Putting the algal tree of life to use

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Putting the algal tree of life to use Evolutionary dynamics of ecological niches, physiology and species’ diagnostic traits Heroen Verbruggen School of Botany, University of Melbourne

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Putting the algal tree of life to useEvolutionary dynamics of ecological niches, physiology

and species’ diagnostic traits

Heroen Verbruggen School of Botany, University of Melbourne

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Algal Diversity

• architecture

• functional traits

• life history

• physiology

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Algal Tree of Life• systematics: species delimitation

and higher-level relationships

• phylogenies in evolutionary enquiry

• endosymbiosis events: patchwork of genes → accumulation of genomic features

• examples of phylogenetics applied in evolutionary questions

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Talk contents

Systematics

Thermal Niche

Trace Elements

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Thermal niche

van den Hoek. 1982. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 18: 81-144 — Cambridge et al. 1984. Helgol. Meeresunt. 38: 349-363 — Eggert. 2012. In: Wiencke, C., Bischof, K. [Eds.] Seaweed Biology

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Thermal niche

Map: T. Schils

Species diversity map

Codium

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How does the thermal niche evolve?

How fast?

Which direction?

Pulsed or gradual?

Effect on biodiversity?

Are there covariates?

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Exploration

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Which direction?

Codium Dictyotales

Tropics

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Are there covariates?sheltered exposed

HalimedaMarcelino et al. 2014. submitted

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Pulsed or gradual?

Dictyota

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Thermal niche & diversification

DictyotaTyberghein et al. unpublished

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Thermal niche evolution• thermal niches evolve over geological timescales

• microhabitat preferences affect evolvability

• diversification relates to SST and its evolvability

• results are taxon-specific

• scale up to bigger datasets: more species

• harder questions: adaptation, interactions, timescales

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Talk contents

Systematics

Thermal Niche

Trace Elements

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Trace element utilization

Raven. 1999. Photosynthesis Research 60: 111-149

Thylakoid membrane with photosystems

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Trace element utilization

Quigg et al. 2003. Nature 425: 291-294

Hypothesis

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ExplorationCya

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Hypothesis ⇒ Model

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Host phylogeny Plastid phylogeny

Parfrey, L.W., Grant, J., et al. 2010. Syst. Biol. 59: 518-533 — Baurain, D., Brinkmann, H., et al. 2010. Mol. Biol. Evol. 27: 1698-1709.

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Results for Fe/P ratioPulsed Gradual

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Nuclear Tree0.40 Plastid Tree

Relative rates

σ 2ENDO = 73.5

σ 2OTHER = 447.3

Nuclear tree

p = 0.09Relative rates

σ 2ENDO = 103.2

σ 2OTHER = 382.9

Plastid tree

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Simulation study5.05!7.55!3.64!7.94!3.54!4.23!2.42!5.92!6.55!9.78!3.93!4.95!5.17!5.14!6.04!5.10!5.53!4.29!3.76!5.05!2.98!9.28!3.49!2.07!5.67!7.11!6.07!6.05!7.95!3.36!3.95!0.12!3.80!4.02!5.63!4.57!5.22!7.35!5.55

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Power analysis

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Trace element utilization

• results are inconclusive

• support for existing hypotheses is limited

• power to detect differential evolution of continuous traits is low

• limited effect of increase in taxon sampling

• metalloproteomics approaches

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Talk contents

Systematics

Thermal Niche

Trace Elements

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Role of ToL in Systematics

Simulation: extrapolate what we know about trait evolution

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Problem: Cryptic Diversity

Zuccarello, G.C., West, J.A. 2003. J. Phycol. 39: 948-959. — Photo: J. West

How big is the problem?

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Pseudochlorodesmis

Verbruggen, H. et al. 2009. J. Phycol. 45: 726-731 — Photo: H. Verbruggen

Is it more of a problem in simple organisms?

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Complexity and diagnosability

Verbruggen, H. 2014. J. Phycol. 50: 26-31.

Simulation: extrapolate what we know about trait evolution

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Complexity and diagnosability

20 characters theoretical maximum = 1,048,576

10 characters theoretical maximum = 1,024

Verbruggen, H. 2014. J. Phycol. 50: 26-31.

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Habitat selection

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Habitat selection

Verbruggen, H. 2014. J. Phycol. 50: 26-31.

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Plasticity

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Plasticity

Verbruggen, H. 2014. J. Phycol. 50: 26-31.

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Morphological evolution

• # unique morphologies << number of species

• null hypothesis: cryptic diversity abounds

• fundamental inability to distinguish some species (possibly many) morphologically

• problem more pronounced in simple organisms

• plasticity blurs species boundaries

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Talk contents

Systematics

Thermal Niche

Trace Elements

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Conclusions• test evolutionary hypotheses

• insights from parameters

• measure uncertainty

• simulation to study behavior of methods

• simulation to improve expectations

• perspectives: genome dynamics, life histories, etc.

Verbruggen, Marcelino, Costa (2014) Evolutionary dynamics of algal traits and diversity. Perspectives in Phycology 1: in press [available from www.phycoweb.net]

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Acknowledgements

• Collectors

• Collaborators

• Previous workers