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Synchronous diversification of Sulawesi's iconic artiodactyls driven by recent geological events.

ABSTRACT: The high degree of endemism on Sulawesi has previously been suggested to have vicariant origins, dating back to 40 Ma. Recent studies, however, suggest that much of Sulawesi's fauna assembled over the last 15 Myr. Here, we test the hypothesis that more recent uplift of previously submerged portions of land on Sulawesi promoted diversification and that much of its faunal assemblage is much younger than the island itself. To do so, we combined palaeogeographical reconstructions with genetic and morphometric datasets derived from Sulawesi's three largest mammals: the babirusa, anoa and Sulawesi warty pig. Our results indicate that although these species most likely colonized the area that is now Sulawesi at different times (14 Ma to 2-3 Ma), they experienced an almost synchronous expansion from the central part of the island. Geological reconstructions indicate that this area was above sea level for most of the last 4 Myr, unlike most parts of the island. We conclude that emergence of land on Sulawesi (approx. 1-2 Myr) may have allowed species to expand synchronously. Altogether, our results indicate that the establishment of the highly endemic faunal assemblage on Sulawesi was driven by geological events over the last few million years.

SUBMITTER: Frantz LAF

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5904307 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Synchronous diversification of Sulawesi's iconic artiodactyls driven by recent geological events.

Frantz Laurent A F LAF Rudzinski Anna A Nugraha Abang Mansyursyah Surya AMS Evin Allowen A Burton James J Hulme-Beaman Ardern A Linderholm Anna A Barnett Ross R Vega Rodrigo R Irving-Pease Evan K EK Haile James J Allen Richard R Leus Kristin K Shephard Jill J Hillyer Mia M Gillemot Sarah S van den Hurk Jeroen J Ogle Sharron S Atofanei Cristina C Thomas Mark G MG Johansson Friederike F Mustari Abdul Haris AH Williams John J Mohamad Kusdiantoro K Damayanti Chandramaya Siska CS Wiryadi Ita Djuwita ID Obbles Dagmar D Mona Stephano S Day Hally H Yasin Muhammad M Meker Stefan S McGuire Jimmy A JA Evans Ben J BJ von Rintelen Thomas T Ho Simon Y W SYW Searle Jeremy B JB Kitchener Andrew C AC Macdonald Alastair A AA Shaw Darren J DJ Hall Robert R Galbusera Peter P Larson Greger G

Proceedings. Biological sciences 20180401 1876

The high degree of endemism on Sulawesi has previously been suggested to have vicariant origins, dating back to 40 Ma. Recent studies, however, suggest that much of Sulawesi's fauna assembled over the last 15 Myr. Here, we test the hypothesis that more recent uplift of previously submerged portions of land on Sulawesi promoted diversification and that much of its faunal assemblage is much younger than the island itself. To do so, we combined palaeogeographical reconstructions with genetic and mo ...[more]

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