Phylogenomic and mitogenomic data can accelerate inventorying of tropical beetles during the current biodiversity crisis
Conservation efforts must be evidence-based, so rapid and economically feasible methods should be used to quantify diversity and distribution patterns. We have attempted to overcome current impediments to the gathering of biodiversity data by using integrative phylogenomic and three mtDNA fragment a...
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| author | Michal Motyka Dominik Kusy Matej Bocek Renata Bilkova Ladislav Bocak |
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| description | Conservation efforts must be evidence-based, so rapid and economically feasible methods should be used to quantify diversity and distribution patterns. We have attempted to overcome current impediments to the gathering of biodiversity data by using integrative phylogenomic and three mtDNA fragment analyses. As a model, we sequenced the Metriorrhynchini beetle fauna, sampled from ~700 localities in three continents. The species-rich dataset included ~6500 terminals, ~ 1850 putative species delimited at 5% uncorrected pairwise threshold, possibly ~1000 of them unknown to science. Neither type of data could alone answer our questions on biodiversity and phylogeny. The phylogenomic backbone enabled the integrative delimitation of robustly defined natural genus-group units that will inform future research. Using constrained mtDNA analysis, we identified the spatial structure of species diversity, very high species-level endemism, and a biodiversity hotspot in New Guinea. We suggest that focused field research and subsequent laboratory and bioinformatic workflow steps would substantially accelerate the inventorying of any hyperdiverse tropical group with several thousand species. The outcome would be a scaffold for the incorporation of further data from environmental sequencing and ecological studies. The database of sequences could set a benchmark for the spatiotemporal evaluation of biodiversity, would support evidence-based conservation planning, and would provide a robust framework for systematic, biogeographic, and evolutionary studies. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3a426c29dc464e04af540c05fd2462022025-01-24T13:49:47ZengeLife Sciences Publications LtdeLife2050-084X2021-12-011010.7554/eLife.71895Phylogenomic and mitogenomic data can accelerate inventorying of tropical beetles during the current biodiversity crisisMichal Motyka0Dominik Kusy1Matej Bocek2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3398-6078Renata Bilkova3Ladislav Bocak4https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6382-8006Czech Advanced Science and Technology Institute, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech RepublicCzech Advanced Science and Technology Institute, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech RepublicCzech Advanced Science and Technology Institute, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech RepublicCzech Advanced Science and Technology Institute, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech RepublicCzech Advanced Science and Technology Institute, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech RepublicConservation efforts must be evidence-based, so rapid and economically feasible methods should be used to quantify diversity and distribution patterns. We have attempted to overcome current impediments to the gathering of biodiversity data by using integrative phylogenomic and three mtDNA fragment analyses. As a model, we sequenced the Metriorrhynchini beetle fauna, sampled from ~700 localities in three continents. The species-rich dataset included ~6500 terminals, ~ 1850 putative species delimited at 5% uncorrected pairwise threshold, possibly ~1000 of them unknown to science. Neither type of data could alone answer our questions on biodiversity and phylogeny. The phylogenomic backbone enabled the integrative delimitation of robustly defined natural genus-group units that will inform future research. Using constrained mtDNA analysis, we identified the spatial structure of species diversity, very high species-level endemism, and a biodiversity hotspot in New Guinea. We suggest that focused field research and subsequent laboratory and bioinformatic workflow steps would substantially accelerate the inventorying of any hyperdiverse tropical group with several thousand species. The outcome would be a scaffold for the incorporation of further data from environmental sequencing and ecological studies. The database of sequences could set a benchmark for the spatiotemporal evaluation of biodiversity, would support evidence-based conservation planning, and would provide a robust framework for systematic, biogeographic, and evolutionary studies.https://elifesciences.org/articles/71895phylogenomicsbiodiversityconservationmtDNAnet-winged beetles |
| spellingShingle | Michal Motyka Dominik Kusy Matej Bocek Renata Bilkova Ladislav Bocak Phylogenomic and mitogenomic data can accelerate inventorying of tropical beetles during the current biodiversity crisis eLife phylogenomics biodiversity conservation mtDNA net-winged beetles |
| title | Phylogenomic and mitogenomic data can accelerate inventorying of tropical beetles during the current biodiversity crisis |
| title_full | Phylogenomic and mitogenomic data can accelerate inventorying of tropical beetles during the current biodiversity crisis |
| title_fullStr | Phylogenomic and mitogenomic data can accelerate inventorying of tropical beetles during the current biodiversity crisis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Phylogenomic and mitogenomic data can accelerate inventorying of tropical beetles during the current biodiversity crisis |
| title_short | Phylogenomic and mitogenomic data can accelerate inventorying of tropical beetles during the current biodiversity crisis |
| title_sort | phylogenomic and mitogenomic data can accelerate inventorying of tropical beetles during the current biodiversity crisis |
| topic | phylogenomics biodiversity conservation mtDNA net-winged beetles |
| url | https://elifesciences.org/articles/71895 |
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