@article{PAR00020580,
  title = {{P}hylogeny of {A}frican fruit bats ({C}hiroptera, {P}teropodidae) based on complete mitochondrial genomes},
  author = {{H}assanin, {A}. and {B}onillo, {C}. and {T}shikung, {D}. and {S}hongo, {C}. {P}. and {P}ourrut, {X}avier and {K}adjo, {B}. and {N}akoune, {E}. and {T}u, {V}. {T}. and {P}rie, {V}. and {G}oodman, {S}. {M}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{M}embers of the family {P}teropodidae, also known as {O}ld {W}orld fruit bats, are represented in {A}frica by 14 genera and 44 species. {H}ere, we sequenced 67 complete mitochondrial genomes from {A}frican and {A}sian pteropodids to better understand the evolutionary history of the subfamily {R}ousettinae, which includes most of the {A}frican species. {A}n increased frequency of guanine to adenine transitions is detected in the mt{DNA} genomes of {M}acroglossus sobrinus and all species of {C}asinycteris and {S}cotonycteris. {O}ur phylogenetic and molecular dating analyses based on 126 taxa and 15,448 characters indicate a low signal for deep relationships within the family, suggesting a rapid diversification during the {L}ate {O}ligocene period of "warming." {W}ithin the subfamily {R}ousettinae, most nodes are highly supported by our different analyses (all nucleotide sites, {S}uper{TRI} analyses of a sliding window, transversions only, coding genes only, and amino acid sequences). {T}he results indicate the existence of four tribes: {R}ousettini-distributed from {A}frica through {M}editerranean region and {S}outh {A}sia to {S}outh-{E}ast {A}sia; {E}onycterini-found in {A}sia; and {E}pomophorini and {S}cotonycterini-restricted to sub-{S}aharan {A}frica. {A}lthough most interspecies relationships are highly supported, three parts of the {R}ousettinae mitochondrial tree are still unresolved, suggesting rapid diversification: (a) among the three subtribes {E}pomophorina ({E}pomophorus sensu lato, i.e., including {M}icropteropus, {E}pomops, {H}ypsignathus, {N}anonycteris), {P}lerotina ({P}lerotes), and {M}yonycterina ({M}yonycteris, {M}egaloglossus) in the {L}ate {M}iocene; (b) among {E}pomops, {H}ypsignathus, and other species of {E}pomophorina at the {P}liocene-{P}leistocene boundary; and (c) among {M}yonycteris species in the {E}arly {P}leistocene. {W}ithin the {E}pomophorini, {S}tenonycteris lanosus emerged first, suggesting that lingual echolocation may have appeared in the common ancestor of {E}pomophorini and {R}ousettini. {O}ur analyses suggest that multiple events of mt{DNA} introgression occurred within the {E}pomophorus species complex during the {P}leistocene.},
  keywords = {lingual echolocation ; mitochondrial base composition ; mitochondrial ; introgression ; {P}lio-{P}leistocene ; {R}ousettinae ; sub-{S}aharan {A}frica ; {AFRIQUE} {SUBSAHARIENNE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {Z}oological {S}ystematics and {E}volutionary {R}esearch},
  volume = {58},
  numero = {4},
  pages = {1395--1410},
  ISSN = {0947-5745},
  year = {2020},
  DOI = {10.1111/jzs.12373},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/{PAR}00020580},
}