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dc.creatorPacheco, MA
dc.creatorMatta, NE
dc.creatorValkiünas, G
dc.creatorParker, PG
dc.creatorMello, B
dc.creatorStanley, CE
dc.creatorLentino, M
dc.creatorGarcia-Amado, MA
dc.creatorCranfield, M
dc.creatorPond, SLK
dc.creatorEscalante, AA
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-22T14:51:15Z
dc.date.available2021-01-22T14:51:15Z
dc.date.issued2018-02-01
dc.identifier.issn0737-4038
dc.identifier.issn1537-1719
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.34944/dspace/4838
dc.identifier.other29126122 (pubmed)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12613/4856
dc.description.abstract© The Author 2017. Haemosporidians are a diverse group of vector-borne parasitic protozoa that includes the agents of human malaria; however, most of the described species are found in birds and reptiles. Although our understanding of these parasites' diversity has expanded by analyses of their mitochondrial genes, there is limited information on these genes' evolutionary rates. Here, 114 mitochondrial genomes (mtDNA) were studied from species belonging to four genera: Leucocytozoon, Haemoproteus, Hepatocystis, and Plasmodium. Contrary to previous assertions, the mtDNA is phylogenetically informative. The inferred phylogeny showed that, like the genus Plasmodium, the Leucocytozoon and Haemoproteus genera are not monophyletic groups. Although sensitive to the assumptions of the molecular dating method used, the estimated times indicate that the diversification of the avian haemosporidian subgenera/genera took place after the Cretaceous- Paleogene boundary following the radiation of modern birds. Furthermore, parasite clade differences in mtDNA substitution rates and strength of negative selection were detected. These differences may affect the biological interpretation of mtDNA gene lineages used as a proxy to species in ecological and parasitological investigations. Given that the mitochondria are critically important in the parasite life cycle stages that take place in the vector and that the transmission of parasites belonging to particular clades has been linked to specific insect families/subfamilies, this study suggests that differences in vectors have affected the mode of evolution of haemosporidian mtDNA genes. The observed patterns also suggest that the radiation of haemosporidian parasites may be the result of community-level evolutionary processes between their vertebrate and invertebrate hosts.
dc.format.extent383-403
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.haspartMolecular Biology and Evolution
dc.relation.isreferencedbyOxford University Press (OUP)
dc.rightsCC BY-NC
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subjectHaemoproteus
dc.subjectLeucocytozoon
dc.subjectmitochondrial genome
dc.subjectPlasmodium
dc.subjectphylogeny
dc.subjectsubstitution rates
dc.subjecttime tree
dc.titleMode and rate of evolution of haemosporidian mitochondrial genomes: Timing the radiation of avian parasites
dc.typeArticle
dc.type.genreJournal Article
dc.relation.doi10.1093/molbev/msx285
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dc.creator.orcidPond, Sergei L. Kosakovsky|0000-0003-4817-4029
dc.date.updated2021-01-22T14:51:11Z
refterms.dateFOA2021-01-22T14:51:15Z


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