@ARTICLE{TreeBASE2Ref24544,
author = {Guillaume Chomicki and Philip S. Ward and Susanne S Renner},
title = {Macroevolutionary assembly of ant/plant symbioses: Pseudomyrmex ants and their ant-housing plants in the Neotropics. },
year = {2015},
keywords = {ant/plant coevolution, co-radiation, secondary colonization, molecular clocks, Pseudomyrmex, symbiosis},
doi = {10.1098/rspb.2015.2200},
url = {http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/282/1819/20152200},
pmid = {26582029},
journal = {Proceedings of the Royal Society B},
volume = {282},
number = {20152200},
pages = {1--9},
abstract = {Symbioses include some of the clearest cases of coevolution, but their origin,
loss or reassembly with different partners can rarely be inferred. Here we
use ant/plant symbioses involving three plant clades to investigate the evolution
of symbioses. We generated phylogenies for the big-eyed arboreal ants
(Pseudomyrmecinae), including 72% of their 286 species, as well as for five
of their plant host groups, in each case sampling more than 61% of the species.
We show that the ant-housing Vachellia (Mimosoideae) clade and its ants
co-diversified for the past 5 Ma, with some species additionally colonized
by younger plant-nesting ant species, some parasitic. An apparent co-radiation
of ants and Tachigali (Caesalpinioideae)was followed bywaves of colonization
by the same ant clade, and subsequent occupation by a younger ant group.
Wide crown and stem age differences between the ant-housing genus Triplaris
(Polygonaceae) and its obligate ant inhabitants, and stochastic trait mapping,
indicate that its domatium evolved earlier than the ants now occupying it,
suggesting previous symbioses that dissolved. Parasitic ant species evolved
from generalists, not from mutualists, and are younger than the mutualistic
systems they parasitize. Our study illuminates the macroevolutionary assembly
of ant/plant symbioses, which has been highly dynamic, even in very
specialized systems.}
}
Citation for Study 17550
Citation title:
"Macroevolutionary assembly of ant/plant symbioses: Pseudomyrmex ants and their ant-housing plants in the Neotropics. ".
Study name:
"Macroevolutionary assembly of ant/plant symbioses: Pseudomyrmex ants and their ant-housing plants in the Neotropics. ".
This study is part of submission 17550
(Status: Published).
Citation
Chomicki G., Ward P., & Renner S.S. 2015. Macroevolutionary assembly of ant/plant symbioses: Pseudomyrmex ants and their ant-housing plants in the Neotropics. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 282(20152200): 1-9.
Authors
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Chomicki G.
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Ward P.
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Renner S.S.
011-49-(0)89-17861250
Abstract
Symbioses include some of the clearest cases of coevolution, but their origin,
loss or reassembly with different partners can rarely be inferred. Here we
use ant/plant symbioses involving three plant clades to investigate the evolution
of symbioses. We generated phylogenies for the big-eyed arboreal ants
(Pseudomyrmecinae), including 72% of their 286 species, as well as for five
of their plant host groups, in each case sampling more than 61% of the species.
We show that the ant-housing Vachellia (Mimosoideae) clade and its ants
co-diversified for the past 5 Ma, with some species additionally colonized
by younger plant-nesting ant species, some parasitic. An apparent co-radiation
of ants and Tachigali (Caesalpinioideae)was followed bywaves of colonization
by the same ant clade, and subsequent occupation by a younger ant group.
Wide crown and stem age differences between the ant-housing genus Triplaris
(Polygonaceae) and its obligate ant inhabitants, and stochastic trait mapping,
indicate that its domatium evolved earlier than the ants now occupying it,
suggesting previous symbioses that dissolved. Parasitic ant species evolved
from generalists, not from mutualists, and are younger than the mutualistic
systems they parasitize. Our study illuminates the macroevolutionary assembly
of ant/plant symbioses, which has been highly dynamic, even in very
specialized systems.
Keywords
ant/plant coevolution, co-radiation, secondary colonization, molecular clocks, Pseudomyrmex, symbiosis
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@ARTICLE{TreeBASE2Ref24544,
author = {Guillaume Chomicki and Philip S. Ward and Susanne S Renner},
title = {Macroevolutionary assembly of ant/plant symbioses: Pseudomyrmex ants and their ant-housing plants in the Neotropics. },
year = {2015},
keywords = {ant/plant coevolution, co-radiation, secondary colonization, molecular clocks, Pseudomyrmex, symbiosis},
doi = {10.1098/rspb.2015.2200},
url = {http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/282/1819/20152200},
pmid = {26582029},
journal = {Proceedings of the Royal Society B},
volume = {282},
number = {20152200},
pages = {1--9},
abstract = {Symbioses include some of the clearest cases of coevolution, but their origin,
loss or reassembly with different partners can rarely be inferred. Here we
use ant/plant symbioses involving three plant clades to investigate the evolution
of symbioses. We generated phylogenies for the big-eyed arboreal ants
(Pseudomyrmecinae), including 72% of their 286 species, as well as for five
of their plant host groups, in each case sampling more than 61% of the species.
We show that the ant-housing Vachellia (Mimosoideae) clade and its ants
co-diversified for the past 5 Ma, with some species additionally colonized
by younger plant-nesting ant species, some parasitic. An apparent co-radiation
of ants and Tachigali (Caesalpinioideae)was followed bywaves of colonization
by the same ant clade, and subsequent occupation by a younger ant group.
Wide crown and stem age differences between the ant-housing genus Triplaris
(Polygonaceae) and its obligate ant inhabitants, and stochastic trait mapping,
indicate that its domatium evolved earlier than the ants now occupying it,
suggesting previous symbioses that dissolved. Parasitic ant species evolved
from generalists, not from mutualists, and are younger than the mutualistic
systems they parasitize. Our study illuminates the macroevolutionary assembly
of ant/plant symbioses, which has been highly dynamic, even in very
specialized systems.}
}
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TY - JOUR
ID - 24544
AU - Chomicki,Guillaume
AU - Ward,Philip S.
AU - Renner,Susanne S
T1 - Macroevolutionary assembly of ant/plant symbioses: Pseudomyrmex ants and their ant-housing plants in the Neotropics.
PY - 2015
KW - ant/plant coevolution
KW - co-radiation
KW - secondary colonization
KW - molecular clocks
KW - Pseudomyrmex
KW - symbiosis
UR - http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/282/1819/20152200
N2 - Symbioses include some of the clearest cases of coevolution, but their origin,
loss or reassembly with different partners can rarely be inferred. Here we
use ant/plant symbioses involving three plant clades to investigate the evolution
of symbioses. We generated phylogenies for the big-eyed arboreal ants
(Pseudomyrmecinae), including 72% of their 286 species, as well as for five
of their plant host groups, in each case sampling more than 61% of the species.
We show that the ant-housing Vachellia (Mimosoideae) clade and its ants
co-diversified for the past 5 Ma, with some species additionally colonized
by younger plant-nesting ant species, some parasitic. An apparent co-radiation
of ants and Tachigali (Caesalpinioideae)was followed bywaves of colonization
by the same ant clade, and subsequent occupation by a younger ant group.
Wide crown and stem age differences between the ant-housing genus Triplaris
(Polygonaceae) and its obligate ant inhabitants, and stochastic trait mapping,
indicate that its domatium evolved earlier than the ants now occupying it,
suggesting previous symbioses that dissolved. Parasitic ant species evolved
from generalists, not from mutualists, and are younger than the mutualistic
systems they parasitize. Our study illuminates the macroevolutionary assembly
of ant/plant symbioses, which has been highly dynamic, even in very
specialized systems.
L3 - 10.1098/rspb.2015.2200
JF - Proceedings of the Royal Society B
VL - 282
IS - 20152200
SP - 1
EP - 9
ER -