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Dr Lyn Cook (UQ), Prof Mike Crisp (ANU), Mr Lyn Craven (CSIRO)
The Melaleuca leucadendra complex
The Melaleuca leucadendra complex
Nested within Melaleuca s.l.
Non-monophyletic
6 MYA
Melaleuca s.l.
Reject hypothesis 2
cpDNA
Haplotypes shared between species almost exclusively
large internal (putatively ancestral)
Fst = 0.145
Amova
among species: 14.48%
within species: 85.52%
(P=0.02)
Species Limits
ncDNA
Fst = 0.094
Amova
among species: 9.41%
within species: 90.59%
(P=0.018)
- Recent divergence
- Distinct species with no ongoing gene flow but incomplete lineage sorting
given that we are dealing with distinct species, with a region of overlap and no apparent physical barrier to gene flow:
Hypothesis 3 Hypothesis 4
there has been NO historical barrier there HAS been a historical barrier
to gene flow to gene flow with secondary contact
Comparing ecological niches
null distribution
obs value
there has been NO historical barrier there HAS been a historical barrier
to gene flow to gene flow with secondary contact
PAST barrier to gene flow with secondary contact:
Species are linked to drainage systems
- generalist morphologies
- generic (flexible and successful!) characters
- large/massive effective population sizes, intraspecific variation
- ecological adaptation/specialisation
- phylogeography
- evolution in response to historical processes (climate, vicariance etc)
University of Queensland Postgraduate
Research Scholarship
Anna Kearns
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