Morphological diversification of Mediterranean anurans: the roles of evolutionary history and climate
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://academic.oup.com/biolinnean/article-abstract/135/3/462/6486822?redirectedFrom=fulltext" target="_blank" >https://academic.oup.com/biolinnean/article-abstract/135/3/462/6486822?redirectedFrom=fulltext</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blab156" target="_blank" >10.1093/biolinnean/blab156</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Morphological diversification of Mediterranean anurans: the roles of evolutionary history and climate
Original language description
Investigation of the ecological and evolutionary mechanisms governing the origin and diversification of species requires integrative approaches that often have to accommodate strong discordance among datasets. A common source of conflict is the combination of morphological and molecular characters with different evolutionary rates. Resolution of these discordances is crucial to assess the relative roles of different processes in generating and maintaining biodiversity. Anuran amphibians provide many examples of morphologically similar, genetically divergent lineages, posing questions about the relative roles of phylogeny and ecological factors in phenotypic evolution. We focused on three circum-Mediterranean anuran genera (Hyla, Alytes and Discoglossus), characterizing morphological and environmental disparity and comparing diversity patterns across biological levels of organization. Using a comparative phylogenetic framework, we tested how shared ancestry and climatic factors come together to shape phenotypic diversity. We found higher morphological differentiation within Hyla and Alytes than in Discoglossus. Body size and limb morphology contributed most to inter- and intraspecific morphological variation in Hyla and Alytes, but there was no strong phylogenetic signal, indicating that shared ancestry does not predict patterns of phenotypic divergence. In contrast, we uncovered a significant association between morphology and climatic descriptors, supporting the hypothesis that morphological disparity between species results from adaptive evolution.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10602 - Biology (theoretical, mathematical, thermal, cryobiology, biological rhythm), Evolutionary biology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
ISSN
0024-4066
e-ISSN
1095-8312
Volume of the periodical
135
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
16
Pages from-to
462-477
UT code for WoS article
000754842400004
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85139390634