@ARTICLE{TreeBASE2Ref22922,
author = {Phillip Q. Spinks and Robert C. Thomson and Muge Gidis and H. Bradley Shaffer},
title = {Multilocus phylogeny of the new-world mud turtles (Kinosternidae) supports the traditional classification of the group},
year = {2014},
keywords = {Kinosternidae, Sternotherus, nuclear DNA, turtle taxonomy},
doi = {},
url = {http://},
pmid = {},
journal = {Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution},
volume = {},
number = {},
pages = {},
abstract = {A goal of modern taxonomy is to develop classifications that reflect current phylogenetic relationships and are as stable as possible given the inherent uncertainties in much of the tree of life. Here, we provide an in-depth phylogenetic analysis, based on 14 nuclear loci (10,305 bp) of all but two species of the turtle family Kinosternidae, to determine whether recent proposed changes to the group?s classification are justified and necessary. We conclude that those proposed changes were based on 1) mtDNA gene tree anomalies, 2) preliminary analyses that do not fully capture the breadth of geographic variation necessary to motivated taxonomic changes, and 3) changes in rank that are not motivated by non-monophyletic groups. Our recommendation, for this and other similar cases, is that taxonomic changes be made only when phylogenetic results that are statistically well-supported and corroborated by multiple independent lines of genetic evidence indicate that non-monophyletic groups are currently recognized and need to be corrected. We hope that other members of the phylogenetics community will join us in proposing taxonomic changes only when the strongest phylogenetic data demands such changes, and in so doing that we can move toward stable, phylogenetically informed classifications of lasting value.}
}
Citation for Study 15454
Citation title:
"Multilocus phylogeny of the new-world mud turtles (Kinosternidae) supports the traditional classification of the group".
Study name:
"Multilocus phylogeny of the new-world mud turtles (Kinosternidae) supports the traditional classification of the group".
This study is part of submission 15454
(Status: Published).
Citation
Spinks P.Q., Thomson R.C., Gidis M., & Shaffer H. 2014. Multilocus phylogeny of the new-world mud turtles (Kinosternidae) supports the traditional classification of the group. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, .
Authors
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Spinks P.Q.
(submitter)
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Thomson R.C.
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Gidis M.
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Shaffer H.
Abstract
A goal of modern taxonomy is to develop classifications that reflect current phylogenetic relationships and are as stable as possible given the inherent uncertainties in much of the tree of life. Here, we provide an in-depth phylogenetic analysis, based on 14 nuclear loci (10,305 bp) of all but two species of the turtle family Kinosternidae, to determine whether recent proposed changes to the group?s classification are justified and necessary. We conclude that those proposed changes were based on 1) mtDNA gene tree anomalies, 2) preliminary analyses that do not fully capture the breadth of geographic variation necessary to motivated taxonomic changes, and 3) changes in rank that are not motivated by non-monophyletic groups. Our recommendation, for this and other similar cases, is that taxonomic changes be made only when phylogenetic results that are statistically well-supported and corroborated by multiple independent lines of genetic evidence indicate that non-monophyletic groups are currently recognized and need to be corrected. We hope that other members of the phylogenetics community will join us in proposing taxonomic changes only when the strongest phylogenetic data demands such changes, and in so doing that we can move toward stable, phylogenetically informed classifications of lasting value.
Keywords
Kinosternidae, Sternotherus, nuclear DNA, turtle taxonomy
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@ARTICLE{TreeBASE2Ref22922,
author = {Phillip Q. Spinks and Robert C. Thomson and Muge Gidis and H. Bradley Shaffer},
title = {Multilocus phylogeny of the new-world mud turtles (Kinosternidae) supports the traditional classification of the group},
year = {2014},
keywords = {Kinosternidae, Sternotherus, nuclear DNA, turtle taxonomy},
doi = {},
url = {http://},
pmid = {},
journal = {Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution},
volume = {},
number = {},
pages = {},
abstract = {A goal of modern taxonomy is to develop classifications that reflect current phylogenetic relationships and are as stable as possible given the inherent uncertainties in much of the tree of life. Here, we provide an in-depth phylogenetic analysis, based on 14 nuclear loci (10,305 bp) of all but two species of the turtle family Kinosternidae, to determine whether recent proposed changes to the group?s classification are justified and necessary. We conclude that those proposed changes were based on 1) mtDNA gene tree anomalies, 2) preliminary analyses that do not fully capture the breadth of geographic variation necessary to motivated taxonomic changes, and 3) changes in rank that are not motivated by non-monophyletic groups. Our recommendation, for this and other similar cases, is that taxonomic changes be made only when phylogenetic results that are statistically well-supported and corroborated by multiple independent lines of genetic evidence indicate that non-monophyletic groups are currently recognized and need to be corrected. We hope that other members of the phylogenetics community will join us in proposing taxonomic changes only when the strongest phylogenetic data demands such changes, and in so doing that we can move toward stable, phylogenetically informed classifications of lasting value.}
}
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TY - JOUR
ID - 22922
AU - Spinks,Phillip Q.
AU - Thomson,Robert C.
AU - Gidis,Muge
AU - Shaffer,H. Bradley
T1 - Multilocus phylogeny of the new-world mud turtles (Kinosternidae) supports the traditional classification of the group
PY - 2014
KW - Kinosternidae
KW - Sternotherus
KW - nuclear DNA
KW - turtle taxonomy
UR - http://dx.doi.org/
N2 - A goal of modern taxonomy is to develop classifications that reflect current phylogenetic relationships and are as stable as possible given the inherent uncertainties in much of the tree of life. Here, we provide an in-depth phylogenetic analysis, based on 14 nuclear loci (10,305 bp) of all but two species of the turtle family Kinosternidae, to determine whether recent proposed changes to the group?s classification are justified and necessary. We conclude that those proposed changes were based on 1) mtDNA gene tree anomalies, 2) preliminary analyses that do not fully capture the breadth of geographic variation necessary to motivated taxonomic changes, and 3) changes in rank that are not motivated by non-monophyletic groups. Our recommendation, for this and other similar cases, is that taxonomic changes be made only when phylogenetic results that are statistically well-supported and corroborated by multiple independent lines of genetic evidence indicate that non-monophyletic groups are currently recognized and need to be corrected. We hope that other members of the phylogenetics community will join us in proposing taxonomic changes only when the strongest phylogenetic data demands such changes, and in so doing that we can move toward stable, phylogenetically informed classifications of lasting value.
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JF - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
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