Retracing the evolutionary history of Nothofagus in its geo‐climatic context: new developments in the emerging field of phylogeology

Phylogeographic studies have made a significant contribution to the interpretation of genetic lineage distribution in response to climate changes, such as during glaciation events of the Neogene. However, the effects of ancient landscapes associated with global sea level rises, tectonic processes, and climatology driving lineage evolution have been largely overlooked. These effects can be tested in widespread lineages of cold‐tolerant species that have endured cooling, and thus, phylogeographic patterns may reflect large‐scale processes that were not reset by the ice ages. We hereby combine geological evidence from marine sedimentary basins, Andean orogeny, and climatology with molecular dating and statistical phylogeography to infer how geological and climatic processes affected the distribution of lineages in cold‐tolerant Nothofagus species during the Cenozoic. A total of 239 populations along the entire range of all species within the genus Nothofagus (N. antarctica, N. betuloides, N. dombeyi, N. nitida, and N. pumilio) were sampled and analyzed by sequencing three non‐coding regions of the chloroplast. We found 30 chloroplast DNA haplotypes that were geographically structured. Molecular dating calibrated with fossils revealed that ancestral lineages appeared in Eocene/Oligocene, whereas most divergences took place during the Miocene; in turn, Bayesian skyline plots showed that population expansion occurred in the Early Pleistocene (1.5–1 million years ago). Lineage divergence from all wide‐ranging Nothofagus was spatially and temporally concordant with episodic marine transgressions and warmer times in Patagonia during Eocene/Miocene Epochs. Long‐lasting stable raised areas preserved haplotype diversity throughout Patagonia, from where cold‐tolerant taxa expanded their ranges during pre‐Quaternary times. The detailed study of such ancient divergences is novel and allows us to infer the effects of geological processes on distribution patterns of ancient lineages, that is, phylogeology.

• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Geobiology

• Publication date

  2014-11-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Geology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/gbi.12098PMID 25040174
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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