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Enigmas no longer: using ultraconserved elements to place several unusual hawk taxa and address the non-monophyly of the genus Accipiter (Accipitriformes: Accipitridae)
Biological journal of the Linnean Society, blae028
22 Mar 2024
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Abstract
Hawks, eagles, and their relatives (Accipitriformes: Accipitridae) are a diverse and charismatic clade of modern birds, with many members that are instantly recognized by the general public. However, surprisingly little is known about the relationships among genera within Accipitridae, and several studies have suggested that some genera (in particular, the megadiverse genus Accipiter) are not monophyletic. Here, we combine a large new dataset obtained from ultraconserved elements, generated from whole genome sequencing of 134 species, with publicly available legacy markers (i.e. a suite of commonly sequenced mitochondrial and nuclear genes) to infer a well-supported, time-calibrated phylogeny of 237 extant or recently extinct species. Our densely sampled phylogeny, which includes 90% of recognized species, confirms the non-monophyly of Accipiter and provides a sufficient basis to revise the genus-level taxonomy, such that all genera in Accipitridae represent monophyletic groups.
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- Title
- Enigmas no longer: using ultraconserved elements to place several unusual hawk taxa and address the non-monophyly of the genus Accipiter (Accipitriformes: Accipitridae)
- Creators
- Therese A. Catanach - Drexel University, OrnithologyMatthew R. Halley - Drexel Univ, Acad Nat Sci, Ornithol Dept, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy, Philadelphia, PA 19103 USAStacy Pirro - Iridian Genomes
- Publication Details
- Biological journal of the Linnean Society, blae028
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 17
- Grant note
- DEB 2203228 / National Science Foundation; National Science Foundation (NSF) DEB 1855812 / National Science Foundation; National Science Foundation (NSF) IRGEN_RG_2021-1345 / Iridian Genomes
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Ornithology
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001189069600001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85218441951
- Other Identifier
- 991021864299204721
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