Mitogenomic phylogenetic analyses of the Delphinidae with an emphasis on the Globicephalinae

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Kelly M Robertson¹  Julia T Vilstrup²  Renaud de Stephanis³  Danielle Kreb⁴  Michael Krtzen⁵  Simon YW Ho⁶  Guido J Parra⁷  Andrew D Foote⁸  Phillip A Morin⁹ 

[1] CIRCE, Conservation Information and Research on Cetaceans, Algeciras-Pelayo, Spain;Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark;Departamento de Biologia de la Conservacin, Estacin Biologica de Donana, CSIC, Sevilla, Spain;Evolutionary Genetics Group, Anthropological Institute and Museum, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland;School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, Lincoln Marine Science Centre, Adelaide, Australia;School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia;South Australian Research and Development Institute (Aquatic Sciences), Henley Beach, Australia;Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries, La Jolla, USA;Yayasan Konservasi RASI, Samarinda, Indonesia

关键词: Sister Taxon;    Killer Whale;    High Posterior Density;    Codon Site;    Bayesian Phylogenetic Analysis;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2148-11-65

学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: BioMed Central

【 摘 要 】

Previous DNA-based phylogenetic studies of the Delphinidae family suggest it has undergone rapid diversification, as characterised by unresolved and poorly supported taxonomic relationships (polytomies) for some of the species within this group. Using an increased amount of sequence data we test between alternative hypotheses of soft polytomies caused by rapid speciation, slow evolutionary rate and/or insufficient sequence data, and hard polytomies caused by simultaneous speciation within this family. Combining the mitogenome sequences of five new and 12 previously published species within the Delphinidae, we used Bayesian and maximum-likelihood methods to estimate the phylogeny from partitioned and unpartitioned mitogenome sequences. Further ad hoc tests were then conducted to estimate the support for alternative topologies. We found high support for all the relationships within our reconstructed phylogenies, and topologies were consistent between the Bayesian and maximum-likelihood trees inferred from partitioned and unpartitioned data. Resolved relationships included the placement of the killer whale (Orcinus orca) as sister taxon to the rest of the Globicephalinae subfamily, placement of the Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus) within the Globicephalinae subfamily, removal of the white-beaked dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) from the Delphininae subfamily and the placement of the rough-toothed dolphin (Steno bredanensis) as sister taxon to the rest of the Delphininae subfamily rather than within the Globicephalinae subfamily. The additional testing of alternative topologies allowed us to reject all other putative relationships, with the exception that we were unable to reject the hypothesis that the relationship between L. albirostris and the Globicephalinae and Delphininae subfamilies was polytomic. Despite their rapid diversification, the increased sequence data yielded by mitogenomes enables the resolution of a strongly supported, bifurcating phylogeny, and a chronology of the divergences within the Delphinidae family. This highlights the benefits and potential application of large mitogenome datasets to resolve long-standing phylogenetic uncertainties.

【 授权许可】

CC BY