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Member Symposium

Global Advances in Ant Phylogenomics

2: Diversity and endemism of Malagasy ants through a phylogenomic lens

Monday, November 16, 2020
1:05 PM - 1:20 PM EST
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In this first of two talks, we outline the goals and scope our project MAMI (Malagasy ant microendemism), which aims at a synthesis of survey efforts for ants in Madagascar spanning two decades. We apply a phylogenomic approach to investigate regional patterns of phylogenetic diversity, endemism, and community structure across >1,300 species of ants in Madagascar based on ~2,200 loci of ultraconserved elements. We aim to analyze phylogenetic patterns of diversity and endemism of ants in Madagascar across several different habitat types and along climatic and primary productivity gradients. This island-wide community analysis will uncover general patterns of species richness, lineage diversity and endemism across ant communities in Madagascar, allowing us to draw broad, widely applicable conclusions about the importance of these patterns for conservation planning.