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Citation title: "A phylogenetic supertree of the bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera).".

This study was previously identified under the legacy study ID S688 (Status: Published).

Citation

Jones K., Purvis A., Maclarnon A., Bininda-emonds O., & Simmons N. 2002. A phylogenetic supertree of the bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera). Biological Reviews, 77(2): 223-259.

Authors

• Jones K.
• Purvis A.
• Maclarnon A.
• Bininda-emonds O.
• Simmons N.

Abstract

We present the first estimate of the phylogenetic relationships among all 916 extant and 9 recently extinct species of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera), a group that accounts for almost one-quarter of extant mammalian diversity. This phylogeny was derived by combining 105 estimates of bat phylogenetic relationships published since 1970 using the supertree construction technique of Matrix Representation with Parsimony (MRP). Despite the explosive growth in the number of phylogenetic studies of bats since 1990, phylogenetic relationships in the order have been studied non-randomly. For example, over one third of all bat systematic studies to date have focussed on relationships within Phyllostomidae, whereas relationships within clades such as Kerivoulinae and Murinae have never been studied using cladistic methods. Resolution in the supertree similarly differs among clades: overall resolution is poor (46.4% of a fully bifuricating solution) but reaches 100% in some groups (e.g., relationships within Mormoopidae). The supertree analysis does not support a recent proposal that Microchiroptera is paraphyletic with respect to Megachiroptera as the majority of source topologies support microbat monophyly. While it is not a substitute for comprehensive phylogenetic analyses of primary molecular and morphological data, the bat supertree provides a useful tool for future phylogenetic comparative and macroevolutionary studies. Additionally, it identifies clades that have been little studied, highlights groups within which relationships are controversial, and like all phylogenetic studies, provides preliminary hypotheses that can form starting points for future phylogenetic studies of bats.

Keywords

bats; evolution; matrix representation; parsimony; phylogeny; supertree construction

External links

• DOI: 10.1017/S1464793101005899

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• Canonical resource URI: http://purl.org/phylo/treebase/phylows/study/TB2:S830
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  	 author = {Kate E.  Jones and Andy  Purvis and Ann  MacLarnon and Olaf R. P.  Bininda-Emonds and Nancy B.  Simmons},
  	 title = {A phylogenetic supertree of the bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera).},
  	 year = {2002},
  	 keywords = {bats; evolution; matrix representation; parsimony; phylogeny; supertree construction},
  	 doi = {10.1017/S1464793101005899},
  	 url = {},
  	 pmid = {},
  	 journal = {Biological Reviews},
  	 volume = {77},
  	 number = {2},
  	 pages = {223--259},
  	 abstract = {We present the first estimate of the phylogenetic relationships among all 916 extant and 9 recently extinct species of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera), a group that accounts for almost one-quarter of extant mammalian diversity. This phylogeny was derived by combining 105 estimates of bat phylogenetic relationships published since 1970 using the supertree construction technique of Matrix Representation with Parsimony (MRP). Despite the explosive growth in the number of phylogenetic studies of bats since 1990, phylogenetic relationships in the order have been studied non-randomly. For example, over one third of all bat systematic studies to date have focussed on relationships within Phyllostomidae, whereas relationships within clades such as Kerivoulinae and Murinae have never been studied using cladistic methods. Resolution in the supertree similarly differs among clades: overall resolution is poor (46.4% of a fully bifuricating solution) but reaches 100% in some groups (e.g., relationships within Mormoopidae). The supertree analysis does not support a recent proposal that Microchiroptera is paraphyletic with respect to Megachiroptera as the majority of source topologies support microbat monophyly. While it is not a substitute for comprehensive phylogenetic analyses of primary molecular and morphological data, the bat supertree provides a useful tool for future phylogenetic comparative and macroevolutionary studies. Additionally, it identifies clades that have been little studied, highlights groups within which relationships are controversial, and like all phylogenetic studies, provides preliminary hypotheses that can form starting points for future phylogenetic studies of bats.}
  }
  		

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  ID  - 16026
  AU  - Jones,Kate E. 
  AU  - Purvis,Andy 
  AU  - MacLarnon,Ann 
  AU  - Bininda-Emonds,Olaf R. P. 
  AU  - Simmons,Nancy B. 
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  KW  - bats; evolution; matrix representation; parsimony; phylogeny; supertree construction
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