Corrigendum to "Nucleotide sequence and results of test of adaptive evolution in the α-globin gene of octodontoid rodents" [Data Brief 15 (2017) 517-521].

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2017.09.017.].

Nucleotide sequence and results of test of adaptive evolution in the α-globin gene of octodontoid rodents.

The data presented in this article are related to the research article entitled "Molecular adaptive convergence in the α-globin gene in subterranean octodontid rodents" (Tomasco et al., 2017) [1]. This article shows the nucleotide sequences of α-globin subunit gene of hemoglobin of several South American caviomorph rodents, including subterranean and fossorial species. These sequences are deposited in Genbank, with accession numbers ranging from MF169881 to MF169898. Of a total of 429 nucleotides analyzed (143 codons), 100 variable sites and 43 amino acid replacements were reported. In this article we also show the results of TreeSaap (Woolley et al., 2003) [2] and MEME (Murrell et al., 2012) [3], that identified some replacement changes as interesting for future studies of adaptive evolution in this large rodent radiation.

Comparative phylogeography of short-tailed bats (Carollia: Phyllostomidae).

This is the first study of comparative phylogeography involving closely related species of Neotropical bats of the family Phyllostomidae. We compared patterns of geographical variation within the five species of fruit-eating bats currently recognized in the genus Carollia using the complete mitochondrial cytochrome-b gene. Our results suggest that the combined effect of the uplift of the Andes and the Panamanian land bridge has been as important for bats as for terrestrial mammals in shaping present-day biodiversity in the New World tropics. Species in this genus can be arranged in two highly supported clades, with a deep subdivision within each that corresponds well to differences across the Andes. We found three congruent phylogeographical patterns across species in this genus. First, the closer relationship between samples from western Ecuador and those from Central America, compared with populations east of the Andes in C. brevicauda, C. castanea and C. perspicillata. Second, the likelihood of a similar timing in South America for the arrival and diversification of C. brevicauda and C. perspicillata from their Central America ancestors. Third, the expansion of C. perspicillata and C. sowelli into northwestern Central America in the relatively recent past. Using a molecular clock, with rates ranging from 2.3 to 5% per 10(6) years, diversification within Carollia would have occurred over the last 1-4.5 Myr. These estimates agree well with the last rise of the Northern Andes and the Panama isthmus.