Time-calibrated phylogeny and ecological niche models indicate Pliocene aridification drove intraspecific diversification of brushtail possums in Australia

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dc.citation.issue12
dc.citation.volume12
dc.contributor.authorCarmelet-Rescan D
dc.contributor.authorMorgan-Richards M
dc.contributor.authorPattabiraman N
dc.contributor.authorTrewick SA
dc.coverage.spatialEngland
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-11T20:13:40Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-25T06:49:16Z
dc.date.available2022-12-15
dc.date.available2024-01-11T20:13:40Z
dc.date.available2024-07-25T06:49:16Z
dc.date.issued2022-12-15
dc.description.abstractMajor aridification events in Australia during the Pliocene may have had significant impact on the distribution and structure of widespread species. To explore the potential impact of Pliocene and Pleistocene climate oscillations, we estimated the timing of population fragmentation and past connectivity of the currently isolated but morphologically similar subspecies of the widespread brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula). We use ecological niche modeling (ENM) with the current fragmented distribution of brushtail possums to estimate the environmental envelope of this marsupial. We projected the ENM on models of past climatic conditions in Australia to infer the potential distribution of brushtail possums over 6 million years. D-loop haplotypes were used to describe population structure. From shotgun sequencing, we assembled whole mitochondrial DNA genomes and estimated the timing of intraspecific divergence. Our projections of ENMs suggest current possum populations were unlikely to have been in contact during the Pleistocene. Although lowered sea level during glacial periods enabled connection with habitat in Tasmania, climate fluctuation during this time would not have facilitated gene flow over much of Australia. The most recent common ancestor of sampled intraspecific diversity dates to the early Pliocene when continental aridification caused significant changes to Australian ecology and Trichosurus vulpecula distribution was likely fragmented. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that the subspecies T. v. hypoleucus (koomal; southwest), T. v. arnhemensis (langkurr; north), and T. v. vulpecula (bilda; southeast) correspond to distinct mitochondrial lineages. Despite little phenotypic differentiation, Trichosurus vulpecula populations probably experienced little gene flow with one another since the Pliocene, supporting the recognition of several subspecies and explaining their adaptations to the regional plant assemblages on which they feed.
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dc.edition.editionDecember 2022
dc.format.paginatione9633-
dc.identifier.author-urlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36540081
dc.identifier.citationCarmelet-Rescan D, Morgan-Richards M, Pattabiraman N, Trewick SA. (2022). Time-calibrated phylogeny and ecological niche models indicate Pliocene aridification drove intraspecific diversification of brushtail possums in Australia.. Ecol Evol. 12. 12. (pp. e9633-).
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/ece3.9633
dc.identifier.eissn2045-7758
dc.identifier.elements-typejournal-article
dc.identifier.issn2045-7758
dc.identifier.numbere9633
dc.identifier.piiECE39633
dc.identifier.urihttps://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/70952
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherJohn Wiley and Sons Ltd
dc.publisher.urihttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.9633
dc.relation.isPartOfEcol Evol
dc.rights(c) The author/sen
dc.rights.licenseCC BY 4.0en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectAustralia
dc.subjectclimate cycles
dc.subjectenvironmental niche modeling
dc.subjectmarsupials
dc.subjectmolecular dating
dc.subjectpossums
dc.subjectsubspecies
dc.titleTime-calibrated phylogeny and ecological niche models indicate Pliocene aridification drove intraspecific diversification of brushtail possums in Australia
dc.typeJournal article
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