The adaptive radiation of lichen-forming Teloschistaceae is associated with sunscreening pigments and a bark-to-rock substrate shift

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 37, 2015, Pages 11600-11605

  Gaya, Ester ^a,b   Fernández Brime, Samantha ^c,d   Vargas, Reinaldo ^e   Lachlan, Robert F ^f   Gueidang, Cécile ^g,h   Ramírez Mejía, Martín ^a   Lutzoni, François ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSIDAD METROPOLITANA DE CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACIÓN   (Chile)

^f QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Lichens; Substrate switch; Sunlight protection; Teloschistaceae

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; PIGMENT;

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; FRUITING BODY; HABITAT; LICHEN (ORGANISM); NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUN EXPOSURE; TELOSCHISTACEAE; THALLUS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ADAPTATION; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SUNLIGHT; TREE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANTHRAQUINONES; ASCOMYCOTA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; LICHENS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUNLIGHT; TREES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84941696041     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1507072112     Document Type: Article

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