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Environmental temperatures shape thermal physiology as well as diversification and genome-wide substitution rates in lizards

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  • Joan Garcia-Porta

    (CREAF
    Washington University in Saint Louis)

  • Iker Irisarri

    (Uppsala University)

  • Martin Kirchner

    (Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science)

  • Ariel Rodríguez

    (Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover)

  • Sebastian Kirchhof

    (Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science)

  • Jason L. Brown

    (Southern Illinois University)

  • Amy MacLeod

    (Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science)

  • Alexander P. Turner

    (University of Hull)

  • Faraham Ahmadzadeh

    (Shahid Beheshti University, G.C)

  • Gonzalo Albaladejo

    (c/Astrofísico Francisco Sánchez)

  • Jelka Crnobrnja-Isailovic

    (Institute for Biological Research “S. Stanković” University of Belgrade)

  • Ignacio De la Riva

    (Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, C/José Gutiérrez Abascal 2)

  • Adnane Fawzi

    (Cadi Ayyad University)

  • Pedro Galán

    (Grupo de Investigación en Biología Evolutiva (GIBE))

  • Bayram Göçmen

    (Ege University)

  • D. James Harris

    (University of Porto)

  • Octavio Jiménez-Robles

    (The Australian National University)

  • Ulrich Joger

    (Staatliches Naturhistorisches Museum)

  • Olga Jovanović Glavaš

    (University of Osijek)

  • Mert Karış

    (Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University)

  • Giannina Koziel

    (Braunschweig University of Technology)

  • Sven Künzel

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology)

  • Mariana Lyra

    (UNESP – Universidade Estadual Paulista)

  • Donald Miles

    (Ohio University)

  • Manuel Nogales

    (c/Astrofísico Francisco Sánchez)

  • Mehmet Anıl Oğuz

    (Ege University)

  • Panayiotis Pafilis

    (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimioupolis)

  • Loïs Rancilhac

    (Braunschweig University of Technology)

  • Noemí Rodríguez

    (c/Astrofísico Francisco Sánchez)

  • Benza Rodríguez Concepción

    (c/Astrofísico Francisco Sánchez)

  • Eugenia Sanchez

    (Braunschweig University of Technology)

  • Daniele Salvi

    (University of Porto
    University of L’Aquila)

  • Tahar Slimani

    (Cadi Ayyad University)

  • Abderrahim S’khifa

    (Cadi Ayyad University)

  • Ali Turk Qashqaei

    (Shahid Beheshti University, G.C)

  • Anamarija Žagar

    (Department of Organisms and Ecosystems Research)

  • Alan Lemmon

    (Florida State University, Dirac Science Library)

  • Emily Moriarty Lemmon

    (Florida State University)

  • Miguel Angel Carretero

    (University of Porto)

  • Salvador Carranza

    (Institute of Evolutionary Biology (CSIC-Universitat, Pompeu Fabra))

  • Hervé Philippe

    (Station of Theoretical and Experimental Ecology)

  • Barry Sinervo

    (University of California)

  • Johannes Müller

    (Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science)

  • Miguel Vences

    (Braunschweig University of Technology)

  • Katharina C. Wollenberg Valero

    (University of Hull)

Abstract

Climatic conditions changing over time and space shape the evolution of organisms at multiple levels, including temperate lizards in the family Lacertidae. Here we reconstruct a dated phylogenetic tree of 262 lacertid species based on a supermatrix relying on novel phylogenomic datasets and fossil calibrations. Diversification of lacertids was accompanied by an increasing disparity among occupied bioclimatic niches, especially in the last 10 Ma, during a period of progressive global cooling. Temperate species also underwent a genome-wide slowdown in molecular substitution rates compared to tropical and desert-adapted lacertids. Evaporative water loss and preferred temperature are correlated with bioclimatic parameters, indicating physiological adaptations to climate. Tropical, but also some populations of cool-adapted species experience maximum temperatures close to their preferred temperatures. We hypothesize these species-specific physiological preferences may constitute a handicap to prevail under rapid global warming, and contribute to explaining local lizard extinctions in cool and humid climates.

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  • Joan Garcia-Porta & Iker Irisarri & Martin Kirchner & Ariel Rodríguez & Sebastian Kirchhof & Jason L. Brown & Amy MacLeod & Alexander P. Turner & Faraham Ahmadzadeh & Gonzalo Albaladejo & Jelka Crnobr, 2019. "Environmental temperatures shape thermal physiology as well as diversification and genome-wide substitution rates in lizards," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 10(1), pages 1-12, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:10:y:2019:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-019-11943-x
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-11943-x
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    1. Fabien Lafuma & Ian J. Corfe & Julien Clavel & Nicolas Di-Poï, 2021. "Multiple evolutionary origins and losses of tooth complexity in squamates," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-13, December.

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