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

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Laenen, B; Shaw, B; Schneider, H; Goffinet, B; Paradis, E; Désamoré, A; Heinrichs, J; Villarreal, JC; Gradstein, SR; McDaniel, SF; Long, DG ...
Published in: Nature communications
October 2014

Unraveling 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 ∼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.

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2041-1723

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2041-1723

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October 2014

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5134
 

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Laenen, B., Shaw, B., Schneider, H., Goffinet, B., Paradis, E., Désamoré, A., … Shaw, A. J. (2014). Extant diversity of bryophytes emerged from successive post-Mesozoic diversification bursts. Nature Communications, 5, 5134. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms6134
Laenen, B., B. Shaw, H. Schneider, B. Goffinet, E. Paradis, A. Désamoré, J. Heinrichs, et al. “Extant diversity of bryophytes emerged from successive post-Mesozoic diversification bursts.Nature Communications 5 (October 2014): 5134. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms6134.
Laenen B, Shaw B, Schneider H, Goffinet B, Paradis E, Désamoré A, et al. Extant diversity of bryophytes emerged from successive post-Mesozoic diversification bursts. Nature communications. 2014 Oct;5:5134.
Laenen, B., et al. “Extant diversity of bryophytes emerged from successive post-Mesozoic diversification bursts.Nature Communications, vol. 5, Oct. 2014, p. 5134. Epmc, doi:10.1038/ncomms6134.
Laenen B, Shaw B, Schneider H, Goffinet B, Paradis E, Désamoré A, Heinrichs J, Villarreal JC, Gradstein SR, McDaniel SF, Long DG, Forrest LL, Hollingsworth ML, Crandall-Stotler B, Davis EC, Engel J, Von Konrat M, Cooper ED, Patiño J, Cox CJ, Vanderpoorten A, Shaw AJ. Extant diversity of bryophytes emerged from successive post-Mesozoic diversification bursts. Nature communications. 2014 Oct;5:5134.

Published In

Nature communications

DOI

EISSN

2041-1723

ISSN

2041-1723

Publication Date

October 2014

Volume

5

Start / End Page

5134