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Extant diversity of bryophytes emerged from successive post-Mesozoic diversification bursts

dc.contributor.authorLaenen, B.
dc.contributor.authorShaw, B.
dc.contributor.authorSchneider, H.
dc.contributor.authorGoffinet, B.
dc.contributor.authorParadis, E.
dc.contributor.authorDesamore, A.
dc.contributor.authorHeinrichs, J.
dc.contributor.authorVillarreal, J. C.
dc.contributor.authorGradstein, S. R.
dc.contributor.authorMcDaniel, S. F.
dc.contributor.authorLong, D. G.
dc.contributor.authorForrest, L. L.
dc.contributor.authorHollingsworth, M. L.
dc.contributor.authorCrandall-Stotler, B.
dc.contributor.authorDavis, E. C.
dc.contributor.authorEngel, J.
dc.contributor.authorVon Konrat, M.
dc.contributor.authorCooper, E. D.
dc.contributor.authorPatino, J.
dc.contributor.authorCox, C. J.
dc.contributor.authorVanderpoorten, A.
dc.contributor.authorShaw, A. J.
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-07T14:58:04Z
dc.date.available2018-12-07T14:58:04Z
dc.date.issued2014-10
dc.description.abstractUnraveling the macroevolutionary history of bryophytes, which arose soon after the origin of land plants but exhibit substantially lower species richness than the more recently derived angiosperms, has been challenged by the scarce fossil record. Here we demonstrate that overall estimates of net species diversification are approximately half those reported in ferns and similar to 30% those described for angiosperms. Nevertheless, statistical rate analyses on time-calibrated large-scale phylogenies reveal that mosses and liverworts underwent bursts of diversification since the mid-Mesozoic. The diversification rates further increase in specific lineages towards the Cenozoic to reach, in the most recently derived lineages, values that are comparable to those reported in angiosperms. This suggests that low diversification rates do not fully account for current patterns of bryophyte species richness, and we hypothesize that, as in gymnosperms, the low extant bryophyte species richness also results from massive extinctions.
dc.description.sponsorshipAssembling the Tree of Life programme at NSF; NSF [EF-0531730-002, EF-0531680, EF-0531750]; Scottish Government's Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services Division; BeiPD-cofund Marie Curie fellowship
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/ncomms6134
dc.identifier.issn2041-1723
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/11840
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherNature Publishing Group
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectLand plants
dc.subjectPhylogenetic analysis
dc.subjectExtinction rates
dc.subjectSp-Nov
dc.subjectFossil
dc.subjectEvolutionary
dc.subjectAngiosperms
dc.subjectSpeciation
dc.subjectRadiation
dc.subjectTime
dc.titleExtant diversity of bryophytes emerged from successive post-Mesozoic diversification bursts
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.startPage6134
oaire.citation.titleNature Communications
oaire.citation.volume5
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