificus and Hoplodactylus granulatus clades, and the distinctive species Hoplodactylus rakiurae and Hoplodactylus stephensi. Each of these lineages is here recognized at the generic level. Our data support recognition of 16 new species (36 total), and five new or resurrected genera (seven total). The New Zealand diplodactylid radiation split from its Australian relatives 40.2mya (95% highest posterior density estimate 28.9-53.5), after the opening of the Tasman Sea. Their distribution cannot, therefore, be regarded as derived as a result of Gondwanana vicariance. The age of the New Zealand crown group, 24.4mya (95% highest posterior density estimate 15.5-33.8), encompasses the period of the 'Oligocene drowning' of New Zealand and is consistent with the hypothesis that New Zealand was not completely inundated during this period. Major lineages within New Zealand geckos diverged chiefly during the mid- to late Miocene, probably in association with a suite of geological and climatological factors that have characterized the region's complex history.

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Nielsen SV
Department of Biology, Villanova University, 800 Lancaster Ave., Villanova, PA 19085, USA. svnielse@olemiss.edu
Bauer AM
No affiliation info available
Jackman TR
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Hitchmough RA
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Daugherty CH
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MeSH

AnimalsBayes TheoremBiological EvolutionDNA, MitochondrialEye ProteinsGTP-Binding Protein RegulatorsGenes, RAG-1Genetic SpeciationGenetic VariationLikelihood FunctionsLizardsModels, GeneticNew ZealandPhosphoproteinsPhylogenyPhylogeographyRNA, Ribosomal, 16S

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Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

Language

eng

PubMed ID

21184833

Citation

Nielsen, Stuart V., et al. "New Zealand Geckos (Diplodactylidae): Cryptic Diversity in a post-Gondwanan Lineage With trans-Tasman Affinities." Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol. 59, no. 1, 2011, pp. 1-22.
Nielsen SV, Bauer AM, Jackman TR, et al. New Zealand geckos (Diplodactylidae): Cryptic diversity in a post-Gondwanan lineage with trans-Tasman affinities. Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2011;59(1):1-22.
Nielsen, S. V., Bauer, A. M., Jackman, T. R., Hitchmough, R. A., & Daugherty, C. H. (2011). New Zealand geckos (Diplodactylidae): Cryptic diversity in a post-Gondwanan lineage with trans-Tasman affinities. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 59(1), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2010.12.007
Nielsen SV, et al. New Zealand Geckos (Diplodactylidae): Cryptic Diversity in a post-Gondwanan Lineage With trans-Tasman Affinities. Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2011;59(1):1-22. PubMed PMID: 21184833.
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TY - JOUR T1 - New Zealand geckos (Diplodactylidae): Cryptic diversity in a post-Gondwanan lineage with trans-Tasman affinities. AU - Nielsen,Stuart V, AU - Bauer,Aaron M, AU - Jackman,Todd R, AU - Hitchmough,Rod A, AU - Daugherty,Charles H, Y1 - 2010/12/22/ PY - 2010/08/06/received PY - 2010/11/17/revised PY - 2010/12/14/accepted PY - 2010/12/28/entrez PY - 2010/12/28/pubmed PY - 2011/8/17/medline SP - 1 EP - 22 JF - Molecular phylogenetics and evolution JO - Mol Phylogenet Evol VL - 59 IS - 1 N2 - We used a multi-gene approach to assess the phylogenetic relationships of New Zealand diplodactylid geckos to their Australian and New Caledonian relatives and to one another. Data from nuclear (RAG-1, PDC) and mitochondrial (ND2, 16S) genes from >180 specimens representing all 19 recognized New Zealand taxa and all but two of 20 putatively new species suggested by previous studies were analyzed using Maximum Parsimony, Maximum Likelihood and Bayesian inference. All analyses retrieved a monophyletic New Zealand clade, most closely related to the Australian Diplodactylidae exclusive of Pseudothecadactylus. Hoplodactylus is paraphyletic and composed of two morphological groups: a broad-toed clade, consisting of the island-restricted, largest extant species, Hoplodactylus duvaucelii, and the species-rich, wide-ranging Hoplodactylus maculatus clade; and a narrow-toed clade, comprising five monophyletic subgroups: Naultinus, the Hoplodactylus pacificus and Hoplodactylus granulatus clades, and the distinctive species Hoplodactylus rakiurae and Hoplodactylus stephensi. Each of these lineages is here recognized at the generic level. Our data support recognition of 16 new species (36 total), and five new or resurrected genera (seven total). The New Zealand diplodactylid radiation split from its Australian relatives 40.2mya (95% highest posterior density estimate 28.9-53.5), after the opening of the Tasman Sea. Their distribution cannot, therefore, be regarded as derived as a result of Gondwanana vicariance. The age of the New Zealand crown group, 24.4mya (95% highest posterior density estimate 15.5-33.8), encompasses the period of the 'Oligocene drowning' of New Zealand and is consistent with the hypothesis that New Zealand was not completely inundated during this period. Major lineages within New Zealand geckos diverged chiefly during the mid- to late Miocene, probably in association with a suite of geological and climatological factors that have characterized the region's complex history. SN - 1095-9513 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/21184833/New_Zealand_geckos__Diplodactylidae_:_Cryptic_diversity_in_a_post_Gondwanan_lineage_with_trans_Tasman_affinities_ L2 - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1055-7903(10)00487-2 DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -