Population connectivity across a highly fragmented distribution: Phylogeography of the Chalcophaps doves

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  • Devon A. DeRaad
  • Joseph D. Manthey
  • Emily N. Ostrow
  • Lucas H. DeCicco
  • Michael J. Andersen
  • Hosner, Peter Andrew
  • Hannah T. Shult
  • Leo Joseph
  • John P. Dumbacher
  • Robert G. Moyle

Chalcophaps is a morphologically conserved genus of ground-walking doves distributed from India to mainland China, south to Australia, and across the western Pacific to Vanuatu. Here, we reconstruct the evolutionary history of this genus using DNA sequence data from two nuclear genes and one mitochondrial gene, sampled from throughout the geographic range of Chalcophaps. We find support for three major evolutionary lineages in our phylogenetic reconstruction, each corresponding to the three currently recognized Chalcophaps species. Despite this general concordance, we identify discordant mitochondrial and nuclear ancestries in the subspecies C. longirostris timorensis, raising further questions about the evolutionary history of this Timor endemic population. Within each of the three species, we find evidence for isolation by distance or hierarchical population structure, indicating an important role for geography in the diversification of this genus. Despite being distributed broadly across a highly fragmented geographic region known as a hotspot for avian diversification, the Chalcophaps doves show modest levels of phenotypic and genetic diversity, a pattern potentially explained by strong population connectivity owing to high overwater dispersal capability.

Original languageEnglish
Article number107333
JournalMolecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
Volume166
Number of pages11
ISSN1055-7903
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022

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  • Chalcophaps, Evolution, Isolation by distance, Mitonuclear discordance, Phylogenetics, Phylogeography

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