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A supertree of Northern European macromoths
Ecological and life-history data on the Northern European macromoth (Lepidoptera: Macroheterocera) fauna is widely available and ideal for use in answering phylogeny-based research questions: for example, in comparative biology. However, phylogenetic information for such studies lags behind. Here, a...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8856531/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35180261 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264211 |
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author | Davis, Robert B. Õunap, Erki Tammaru, Toomas |
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description | Ecological and life-history data on the Northern European macromoth (Lepidoptera: Macroheterocera) fauna is widely available and ideal for use in answering phylogeny-based research questions: for example, in comparative biology. However, phylogenetic information for such studies lags behind. Here, as a synthesis of all currently available phylogenetic information on the group, we produce a supertree of 114 Northern European macromoth genera (in four superfamilies, with Geometroidea considered separately), providing the most complete phylogenetic picture of this fauna available to date. In doing so, we assess those parts of the phylogeny that are well resolved and those that are uncertain. Furthermore, we identify those genera for which phylogenetic information is currently too poor to include in such a supertree, or entirely absent, as targets for future work. As an aid to studies involving these genera, we provide information on their likely positions within the macromoth tree. With phylogenies playing an ever more important role in the field, this supertree should be useful in informing future ecological and evolutionary studies. |
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spelling | pubmed-88565312022-02-19 A supertree of Northern European macromoths Davis, Robert B. Õunap, Erki Tammaru, Toomas PLoS One Research Article Ecological and life-history data on the Northern European macromoth (Lepidoptera: Macroheterocera) fauna is widely available and ideal for use in answering phylogeny-based research questions: for example, in comparative biology. However, phylogenetic information for such studies lags behind. Here, as a synthesis of all currently available phylogenetic information on the group, we produce a supertree of 114 Northern European macromoth genera (in four superfamilies, with Geometroidea considered separately), providing the most complete phylogenetic picture of this fauna available to date. In doing so, we assess those parts of the phylogeny that are well resolved and those that are uncertain. Furthermore, we identify those genera for which phylogenetic information is currently too poor to include in such a supertree, or entirely absent, as targets for future work. As an aid to studies involving these genera, we provide information on their likely positions within the macromoth tree. With phylogenies playing an ever more important role in the field, this supertree should be useful in informing future ecological and evolutionary studies. Public Library of Science 2022-02-18 /pmc/articles/PMC8856531/ /pubmed/35180261 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264211 Text en © 2022 Davis et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Davis, Robert B. Õunap, Erki Tammaru, Toomas A supertree of Northern European macromoths |
title | A supertree of Northern European macromoths |
title_full | A supertree of Northern European macromoths |
title_fullStr | A supertree of Northern European macromoths |
title_full_unstemmed | A supertree of Northern European macromoths |
title_short | A supertree of Northern European macromoths |
title_sort | supertree of northern european macromoths |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8856531/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35180261 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264211 |
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