Unexpected species diversity in electric eels with a description of the strongest living bioelectricity generator
Is there only one electric eel species? For two and a half centuries since its description by Linnaeus, Electrophorus electricus has captivated humankind by its capacity to generate strong electric discharges. Despite the importance of Electrophorus in multiple fields of science, the possibility of...
| Autor principal: | Santana, Carlos David de |
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| Outros Autores: | Crampton, William Gareth Richard, Dillman, Casey B., Frederico, Renata Guimarães, Sabaj, Mark Henry, Covain, Raphael, Ready, Jonathan Stuart, Zuanon, Jansen, Oliveira, Renildo Ribeiro de, Mendes-Júnior, Raimundo Nonato Gomes, Bastos, Douglas A., Teixeira, Túlio Franco, Mol, Jan H.A., Ohara, Willian Massaharu, Castro, Natália E., Peixoto, Luiz Antônio Wanderley, Nagamachi, Cleusa Yoshiko, Sousa, Leandro M., Montag, Luciano F.A., Ribeiro, Frank, Waddell, Joseph C., Piorsky, Nivaldo M., Vari, Richard P., Wosiacki, Wolmar Benjamin |
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oai:repositorio:1-15487 Unexpected species diversity in electric eels with a description of the strongest living bioelectricity generator Santana, Carlos David de Crampton, William Gareth Richard Dillman, Casey B. Frederico, Renata Guimarães Sabaj, Mark Henry Covain, Raphael Ready, Jonathan Stuart Zuanon, Jansen Oliveira, Renildo Ribeiro de Mendes-Júnior, Raimundo Nonato Gomes Bastos, Douglas A. Teixeira, Túlio Franco Mol, Jan H.A. Ohara, Willian Massaharu Castro, Natália E. Peixoto, Luiz Antônio Wanderley Nagamachi, Cleusa Yoshiko Sousa, Leandro M. Montag, Luciano F.A. Ribeiro, Frank Waddell, Joseph C. Piorsky, Nivaldo M. Vari, Richard P. Wosiacki, Wolmar Benjamin Eel Electrical Power Electronic Equipment Miocene New Species Pliocene Species Diversity Bioenergy Electrophorus Electricus Miocene New Species Nonhuman Pliocene Species Diversity Anatomy And Histology Animals Classification Ecosystem Electric Organ Electrophorus Electrophysiology Genetics Phylogeny Physiology South America Species Difference Electrophorus Electrophorus Electricus Animal Ecosystem Electric Organ Electrophorus Electrophysiological Phenomena Phylogeny South America Species Specificity Is there only one electric eel species? For two and a half centuries since its description by Linnaeus, Electrophorus electricus has captivated humankind by its capacity to generate strong electric discharges. Despite the importance of Electrophorus in multiple fields of science, the possibility of additional species-level diversity in the genus, which could also reveal a hidden variety of substances and bioelectrogenic functions, has hitherto not been explored. Here, based on overwhelming patterns of genetic, morphological, and ecological data, we reject the hypothesis of a single species broadly distributed throughout Greater Amazonia. Our analyses readily identify three major lineages that diverged during the Miocene and Pliocene—two of which warrant recognition as new species. For one of the new species, we recorded a discharge of 860 V, well above 650 V previously cited for Electrophorus, making it the strongest living bioelectricity generator. © 2019, The Author(s). 2020-05-14T16:04:17Z 2020-05-14T16:04:17Z 2019 Artigo https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/handle/1/15487 10.1038/s41467-019-11690-z en Volume 10, Número 1 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Brazil http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/br/ application/pdf Nature Communications |
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Eel Electrical Power Electronic Equipment Miocene New Species Pliocene Species Diversity Bioenergy Electrophorus Electricus Miocene New Species Nonhuman Pliocene Species Diversity Anatomy And Histology Animals Classification Ecosystem Electric Organ Electrophorus Electrophysiology Genetics Phylogeny Physiology South America Species Difference Electrophorus Electrophorus Electricus Animal Ecosystem Electric Organ Electrophorus Electrophysiological Phenomena Phylogeny South America Species Specificity |
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Eel Electrical Power Electronic Equipment Miocene New Species Pliocene Species Diversity Bioenergy Electrophorus Electricus Miocene New Species Nonhuman Pliocene Species Diversity Anatomy And Histology Animals Classification Ecosystem Electric Organ Electrophorus Electrophysiology Genetics Phylogeny Physiology South America Species Difference Electrophorus Electrophorus Electricus Animal Ecosystem Electric Organ Electrophorus Electrophysiological Phenomena Phylogeny South America Species Specificity Santana, Carlos David de Unexpected species diversity in electric eels with a description of the strongest living bioelectricity generator |
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Eel Electrical Power Electronic Equipment Miocene New Species Pliocene Species Diversity Bioenergy Electrophorus Electricus Miocene New Species Nonhuman Pliocene Species Diversity Anatomy And Histology Animals Classification Ecosystem Electric Organ Electrophorus Electrophysiology Genetics Phylogeny Physiology South America Species Difference Electrophorus Electrophorus Electricus Animal Ecosystem Electric Organ Electrophorus Electrophysiological Phenomena Phylogeny South America Species Specificity |
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Is there only one electric eel species? For two and a half centuries since its description by Linnaeus, Electrophorus electricus has captivated humankind by its capacity to generate strong electric discharges. Despite the importance of Electrophorus in multiple fields of science, the possibility of additional species-level diversity in the genus, which could also reveal a hidden variety of substances and bioelectrogenic functions, has hitherto not been explored. Here, based on overwhelming patterns of genetic, morphological, and ecological data, we reject the hypothesis of a single species broadly distributed throughout Greater Amazonia. Our analyses readily identify three major lineages that diverged during the Miocene and Pliocene—two of which warrant recognition as new species. For one of the new species, we recorded a discharge of 860 V, well above 650 V previously cited for Electrophorus, making it the strongest living bioelectricity generator. © 2019, The Author(s). |
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Crampton, William Gareth Richard Dillman, Casey B. Frederico, Renata Guimarães Sabaj, Mark Henry Covain, Raphael Ready, Jonathan Stuart Zuanon, Jansen Oliveira, Renildo Ribeiro de Mendes-Júnior, Raimundo Nonato Gomes Bastos, Douglas A. Teixeira, Túlio Franco Mol, Jan H.A. Ohara, Willian Massaharu Castro, Natália E. Peixoto, Luiz Antônio Wanderley Nagamachi, Cleusa Yoshiko Sousa, Leandro M. Montag, Luciano F.A. Ribeiro, Frank Waddell, Joseph C. Piorsky, Nivaldo M. Vari, Richard P. Wosiacki, Wolmar Benjamin |
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Crampton, William Gareth Richard Dillman, Casey B. Frederico, Renata Guimarães Sabaj, Mark Henry Covain, Raphael Ready, Jonathan Stuart Zuanon, Jansen Oliveira, Renildo Ribeiro de Mendes-Júnior, Raimundo Nonato Gomes Bastos, Douglas A. Teixeira, Túlio Franco Mol, Jan H.A. Ohara, Willian Massaharu Castro, Natália E. Peixoto, Luiz Antônio Wanderley Nagamachi, Cleusa Yoshiko Sousa, Leandro M. Montag, Luciano F.A. Ribeiro, Frank Waddell, Joseph C. Piorsky, Nivaldo M. Vari, Richard P. Wosiacki, Wolmar Benjamin |
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Unexpected species diversity in electric eels with a description of the strongest living bioelectricity generator |
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Unexpected species diversity in electric eels with a description of the strongest living bioelectricity generator |
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Unexpected species diversity in electric eels with a description of the strongest living bioelectricity generator |
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Unexpected species diversity in electric eels with a description of the strongest living bioelectricity generator |
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Unexpected species diversity in electric eels with a description of the strongest living bioelectricity generator |
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unexpected species diversity in electric eels with a description of the strongest living bioelectricity generator |
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Nature Communications |
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2020 |
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