Galliformes revised (1 Viewer)

[Snapdragyn]

I found this interesting, particularly the finding of two Old World species clustering with the New World quail:

Crowe et. al. (2006)

I know I saw a somewhat similar phylogeny recently, but haven't yet tracked that one down again.

 

[Richard Klim]

Bonilla, Brawn & Kimball 2010. Comparative molecular evolution and phylogenetic utility of 3’-UTRs and introns in Galliformes. Mol Phyl Evol: in press.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/scienc...serid=10&md5=f177c7587b386ea673015b2ded96e6ac

Haven't seen this paper, so don't know if it identifies any revised relationships.

Richard

PS. Link for Crowe et al 2006 (post #1):
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118603891/abstract

 

[Peter Kovalik]

The phylogeny obtained from the combined intron and 3’-UTR dataset was
largely similar to published galliform phylogenies (e.g., Crowe et al., 2006; Cox et al., 2007;
Kimball and Braun, 2008).

Similarly Crowe et al, 2006: Supra generic cladistics of landfowl (Order Galliformes) Acta Zoologica Sinica (Current Zoology now)
http://www.currentzoology.org/issuedetail.asp?volume=52&number=-101&issue_id=199

 

[Richard Klim]

The phylogeny obtained from the combined intron and 3’-UTR dataset was largely similar to published galliform phylogenies...

OK. Thanks, Peter. So primarily a validation of the methodology.

Richard

 

[Kirk Roth]

I cannot access the Crowe article - which are the two Old World species referenced?

 

[Richard Klim]

New (/Old) World Quail

I cannot access the Crowe article - which are the two Old World species referenced?

I don't still have a copy of the paper, but the species are Ptilopachus petrosus Stone Partridge and P nahani Nahan's Francolin - reassigned to Odontophoridae by, eg, IOC, TiF.

Richard

 

[Daniel Philippe]

I cannot access the Crowe article

Here it is.

 

[Richard Klim]

Here it is.

...but Snapdragyn was referring to Crowe, Bowie et al 2006 (Cladistics), rather than Crowe, Bloomer et al 2006 (Acta Zool Sinica).

(Timothy Crowe is too prolific!)

Richard

 

[Daniel Philippe]

...but Snapdragyn was referring to Crowe, Bowie et al 2006 (Cladistics), rather than Crowe, Bloomer et al 2006 (Acta Zool Sinica).

(Timothy Crowe is too prolific!)

Oops !! Went too fast (as often) ... Kirk, PM me if you want it.

 

[Peter Kovalik]

Galliformes

Yong-Yi Shen et al. 2010. A mitogenomic perspective on the ancient, rapid radiation in the Galliformes with an emphasis on the phasianidae. BMC Evolutionary Biology 10:132.
Provisional pdf here

 

[Peter Kovalik]

Xian-Zhao Kan, Xi-Feng Li, Zu-Pei Lei, Lei Chen, Hui Gao, Zu-Yu Yang, Jian-Ke Yang, Zhi-Chun Guo, Lei Yu, Li-Qin Zhang and Chao-Ju Qian, 2010. Estimation of divergence times for major lineages of galliform birds: Evidence from complete mitochondrial genome sequences. African Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 9(21), pp. 3073-3078, 24 May, 2010.
Pdf

 

[Peter Kovalik]

Crowe, T. 2010. Phylogenetic affinities of enigmatic African galliforms: the Stone Partridge Ptilopachus petrosus and Latham's and Nahan's 'Francolins' Francolinus lathami and F. nahani. Cladistics 26:206-206. (Abstract). IP 4.929
http://www.fitzpatrick.uct.ac.za/docs/tim.html
Abstract (Szumik & Goloboff, 2010. A summit of cladistics: abstracts of the 27th Annual Meeting of the Willi Hennig Society and VIII Reunión Argentina de Cladística y Biogeografía (pages 202–226)).

Phylogenetic affinities of enigmatic African galliforms: the Stone
Partridge Ptilopachus petrosus and Latham’s and Nahan’s ‘Francolins’
Francolinus lathami and F. nahani. Tim Crowe DST/NRF Centre of
Excellence at the Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology,
University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch 7701, South
Africa
Nahan’s Francolinus nahani and Latham’s Francolins’ F. lathami
are threatened and poorly known phasianine galliforms endemic to
forests of tropical Africa. They have traditionally been placed
phylogenetically with the widespread Afro/Asian francolins (Fran-
colinus spp. sensu lato). Nahan’s Francolin has been linked to F.
(now Pternistis) squamatus, ahantensis and griseostriatus which form
the implicitly monophyletic Scaly Group’ of francolins, and
Latham’s with F. (now Peliperdix) coqui, schlegelli and albogularis
into the Red-tailed Group’. The monotypic Stone Partridge
Ptilopachus petrosus is restricted to arid rocky areas of the Sahel
savanna, north of the tropical African forests, and has been grouped
tentatively with Asian, partridge-like, forest partridges (Galloperdix
and Bambusicola spp.). Recent, DNA-based phylogenetic research
suggests that Nahan’s Francolin’ is not related to francolins, but is
most closely related to the Stone Partridge and places Latham’s
Francolin with true’ francolins (Francolinus, Peliperdix, Dendroper-
dix and Scleroptila spp.). This study investigates these hypotheses in
greater detail using additional DNA evidence and the behaviour and
vocalizations of these enigmatic phasianine galliforms. We find
overwhelming support for a sister relationship between nahani and
petrosus. They, in turn, are the distantly related sister taxon of the
New World quails (Odontophoridae), and to any other Old World
galliform. Latham’s Francolin is placed with quail-like francolins
(Peliperdix, Dendroperdix and Scleroptila spp.) perhaps closest to
Peliperdix coqui.

 

[Richard Klim]

Namaortyx sperrgebietensis

Mourer-Chauviré, Pickford & Senut. The first Palaeogene galliform from Africa. J Ornithol: in press.
www.springerlink.com/content/e4122617j326g486/fulltext.pdf

Richard

 

[Peter Kovalik]

Black Francolin

Maria Riaz, Aleem Ahmed Khan, Muhammad Babar, Noreen Akhter, Shahbaz
Muhammad and Imran Khaliq. High Genetic Diversity Revealed by RAPD Markers in the Black Francolin (Francolinus francolinus, Galliformes) of Pakistan. Pakistan J. Zool., vol. 43(5), pp. 889-896, 2011.
PDF

 

[Richard Klim]

Cohen et al 2012

Crowe, T. 2010. Phylogenetic affinities of enigmatic African galliforms: the Stone Partridge Ptilopachus petrosus and Latham's and Nahan's 'Francolins' Francolinus lathami and F. nahani. Cladistics 26:206-206.

Cohen, Wakeling, Mandiwana-Neudani, Sande, Dranzoa, Crowe & Bowie 2012. Phylogenetic affinities of evolutionarily enigmatic African galliforms: the Stone Partridge Ptilopachus petrosus and Nahan's Francolin Francolinus nahani, and support for their sister relationship with New World quails. Ibis 154(4): 768–780. [abstract]