Phylogenetic framework for coevolutionary studies: A compass for exploring jungles of tangled trees

Phylogenetics is used to detect past evolutionary events, from how species originated to how their ecological interactions with other species arose, which can mirror cophylogenetic patterns. Cophylogenetic reconstructions uncover past ecological relationships between taxa through inferred coevolutio...

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Autor principal: Martínez Aquino, Andrés
Formato: Articulo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2016
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/86117
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topic Ciencias Naturales
Coevolution
Cophylogenetic analyses
Host-parasite
Molecular systematics
Parametric biogeography
Symbiosis
spellingShingle Ciencias Naturales
Coevolution
Cophylogenetic analyses
Host-parasite
Molecular systematics
Parametric biogeography
Symbiosis
Martínez Aquino, Andrés
Phylogenetic framework for coevolutionary studies: A compass for exploring jungles of tangled trees
topic_facet Ciencias Naturales
Coevolution
Cophylogenetic analyses
Host-parasite
Molecular systematics
Parametric biogeography
Symbiosis
description Phylogenetics is used to detect past evolutionary events, from how species originated to how their ecological interactions with other species arose, which can mirror cophylogenetic patterns. Cophylogenetic reconstructions uncover past ecological relationships between taxa through inferred coevolutionary events on trees, for example, codivergence, duplication, host-switching, and loss. These events can be detected by cophylogenetic analyses based on nodes and the length and branching pattern of the phylogenetic trees of symbiotic associations, for example, host-parasite. In the past 2 decades, algorithms have been developed for cophylogetenic analyses and implemented in different software, for example, statistical congruence index and event-based methods. Based on the combination of these approaches, it is possible to integrate temporal information into cophylogenetical inference, such as estimates of lineage divergence times between 2 taxa, for example, hosts and parasites. Additionally, the advances in phylogenetic biogeography applying methods based on parametric process models and combined Bayesian approaches, can be useful for interpreting coevolutionary histories in a scenario of biogeographical area connectivity through time. This article briefly reviews the basics of parasitology and provides an overview of software packages in cophylogenetic methods. Thus, the objective here is to present a phylogenetic framework for coevolutionary studies, with special emphasis on groups of parasitic organisms. Researchers wishing to undertake phylogeny-based coevolutionary studies can use this review as a "compass" when "walking" through jungles of tangled phylogenetic trees.
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title Phylogenetic framework for coevolutionary studies: A compass for exploring jungles of tangled trees
title_short Phylogenetic framework for coevolutionary studies: A compass for exploring jungles of tangled trees
title_full Phylogenetic framework for coevolutionary studies: A compass for exploring jungles of tangled trees
title_fullStr Phylogenetic framework for coevolutionary studies: A compass for exploring jungles of tangled trees
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