@article{fdi:010060306, title = {{A}nalyses of amplified fragment length polymorphisms ({AFLP}) indicate rapid radiation of {D}iospyros species ({E}benaceae) endemic to {N}ew {C}aledonia}, author = {{T}urner, {B}. and {P}aun, {O}. and {M}unzinger, {J}{\'e}r{\^o}me and {D}uangjai, {S}. and {C}hase, {M}.{W}. and {S}amuel,{R}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{B}ackground : {R}adiation in some plant groups has occurred on islands and due to the characteristic rapid pace of phenotypic evolution, standard molecular markers often provide insufficient variation for phylogenetic reconstruction. {T}o resolve relationships within a clade of 21 closely related {N}ew {C}aledonian {D}iospyros species and evaluate species boundaries we analysed genome-wide {DNA} variation via amplified fragment length polymorphisms ({AFLP}). {R}esults : {A} neighbour-joining ({NJ}) dendrogram based on {D}ice distances shows all species except {D}. minimifolia,{D}. parviflora and {D}. vieillardii to form unique clusters of genetically similar accessions. {H}owever, there was little variation between these species clusters, resulting in unresolved species relationships and a star-like general {NJ} topology. {C}orrespondingly, analyses of molecular variance showed more variation within species than between them. {A} {B}ayesian analysis with {BEAST} produced a similar result. {A}nother {B}ayesian method, this time a clustering method, {STRUCTURE}, demonstrated the presence of two groups, highly congruent with those observed in a principal coordinate analysis ({PCO}). {M}olecular divergence between the two groups is low and does not correspond to any hypothesised taxonomic, ecological or geographical patterns. {C}onclusions : {W}e hypothesise that such a pattern could have been produced by rapid and complex evolution involving a widespread progenitor for which an initial split into two groups was followed by subsequent fragmentation into many diverging populations, which was followed by range expansion of then divergent entities. {O}verall, this process resulted in an opportunistic pattern of phenotypic diversification. {T}he time since divergence was probably insufficient for some species to become genetically well-differentiated, resulting in progenitor/derivative relationships being exhibited in a few cases. {I}n other cases, our analyses may have revealed evidence for the existence of cryptic species, for which more study of morphology and ecology are now required.}, keywords = {{ARBRE} ; {ESPECE} {ENDEMIQUE} ; {PHYLOGENIE} ; {EVOLUTION} ; {ILE} ; {RELATION} {INTERSPECIFIQUE} ; {ETUDE} {EXPERIMENTALE} ; {ETUDE} {COMPARATIVE} ; {GENOME} ; {ANALYSE} {AFLP} ; {NOUVELLE} {CALEDONIE}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{BMC} {E}volutionary {B}iology}, volume = {13}, numero = {}, pages = {no 269 [15 en ligne]}, ISSN = {1471-2148}, year = {2013}, DOI = {10.1186/1471-2148-13-269}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010060306}, }