TY - JOUR
T1 - Phylogenetics of European cyprinids
T2 - Insights from allozymes
AU - Hänfling, B.
AU - Brandl, R.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - Allozyme data from 23 central European cyprinid taxa suggest that the two sub-families Alburninae and Leuciscinae are paraphyletic. However together, both families seem to form a monophyletic group. By using a molecular clock, the radiation of this group is estimated to be as old as 20 million years. This is consistent with the fossil record. The genus Leuciscus is not monophyletic. The commonly used genus Blicca is a junior synonym to Abramis and both genera should become merged. The genus Tinca is rather distinct from the Alburninae-Leuciscinae lineage and clearly does not belong to this group. These conclusions are consistent with published phylogenetic analyses of sequence data. These analyses underline that despite the developments in sequencing allozymes are a cheap and valuable tool in phylogenetics. Combining the estimate of the phylogenetic tree and biogeographic data, there was a decrease of distributional overlap when moving from the tips of the tree to the root. This pattern is consistent with sympatric speciation. (C) 2000 The Fisheries Society of the British Isles.
AB - Allozyme data from 23 central European cyprinid taxa suggest that the two sub-families Alburninae and Leuciscinae are paraphyletic. However together, both families seem to form a monophyletic group. By using a molecular clock, the radiation of this group is estimated to be as old as 20 million years. This is consistent with the fossil record. The genus Leuciscus is not monophyletic. The commonly used genus Blicca is a junior synonym to Abramis and both genera should become merged. The genus Tinca is rather distinct from the Alburninae-Leuciscinae lineage and clearly does not belong to this group. These conclusions are consistent with published phylogenetic analyses of sequence data. These analyses underline that despite the developments in sequencing allozymes are a cheap and valuable tool in phylogenetics. Combining the estimate of the phylogenetic tree and biogeographic data, there was a decrease of distributional overlap when moving from the tips of the tree to the root. This pattern is consistent with sympatric speciation. (C) 2000 The Fisheries Society of the British Isles.
KW - Biogeography
KW - Cyprinidae
KW - Freshwater fish
KW - Sympatric speciation
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U2 - 10.1006/jfbi.2000.1304
DO - 10.1006/jfbi.2000.1304
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0033825039
SN - 0022-1112
VL - 57
SP - 265
EP - 276
JO - Journal of Fish Biology
JF - Journal of Fish Biology
IS - 2
ER -