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Dean LL, Whiting JR, Jones FC, MacColl ADC. Reproductive isolation in a three-way contact zone. Mol Ecol 2024; 33:e17275. [PMID: 38235507 DOI: 10.1111/mec.17275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2023] [Revised: 01/05/2024] [Accepted: 01/10/2024] [Indexed: 01/19/2024]
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Contact zones between divergent forms within a species provide insight into the role of gene flow in adaptation and speciation. Previous work has focused on contact zones involving only two divergent forms, but in nature, many more than two populations may overlap simultaneously and experience gene flow. Patterns of introgression in wild populations are, therefore, likely much more complicated than is often assumed. We begin to address this gap in current knowledge by investigating patterns of divergence and introgression across a complex natural contact zone. We use phenotypic and genomic data to confirm the existence of a three-way contact zone among divergent freshwater resident, saltwater resident and saltwater migratory three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) on the island of North Uist, Scottish Western Isles. We find evidence for hybridization, mostly between saltwater resident and saltwater migratory forms. Despite hybridization, genomic analyses reveal pairwise islands of divergence between all forms that are maintained across the contact zone. Genomic cline analyses also provide evidence for selection and/or hybrid incompatibilities in divergent regions. Divergent genomic regions occur across multiple chromosomes and involve many known adaptive loci and several chromosomal inversions. We also identify distinct immune gene expression profiles between forms, but no evidence for transgressive expression in hybrids. Our results suggest that reproductive isolation is maintained in this three-way contact zone, despite some hybridization, and that reduced recombination in chromosomal inversions may play an important role in maintaining this isolation.
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- Laura L Dean
- School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck Society, Tübingen, Germany
- Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES), University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Szabo N, Cutter AD. Experimental evolution of hybrid populations to identify Dobzhansky-Muller incompatibility loci. Ecol Evol 2024; 14:e10972. [PMID: 38333096 PMCID: PMC10851027 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2023] [Revised: 12/04/2023] [Accepted: 12/10/2023] [Indexed: 02/10/2024] Open
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Epistatic interactions between loci that reduce fitness in interspecies hybrids, Dobzhansky-Muller incompatibilities (DMIs), contribute genetically to the inviability and infertility within hybrid populations. It remains a challenge, however, to identify the loci that contribute to DMIs as causes of reproductive isolation between species. Here, we assess through forward simulation the power of evolve-and-resequence (E&R) experimental evolution of hybrid populations to map DMI loci. We document conditions under which such a mapping strategy may be most feasible and demonstrate how mapping power is sensitive to biologically relevant parameters such as one-way versus two-way incompatibility type, selection strength, recombination rate, and dominance interactions. We also assess the influence of parameters under direct control of an experimenter, including duration of experimental evolution and number of replicate populations. We conclude that an E&R strategy for mapping DMI loci, and other cases of epistasis, can be a viable option under some circumstances for study systems with short generation times like Caenorhabditis nematodes.
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- Nicole Szabo
- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary BiologyUniversity of TorontoTorontoOntarioCanada
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- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary BiologyUniversity of TorontoTorontoOntarioCanada
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Bailey RI. Bayesian hybrid index and genomic cline estimation with the R package gghybrid. Mol Ecol Resour 2024; 24:e13910. [PMID: 38063369 DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.13910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2023] [Revised: 11/15/2023] [Accepted: 11/24/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024]
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Admixture, the interbreeding of individuals from differentiated source populations, is now known to be a widespread phenomenon. Genomic studies of natural hybridisation can help to answer many questions on the impacts of admixture on adaptive evolution, reproductive isolation, and speciation. When a large variety of admixture proportions between two source populations exist, both geographic and genomic cline analysis are suitable methods for inferring biased, restricted or excessive gene flow at individual loci into the foreign genomic background, providing evidence for reproductive isolation, selection across an environmental transition, balancing selection, and adaptive introgression. Genomic cline analysis replaces geographic location with genome-wide hybrid index and is therefore useable in circumstances that violate geographic cline assumptions. Here, I introduce gghybrid, an R package for simple and flexible Bayesian estimation of Buerkle's hybrid index and Fitzpatrick's logit-logistic genomic clines using bi-allelic data, suitable for both small and large datasets. gghybrid allows any ploidy and uses Structure input file format. It has separate functions for hybrid index and cline estimation, treating each individual and locus respectively as an independent analysis, making it highly parallelisable. Admixture proportions from other software can alternatively be used in cline analysis, alongside parental allele frequencies. Parameters can be fixed and samples pooled for statistical model comparison with AIC or waic. Here, I describe the functions, pipeline, and statistical properties of gghybrid. Simulations reveal that model comparison with waic is preferred, and use of Bayesian posterior distributions and p values to select candidate non-null loci is problematic and should be avoided.
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- Richard Ian Bailey
- Department of Ecology and Vertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Łódź, Poland
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Friedrich J, Bailey RI, Talenti A, Chaudhry U, Ali Q, Obishakin EF, Ezeasor C, Powell J, Hanotte O, Tijjani A, Marshall K, Prendergast J, Wiener P. Mapping restricted introgression across the genomes of admixed indigenous African cattle breeds. Genet Sel Evol 2023; 55:91. [PMID: 38097935 PMCID: PMC10722721 DOI: 10.1186/s12711-023-00861-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2023] [Accepted: 11/24/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The genomes of indigenous African cattle are composed of components with Middle Eastern (taurine) and South Asian (indicine) origins, providing a valuable model to study hybridization and to identify genetic barriers to gene flow. In this study, we analysed indigenous African cattle breeds as models of hybrid zones, considering taurine and indicine samples as ancestors. In a genomic cline analysis of whole-genome sequence data, we considered over 8 million variants from 144 animals, which allows for fine-mapping of potential genomic incompatibilities at high resolution across the genome. RESULTS We identified several thousand variants that had significantly steep clines ('SCV') across the whole genome, indicating restricted introgression. Some of the SCV were clustered into extended regions, with the longest on chromosome 7, spanning 725 kb and including 27 genes. We found that variants with a high phenotypic impact (e.g. indels, intra-genic and missense variants) likely represent greater genetic barriers to gene flow. Furthermore, our findings provide evidence that a large proportion of breed differentiation in African cattle could be linked to genomic incompatibilities and reproductive isolation. Functional evaluation of genes with SCV suggest that mitonuclear incompatibilities and genes associated with fitness (e.g. resistance to paratuberculosis) could account for restricted gene flow in indigenous African cattle. CONCLUSIONS To our knowledge, this is the first time genomic cline analysis has been applied to identify restricted introgression in the genomes of indigenous African cattle and the results provide extended insights into mechanisms (e.g. genomic incompatibilities) contributing to hybrid differentiation. These results have important implications for our understanding of genetic incompatibilities and reproductive isolation and provide important insights into the impact of cross-breeding cattle with the aim of producing offspring that are both hardy and productive.
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- Juliane Friedrich
- Division of Genetics and Genomics, The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick), School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Midlothian, UK.
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- Department of Ecology and Vertebrate Zoology, University of Łódź, Łódź, Poland
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- Division of Genetics and Genomics, The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick), School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Midlothian, UK
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- School of Veterinary Medicine, St. George's University, St. George's, Caribbean, Grenada
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- Department of Parasitology, The University of Agriculture Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- Biotechnology Division, National Veterinary Research Institute, Vom, Plateau State, Nigeria
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- Department of Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria
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- Division of Infection and Immunity, The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick), School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Midlothian, UK
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- International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
- Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health (CTLGH), The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Midlothian, UK
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- Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health (CTLGH), ILRI Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Division of Genetics and Genomics, The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick), School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Midlothian, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Genomics, The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick), School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Midlothian, UK.
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Firneno TJ, Semenov G, Dopman EB, Taylor SA, Larson EL, Gompert Z. Quantitative Analyses of Coupling in Hybrid Zones. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol 2023; 15:a041434. [PMID: 37739809 PMCID: PMC10691479 DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a041434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/24/2023]
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In hybrid zones, whether barrier loci experience selection mostly independently or as a unit depends on the ratio of selection to recombination as captured by the coupling coefficient. Theory predicts a sharper transition between an uncoupled and coupled system when more loci affect hybrid fitness. However, the extent of coupling in hybrid zones has rarely been quantified. Here, we use simulations to characterize the relationship between the coupling coefficient and variance in clines across genetic loci. We then reanalyze 25 hybrid zone data sets and find that cline variances and estimated coupling coefficients form a smooth continuum from high variance and weak coupling to low variance and strong coupling. Our results are consistent with low rates of hybridization and a strong genome-wide barrier to gene flow when the coupling coefficient is much greater than 1, but also suggest that this boundary might be approached gradually and at a near constant rate over time.
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- Thomas J Firneno
- Department of Biology, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado 80208, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80211, USA
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- Department of Biology, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80211, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado 80208, USA
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- Department of Biology, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84321, USA
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Wang Z, Luo W, Ping J, Xia Y, Ran J, Zeng X. Large X-effects are absent in torrent frogs with nascent sex chromosomes. Mol Ecol 2023; 32:5338-5349. [PMID: 37602937 DOI: 10.1111/mec.17113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2023] [Revised: 06/23/2023] [Accepted: 08/09/2023] [Indexed: 08/22/2023]
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Sex chromosomes are popularized as a special role in driving speciation. However, the empirical evidence from natural population processes has been limited to organisms with degenerated sex chromosomes, where hemizygosity is mainly considered to act as the driver of reproductive isolation. Here, we examined several hybrid zones of torrent frog Amolops mantzorum species complex, using an approach by mapping species-diagnostic loci onto the reference genome to compare sex-linked versus autosomal patterns of introgression. We find little support in sex-linked incompatibilities for large X-effects for these populations in hybrid zones with homomorphic sex chromosomes, due to the absence of the hemizygous effects. As expected, the large X-effects were not found in those with heteromorphic but newly evolved sex chromosomes, owing to the absence of strong genetic differences between X and Y chromosomes. The available data so far on amphibians suggest little role for sex-linked genes in speciation. The large X-effects in those with nascent sex chromosomes may not be as ubiquitous as presumed across the animal kingdom.
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- Ziwen Wang
- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China
- Key Laboratory of Bio-Resources and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Ecological Security and Protection Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Mianyang Normal University, Mianyang, China
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China
- Key Laboratory of Bio-Resources and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-Resources and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China
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Guo JF, Zhao W, Andersson B, Mao JF, Wang XR. Genomic clines across the species boundary between a hybrid pine and its progenitor in the eastern Tibetan Plateau. PLANT COMMUNICATIONS 2023:100574. [PMID: 36906801 PMCID: PMC10363505 DOI: 10.1016/j.xplc.2023.100574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2022] [Revised: 02/09/2023] [Accepted: 03/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Most species have clearly defined distribution ranges and ecological niches. The genetic and ecological causes of species differentiation and the mechanisms that maintain species boundaries between newly evolved taxa and their progenitors are, however, less clearly defined. This study investigated the genetic structure and clines in Pinus densata, a pine of hybrid origin on the southeastern Tibetan Plateau, to gain an understanding of the contemporary dynamics of species barriers. We analyzed genetic diversity in a range-wide collection of P. densata and representative populations of its progenitors, Pinus tabuliformis and Pinus yunnanensis, using exome capture sequencing. We detected four distinct genetic groups within P. densata that reflect its migration history and major gene-flow barriers across the landscape. The demographies of these genetic groups in the Pleistocene were associated with regional glaciation histories. Interestingly, population sizes rebounded rapidly during interglacial periods, suggesting persistence and resilience of the species during the Quaternary ice age. In the contact zone between P. densata and P. yunnanensis, 3.36% of the analyzed loci (57 849) showed exceptional patterns of introgression, suggesting their potential roles in either adaptive introgression or reproductive isolation. These outliers showed strong clines along critical climate gradients and enrichment in a number of biological processes relevant to high-altitude adaptation. This indicates that ecological selection played an important role in generating genomic heterogeneity and a genetic barrier across a zone of species transition. Our study highlights the forces that operate to maintain species boundaries and promote speciation in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and other mountain systems.
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- Jing-Fang Guo
- National Engineering Research Center of Tree Breeding and Ecological Restoration; State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding; Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education; College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå Plant Science Centre, Umeå University, 90187 Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå Plant Science Centre, Umeå University, 90187 Umeå, Sweden
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- National Engineering Research Center of Tree Breeding and Ecological Restoration; State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding; Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education; College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå Plant Science Centre, Umeå University, 90187 Umeå, Sweden.
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Sekino M, Hashimoto K, Nakamichi R, Yamamoto M, Fujinami Y, Sasaki T. Introgressive hybridization in the west Pacific pen shells (genus Atrina): Restricted interspecies gene flow within the genome. Mol Ecol 2023; 32:2945-2963. [PMID: 36855846 DOI: 10.1111/mec.16908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2022] [Revised: 02/03/2023] [Accepted: 02/14/2023] [Indexed: 03/02/2023]
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A compelling interest in marine biology is to elucidate how species boundaries between sympatric free-spawning marine invertebrates such as bivalve molluscs are maintained in the face of potential hybridization. Hybrid zones provide the natural resources for us to study the underlying genetic mechanisms of reproductive isolation between hybridizing species. Against this backdrop, we examined the occurrence of introgressive hybridization (introgression) between two bivalves distributed in the western Pacific margin, Atrina japonica and Atrina lischkeana, based on single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) derived from restriction site-associated DNA sequencing. Using 1066 ancestry-informative SNP sites, we also investigated the extent of introgression within the genome to search for SNP sites with reduced interspecies gene flow. A series of our individual-level clustering analyses including the principal component analysis, Bayesian model-based clustering, and triangle plotting based on ancestry-heterozygosity relationships for an admixed population sample from the Seto Inland Sea (Japan) consistently suggested the presence of specimens with varying degrees of genomic admixture, thereby implying that the two species are not completely isolated. The Bayesian genomic cline analysis identified 10 SNP sites with reduced introgression, each of which was located within a genic region or an intergenic region physically close to a functional gene. No, or very few, heterozygotes were observed at these sites in the hybrid zone, suggesting that selection acts against heterozygotes. Accordingly, we raised the possibility that the SNP sites are within genomic regions that are incompatible between the two species. Our finding of restricted interspecies gene flow at certain genomic regions gives new insight into the maintenance of species boundaries in hybridizing broadcast-spawning molluscs.
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- Masashi Sekino
- Fisheries Resources Institute, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Fisheries Technology Institute, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Fisheries Resources Institute, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Fisheries Division, Kagawa Prefectural Government, Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan
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- Goto Field Station, Fisheries Technology Institute, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency, Nagasaki, Japan
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- The University Museum, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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DeVos TB, Bock DG, Kolbe JJ. Rapid introgression of non-native alleles following hybridization between a native Anolis lizard species and a cryptic invader across an urban landscape. Mol Ecol 2023; 32:2930-2944. [PMID: 36811388 DOI: 10.1111/mec.16897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2022] [Revised: 02/14/2023] [Accepted: 02/20/2023] [Indexed: 02/24/2023]
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Invasive species can impact native populations through competition, predation, habitat alteration, and disease transmission, but also genetically through hybridization. Potential outcomes of hybridization span the continuum from extinction to hybrid speciation and can be further complicated by anthropogenic habitat disturbance. Hybridization between the native green anole lizard (Anolis carolinensis) and a morphologically similar invader (A. porcatus) in south Florida provides an ideal opportunity to study interspecific admixture across a heterogeneous landscape. We used reduced-representation sequencing to describe introgression in this hybrid system and to test for a relationship between urbanization and non-native ancestry. Our findings indicate that hybridization between green anole lineages was probably a limited, historic event, producing a hybrid population characterized by a diverse continuum of ancestry proportions. Genomic cline analyses revealed rapid introgression and disproportionate representation of non-native alleles at many loci and no evidence for reproductive isolation between parental species. Three loci were associated with urban habitat characteristics; urbanization and non-native ancestry were positively correlated, although this relationship did not remain significant when accounting for spatial nonindependence. Ultimately, our study demonstrates the persistence of non-native genetic material even in the absence of ongoing immigration, indicating that selection favouring non-native alleles can override the demographic limitation of low propagule pressure. We also note that not all outcomes of admixture between native and non-native species should be considered intrinsically negative. Hybridization with ecologically robust invaders can lead to adaptive introgression, which may facilitate the long-term survival of native populations otherwise unable to adapt to anthropogenically mediated global change.
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- Tyler B DeVos
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, USA
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Cruzan MB, Thompson PG, Diaz NA, Hendrickson EC, Gerloff KR, Kline KA, Machiorlete HM, Persinger JM. Weak coupling among barrier loci and waves of neutral and adaptive introgression across an expanding hybrid zone. Evolution 2021; 75:3098-3114. [PMID: 34668193 PMCID: PMC9298192 DOI: 10.1111/evo.14381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2021] [Revised: 09/14/2021] [Accepted: 09/19/2021] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Hybridization can serve as an evolutionary stimulus, but we have little understanding of introgression at early stages of hybrid zone formation. We analyze reproductive isolation and introgression between a range‐limited and a widespread species. Reproductive barriers are estimated based on differences in flowering time, ecogeographic distributions, and seed set from crosses. We find an asymmetrical mating barrier due to cytonuclear incompatibility that is consistent with observed clusters of coincident and concordant tension zone clines (barrier loci) for mtDNA haplotypes and nuclear SNPs. These groups of concordant clines are spread across the hybrid zone, resulting in weak coupling among barrier loci and extensive introgression. Neutral clines had nearly equal introgression into both species’ ranges, whereas putative cases of adaptive introgression had exceptionally wide clines with centers shifted toward one species. Analyses of cline shape indicate that secondary contact was initiated within the last 800 generations with the per‐generation dispersal between 200 and 400 m, and provide some of the first estimates of the strength of selection required to account for observed levels of adaptive introgression. The weak species boundary between these species appears to be in early stages of dissolution, and ultimately will precipitate genetic swamping of the range‐limited species.
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- Mitchell B Cruzan
- Department of Biology, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, 97201
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- Department of Biology, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, 97201
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- Department of Biology, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, 97201
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- Department of Biology, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, 97201
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- Department of Biology, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, 97201
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Martin BT, Chafin TK, Douglas MR, Douglas ME. ClineHelpR: an R package for genomic cline outlier detection and visualization. BMC Bioinformatics 2021; 22:501. [PMID: 34656096 PMCID: PMC8520269 DOI: 10.1186/s12859-021-04423-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2021] [Accepted: 10/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Background Patterns of multi-locus differentiation (i.e., genomic clines) often extend broadly across hybrid zones and their quantification can help diagnose how species boundaries are shaped by adaptive processes, both intrinsic and extrinsic. In this sense, the transitioning of loci across admixed individuals can be contrasted as a function of the genome-wide trend, in turn allowing an expansion of clinal theory across a much wider array of biodiversity. However, computational tools that serve to interpret and consequently visualize ‘genomic clines’ are limited, and users must often write custom, relatively complex code to do so. Results Here, we introduce the ClineHelpR R-package for visualizing genomic clines and detecting outlier loci using output generated by two popular software packages, bgc and Introgress. ClineHelpR bundles both input generation (i.e., filtering datasets and creating specialized file formats) and output processing (e.g., MCMC thinning and burn-in) with functions that directly facilitate interpretation and hypothesis testing. Tools are also provided for post-hoc analyses that interface with external packages such as ENMeval and RIdeogram. Conclusions Our package increases the reproducibility and accessibility of genomic cline methods, thus allowing an expanded user base and promoting these methods as mechanisms to address diverse evolutionary questions in both model and non-model organisms. Furthermore, the ClineHelpR extended functionality can evaluate genomic clines in the context of spatial and environmental features, allowing users to explore underlying processes potentially contributing to the observed patterns and helping facilitate effective conservation management strategies.
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- Bradley T Martin
- Arkansas Conservation and Molecular Ecology Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA. .,University of Arkansas Global Campus, Fayetteville, AR, 72701, USA.
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- Arkansas Conservation and Molecular Ecology Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA.,Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
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- Arkansas Conservation and Molecular Ecology Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA
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- Arkansas Conservation and Molecular Ecology Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA
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Del-Rio G, Rego MA, Whitney BM, Schunck F, Silveira LF, Faircloth BC, Brumfield RT. Displaced clines in an avian hybrid zone (Thamnophilidae: Rhegmatorhina) within an Amazonian interfluve. Evolution 2021; 76:455-475. [PMID: 34626500 DOI: 10.1111/evo.14377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2020] [Revised: 08/25/2021] [Accepted: 09/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Secondary contact between species often results in the formation of a hybrid zone, with the eventual fates of the hybridizing species dependent on evolutionary and ecological forces. We examine this process in the Amazon Basin by conducting the first genomic and phenotypic characterization of the hybrid zone formed after secondary contact between two obligate army-ant-followers: the White-breasted Antbird (Rhegmatorhina hoffmannsi) and the Harlequin Antbird (Rhegmatorhina berlepschi). We found a major geographic displacement (∼120 km) between the mitochondrial and nuclear clines, and we explore potential hypotheses for the displacement, including sampling error, genetic drift, and asymmetric cytonuclear incompatibilities. We cannot exclude roles for sampling error and genetic drift in contributing to the discordance; however, the data suggest expansion and unidirectional introgression of hoffmannsi into the distribution of berlepschi.
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- Glaucia Del-Rio
- Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70803.,Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70803
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- Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70803.,Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70803
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- Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70803.,Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, 04263-000, Brazil
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- Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, 04263-000, Brazil
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- Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, 04263-000, Brazil
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- Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70803.,Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70803
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- Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70803.,Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70803
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On the Trail of Spatial Patterns of Genetic Variation. Evol Biol 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s11692-021-09552-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
Abstract
AbstractThe accurate determination of the spatial trends on the variability of a species’ gene pool is essential to elucidate the underlying demographic-evolutionary events, thus helping to unravel the microevolutionary history of the population under study. Herein we present a new software called GenoCline, mainly addressed to detect genetic clines from allele, haplotype, and genome-wide data. This program package allows identifying the geographic orientation of clinal genetic variation through a system of iterative rotation of a virtual coordinate axis. Besides, GenoCline can perform complementary analyses to explore the potential origin of the genetic clines observed, including spatial autocorrelation, isolation by distance, centroid method, multidimensional scaling and Sammon projection. Among the advantages of this software is the ease in data entry and potential interconnection with other programs. Genetic and geographic data can be entered in spreadsheet table formatting (.xls), whereas genome-wide data can be imported in Eigensoft format. Genetic frequencies can also be exported in a format compatible with other programs dealing with population genetic and evolutionary biology analyses. All illustrations of results are saved in.svg format so that there will be high quality and easily editable vectorial graphs available for the researcher. Being implemented in Java, GenoCline is highly portable, thus working in different operating systems.
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Jofre GI, Rosenthal GG. A narrow window for geographic cline analysis using genomic data: Effects of age, drift, and migration on error rates. Mol Ecol Resour 2021; 21:2278-2287. [PMID: 33979028 DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.13428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2020] [Revised: 05/04/2021] [Accepted: 05/07/2021] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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The use of genomic and phenotypic data to scan for outliers is a mainstay for studies of hybridization and speciation. Geographic cline analysis of natural hybrid zones is widely used to identify putative signatures of selection by detecting deviations from baseline patterns of introgression. As with other outlier-based approaches, demographic histories can make neutral regions appear to be under selection and vice versa. In this study, we use a forward-time individual-based simulation approach to evaluate the robustness of geographic cline analysis under different evolutionary scenarios. We modelled multiple stepping-stone hybrid zones with distinct age, deme sizes, and migration rates, and evolving under different types of selection. We found that drift distorts cline shapes and increases false positive rates for signatures of selection. This effect increases with hybrid zone age, particularly if migration between demes is low. Drift can also distort the signature of deleterious effects of hybridization, with genetic incompatibilities and particularly underdominance prone to spurious typing as adaptive introgression. Our results suggest that geographic clines are most useful for outlier analysis in young hybrid zones with large populations of hybrid individuals. Current approaches may overestimate adaptive introgression and underestimate selection against maladaptive genotypes.
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- Gaston I Jofre
- Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, TAMU, College Station, TX, USA.,Centro de Investigaciones Cientıficas de las Huastecas "Aguazarca", Calnali Hidalgo, Mexico.,Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, TAMU, College Station, TX, USA.,Centro de Investigaciones Cientıficas de las Huastecas "Aguazarca", Calnali Hidalgo, Mexico
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Jahner JP, Parchman TL, Matocq MD. Multigenerational backcrossing and introgression between two woodrat species at an abrupt ecological transition. Mol Ecol 2021; 30:4245-4258. [PMID: 34219316 DOI: 10.1111/mec.16056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2020] [Accepted: 06/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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When organisms experience secondary contact after allopatric divergence, genomic regions can introgress differentially depending on their relationships with adaptation, reproductive isolation, recombination, and drift. Analyses of genome-wide patterns of divergence and introgression could provide insight into the outcomes of hybridization and the potential relationship between allopatric divergence and reproductive isolation. Here, we generate population genetic data (26,262 SNPs; 353 individuals) using a reduced-representation sequencing approach to quantify patterns of ancestry, differentiation, and introgression between a pair of ecologically distinct mammals-the desert woodrat (N. lepida) and Bryant's woodrat (N. bryanti)-that hybridize at a sharp ecotone in southern California. Individual ancestry estimates confirmed that hybrids were rare in this bimodal hybrid zone, and entirely consisted of a few F1 individuals and a broad range of multigenerational backcrosses. Genomic cline analyses indicated more than half of loci had elevated introgression from one genomic background into the other. However, introgression was not associated with relative or absolute measures of divergence, and loci with extreme values for both were not typically found near detoxification enzymes previously implicated in dietary specialization for woodrats. The decoupling of differentiation and introgression suggests that processes other than adaptation, such as drift, may underlie the extreme clines at this contact zone.
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- Joshua P Jahner
- Department of Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, USA.,Department of Botany, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, USA.,Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, USA
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- Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, USA.,Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, USA
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Chafin TK, Zbinden ZD, Douglas MR, Martin BT, Middaugh CR, Gray MC, Ballard JR, Douglas ME. Spatial population genetics in heavily managed species: Separating patterns of historical translocation from contemporary gene flow in white-tailed deer. Evol Appl 2021; 14:1673-1689. [PMID: 34178112 PMCID: PMC8210790 DOI: 10.1111/eva.13233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2020] [Accepted: 03/10/2021] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Approximately 100 years ago, unregulated harvest nearly eliminated white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) from eastern North America, which subsequently served to catalyze wildlife management as a national priority. An extensive stock-replenishment effort soon followed, with deer broadly translocated among states as a means of re-establishment. However, an unintended consequence was that natural patterns of gene flow became obscured and pretranslocation signatures of population structure were replaced. We applied cutting-edge molecular and biogeographic tools to disentangle genetic signatures of historical management from those reflecting spatially heterogeneous dispersal by evaluating 35,099 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) derived via reduced-representation genomic sequencing from 1143 deer sampled statewide in Arkansas. We then employed Simpson's diversity index to summarize ancestry assignments and visualize spatial genetic transitions. Using sub-sampled transects across these transitions, we tested clinal patterns across loci against theoretical expectations of their response under scenarios of re-colonization and restricted dispersal. Two salient results emerged: (A) Genetic signatures from historic translocations are demonstrably apparent; and (B) Geographic filters (major rivers; urban centers; highways) now act as inflection points for the distribution of this contemporary ancestry. These results yielded a statewide assessment of contemporary population structure in deer as driven by historic translocations as well as ongoing processes. In addition, the analytical framework employed herein to effectively decipher extant/historic drivers of deer distribution in Arkansas is also applicable for other biodiversity elements with similarly complex demographic histories.
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- Tyler K. Chafin
- Department of Biological SciencesUniversity of ArkansasFayettevilleARUSA
- Present address:
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary BiologyUniversity of ColoradoBoulderCOUSA
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- Department of Biological SciencesUniversity of ArkansasFayettevilleARUSA
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- Department of Biological SciencesUniversity of ArkansasFayettevilleARUSA
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- Department of Biological SciencesUniversity of ArkansasFayettevilleARUSA
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- Research DivisionArkansas Game and Fish CommissionLittle RockARUSA
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- Department of Biological SciencesUniversity of ArkansasFayettevilleARUSA
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Martin BT, Douglas MR, Chafin TK, Placyk JS, Birkhead RD, Phillips CA, Douglas ME. Contrasting signatures of introgression in North American box turtle (
Terrapene
spp.) contact zones. Mol Ecol 2020; 29:4186-4202. [DOI: 10.1111/mec.15622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2019] [Revised: 08/19/2020] [Accepted: 08/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Bradley T. Martin
- Department of Biological Sciences University of Arkansas Fayetteville AR USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences University of Arkansas Fayetteville AR USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences University of Arkansas Fayetteville AR USA
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- Department of Biology University of Texas Tyler TX USA
- Science Division Trinity Valley Community College Athens TX USA
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- Illinois Natural History Survey Prairie Research Institute University of Illinois Champaign IL USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences University of Arkansas Fayetteville AR USA
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Ito T, Kanthaswamy S, Bunlungsup S, Oldt RF, Houghton P, Hamada Y, Malaivijitnond S. Secondary contact and genomic admixture between rhesus and long-tailed macaques in the Indochina Peninsula. J Evol Biol 2020; 33:1164-1179. [PMID: 33448526 DOI: 10.1111/jeb.13681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2020] [Revised: 06/11/2020] [Accepted: 07/08/2020] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Understanding the process and consequences of hybridization is one of the major challenges in evolutionary biology. A growing body of literature has reported evidence of ancient hybridization events or natural hybrid zones in primates, including humans; however, we still have relatively limited knowledge about the pattern and history of admixture because there have been little studies that simultaneously achieved genome-scale analysis and a geographically wide sampling of wild populations. Our study applied double-digest restriction site-associated DNA sequencing to samples from the six localities in and around the provisional hybrid zone of rhesus and long-tailed macaques and evaluated population structure, phylogenetic relationships, demographic history, and geographic clines of morphology and allele frequencies. A latitudinal gradient of genetic components was observed, highlighting the transition from rhesus (north) to long-tailed macaque distribution (south) as well as the presence of one northern population of long-tailed macaques exhibiting unique genetic structure. Interspecific gene flow was estimated to have recently occurred after an isolation period, and the migration rate from rhesus to long-tailed macaques was slightly greater than in the opposite direction. Although some rhesus macaque-biased alleles have widely introgressed into long-tailed macaque populations, the inflection points of allele frequencies have been observed as concentrated around the traditionally recognized interspecific boundary where morphology discontinuously changed; this pattern was more pronounced in the X chromosome than in autosomes. Thus, due to geographic separation before secondary contact, reproductive isolation could have evolved, contributing to the maintenance of an interspecific boundary and species-specific morphological characteristics.
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- Tsuyoshi Ito
- Department of Evolution and Phylogeny, Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Aichi, Japan
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- School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, Arizona State University West Campus, Glendale, AZ, USA
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.,National Primate Research Center of Thailand-Chulalongkorn University, Saraburi, Thailand
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- School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, Arizona State University West Campus, Glendale, AZ, USA
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- Department of Evolution and Phylogeny, Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.,National Primate Research Center of Thailand-Chulalongkorn University, Saraburi, Thailand
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Genomic evidence of recent hybridization between sea turtles at Abrolhos Archipelago and its association to low reproductive output. Sci Rep 2020; 10:12847. [PMID: 32733067 PMCID: PMC7393485 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-69613-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2019] [Accepted: 07/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Hybridization between sea turtle species occurs with particularly high frequency at two adjacent nesting areas in northeastern Brazil. To understand the outcomes of hybridization and their consequences for sea turtle conservation, we need to evaluate the extent of hybridization occurrence and possible deleterious effects in the hybrid progeny. Thus, we investigated the hypothesis of the existence of a new hybrid spot offshore of Brazil’s northeastern coast. The Abrolhos Archipelago is surrounded by the largest and richest coral reefs in the South Atlantic and is known to be a nesting site for loggerhead turtles (Carettacaretta). In this study, we performed a multidisciplinary investigation into levels of hybridization in sea turtles and their reproductive output in the Abrolhos beaches. Genetic data from mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and six autosomal markers showed that there are first-generation hybrid females nesting in Abrolhos, resulting from crossings between hawksbill males (Eretmochelysimbricata) and loggerhead females, and backcrossed hatchlings from both parental species. The type and extent of hybridization were characterized using genomic data obtained with the 3RAD method, which confirmed backcrossing between F1 hybrids and loggerhead turtles. The reproductive output data of Abrolhos nests suggests a disadvantage of hybrids when compared to loggerheads. For the first time, we have shown the association between hybridization and low reproductive success, which may represent a threat to sea turtle conservation.
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Nagamitsu T, Uchiyama K, Izuno A, Shimizu H, Nakanishi A. Environment-dependent introgression from Quercus dentata to a coastal ecotype of Quercus mongolica var. crispula in northern Japan. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2020; 226:1018-1028. [PMID: 31424559 PMCID: PMC7216917 DOI: 10.1111/nph.16131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2019] [Accepted: 08/09/2019] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Introgression from one species in a specific environment to another may facilitate colonization of the environment by the recipient species. However, such environment-dependent introgression has been clarified in limited plant taxa. In northern Japan, there are two interfertile oak species: Quercus dentata (Qd) in coastal areas and Q. mongolica var. crispula (Qc) in inland areas. However, at higher latitudes where Qd is rare, a coastal Qc ecotype with Qd-like traits is distributed in the coastal areas. We distinguished inland Qc, coastal Qc, and coastal Qd populations based on genome-wide genotypes and multitrait phenotypes and verified introgression from coastal Qd to coastal Qc using reduced library sequencing. Genotypes and phenotypes differed among the populations, and coastal Qc was intermediate between inland Qc and coastal Qd. The ABBA-BABA test showed introgression from coastal Qd to coastal Qc. In coastal Qc, we found various stages of introgression after the first generation of backcross but detected no genomic regions where introgression was enhanced. Overall, we show evidence for introgression from a coastal species to an ecotype of an inland species, which has colonized the coastal environment. It remains unclear whether introgressed alleles are selected in the coastal environment.
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- Teruyoshi Nagamitsu
- Hokkaido Research Center, Forestry and Forest Products Research InstituteForest Research and Management OrganizationSapporo062‐8516Japan
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- Department of Forest Molecular Genetics and BiotechnologyForestry and Forest Products Research InstituteForest Research and Management OrganizationTsukuba305‐8687Japan
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- Department of Forest Molecular Genetics and BiotechnologyForestry and Forest Products Research InstituteForest Research and Management OrganizationTsukuba305‐8687Japan
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- Greenery Research and Information CenterForestry Research InstituteHokkaido Research OrganizationBibai079‐0198Japan
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- Hokkaido Research Center, Forestry and Forest Products Research InstituteForest Research and Management OrganizationSapporo062‐8516Japan
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Chafin TK, Douglas MR, Martin BT, Douglas ME. Hybridization drives genetic erosion in sympatric desert fishes of western North America. Heredity (Edinb) 2019; 123:759-773. [PMID: 31431737 PMCID: PMC6834602 DOI: 10.1038/s41437-019-0259-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2019] [Revised: 07/24/2019] [Accepted: 07/30/2019] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
Abstract
Many species have evolved or currently coexist in sympatry due to differential adaptation in a heterogeneous environment. However, anthropogenic habitat modifications can either disrupt reproductive barriers or obscure environmental conditions which underlie fitness gradients. In this study, we evaluated the potential for an anthropogenically-mediated shift in reproductive boundaries that separate two historically sympatric fish species (Gila cypha and G. robusta) endemic to the Colorado River Basin using ddRAD sequencing of 368 individuals. We first examined the integrity of reproductive isolation while in sympatry and allopatry, then characterized hybrid ancestries using genealogical assignment tests. We tested for localized erosion of reproductive isolation by comparing site-wise genomic clines against global patterns and identified a breakdown in the drainage-wide pattern of selection against interspecific heterozygotes. This, in turn, allowed for the formation of a hybrid swarm in one tributary, and asymmetric introgression where species co-occur. We also detected a weak but significant relationship between genetic purity and degree of consumptive water removal, suggesting a role for anthropogenic habitat modifications in undermining species boundaries or expanding historically limited introgression. In addition, results from basin-wide genomic clines suggested that hybrids and parental forms are adaptively nonequivalent. If so, then a failure to manage for hybridization will exacerbate the long-term extinction risk in parental populations. These results reinforce the role of anthropogenic habitat modification in promoting interspecific introgression in sympatric species by relaxing divergent selection. This, in turn, underscores a broader role for hybridization in decreasing global biodiversity within rapidly deteriorating environments.
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- Tyler K Chafin
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, 72701, USA.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, 72701, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, 72701, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, 72701, USA
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Sequeira F, Bessa-Silva A, Tarroso P, Sousa-Neves T, Vallinoto M, Gonçalves H, Martínez-Solano I. Discordant patterns of introgression across a narrow hybrid zone between two cryptic lineages of an Iberian endemic newt. J Evol Biol 2019; 33:202-216. [PMID: 31677317 DOI: 10.1111/jeb.13562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2019] [Revised: 10/15/2019] [Accepted: 10/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The study of natural hybrid zones can illuminate aspects of lineage divergence and speciation in morphologically cryptic taxa. We studied a hybrid zone between two highly divergent but morphologically similar lineages (south-western and south-eastern) of the Iberian endemic Bosca's newt (Lissotriton boscai) in SW Iberia with a multilocus dataset (microsatellites, nuclear and mitochondrial genes). STRUCTURE and NEWHYBRIDS analyses retrieved few admixed individuals, which classified as backcrosses involving parental individuals of the south-western lineage. Our results show asymmetric introgression of mtDNA beyond the contact from this lineage into the south-eastern lineage. Analysis of nongeographic introgression patterns revealed asymmetries in the direction of introgression, but except for mtDNA, we did not find evidence for nonconcordant introgression patterns across nuclear loci. Analysis of a 150-km transect across the hybrid zone showed broadly coincident cline widths (ca. 3.2-27.9 km), and concordant cline centres across all markers, except for mtDNA that is displaced ca. 60 km northward. Results from ecological niche modelling show that the hybrid zone is in a climatically homogenous area with suitable habitat for the species, suggesting that contact between the two lineages is unlikely to occur further south as their distributions are currently separated by an extensive area of unfavourable habitat. Taken together, our findings suggest the genetic structure of this hybrid zone results from the interplay of historical (biogeographic) and population-level processes. The narrowness and coincidence of genetic clines can be explained by weak selection against hybrids and reflect a degree of reproductive isolation that is consistent with cryptic speciation.
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- Fernando Sequeira
- Laboratorio Associado, CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal
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- Laboratório de Evolução (LEVO), Instituto de Estudos Costeiros (IECOS), Universidade Federal do Pará, Pará, Brasil
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- Laboratorio Associado, CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal
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- Laboratorio Associado, CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal.,Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Coordenação de Zoologia, Pará, Brasil
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- Laboratorio Associado, CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal.,Laboratório de Evolução (LEVO), Instituto de Estudos Costeiros (IECOS), Universidade Federal do Pará, Pará, Brasil
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- Laboratorio Associado, CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal.,Museu de História Natural e da Ciência, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC (MNCN-CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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Pedraza-Marrón CDR, Silva R, Deeds J, Van Belleghem SM, Mastretta-Yanes A, Domínguez-Domínguez O, Rivero-Vega RA, Lutackas L, Murie D, Parkyn D, Bullock LH, Foss K, Ortiz-Zuazaga H, Narváez-Barandica J, Acero A, Gomes G, Betancur-R R. Genomics overrules mitochondrial DNA, siding with morphology on a controversial case of species delimitation. Proc Biol Sci 2019; 286:20182924. [PMID: 30940064 PMCID: PMC6501682 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.2924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2019] [Accepted: 03/12/2019] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Species delimitation is a major quest in biology and is essential for adequate management of the organismal diversity. A challenging example comprises the fish species of red snappers in the Western Atlantic. Red snappers have been traditionally recognized as two separate species based on morphology: Lutjanus campechanus (northern red snapper) and L. purpureus (southern red snapper). Recent genetic studies using mitochondrial markers, however, failed to delineate these nominal species, leading to the current lumping of the northern and southern populations into a single species ( L. campechanus). This decision carries broad implications for conservation and management as red snappers have been commercially over-exploited across the Western Atlantic and are currently listed as vulnerable. To address this conflict, we examine genome-wide data collected throughout the range of the two species. Population genomics, phylogenetic and coalescent analyses favour the existence of two independent evolutionary lineages, a result that confirms the morphology-based delimitation scenario in agreement with conventional taxonomy. Despite finding evidence of introgression in geographically neighbouring populations in northern South America, our genomic analyses strongly support isolation and differentiation of these species, suggesting that the northern and southern red snappers should be treated as distinct taxonomic entities.
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- Instituto de Estudos Costeiros, Laboratório de Genética Aplicada, Campus Bragança, Alameda Leandro Ribeiro, S/N, Aldeia, 68600-000 Bragança, Pará, Brazil
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- USFDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, 5001 Campus Drive, College Park, MD 20740, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, PO Box 23360, San Juan, PR 00931, USA
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- CONACYT Research Fellow – Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, México, Liga Periférico – Insurgentes Sur, No. 4903, 14010, México, DF, México
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- Laboratorio de Biología Acuática, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Ciudad Universitaria, 58000, Morelia, Michoacán, México
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- Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, PO Box 23360, San Juan, PR 00931, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, PO Box 23360, San Juan, PR 00931, USA
- North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, Raleigh, NC 27699-1700, USA
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- University of Florida, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, Program of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Gainesville, FL 32653, USA
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- University of Florida, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, Program of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Gainesville, FL 32653, USA
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- Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, 100 8th Ave SE, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, USA
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- Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Farris Bryant Building, 620 S. Meridian St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-1600, USA
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- Computer Science Department, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, PO Box 23360, San Juan, PR 00931, USA
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- Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Caribe Cecimar, El Rodadero, Santa Marta, Colombia
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- Instituto de Estudos Costeiros, Laboratório de Genética Aplicada, Campus Bragança, Alameda Leandro Ribeiro, S/N, Aldeia, 68600-000 Bragança, Pará, Brazil
- Instituto de Estudos Costeiros, Laboratório de Genética e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal do Pará, Campus Bragança, Alameda Leandro Ribeiro, S/N, Aldeia, 68600-000 Bragança, Pará, Brazil
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- Department of Biology, The University of Oklahoma, 730 Van Vleet Oval, Room 314, Norman, OK 73019, USA
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Knief U, Bossu CM, Saino N, Hansson B, Poelstra J, Vijay N, Weissensteiner M, Wolf JBW. Epistatic mutations under divergent selection govern phenotypic variation in the crow hybrid zone. Nat Ecol Evol 2019; 3:570-576. [PMID: 30911146 PMCID: PMC6445362 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-019-0847-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2018] [Accepted: 02/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The evolution of genetic barriers opposing inter-specific gene flow is key to the origin of new species. Drawing from information of over 400 admixed genomes sourced from replicate transects across the European hybrid zone between all-black carrion crows and grey-coated hooded crows, we decipher the interplay between phenotypic divergence and selection at the molecular level. Over 68% of plumage variation was explained by epistasis between the gene NDP and a ~2.8 Mb region on chromosome 18 with suppressed recombination. Both pigmentation loci showed evidence for divergent selection resisting introgression. This study reveals how few, large-effect loci can govern prezygotic isolation and shield phenotypic divergence from gene flow.
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- Ulrich Knief
- Division of Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Biology, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Science for Life Laboratories and Department of Evolutionary Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.,Population Genetics, Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.,Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, Center for Tropical Research, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Science for Life Laboratories and Department of Evolutionary Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.,Biology Department, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- Science for Life Laboratories and Department of Evolutionary Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.,Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal, India
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- Division of Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Biology, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.,Science for Life Laboratories and Department of Evolutionary Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Division of Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Biology, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany. .,Science for Life Laboratories and Department of Evolutionary Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
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Goüy de Bellocq J, Wasimuddin, Ribas A, Bryja J, Piálek J, Baird SJE. Holobiont suture zones: Parasite evidence across the European house mouse hybrid zone. Mol Ecol 2018; 27:5214-5227. [PMID: 30427096 DOI: 10.1111/mec.14938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2018] [Revised: 10/16/2018] [Accepted: 10/17/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Parasite hybrid zones resulting from host secondary contact have never been described in nature although parasite hybridization is well known and secondary contact should affect them similarly to free-living organisms. When host populations are isolated, diverge and recontact, intimate parasites (host specific, direct life cycle) carried during isolation will also meet and so may form parasite hybrid zones. If so, we hypothesize these should be narrower than the host's hybrid zone as shorter parasite generation time allows potentially higher divergence. We investigate multilocus genetics of two parasites across the European house mouse hybrid zone. We find each host taxon harbours its own parasite taxa. These also hybridize: Parasite hybrid zones are significantly narrower than the host's. Here, we show a host hybrid zone is a suture zone for a subset of its parasite community and highlight the potential of such systems as windows on the evolutionary processes of host-parasite interactions and recombinant pathogen emergence.
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- The Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Brno, Czech Republic.,Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- The Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Brno, Czech Republic.,Section of Parasitology, Department of Biology, Healthcare and the Environment, Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- The Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Brno, Czech Republic.,Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- The Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Brno, Czech Republic
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- The Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Brno, Czech Republic
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Gerchen JF, Dufresnes C, Stöck M. Introgression across Hybrid Zones Is Not Mediated by Large X-Effects in Green Toads with Undifferentiated Sex Chromosomes. Am Nat 2018; 192:E178-E188. [DOI: 10.1086/699162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Hvala JA, Frayer ME, Payseur BA. Signatures of hybridization and speciation in genomic patterns of ancestry. Evolution 2018; 72:10.1111/evo.13509. [PMID: 29806154 PMCID: PMC6261709 DOI: 10.1111/evo.13509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2017] [Accepted: 05/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Genomes sampled from hybrid zones between nascent species provide important clues into the speciation process. With advances in genome sequencing and single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotyping, it is now feasible to measure variation in gene flow with high genomic resolution. This progress motivates the development of conceptual and analytical frameworks for hybrid zones that complement well-established cline approaches. We extend the perspective that genomic distributions of ancestry are sensitive indicators of hybridization history. We use simulations to examine the behavior of the number of ancestry junctions-a simple summary of genomic patterns-in hybrid zones under increasingly realistic scenarios. Neutral simulations revealed that ancestry junction number is shaped by population structure, migration rate, and population size. Modeling multiple genetic architectures of hybrid dysfunction, with an emphasis on epistatic hybrid incompatibilities, showed that selection reduces junction number near loci that confer reproductive barriers. The magnitude of this signature was affected by the form of selection, dominance, and genomic location (autosome vs. sex chromosome) of incompatible loci. Our results suggest that researchers can identify loci involved in reproductive isolation by scanning hybrid genomes for local reductions in junction number. We outline necessary directions for future theory and method development to realize this goal.
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- John A. Hvala
- Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Genomic Differentiation during Speciation-with-Gene-Flow: Comparing Geographic and Host-Related Variation in Divergent Life History Adaptation in Rhagoletis pomonella. Genes (Basel) 2018; 9:genes9050262. [PMID: 29783692 PMCID: PMC5977202 DOI: 10.3390/genes9050262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2018] [Revised: 05/09/2018] [Accepted: 05/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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A major goal of evolutionary biology is to understand how variation within populations gets partitioned into differences between reproductively isolated species. Here, we examine the degree to which diapause life history timing, a critical adaptation promoting population divergence, explains geographic and host-related genetic variation in ancestral hawthorn and recently derived apple-infesting races of Rhagoletis pomonella. Our strategy involved combining experiments on two different aspects of diapause (initial diapause intensity and adult eclosion time) with a geographic survey of genomic variation across four sites where apple and hawthorn flies co-occur from north to south in the Midwestern USA. The results demonstrated that the majority of the genome showing significant geographic and host-related variation can be accounted for by initial diapause intensity and eclosion time. Local genomic differences between sympatric apple and hawthorn flies were subsumed within broader geographic clines; allele frequency differences within the races across the Midwest were two to three-fold greater than those between the races in sympatry. As a result, sympatric apple and hawthorn populations displayed more limited genomic clustering compared to geographic populations within the races. The findings suggest that with reduced gene flow and increased selection on diapause equivalent to that seen between geographic sites, the host races may be recognized as different genotypic entities in sympatry, and perhaps species, a hypothesis requiring future genomic analysis of related sibling species to R. pomonella to test. Our findings concerning the way selection and geography interplay could be of broad significance for many cases of earlier stages of divergence-with-gene flow, including (1) where only modest increases in geographic isolation and the strength of selection may greatly impact genetic coupling and (2) the dynamics of how spatial and temporal standing variation is extracted by selection to generate differences between new and discrete units of biodiversity.
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Souissi A, Bonhomme F, Manchado M, Bahri-Sfar L, Gagnaire PA. Genomic and geographic footprints of differential introgression between two divergent fish species (Solea spp.). Heredity (Edinb) 2018; 121:579-593. [PMID: 29713088 DOI: 10.1038/s41437-018-0079-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2017] [Revised: 02/12/2018] [Accepted: 03/10/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Investigating gene flow between closely related species and its variation across the genome is important to understand how reproductive barriers shape genome divergence before speciation is complete. An efficient way to characterize differential gene flow is to study how the genetic interactions that take place in hybrid zones selectively filter gene exchange between species, leading to heterogeneous genome divergence. In the present study, genome-wide divergence and introgression patterns were investigated between two sole species, Solea senegalensis and Solea aegyptiaca, using restriction-associated DNA sequencing (RAD-Seq) to analyze samples taken from a transect spanning the hybrid zone. An integrative approach combining geographic and genomic clines methods with an analysis of individual locus introgression accounting for the demographic history of divergence was conducted. Our results showed that the two sole species have come into secondary contact postglacially, after experiencing a prolonged period (ca. 1.1 to 1.8 Myrs) of allopatric separation. Secondary contact resulted in the formation of a tension zone characterized by strong reproductive isolation, which only allowed introgression in a limited fraction of the genome. We found multiple evidence for a preferential direction of introgression in the S. aegyptiaca genetic background, indicating a possible recent or ongoing movement of the hybrid zone. Deviant introgression signals found in the opposite direction suggested that S. senegalensis could have possibly undergone adaptive introgression that has not yet spread throughout the entire species range. Our study thus illustrates the varied outcomes of genetic interactions between divergent gene pools that recently met after a long history of divergence.
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- Ahmed Souissi
- Université de Montpellier, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095, Montpellier, France. .,CNRS-Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, UMR5554 UM-CNRS-IRD-EPHE, Station Méditerranéenne de l'Environnement Littoral, 34200, Sète, France. .,Faculté des Sciences de Tunis UR11ES08 Biologie intégrative et écologie évolutive et fonctionnelle des milieux aquatiques, Université de Tunis El Manar, 2092, Tunis, Tunisia.
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- Université de Montpellier, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095, Montpellier, France.,CNRS-Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, UMR5554 UM-CNRS-IRD-EPHE, Station Méditerranéenne de l'Environnement Littoral, 34200, Sète, France
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- IFAPA Centro El Toruño, Junta de Andalucía, Camino Tiro Pichón s/n, 11500, El Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz, Spain
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- Faculté des Sciences de Tunis UR11ES08 Biologie intégrative et écologie évolutive et fonctionnelle des milieux aquatiques, Université de Tunis El Manar, 2092, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Université de Montpellier, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095, Montpellier, France.,CNRS-Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, UMR5554 UM-CNRS-IRD-EPHE, Station Méditerranéenne de l'Environnement Littoral, 34200, Sète, France
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Menon M, Bagley JC, Friedline CJ, Whipple AV, Schoettle AW, Leal‐Sàenz A, Wehenkel C, Molina‐Freaner F, Flores‐Rentería L, Gonzalez‐Elizondo MS, Sniezko RA, Cushman SA, Waring KM, Eckert AJ. The role of hybridization during ecological divergence of southwestern white pine (
Pinus strobiformis
) and limber pine (
P. flexilis
). Mol Ecol 2018; 27:1245-1260. [DOI: 10.1111/mec.14505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2017] [Revised: 12/19/2017] [Accepted: 12/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Mitra Menon
- Integrative Life Sciences Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond VA USA
- Department of Biology Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond VA USA
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- Department of Biology Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond VA USA
- Departamento de Zoologia Universidade de Brasília Brasília DF Brazil
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Merriam Powel Center for Environmental Research Northern Arizona University Flagstaff AZ USA
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- Rocky Mountain Research Station USDA Forest Service Ft. Collins CO USA
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- Programa Institucional de Doctorado en Ciencias Agropecuarias y Forestales Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango Durango Mexico
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- Instituto de Silvicultura e Industria de la Madera Universidad Juarez del Estado de Durango Durango Mexico
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- Institutos de Geologia y Ecologia Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Estación Regional del Noroeste Hermosillo Sonora Mexico
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- Rocky Mountain Research Station USDA Forest Service Flagstaff AZ USA
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- Department of Biology Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond VA USA
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Nadeau NJ, Kawakami T. Population Genomics of Speciation and Admixture. POPULATION GENOMICS 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/13836_2018_24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Kovach RP, Hand BK, Hohenlohe PA, Cosart TF, Boyer MC, Neville HH, Muhlfeld CC, Amish SJ, Carim K, Narum SR, Lowe WH, Allendorf FW, Luikart G. Vive la résistance: genome-wide selection against introduced alleles in invasive hybrid zones. Proc Biol Sci 2017; 283:rspb.2016.1380. [PMID: 27881749 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.1380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2016] [Accepted: 10/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Evolutionary and ecological consequences of hybridization between native and invasive species are notoriously complicated because patterns of selection acting on non-native alleles can vary throughout the genome and across environments. Rapid advances in genomics now make it feasible to assess locus-specific and genome-wide patterns of natural selection acting on invasive introgression within and among natural populations occupying diverse environments. We quantified genome-wide patterns of admixture across multiple independent hybrid zones of native westslope cutthroat trout and invasive rainbow trout, the world's most widely introduced fish, by genotyping 339 individuals from 21 populations using 9380 species-diagnostic loci. A significantly greater proportion of the genome appeared to be under selection favouring native cutthroat trout (rather than rainbow trout), and this pattern was pervasive across the genome (detected on most chromosomes). Furthermore, selection against invasive alleles was consistent across populations and environments, even in those where rainbow trout were predicted to have a selective advantage (warm environments). These data corroborate field studies showing that hybrids between these species have lower fitness than the native taxa, and show that these fitness differences are due to selection favouring many native genes distributed widely throughout the genome.
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- Ryan P Kovach
- Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center, US Geological Survey, Missoula, MT 59802, USA
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- Flathead Biological Station, University of Montana, Polson, MT 59860, USA
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- Institute for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844, USA
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- Flathead Biological Station, University of Montana, Polson, MT 59860, USA.,Fish and Wildlife Genomics Group, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA
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- Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center, US Geological Survey, Missoula, MT 59802, USA.,Flathead Biological Station, University of Montana, Polson, MT 59860, USA
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- Flathead Biological Station, University of Montana, Polson, MT 59860, USA.,Fish and Wildlife Genomics Group, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA
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- Wildlife Biology Program, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA
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- Hagerman Genetics Laboratory, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, Hagerman, ID 83332, USA
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- Fish and Wildlife Genomics Group, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA
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- Fish and Wildlife Genomics Group, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA
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- Flathead Biological Station, University of Montana, Polson, MT 59860, USA.,Fish and Wildlife Genomics Group, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA
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Blackburn GS, Brunet BMT, Muirhead K, Cusson M, Béliveau C, Levesque RC, Lumley LM, Sperling FAH. Distinct sources of gene flow produce contrasting population genetic dynamics at different range boundaries of aChoristoneurabudworm. Mol Ecol 2017; 26:6666-6684. [DOI: 10.1111/mec.14386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2016] [Revised: 09/26/2017] [Accepted: 10/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Gwylim S. Blackburn
- Department of Biological Sciences; CW405 Biosciences Centre; University of Alberta; Edmonton AB Canada
- Laurentian Forestry Centre; Natural Resources Canada; Canadian Forest Service; Quebec City QC Canada
- Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS); Université Laval; Québec QC Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences; CW405 Biosciences Centre; University of Alberta; Edmonton AB Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences; CW405 Biosciences Centre; University of Alberta; Edmonton AB Canada
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- Laurentian Forestry Centre; Natural Resources Canada; Canadian Forest Service; Quebec City QC Canada
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- Laurentian Forestry Centre; Natural Resources Canada; Canadian Forest Service; Quebec City QC Canada
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- Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS); Université Laval; Québec QC Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences; CW405 Biosciences Centre; University of Alberta; Edmonton AB Canada
- Laurentian Forestry Centre; Natural Resources Canada; Canadian Forest Service; Quebec City QC Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences; CW405 Biosciences Centre; University of Alberta; Edmonton AB Canada
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Gompert Z, Mandeville EG, Buerkle CA. Analysis of Population Genomic Data from Hybrid Zones. ANNUAL REVIEW OF ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS 2017. [DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-110316-022652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Zachariah Gompert
- Department of Biology and Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322
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- Department of Botany and Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming 82071
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- Department of Botany and Program in Ecology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming 82071
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Evolutionary biologists typically represent clines as spatial gradients in a univariate character (or a principal-component axis) whose mean changes as a function of location along a transect spanning an environmental gradient or ecotone. This univariate approach may obscure the multivariate nature of phenotypic evolution across a landscape. Clines might instead be plotted as a series of vectors in multidimensional morphospace, connecting sequential geographic sites. We present a model showing that clines may trace nonlinear paths that arc through morphospace rather than elongating along a single major trajectory. Arcing clines arise because different characters diverge at different rates or locations along a geographic transect. We empirically confirm that some clines arc through morphospace, using morphological data from threespine stickleback sampled along eight independent transects from lakes down their respective outlet streams. In all eight clines, successive vectors of lake-stream divergence fluctuate in direction and magnitude in trait space, rather than pointing along a single phenotypic axis. Most clines exhibit surprisingly irregular directions of divergence as one moves downstream, although a few clines exhibit more directional arcs through morphospace. Our results highlight the multivariate complexity of clines that cannot be captured with the traditional graphical framework. We discuss hypotheses regarding the causes, and implications, of such arcing multivariate clines.
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Purcell J, Zahnd S, Athanasiades A, Türler R, Chapuisat M, Brelsford A. Ants exhibit asymmetric hybridization in a mosaic hybrid zone. Mol Ecol 2016; 25:4866-74. [PMID: 27506180 DOI: 10.1111/mec.13799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2016] [Revised: 07/13/2016] [Accepted: 07/14/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
Research on hybridization between species provides unparalleled insights into the pre- and postzygotic isolating mechanisms that drive speciation. In social organisms, colony-level incompatibilities may provide additional reproductive barriers not present in solitary species, and hybrid zones offer an opportunity to identify these barriers. Here, we use genotyping-by-sequencing to sequence hundreds of markers in a hybrid zone between two socially polymorphic ant species, Formica selysi and Formica cinerea. We characterize the zone, determine the frequency of hybrid workers, infer whether hybrid queens or males are produced and investigate whether hybridization is influenced by colony social organization. We also compare cuticular hydrocarbon profiles and aggression levels between the two species. The hybrid zone exhibits a mosaic structure. The asymmetric distribution of hybrids skewed towards F. cinerea suggests a pattern of unidirectional nuclear gene flow from F. selysi into F. cinerea. The occurrence of backcrossed individuals indicates that hybrid queens and/or males are fertile, and the presence of the F. cinerea mitochondrial haplotype in 97% of hybrids shows that successful F1 hybrids will generally have F. cinerea mothers and F. selysi fathers. We found no evidence that social organization contributes to speciation, because hybrids occur in both single-queen and multiple-queen colonies. Strongly differentiated cuticular hydrocarbon profiles and heightened interspecific aggression further reveal that species recognition cues are both present and perceived. The discovery of fertile hybrids and asymmetrical gene flow is unusual in ants, and this hybrid zone will therefore provide an ideal system with which to investigate speciation in social insects.
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- Jessica Purcell
- Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland. .,Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA.
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.,Department of Biology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
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Payseur BA, Rieseberg LH. A genomic perspective on hybridization and speciation. Mol Ecol 2016; 25:2337-60. [PMID: 26836441 PMCID: PMC4915564 DOI: 10.1111/mec.13557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 292] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2015] [Revised: 01/18/2016] [Accepted: 01/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Hybridization among diverging lineages is common in nature. Genomic data provide a special opportunity to characterize the history of hybridization and the genetic basis of speciation. We review existing methods and empirical studies to identify recent advances in the genomics of hybridization, as well as issues that need to be addressed. Notable progress has been made in the development of methods for detecting hybridization and inferring individual ancestries. However, few approaches reconstruct the magnitude and timing of gene flow, estimate the fitness of hybrids or incorporate knowledge of recombination rate. Empirical studies indicate that the genomic consequences of hybridization are complex, including a highly heterogeneous landscape of differentiation. Inferred characteristics of hybridization differ substantially among species groups. Loci showing unusual patterns - which may contribute to reproductive barriers - are usually scattered throughout the genome, with potential enrichment in sex chromosomes and regions of reduced recombination. We caution against the growing trend of interpreting genomic variation in summary statistics across genomes as evidence of differential gene flow. We argue that converting genomic patterns into useful inferences about hybridization will ultimately require models and methods that directly incorporate key ingredients of speciation, including the dynamic nature of gene flow, selection acting in hybrid populations and recombination rate variation.
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- Bret A. Payseur
- Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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Schumer M, Brandvain Y. Determining epistatic selection in admixed populations. Mol Ecol 2016; 25:2577-91. [DOI: 10.1111/mec.13641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2015] [Revised: 03/07/2016] [Accepted: 03/09/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Molly Schumer
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Princeton University Princeton NJ 08544 USA
- Centro de Investigaciones Científicas de las Huastecas ‘Aguazarca’ 16 de Septiembre, 392 Calnali Hidalgo Mexico
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- Department of Plant Biology University of Minnesota ‐ Twin Cities 232 Cargill Building, 1500 Gortner Avenue St. Paul MN 55108 USA
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Walsh J, Shriver WG, Olsen BJ, Kovach AI. Differential introgression and the maintenance of species boundaries in an advanced generation avian hybrid zone. BMC Evol Biol 2016; 16:65. [PMID: 27000833 PMCID: PMC4802838 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-016-0635-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2015] [Accepted: 03/10/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Background Evolutionary processes, including selection and differential fitness, shape the introgression of genetic material across a hybrid zone, resulting in the exchange of some genes but not others. Differential introgression of molecular or phenotypic markers can thus provide insight into factors contributing to reproductive isolation. We characterized patterns of genetic variation across a hybrid zone between two tidal marsh birds, Saltmarsh (Ammodramus caudacutus) and Nelson’s (A. nelsoni) sparrows (n = 286), and compared patterns of introgression among multiple genetic markers and phenotypic traits. Results Geographic and genomic cline analyses revealed variable patterns of introgression among marker types. Most markers exhibited gradual clines and indicated that introgression exceeds the spatial extent of the previously documented hybrid zone. We found steeper clines, indicating strong selection for loci associated with traits related to tidal marsh adaptations, including for a marker linked to a gene region associated with metabolic functions, including an osmotic regulatory pathway, as well as for a marker related to melanin-based pigmentation, supporting an adaptive role of darker plumage (salt marsh melanism) in tidal marshes. Narrow clines at mitochondrial and sex-linked markers also offer support for Haldane’s rule. We detected patterns of asymmetrical introgression toward A. caudacutus, which may be driven by differences in mating strategy or differences in population density between the two species. Conclusions Our findings offer insight into the dynamics of a hybrid zone traversing a unique environmental gradient and provide evidence for a role of ecological divergence in the maintenance of pure species boundaries despite ongoing gene flow. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12862-016-0635-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Jennifer Walsh
- Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA. .,Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
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- Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA
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- School of Biology and Ecology, University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA
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- Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA
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Ozerov MY, Gross R, Bruneaux M, Vähä JP, Burimski O, Pukk L, Vasemägi A. Genomewide introgressive hybridization patterns in wild Atlantic salmon influenced by inadvertent gene flow from hatchery releases. Mol Ecol 2016; 25:1275-93. [PMID: 26840557 DOI: 10.1111/mec.13570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2015] [Revised: 01/13/2016] [Accepted: 01/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Many salmonid fish populations are threatened by genetic homogenization, primarily due to introgressive hybridization with hatchery-reared conspecifics. By applying genomewide analysis using two molecular marker types (1986 SNPs and 17 microsatellites), we assessed the genetic impacts of inadvertent gene flow via straying from hatchery releases on wild populations of Atlantic salmon in the Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea, over 16 years (1996-2012). Both microsatellites and SNPs revealed congruent population genetic structuring, indicating that introgression changed the genetic make-up of wild populations by increasing genetic diversity and reducing genetic divergence. However, the degree of genetic introgression varied among studied populations, being higher in the eastern part and lower in the western part of Estonia, which most likely reflects the history of past stocking activities. Using kernel smoothing and permutation testing, we detected considerable heterogeneity in introgression patterns across the genome, with a large number of regions exhibiting nonrandom introgression widely dispersed across the genome. We also observed substantial variation in nonrandom introgression patterns within populations, as the majority of genomic regions showing elevated or reduced introgression were not consistently detected among temporal samples. This suggests that recombination, selection and stochastic processes may contribute to complex nonrandom introgression patterns. Our results suggest that (i) some genomic regions in Atlantic salmon are more vulnerable to introgressive hybridization, while others show greater resistance to unidirectional gene flow; and (ii) the hybridization of previously separated populations leads to complex and dynamic nonrandom introgression patterns that most likely have functional consequences for indigenous populations.
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- M Y Ozerov
- Department of Biology, University of Turku, 20014, Turku, Finland.,Kevo Subarctic Research Institute, University of Turku, 20014, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Aquaculture, Institute of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, 51014, Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Biology, University of Turku, 20014, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Biology, University of Turku, 20014, Turku, Finland.,Kevo Subarctic Research Institute, University of Turku, 20014, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Aquaculture, Institute of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, 51014, Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Aquaculture, Institute of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, 51014, Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Biology, University of Turku, 20014, Turku, Finland.,Department of Aquaculture, Institute of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, 51014, Tartu, Estonia
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Empirical evidence for large X-effects in animals with undifferentiated sex chromosomes. Sci Rep 2016; 6:21029. [PMID: 26868373 PMCID: PMC4751523 DOI: 10.1038/srep21029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2015] [Accepted: 01/15/2016] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Reproductive isolation is crucial for the process of speciation to progress. Sex chromosomes have been assigned a key role in driving reproductive isolation but empirical evidence from natural population processes has been restricted to organisms with degenerated sex chromosomes such as mammals and birds. Here we report restricted introgression at sex-linked compared to autosomal markers in a hybrid zone between two incipient species of European tree frog, Hyla arborea and H. orientalis, whose homologous X and Y sex chromosomes are undifferentiated. This large X-effect cannot result from the dominance or faster-X aspects of Haldane's rule, which are specific to degenerated sex chromosomes, but rather supports a role for faster-heterogametic-sex or faster-male evolutionary processes. Our data suggest a prominent contribution of undifferentiated sex chromosomes to speciation.
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de Lafontaine G, Prunier J, Gérardi S, Bousquet J. Tracking the progression of speciation: variable patterns of introgression across the genome provide insights on the species delimitation between progenitor-derivative spruces (Picea mariana×P. rubens). Mol Ecol 2015; 24:5229-47. [DOI: 10.1111/mec.13377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2015] [Revised: 08/05/2015] [Accepted: 09/01/2015] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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- Guillaume de Lafontaine
- Canada Research Chair in Forest and Environmental Genomics; Centre for Forest Research and Institute of Systems and Integrative Biology; Université Laval; 1030 Avenue de la Médecine Québec QC G1V 0A6 Canada
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- Canada Research Chair in Forest and Environmental Genomics; Centre for Forest Research and Institute of Systems and Integrative Biology; Université Laval; 1030 Avenue de la Médecine Québec QC G1V 0A6 Canada
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- Canada Research Chair in Forest and Environmental Genomics; Centre for Forest Research and Institute of Systems and Integrative Biology; Université Laval; 1030 Avenue de la Médecine Québec QC G1V 0A6 Canada
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- Canada Research Chair in Forest and Environmental Genomics; Centre for Forest Research and Institute of Systems and Integrative Biology; Université Laval; 1030 Avenue de la Médecine Québec QC G1V 0A6 Canada
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Adrion JR, Hahn MW, Cooper BS. Revisiting classic clines in Drosophila melanogaster in the age of genomics. Trends Genet 2015; 31:434-44. [PMID: 26072452 PMCID: PMC4526433 DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2015.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2015] [Revised: 05/11/2015] [Accepted: 05/12/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Adaptation to spatially varying environments has been studied for decades, but advances in sequencing technology are now enabling researchers to investigate the landscape of genetic variation underlying this adaptation genome wide. In this review we highlight some of the decades-long research on local adaptation in Drosophila melanogaster from well-studied clines in North America and Australia. We explore the evidence for parallel adaptation and identify commonalities in the genes responding to clinal selection across continents as well as discussing instances where patterns differ among clines. We also investigate recent studies utilizing whole-genome data to identify clines in D. melanogaster and several other systems. Although connecting segregating genomic variation to variation in phenotypes and fitness remains challenging, clinal genomics is poised to increase our understanding of local adaptation and the selective pressures that drive the extensive phenotypic diversity observed in nature.
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- Jeffrey R Adrion
- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA; School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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- Center for Population Biology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA; Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
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Taylor SA, Larson EL, Harrison RG. Hybrid zones: windows on climate change. Trends Ecol Evol 2015; 30:398-406. [PMID: 25982153 DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2015.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2015] [Revised: 04/16/2015] [Accepted: 04/17/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Defining the impacts of anthropogenic climate change on biodiversity and species distributions is currently a high priority. Niche models focus primarily on predicted changes in abiotic factors; however, species interactions and adaptive evolution will impact the ability of species to persist in the face of changing climate. Our review focuses on the use of hybrid zones to monitor responses of species to contemporary climate change. Monitoring hybrid zones provides insight into how range boundaries shift in response to climate change by illuminating the combined effects of species interactions and physiological sensitivity. At the same time, the semipermeable nature of species boundaries allows us to document adaptive introgression of alleles associated with response to climate change.
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- Scott A Taylor
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA; Cornell University, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
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- University of Montana, Division of Biological Sciences, Missoula, MT 59812, USA
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- Cornell University, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Hermansen JS, Haas F, Trier CN, Bailey RI, Nederbragt AJ, Marzal A, Saetre GP. Hybrid speciation through sorting of parental incompatibilities in Italian sparrows. Mol Ecol 2014; 23:5831-42. [DOI: 10.1111/mec.12910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2014] [Revised: 08/29/2014] [Accepted: 09/01/2014] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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- Jo S. Hermansen
- Department of Biosciences; Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis; University of Oslo; PO Box 1066, Blindern N-0316 Oslo Norway
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- Department of Biosciences; Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis; University of Oslo; PO Box 1066, Blindern N-0316 Oslo Norway
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- Department of Biosciences; Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis; University of Oslo; PO Box 1066, Blindern N-0316 Oslo Norway
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- Department of Biosciences; Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis; University of Oslo; PO Box 1066, Blindern N-0316 Oslo Norway
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- Department of Biosciences; Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis; University of Oslo; PO Box 1066, Blindern N-0316 Oslo Norway
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- Department of Zoology; University of Extremadura; ES-06071 Badajoz Spain
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- Department of Biosciences; Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis; University of Oslo; PO Box 1066, Blindern N-0316 Oslo Norway
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Taylor SA, Curry RL, White TA, Ferretti V, Lovette I. Spatiotemporally consistent genomic signatures of reproductive isolation in a moving hybrid zone. Evolution 2014; 68:3066-81. [DOI: 10.1111/evo.12510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2013] [Accepted: 07/28/2014] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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- Scott A. Taylor
- Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program; Cornell Lab of Ornithology; 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca New York 14850
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Cornell University; Ithaca New York 14850
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- Department of Biology; Villanova University; 800 Lancaster Avenue Villanova Pennsylvania 19085
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Cornell University; Ithaca New York 14850
- Ecology Research Group; Department of Geographical and Life Sciences; Canterbury Christ Church University; North Holmes Campus; Canterbury CT1 1QU United Kingdom
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- Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program; Cornell Lab of Ornithology; 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca New York 14850
- Department of Biology; Villanova University; 800 Lancaster Avenue Villanova Pennsylvania 19085
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- Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program; Cornell Lab of Ornithology; 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca New York 14850
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Cornell University; Ithaca New York 14850
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Harrison RG, Larson EL. Hybridization, Introgression, and the Nature of Species Boundaries. J Hered 2014; 105 Suppl 1:795-809. [DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esu033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 418] [Impact Index Per Article: 41.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Baldassarre DT, White TA, Karubian J, Webster MS. GENOMIC AND MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF A SEMIPERMEABLE AVIAN HYBRID ZONE SUGGESTS ASYMMETRICAL INTROGRESSION OF A SEXUAL SIGNAL. Evolution 2014; 68:2644-57. [DOI: 10.1111/evo.12457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2014] [Accepted: 05/22/2014] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Daniel T. Baldassarre
- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior; Cornell University; Ithaca New York 14850
- Macaulay Library; Cornell Lab of Ornithology; Ithaca New York 14853
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Cornell University; Ithaca New York 14850
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Tulane University; New Orleans Louisiana 70118
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- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior; Cornell University; Ithaca New York 14850
- Macaulay Library; Cornell Lab of Ornithology; Ithaca New York 14853
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Andrews KR, Luikart G. Recent novel approaches for population genomics data analysis. Mol Ecol 2014; 23:1661-7. [DOI: 10.1111/mec.12686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2013] [Revised: 01/25/2014] [Accepted: 01/29/2014] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Kimberly R. Andrews
- School of Biological & Biomedical Sciences; Durham University; South Road Durham DH1 3LE UK
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- Flathead Lake Biological Station; Fish and Wildlife Genomics Group; University of Montana; Polson MT 59860 USA
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Trier CN, Hermansen JS, Sætre GP, Bailey RI. Evidence for mito-nuclear and sex-linked reproductive barriers between the hybrid Italian sparrow and its parent species. PLoS Genet 2014; 10:e1004075. [PMID: 24415954 PMCID: PMC3886922 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2013] [Accepted: 11/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Studies of reproductive isolation between homoploid hybrid species and their parent species have rarely been carried out. Here we investigate reproductive barriers between a recently recognized hybrid bird species, the Italian sparrow Passer italiae and its parent species, the house sparrow P. domesticus and Spanish sparrow P. hispaniolensis. Reproductive barriers can be difficult to study in hybrid species due to lack of geographical contact between taxa. However, the Italian sparrow lives parapatrically with the house sparrow and both sympatrically and parapatrically with the Spanish sparrow. Through whole-transcriptome sequencing of six individuals of each of the two parent species we identified a set of putatively parent species-diagnostic single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers. After filtering for coverage, genotyping success (>97%) and multiple SNPs per gene, we retained 86 species-informative, genic, nuclear and mitochondrial SNP markers from 84 genes for analysis of 612 male individuals. We show that a disproportionately large number of sex-linked genes, as well as the mitochondria and nuclear genes with mitochondrial function, exhibit sharp clines at the boundaries between the hybrid and the parent species, suggesting a role for mito-nuclear and sex-linked incompatibilities in forming reproductive barriers. We suggest that genomic conflict via interactions between mitochondria and sex-linked genes with mitochondrial function (“mother's curse”) at one boundary and centromeric drive at the other may best explain our findings. Hybrid speciation in the Italian sparrow may therefore be influenced by mechanisms similar to those involved in non-hybrid speciation, but with the formation of two geographically separated species boundaries instead of one. Spanish sparrow alleles at some loci have spread north to form reproductive barriers with house sparrows, while house sparrow alleles at different loci, including some on the same chromosome, have spread in the opposite direction to form barriers against Spanish sparrows. Hybridization between two species has the potential to create a third, hybrid species. However this process, known as hybrid speciation, is thought to be unlikely because it requires reproductive barriers against both parent species to develop despite the barriers between parents being weak enough to allow for the formation of viable, fertile hybrids. The Italian sparrow, which occupies the entire Italian peninsula and some Mediterranean islands, is the product of past hybridization between house and Spanish sparrows and therefore represents one of the few documented cases of vertebrate hybrid speciation in nature. We show that reproductive barriers between Italian sparrows and their parent species exist and that genes on the sex (Z) chromosome and mitochondria are heavily involved. We suggest that speciation in this system may have been driven by dissociation of the sex (Z) chromosome into blocks of different parent species-specific genes, which have shifted alongside mitochondrial genes to form reproductive barriers where the hybrid now meets each of its parent species.
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- Cassandra N. Trier
- Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, Department of Biology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, Department of Biology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, Department of Biology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, Department of Biology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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