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ArticleRoyal Society open science2024

Novel phylogenomic inference and 'Out of Asia' biogeography of cobras, coral snakes and their allies.

Jeffrey L Weinell, Frank T Burbrink, Sunandan Das, Rafe M Brown

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Article in Royal Society open science, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. Why Are Some Snakes More Terrifying and What Is Behind the Fear?Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025
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Jeffrey L WeinellDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, 1345 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9568-0672
Frank T BurbrinkDepartment of Herpetology, American Museum of Natural History, 200 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6687-8332
Sunandan DasEcological Genetics Research Unit, Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1597-1147
Rafe M BrownDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, 1345 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5338-0658

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Abstract

Estimation of evolutionary relationships among lineages that rapidly diversified can be challenging, and, in such instances, inaccurate or unresolved phylogenetic estimates can lead to erroneous conclusions regarding historical geographical ranges of lineages. One example underscoring this issue has been the historical challenge posed by untangling the biogeographic origin of elapoid snakes, which includes numerous dangerously venomous species as well as species not known to be dangerous to humans. The worldwide distribution of this lineage makes it an ideal group for testing hypotheses related to historical faunal exchanges among the many continents and other landmasses occupied by contemporary elapoid species. We developed a novel suite of genomic resources, included worldwide sampling, and inferred a robust estimate of evolutionary relationships, which we leveraged to quantitatively estimate geographical range evolution through the deep-time history of this remarkable radiation. Our phylogenetic and biogeographical estimates of historical ranges definitively reject a lingering former 'Out of Africa' hypothesis and support an 'Out of Asia' scenario involving multiple faunal exchanges between Asia, Africa, Australasia, the Americas and Europe.

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AfricaCyclocoridaeElapidaeElapoideaLamprophiidaephylogenomics

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