Evolutionary animation: How do molecular phylogenies compare to Mayr's reconstruction of speciation patterns in the sea? Export

@article{citeulike:210100, abstract = {Ernst Mayr used the geography of closely related species in various stages of increasing divergence to "animate" the process of geographic, or allopatric, speciation. This approach was applied to a wide set of taxa, and a seminal paper by Mayr used it to explore speciation patterns in tropical sea urchins. Since then, taxonomic information in several of these genera has been augmented by detailed molecular phylogenies. We compare Mayr's animation with the phylogenies of eight sea urchin genera placed by Mayr into four speciation groups. True to Mayr's predictions, early-stage genera have on average lower species divergence and more polytypic species than genera in later stages. For six of these genera, we also have information about the evolution of the gamete recognition protein bindin, which is critical to reproductive isolation. These comparisons show that later-stage genera with many sympatric species tend to be those with rapid bindin evolution. By contrast, early-stage genera with few sympatric species are not necessarily earlier in the divergence process; they happen to be those with slow rates of bindin evolution. These results show that the rate of speciation in sea urchins does not only depend on the steady accumulation of genome divergence over time, but also on the rate of evolution of gamete recognition proteins. The animation method used by Mayr is generally supported by molecular phylogenies. However, the existence of multiple rates in the acquisition of reproductive isolation complicates placement of different genera in an evolutionary series.}, address = {Hopkins Marine Station, Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA 93950.}, author = {Palumbi, S. R. and Lessios, H. A.}, citeulike-article-id = {210100}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0501806102}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15851681}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=15851681}, day = {3}, doi = {10.1073/pnas.0501806102}, issn = {0027-8424}, journal = {Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A}, keywords = {-echinoderm, allopatric, biogeography, speciation}, month = {May}, pages = {6566--6572}, posted-at = {2005-05-25 08:42:14}, priority = {2}, title = {Evolutionary animation: How do molecular phylogenies compare to Mayr's reconstruction of speciation patterns in the sea?}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0501806102}, volume = {102 Suppl 1}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:210100 L3 - citeulike-article-id:210100 N2 - Ernst Mayr used the geography of closely related species in various stages of increasing divergence to "animate" the process of geographic, or allopatric, speciation. This approach was applied to a wide set of taxa, and a seminal paper by Mayr used it to explore speciation patterns in tropical sea urchins. Since then, taxonomic information in several of these genera has been augmented by detailed molecular phylogenies. We compare Mayr's animation with the phylogenies of eight sea urchin genera placed by Mayr into four speciation groups. True to Mayr's predictions, early-stage genera have on average lower species divergence and more polytypic species than genera in later stages. For six of these genera, we also have information about the evolution of the gamete recognition protein bindin, which is critical to reproductive isolation. These comparisons show that later-stage genera with many sympatric species tend to be those with rapid bindin evolution. By contrast, early-stage genera with few sympatric species are not necessarily earlier in the divergence process; they happen to be those with slow rates of bindin evolution. These results show that the rate of speciation in sea urchins does not only depend on the steady accumulation of genome divergence over time, but also on the rate of evolution of gamete recognition proteins. The animation method used by Mayr is generally supported by molecular phylogenies. However, the existence of multiple rates in the acquisition of reproductive isolation complicates placement of different genera in an evolutionary series. JF - Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A SN - 0027-8424 AD - Hopkins Marine Station, Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA 93950. EP - 6572 TI - Evolutionary animation: How do molecular phylogenies compare to Mayr's reconstruction of speciation patterns in the sea? VL - 102 Suppl 1 SP - 6566 KW - -echinoderm KW - allopatric KW - biogeography KW - speciation AU - Palumbi, SR AU - Lessios, HA PY - 2005/05/03/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0501806102 ER -