Phylogenomics of Brachystegia: Insights into the origin of African miombo woodlands

Author:

Boom Arthur F.12ORCID,Migliore Jérémy23ORCID,Ojeda Alayon Dario I.34ORCID,Kaymak Esra25ORCID,Hardy Olivier J.2ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Royal Museum for Central Africa, Biology Department Section Vertebrates Tervuren Belgium

2. Université Libre de Bruxelles, Faculté des Sciences Service Evolution Biologique et Ecologie Bruxelles Belgium

3. Muséum départemental du Var Toulon France

4. Department of Forest Biodiversity Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Ås Norway

5. Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Okinawa Japan

Abstract

AbstractPremisePhylogenetic approaches can provide valuable insights on how and when a biome emerged and developed using its structuring species. In this context, Brachystegia Benth, a dominant genus of trees in miombo woodlands, appears as a key witness of the history of the largest woodland and savanna biome of Africa.MethodsWe reconstructed the evolutionary history of the genus using targeted‐enrichment sequencing on 60 Brachystegia specimens for a nearly complete species sampling. Phylogenomic inferences used supermatrix (RAxML‐NG) and summary‐method (ASTRAL‐III) approaches. Conflicts between species and gene trees were assessed, and the phylogeny was time‐calibrated in BEAST. Introgression between species was explored using Phylonet.ResultsThe phylogenies were globally congruent regardless of the method used. Most of the species were recovered as monophyletic, unlike previous plastid phylogenetic reconstructions where lineages were shared among geographically close individuals independently of species identity. Still, most of the individual gene trees had low levels of phylogenetic information and, when informative, were mostly in conflict with the reconstructed species trees. These results suggest incomplete lineage sorting and/or reticulate evolution, which was supported by network analyses. The BEAST analysis supported a Pliocene origin for current Brachystegia lineages, with most of the diversification events dated to the Pliocene‐Pleistocene.ConclusionsThese results suggest a recent origin of species of the miombo, congruently with their spatial expansion documented from plastid data. Brachystegia species appear to behave potentially as a syngameon, a group of interfertile but still relatively well‐delineated species, an aspect that deserves further investigations.

Publisher

Wiley

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