2023 journal article
The phylogeny and divergence times of leaf-mining flies (Diptera: Agromyzidae) from anchored phylogenomics
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION, 184.
author keywords: Diptera; Leaf-miner; Phylogenomics; Divergence times
MeSH headings : Genomics; Phylogeny; Diptera / genetics; Animals; Likelihood Functions; Genetic Loci
TL;DR:
This study using hundreds of orthologous single-copy nuclear loci obtained from anchored hybrid enrichment (AHE) to reconstruct phylogenetic relationships among the major lineages of leaf-mining flies provides a new phylogenetic framework to understand their macroevolution.
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Added: June 5, 2023
Leaf-mining flies (Diptera: Agromyzidae) are a diverse clade of phytophagous Diptera known largely for their economic impact as leaf- or stem-miners on vegetable and ornamental plants. Higher-level phylogenetic relationships of Agromyzidae have remained uncertain because of challenges in sampling of both taxa and characters for morphology and PCR-based Sanger-era molecular systematics. Here, we used hundreds of orthologous single-copy nuclear loci obtained from anchored hybrid enrichment (AHE) to reconstruct phylogenetic relationships among the major lineages of leaf-mining flies. The resulting phylogenetic trees are highly congruent and well-supported, except for a few deep nodes, when using different molecular data types and phylogenetic methods. Based on divergence time dating using a relaxed clock model-based analysis, leaf-mining flies are shown to have diversified in multiple lineages since the early Paleocene, approximately 65 million years ago. Our study not only reveals a revised classification system of leaf-mining flies, but also provides a new phylogenetic framework to understand their macroevolution.