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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Daniel Philippe" data-source="post: 1230351" data-attributes="member: 64614">Laurent,This is great. I cannot open the first attached file (ND2 tree) though.For the House Wren, there is also this A.O.U. 124th meeting abstract (do not know whether a paper has been published or is in progress) held on October 3-7, 2006 in Veracruz, Mexico:Klicka, J., Barrick Museum, University of Nevada - Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, USA, <a href="mailto:Klicka@unlv.nevada.edu">Klicka@unlv.nevada.edu</a>;Bermingham, E., Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panama, Panama;Ricklefs, R. E., Department of Biology, University of Missouri - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA;Escalante-Pliego, P., Instituto de Bilogia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, DF, Mexico;Spellman, G. M., Barrick Museum, University of Nevada - Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, USAA SYSTEMATIC ASSESSMENT OF THE HOUSE WREN SPECIES COMPLEXThe House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) has the largest breeding distribution of any New World songbird, occurring from Southern Canada to Tierra del Fuego. Although currently recognized as a single species it is widely regarded as a complex comprised of several historically recognized forms, many of which have previously been considered species. These include the nominate “race”, aedon (Northern House Wren; North America, north of Mexico), brunneicollis (Brown-throated House Wren ; Mexican highlands), and musculus the (Southern House Wren; Southern Mexico through South America). The complex also includes a number of morphologically distinctive island populations including martinicensis (Lesser Antilles), beani (Isla Cozumel), and tanneri (Isla Clarion). Previous molecular studies on this assemblage have led to conflicting results and a comprehensive analysis including representation from all of these groups is lacking. Using mtDNA sequence data (complete ND2 and ATPase[6&8] genes), dense taxon sampling (n = 188), and modern analytical methods, we reconstruct a phylogentic hypothesis for members of the House Wren complex. Prelminary analyses indicate that the Northern House Wren (aedon) as presently recognized, is polyphyletic. Western house wrens (T. aedon parkmanii) form a well-supported clade that is sister to the Clarion Island form, tanneri. Eastern house wrens (T. aedon aedon) are part of a “low-land” house wren radiation that includes the southern (musculus), Lesser Antillean (martinicensis) and Cozumel (beani) forms. Our data suggest multiple colonizations of the lesser Antilles from northern South America. Although sampling is limited, populations on Dominica (n = 4), St. Vincent (n = 3), and Grenada (n = 4) appear to be reciprocally monophyletic whereas Trinidad (n = 12) shares haplotypes with the South American mainland. The Mexican highland form brunneicollis diverged early in the history of the complex and is sister to all other groups. It too is polyphyletic with individuals from Sierra Madre Occidental lying outside of an otherwise well-defined clade.</blockquote>

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