ArticlePloS one2012
Evolution of blind beetles in isolated aquifers: a test of alternative modes of speciation.
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- Parallel and convergent genomic changes underlie independent subterranean colonization across beetles.Nature communications · 2023Article
- Differential transcriptomic responses to heat stress in surface and subterranean diving beetles.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- The critical thermal maximum of diving beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae): a comparison of subterranean and surface-dwelling species.Current research in insect science · 2021Article
- New ecosystems in the deep subsurface follow the flow of water driven by geological activity.Scientific reports · 2019Article
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- Evidence for isolated evolution of deep-sea ciliate communities through geological separation and environmental selection.BMC microbiology · 2013Article
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- Molecular systematics of the genus Troglophilus (Rhaphidophoridae, Orthoptera) in Turkey: mitochondrial 16S rDNA evidences.ZooKeys · 2013Article
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6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Evidence is growing that not only allopatric but also sympatric speciation can be important in the evolution of species. Sympatric speciation has most convincingly been demonstrated in laboratory experiments with bacteria, but field-based evidence is limited to a few cases. The recently discovered plethora of subterranean diving beetle species in isolated aquifers in the arid interior of Australia offers a unique opportunity to evaluate alternative modes of speciation. This naturally replicated evolutionary experiment started 10-5 million years ago, when climate change forced the surface species to occupy geographically isolated subterranean aquifers. Using phylogenetic analysis, we determine the frequency of aquifers containing closely related sister species. By comparing observed frequencies with predictions from different statistical models, we show that it is very unlikely that the high number of sympatrically occurring sister species can be explained by a combination of allopatric evolution and repeated colonisations alone. Thus, diversification has occurred within the aquifers and likely involved sympatric, parapatric and/or microallopatric speciation.
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