A subterranean adaptive radiation of amphipods in Europe

Borko, Špela (avtor), Trontelj, Peter (avtor), Seehausen, Ole (avtor), Moškrič, Ajda (avtor), Fišer, Cene (avtor)

Adaptive radiations are bursts of evolutionary species diversification that have contributed to much of the species diversity on Earth. An exception is modern Europe, where descendants of ancient adaptive radiations went extinct, and extant adaptive radiations are small, recent and narrowly confined. However, not all legacy of old radiations has been lost. Subterranean environments, which are dark and food-deprived, yet buffered from climate change, have preserved ancient lineages. Here we provide evidence of an entirely subterranean adaptive radiation of the amphipod genus Niphargus, counting hundreds of species. Our modelling of lineage diversification and evolution of morphological and ecological traits using a time-calibrated multilocus phylogeny suggests a major adaptive radiation, comprised of multiple subordinate adaptive radiations. Their spatio-temporal origin coincides with the uplift of carbonate massifs in South-Eastern Europe 15 million years ago. Emerging subterranean environments likely provided unoccupied, predator-free space, constituting ecological opportunity, a key trigger of adaptive radiation. This discovery sheds new light on the biodiversity of Europe.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: amphipod genus, biodiversity, biogeography, evolutionary ecology, amphipod, subterranean adaptive radiation, adaptive radiation, morphological traits, ecological traits, phylogenetics
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: BF - Biotehniška fakulteta
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2021
• Št. strani: 12 str.
• Številčenje: Vol. 12, art. 3688
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-144804
• UDK: 57
• ISSN pri članku: 2041-1723
• DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-24023-w
• COBISS.SI-ID: 67491331
• Datum objave v RUL: 13.03.2023

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Nature communications
• Skrajšan naslov: Nat. Commun.
• Založnik: Nature Publishing Group
• ISSN: 2041-1723
• COBISS.SI-ID: 2315876

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: To je standardna licenca Creative Commons, ki daje uporabnikom največ možnosti za nadaljnjo uporabo dela, pri čemer morajo navesti avtorja.

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: Niphargus, raki, jamske postranice, adaptivna radiacija, filogenija, filogenetika, nova vrsta