Phylogenetic relationships of Waders (Charadriiformes: Scolopacidae) in Sarawak inferred from Cytochrome Oxidase I and Recombinant Activating Gene 1

Family Scolopacidae includes the sandpipers, shanks, snipes, godwits and curlews. Systematic classifications of shorebirds at the higher level have been successfully resolved. Nevertheless, the phylogeny of shorebirds in the familial level is still poorly understood. Thus, this phylogenetic study on...

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Main Authors: Nurul Ashikeen Ab Razak, Mustafa Abdul Rahman, Andrew Alek Tuen
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Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016
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description Family Scolopacidae includes the sandpipers, shanks, snipes, godwits and curlews. Systematic classifications of shorebirds at the higher level have been successfully resolved. Nevertheless, the phylogeny of shorebirds in the familial level is still poorly understood. Thus, this phylogenetic study on Scolopacidae was conducted upon the framework provided by the first sequence-based species-level phylogeny within the shorebirds to determine the phylogenetic relationships among family members of Scolopacidae in West Borneo, Sarawak using combined gene markers, mtDNA Cytochrome Oxidise I (COI) and nucDNA Recombinant Activating Gene 1 (RAG1). A total of 1,342 base pair (bp) were inferred from both COI and RAG1 gene from 45 sequences constituted of 15 species Scolopacidae sampled from Sarawak namely Xenus cinereus, Actitis hypoleucos, Tringa totanus, Tringa glareola, Tringa stagnatilis, Heteroscelus brevipes, Calidris alba, Calidris ruficollis, Calidris ferruginea, Calidris tenuirostris, Calidris alpina, Gallinago stenura, Gallinago megala, Numenius arquata, and Numenius phaeopus. The phylogenetic tree was constructed with Charadrius mongulus derived as an outgroup. The Bayesian Inference (BI) tree constructed supported grouping of species into several lineages of Numeniinae, Calidrinae, Scolopacinae and Tringinae. The groupings of species into several lineages correlate with morphological features that contribute to their adaptation and ability of the species to fit to their ecosystems.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:99832017-01-19T09:34:56Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9983/ Phylogenetic relationships of Waders (Charadriiformes: Scolopacidae) in Sarawak inferred from Cytochrome Oxidase I and Recombinant Activating Gene 1 Nurul Ashikeen Ab Razak, Mustafa Abdul Rahman, Andrew Alek Tuen, Family Scolopacidae includes the sandpipers, shanks, snipes, godwits and curlews. Systematic classifications of shorebirds at the higher level have been successfully resolved. Nevertheless, the phylogeny of shorebirds in the familial level is still poorly understood. Thus, this phylogenetic study on Scolopacidae was conducted upon the framework provided by the first sequence-based species-level phylogeny within the shorebirds to determine the phylogenetic relationships among family members of Scolopacidae in West Borneo, Sarawak using combined gene markers, mtDNA Cytochrome Oxidise I (COI) and nucDNA Recombinant Activating Gene 1 (RAG1). A total of 1,342 base pair (bp) were inferred from both COI and RAG1 gene from 45 sequences constituted of 15 species Scolopacidae sampled from Sarawak namely Xenus cinereus, Actitis hypoleucos, Tringa totanus, Tringa glareola, Tringa stagnatilis, Heteroscelus brevipes, Calidris alba, Calidris ruficollis, Calidris ferruginea, Calidris tenuirostris, Calidris alpina, Gallinago stenura, Gallinago megala, Numenius arquata, and Numenius phaeopus. The phylogenetic tree was constructed with Charadrius mongulus derived as an outgroup. The Bayesian Inference (BI) tree constructed supported grouping of species into several lineages of Numeniinae, Calidrinae, Scolopacinae and Tringinae. The groupings of species into several lineages correlate with morphological features that contribute to their adaptation and ability of the species to fit to their ecosystems. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016-07 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9983/1/11%20Nurul%20Ashikeen.pdf Nurul Ashikeen Ab Razak, and Mustafa Abdul Rahman, and Andrew Alek Tuen, (2016) Phylogenetic relationships of Waders (Charadriiformes: Scolopacidae) in Sarawak inferred from Cytochrome Oxidase I and Recombinant Activating Gene 1. Sains Malaysiana, 45 (7). pp. 1089-1095. ISSN 0126-6039 http://www.ukm.my/jsm/english_journals/vol45num7_2016/contentsVol45num7_2016.html
spellingShingle Nurul Ashikeen Ab Razak,
Mustafa Abdul Rahman,
Andrew Alek Tuen,
Phylogenetic relationships of Waders (Charadriiformes: Scolopacidae) in Sarawak inferred from Cytochrome Oxidase I and Recombinant Activating Gene 1
title Phylogenetic relationships of Waders (Charadriiformes: Scolopacidae) in Sarawak inferred from Cytochrome Oxidase I and Recombinant Activating Gene 1
title_full Phylogenetic relationships of Waders (Charadriiformes: Scolopacidae) in Sarawak inferred from Cytochrome Oxidase I and Recombinant Activating Gene 1
title_fullStr Phylogenetic relationships of Waders (Charadriiformes: Scolopacidae) in Sarawak inferred from Cytochrome Oxidase I and Recombinant Activating Gene 1
title_full_unstemmed Phylogenetic relationships of Waders (Charadriiformes: Scolopacidae) in Sarawak inferred from Cytochrome Oxidase I and Recombinant Activating Gene 1
title_short Phylogenetic relationships of Waders (Charadriiformes: Scolopacidae) in Sarawak inferred from Cytochrome Oxidase I and Recombinant Activating Gene 1
title_sort phylogenetic relationships of waders (charadriiformes: scolopacidae) in sarawak inferred from cytochrome oxidase i and recombinant activating gene 1
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http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9983/1/11%20Nurul%20Ashikeen.pdf