{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["20(10)"],"submitter":["Malcher G"],"pubmed_abstract":["The snooks (Centropomus spp.) are a group of 13 morphologically similar fish species that are widely distributed off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the Americas. This study used a multilocus approach to assess the evolutionary relationships within the genus, and to estimate the divergence times of all the taxa. A total of 105 specimens were analyzed throughout the geographic distribution of the different species. The results of the analyses suggest that the genus Centropomus is composed of four species groups, which originated in the Miocene (~20 Ma) with the common ancestor of the genus probably inhabiting coastal environments in the Americas prior to its diversification. However, most of the cladogenetic events that determined the extant diversity of the genus occurred more recently,"],"journal":["PloS one"],"pagination":["e0332412"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12510552"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Evolutionary history of the snooks: Phylogeny, biogeography and diversification of the genus Centropomus."],"pmcid":["PMC12510552"],"pubmed_authors":["Malcher G","Melo L","Dominguez-Dominguez O","Araripe J","Rodiles-Hernandez R","Mendonca P","Ferreira PR","Oliveira T","Rego PSD","Ornelas-Garcia CP","Angulo A"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Evolutionary history of the snooks: Phylogeny, biogeography and diversification of the genus Centropomus.","description":"The snooks (Centropomus spp.) are a group of 13 morphologically similar fish species that are widely distributed off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the Americas. This study used a multilocus approach to assess the evolutionary relationships within the genus, and to estimate the divergence times of all the taxa. A total of 105 specimens were analyzed throughout the geographic distribution of the different species. The results of the analyses suggest that the genus Centropomus is composed of four species groups, which originated in the Miocene (~20 Ma) with the common ancestor of the genus probably inhabiting coastal environments in the Americas prior to its diversification. However, most of the cladogenetic events that determined the extant diversity of the genus occurred more recently,","dates":{"release":"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2025","modification":"2026-06-04T07:01:56.622Z","creation":"2026-05-06T03:13:14.993Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC12510552","cross_references":{"pubmed":["41066314"],"doi":["10.1371/journal.pone.0332412"]}}