Environmental temperatures shape thermal physiology as well as diversification and genome-wide substitution rates in lizards

Joan Garcia-Porta, Iker Irisarri, Martin Kirchner, Ariel Rodríguez, Sebastian Kirchhof, Jason L. Brown, Amy MacLeod, Alexander P. Turner, Faraham Ahmadzadeh, Gonzalo Albaladejo, Jelka Crnobrnja-Isailovic, Ignacio De la Riva, Adnane Fawzi, Pedro Galán, Bayram Göçmen, D. James Harris, Octavio Jiménez-Robles, Ulrich Joger, Olga Jovanović Glavaš, Mert Karış, Giannina Koziel, Sven Künzel, Mariana Lyra, Donald Miles, Manuel Nogales, Mehmet Anıl Oğuz, Panayiotis Pafilis, Loïs Rancilhac, Noemí Rodríguez, Benza Rodríguez Concepción, Eugenia Sanchez, Daniele Salvi, Tahar Slimani, Abderrahim S’khifa, Ali Turk Qashqaei, Anamarija Žagar, Alan Lemmon, Emily Moriarty Lemmon, Miguel Angel Carretero, Salvador Carranza, Hervé Philippe, Barry Sinervo, Johannes Müller, Miguel Vences () and Katharina C. Wollenberg Valero ()
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Joan Garcia-Porta: CREAF
Iker Irisarri: Uppsala University
Martin Kirchner: Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science
Ariel Rodríguez: Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover
Sebastian Kirchhof: Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science
Jason L. Brown: Southern Illinois University
Amy MacLeod: Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science
Alexander P. Turner: University of Hull
Faraham Ahmadzadeh: Shahid Beheshti University, G.C
Gonzalo Albaladejo: c/Astrofísico Francisco Sánchez
Jelka Crnobrnja-Isailovic: Institute for Biological Research “S. Stanković” University of Belgrade
Ignacio De la Riva: Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, C/José Gutiérrez Abascal 2
Adnane Fawzi: Cadi Ayyad University
Pedro Galán: Grupo de Investigación en Biología Evolutiva (GIBE)
Bayram Göçmen: Ege University
D. James Harris: University of Porto
Octavio Jiménez-Robles: The Australian National University
Ulrich Joger: Staatliches Naturhistorisches Museum
Olga Jovanović Glavaš: University of Osijek
Mert Karış: Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University
Giannina Koziel: Braunschweig University of Technology
Sven Künzel: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology
Mariana Lyra: UNESP – Universidade Estadual Paulista
Donald Miles: Ohio University
Manuel Nogales: c/Astrofísico Francisco Sánchez
Mehmet Anıl Oğuz: Ege University
Panayiotis Pafilis: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimioupolis
Loïs Rancilhac: Braunschweig University of Technology
Noemí Rodríguez: c/Astrofísico Francisco Sánchez
Benza Rodríguez Concepción: c/Astrofísico Francisco Sánchez
Eugenia Sanchez: Braunschweig University of Technology
Daniele Salvi: University of Porto
Tahar Slimani: Cadi Ayyad University
Abderrahim S’khifa: Cadi Ayyad University
Ali Turk Qashqaei: Shahid Beheshti University, G.C
Anamarija Žagar: Department of Organisms and Ecosystems Research
Alan Lemmon: Florida State University, Dirac Science Library
Emily Moriarty Lemmon: Florida State University
Miguel Angel Carretero: University of Porto
Salvador Carranza: Institute of Evolutionary Biology (CSIC-Universitat, Pompeu Fabra)
Hervé Philippe: Station of Theoretical and Experimental Ecology
Barry Sinervo: University of California
Johannes Müller: Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science
Miguel Vences: Braunschweig University of Technology
Katharina C. Wollenberg Valero: University of Hull

Nature Communications, 2019, vol. 10, issue 1, 1-12

Abstract: Abstract Climatic conditions changing over time and space shape the evolution of organisms at multiple levels, including temperate lizards in the family Lacertidae. Here we reconstruct a dated phylogenetic tree of 262 lacertid species based on a supermatrix relying on novel phylogenomic datasets and fossil calibrations. Diversification of lacertids was accompanied by an increasing disparity among occupied bioclimatic niches, especially in the last 10 Ma, during a period of progressive global cooling. Temperate species also underwent a genome-wide slowdown in molecular substitution rates compared to tropical and desert-adapted lacertids. Evaporative water loss and preferred temperature are correlated with bioclimatic parameters, indicating physiological adaptations to climate. Tropical, but also some populations of cool-adapted species experience maximum temperatures close to their preferred temperatures. We hypothesize these species-specific physiological preferences may constitute a handicap to prevail under rapid global warming, and contribute to explaining local lizard extinctions in cool and humid climates.

Date: 2019
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