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Dufresnes C, Monod-Broca B, Bellati A, Canestrelli D, Ambu J, Wielstra B, Dubey S, Crochet PA, Denoël M, Jablonski D. Piecing the barcoding puzzle of Palearctic water frogs (Pelophylax) sheds light on amphibian biogeography and global invasions. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2024; 30:e17180. [PMID: 38465701 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.17180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2023] [Revised: 01/04/2024] [Accepted: 01/11/2024] [Indexed: 03/12/2024]
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Palearctic water frogs (genus Pelophylax) are an outstanding model in ecology and evolution, being widespread, speciose, either threatened or threatening to other species through biological invasions, and capable of siring hybrid offspring that escape the rules of sexual reproduction. Despite half a century of genetic research and hundreds of publications, the diversity, systematics and biogeography of Pelophylax still remain highly confusing, in no small part due to a lack of correspondence between studies. To provide a comprehensive overview, we gathered >13,000 sequences of barcoding genes from >1700 native and introduced localities and built multigene mitochondrial (~17 kb) and nuclear (~10 kb) phylogenies. We mapped all currently recognized taxa and their phylogeographic lineages (>40) to get a grasp on taxonomic issues, cyto-nuclear discordances, the genetic makeup of hybridogenetic hybrids, and the origins of introduced populations. Competing hypotheses for the molecular calibration were evaluated through plausibility tests, implementing a new approach relying on predictions from the anuran speciation continuum. Based on our timetree, we propose a new biogeographic paradigm for the Palearctic since the Paleogene, notably by attributing a prominent role to the dynamics of the Paratethys, a vast paleo-sea that extended over most of Europe. Furthermore, our results show that distinct marsh frog lineages from Eastern Europe, the Balkans, the Near East, and Central Asia (P. ridibundus ssp.) are naturally capable of inducing hybridogenesis with pool frogs (P. lessonae). We identified 14 alien lineages (mostly of P. ridibundus) over ~20 areas of invasions, especially in Western Europe, with genetic signatures disproportionally pointing to the Balkans and Anatolia as the regions of origins, in line with exporting records of the frog leg industry and the stocks of pet sellers. Pelophylax thus emerges as one of the most invasive amphibians worldwide, and deserves much higher conservation concern than currently given by the authorities fighting biological invasions.
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- Christophe Dufresnes
- Laboratory of Amphibian Systematics and Evolutionary Research (LASER), College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China
- Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles, Paris, France
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- Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, ENTPE, UMR 5023 LEHNA, Villeurbanne, France
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- Department of Ecological and Biological Sciences, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
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- Department of Ecological and Biological Sciences, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
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- Laboratory of Amphibian Systematics and Evolutionary Research (LASER), College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Ecology and Conservation of Amphibians (LECA), FOCUS, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Department of Zoology, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
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Gawrońska B, Marszałek M, Kosiński P, Podsiedlik M, Bednorz L, Zeyland J. No wonder, it is a hybrid. Natural hybridization between Jacobaea vulgaris and J. erucifolia revealed by molecular marker systems and its potential ecological impact. Ecol Evol 2023; 13:e10467. [PMID: 37664498 PMCID: PMC10468328 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10467] [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: 03/07/2023] [Revised: 08/09/2023] [Accepted: 08/18/2023] [Indexed: 09/05/2023] Open
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Progressive changes in the environment are related to modifications of the habitat. Introducing exotic species, and interbreeding between species can lead to processes that in the case of rare species or small populations threatens their integrity. Given the declining trends of many populations due to increased hybridization, early recognition of hybrids becomes important in conservation management. Natural hybridization is prevalent in Jacobaea. There are many naturally occurring interspecific hybrids in this genus, including those between Jacobaea vulgaris and its relatives. Although Jacobaea erucifolia and J. vulgaris often co-occur and are considered closely related, apart from the few reports of German botanists on the existence of such hybrids, there is no information on research confirming hybridization between them. Morphologically intermediate individuals, found in the sympatric distributions of J. vulgaris and J. erucifolia, were hypothesized to be their hybrids. Two molecular marker systems (nuclear and chloroplast DNA markers) were employed to test this hypothesis and characterize putative hybrids. Nuclear and chloroplast DNA sequencing results and taxon-specific amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) fragment distribution analysis confirmed the hybrid nature of all 25 putative hybrids. The AFLP patterns of most hybrids demonstrated a closer relationship to J. erucifolia, suggesting frequent backcrossing. Moreover, they showed that several individuals previously described as pure were probably also of hybrid origin, backcrosses to J. erucifolia and J. vulgaris. This study provides the first molecular confirmation that natural hybrids between J. vulgaris and J. erucifolia occur in Poland. Hybridization appeared to be bidirectional but asymmetrical with J. vulgaris as the usual maternal parent.
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- Barbara Gawrońska
- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agronomy, Horticulture and BioengineeringPoznań University of Life SciencesPoznańPoland
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agronomy, Horticulture and BioengineeringPoznań University of Life SciencesPoznańPoland
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- Department of Botany, Faculty of Agronomy, Horticulture and BioengineeringPoznań University of Life SciencesPoznańPoland
- Institute of DendrologyPolish Academy of SciencesKórnikPoland
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- Natural History Collections, Faculty of BiologyAdam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoznańPoland
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- Department of Botany, Faculty of Agronomy, Horticulture and BioengineeringPoznań University of Life SciencesPoznańPoland
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agronomy, Horticulture and BioengineeringPoznań University of Life SciencesPoznańPoland
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Hybrid swarm as a result of hybridization between two alien and two native water frog species (genus Pelophylax) in Central Croatia: Crna Mlaka fishpond acting as a species melting pot? Biol Invasions 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-022-02846-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Fournier D, Aron S. Hybridization and invasiveness in social insects - The good, the bad and the hybrid. CURRENT OPINION IN INSECT SCIENCE 2021; 46:1-9. [PMID: 33484875 DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2020.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2020] [Revised: 12/23/2020] [Accepted: 12/29/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Hybridization may help drive biological invasions by reducing Allee effects, increasing genetic variation, and generating novel adaptive genotypes/phenotypes. Social insects (ants, bees, wasps, and termites) are among the world's worst invasive species. In this review, we study the relationship between hybridization and invasiveness in social insects. We examine three types of hybridization based on the reproductive characteristics of first-generation hybrids. We discuss several examples of the association between hybridization and invasiveness, which are predominantly found in bees and termites. However, hybridization also occurs in several non-invasive species, and highly invasive species are not consistently associated with hybridization events, indicating that hybridization is not a main driver of invasiveness in social insects. We discuss why hybridization is not more commonly seen in invasive social insects.
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- Denis Fournier
- Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, Université libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, Université libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
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Quilodrán CS, Nussberger B, Macdonald DW, Montoya‐Burgos JI, Currat M. Projecting introgression from domestic cats into European wildcats in the Swiss Jura. Evol Appl 2020; 13:2101-2112. [PMID: 32908607 PMCID: PMC7463310 DOI: 10.1111/eva.12968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2019] [Revised: 03/06/2020] [Accepted: 03/24/2020] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Hybridization between wild and domesticated organisms is a worldwide conservation issue. In the Jura Mountains, threatened European wildcats (Felis silvestris) have been demographically spreading for approximately the last 50 years, but this recovery is coupled with hybridization with domestic cats (Felis catus). Here, we project the pattern of future introgression using different spatially explicit scenarios to model the interactions between the two species, including competition and different population sizes. We project the fast introgression of domestic cat genes into the wildcat population under all scenarios if hybridization is not severely restricted. If the current hybridization rate and population sizes remain unchanged, we expect the loss of genetic distinctiveness between wild and domestic cats at neutral nuclear, mitochondrial and Y chromosome markers in one hundred years. However, scenarios involving a competitive advantage for wildcats and a future increase in the wildcat population size project a slower increase in introgression. We recommend that future studies assess the fitness of these hybrids and better characterize their ecological niche and their ecological interactions with parental species to elucidate effective conservation measures.
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- Claudio S. Quilodrán
- Department of ZoologyUniversity of OxfordOxfordUK
- Department of Genetics and Evolution ‐ Anthropology UnitLaboratory of AnthropologyGenetics and Peopling HistoryUniversity of GenevaGenevaSwitzerland
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- Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental StudiesUniversity of ZurichZurichSwitzerland
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- Department of ZoologyWildlife Conservation Research UnitThe Recanati‐Kaplan CentreUniversity of OxfordOxfordUK
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- Department of Genetics and EvolutionLaboratory of Vertebrate EvolutionUniversity of GenevaGenevaSwitzerland
- Institute of Genetics and Genomics in Geneva (IGE3)GenevaSwitzerland
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- Department of Genetics and Evolution ‐ Anthropology UnitLaboratory of AnthropologyGenetics and Peopling HistoryUniversity of GenevaGenevaSwitzerland
- Institute of Genetics and Genomics in Geneva (IGE3)GenevaSwitzerland
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Quilodrán CS, Montoya-Burgos JI, Currat M. Harmonizing hybridization dissonance in conservation. Commun Biol 2020; 3:391. [PMID: 32694629 PMCID: PMC7374702 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-020-1116-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2019] [Accepted: 06/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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A dramatic increase in the hybridization between historically allopatric species has been induced by human activities. However, the notion of hybridization seems to lack consistency in two respects. On the one hand, it is inconsistent with the biological species concept, which does not allow for interbreeding between species, and on the other hand, it is considered either as an evolutionary process leading to the emergence of new biodiversity or as a cause of biodiversity loss, with conservation implications. In the first case, we argue that conservation biology should avoid the discussion around the species concept and delimit priorities of conservation units based on the impact on biodiversity if taxa are lost. In the second case, we show that this is not a paradox but an intrinsic property of hybridization, which should be considered in conservation programmes. We propose a novel view of conservation guidelines, in which human-induced hybridization may also be a tool to enhance the likelihood of adaptation to changing environmental conditions or to increase the genetic diversity of taxa affected by inbreeding depression. The conservation guidelines presented here represent a guide for the development of programmes aimed at protecting biodiversity as a dynamic evolutionary system.
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- Claudio S Quilodrán
- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
- Laboratory of Anthropology, Genetics and Peopling History, Anthropology Unit, Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
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- Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution, Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Institute of Genetics and Genomics in Geneva (IGE3), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Anthropology, Genetics and Peopling History, Anthropology Unit, Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Institute of Genetics and Genomics in Geneva (IGE3), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Mattia Falaschi
- Department of Environmental Science and Policy, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 26, Milano 20133, Italy
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- Department of Environmental Science and Policy, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 26, Milano 20133, Italy
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- Department of Environmental Science and Policy, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 26, Milano 20133, Italy
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- Department of Environmental Science and Policy, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 26, Milano 20133, Italy
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Matute DR, Comeault AA, Earley E, Serrato-Capuchina A, Peede D, Monroy-Eklund A, Huang W, Jones CD, Mackay TFC, Coyne JA. Rapid and Predictable Evolution of Admixed Populations Between Two Drosophila Species Pairs. Genetics 2020; 214:211-230. [PMID: 31767631 PMCID: PMC6944414 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.119.302685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2019] [Accepted: 11/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The consequences of hybridization are varied, ranging from the origin of new lineages, introgression of some genes between species, to the extinction of one of the hybridizing species. We generated replicate admixed populations between two pairs of sister species of Drosophila: D. simulans and D. mauritiana; and D. yakuba and D. santomea Each pair consisted of a continental species and an island endemic. The admixed populations were maintained by random mating in discrete generations for over 20 generations. We assessed morphological, behavioral, and fitness-related traits from each replicate population periodically, and sequenced genomic DNA from the populations at generation 20. For both pairs of species, species-specific traits and their genomes regressed to those of the continental species. A few alleles from the island species persisted, but they tended to be proportionally rare among all sites in the genome and were rarely fixed within the populations. This paucity of alleles from the island species was particularly pronounced on the X-chromosome. These results indicate that nearly all foreign genes were quickly eliminated after hybridization and that selection against the minor species genome might be similar across experimental replicates.
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- Daniel R Matute
- Biology Department, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- School of Natural Sciences, Bangor University, Wales, UK LL57 2EN
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- Biology Department, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Biology Department, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Biology Department, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Program in Genetics and Department of Biological Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695
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- Biology Department, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Program in Genetics and Department of Biological Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695
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- Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, Illinois 60637
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Beeton NJ, Hosack GR, Wilkins A, Forbes LK, Ickowicz A, Hayes KR. Modelling competition between hybridising subspecies. J Theor Biol 2019; 486:110072. [PMID: 31706913 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2019.110072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2019] [Revised: 10/15/2019] [Accepted: 11/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
The geographic niches of many species are dramatically changing as a result of environmental and anthropogenic impacts such as global climate change and the introduction of invasive species. In particular, genetically compatible subspecies that were once geographically separated are being reintroduced to one another. This is of concern for conservation, where rare or threatened subspecies could be bred out by hybridising with their more common relatives, and for commercial interests, where the stock or quality of desirable harvested species could be compromised. It is also relevant to disease ecology, where disease transmission is heterogeneous among subspecies and hybridisation may affect the rate and spatial spread of disease. We develop and investigate a mathematical model to combine competitive effects via the Lotka-Volterra model with hybridisation effects via mate choice. The species complex is structured into two classes: a subspecies of interest (named x), and other subspecies including any hybrids produced (named y). We show that in the absence of limit cycles the model has four possible equilibrium outcomes, representing every combination: total extinction, x-dominance (y extinct), y-dominance (x extinct), and at most a single coexistence equilibrium. We give conditions for which limit cycles cannot exist, then further show that the "total extinction" equilibrium is always unstable, that y-dominance is always stable, and that the other equilibria have stability depending on the model parameters. We demonstrate that both x-dominance and coexistence are achievable under a wide range of parameter values and initial conditions, which corresponds with empirical evidence of known competing-hybridising systems. We then briefly examine bifurcation behaviour. In particular, we note that a subcritical bifurcation is possible in which a "catastrophic" transition from x-dominance to y-dominance can occur, representing an invasion event. Finally, we briefly examine the common complication of time-varying carrying capacity, showing that such a case can make coexistence more likely.
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- CSIRO, Queensland Centre for Advanced Technologies, 1 Technology Court, Pullenvale, QLD 4069, Australia
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- School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Tasmania, Australia
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- CSIRO, 3 Castray Esplanade, Battery Point, TAS 7004, Australia
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- CSIRO, 3 Castray Esplanade, Battery Point, TAS 7004, Australia
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Quilodrán CS, Nussberger B, Montoya‐Burgos JI, Currat M. Hybridization and introgression during density-dependent range expansion: European wildcats as a case study. Evolution 2019; 73:750-761. [PMID: 30815854 PMCID: PMC6594108 DOI: 10.1111/evo.13704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2016] [Accepted: 02/12/2019] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Interbreeding between historically allopatric species with incomplete reproductive barriers may result when species expand their range. The genetic consequences of such hybridization depend critically on the dynamics of the range expansion. Hybridization models during range expansion have been developed but assume dispersal to be independent from neighboring population densities. However, organisms may disperse because they are attracted by conspecifics or because they prefer depopulated areas. Here, through spatially explicit simulations, we assess the effect of various density-dependent dispersal modes on the introgression between two species. We find huge introgression from the local species into the invasive one with all dispersal modes investigated, even when the hybridization rate is relatively low. This represents a general expectation for neutral genes even if the dispersal modes differ in colonization times and amount of introgression. Invasive individuals attracted by conspecifics need more time to colonize the whole area and are more introgressed by local genes, whereas the opposite is found for solitary individuals. We applied our approach to a recent expansion of European wildcats in the Jura Mountains and the hybridization with domestic cats. We show that the simulations explained better the observed level of introgression at nuclear, mtDNA, and Y chromosome markers, when using solitary dispersal for wildcats instead of random or gregarious dispersal, in accordance with ecological knowledge. Thus, use of density-dependent dispersal models increases the predictive power of the approach.
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- Claudio S. Quilodrán
- Laboratory of Anthropology, Genetics and Peopling History, Department of Genetics and Evolution, Anthropology UnitUniversity of GenevaGenevaSwitzerland
- Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution, Department of Genetics and EvolutionUniversity of GenevaGenevaSwitzerland
- Department of ZoologyUniversity of OxfordOxfordUnited Kingdom
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- Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental StudiesUniversity of ZurichZurichSwitzerland
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- Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution, Department of Genetics and EvolutionUniversity of GenevaGenevaSwitzerland
- Institute of Genetics and Genomics in Geneva (IGE3)GenevaSwitzerland
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- Laboratory of Anthropology, Genetics and Peopling History, Department of Genetics and Evolution, Anthropology UnitUniversity of GenevaGenevaSwitzerland
- Institute of Genetics and Genomics in Geneva (IGE3)GenevaSwitzerland
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Heppenheimer E, Harrigan RJ, Rutledge LY, Koepfli KP, DeCandia AL, Brzeski KE, Benson JF, Wheeldon T, Patterson BR, Kays R, Hohenlohe PA, von Holdt BM. Population Genomic Analysis of North American Eastern Wolves (Canis lycaon) Supports Their Conservation Priority Status. Genes (Basel) 2018; 9:genes9120606. [PMID: 30518163 PMCID: PMC6316216 DOI: 10.3390/genes9120606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2018] [Revised: 11/29/2018] [Accepted: 11/30/2018] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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The threatened eastern wolf is found predominantly in protected areas of central Ontario and has an evolutionary history obscured by interbreeding with coyotes and gray wolves, which challenges its conservation status and subsequent management. Here, we used a population genomics approach to uncover spatial patterns of variation in 281 canids in central Ontario and the Great Lakes region. This represents the first genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) dataset with substantial sample sizes of representative populations. Although they comprise their own genetic cluster, we found evidence of eastern wolf dispersal outside of the boundaries of protected areas, in that the frequency of eastern wolf genetic variation decreases with increasing distance from provincial parks. We detected eastern wolf alleles in admixed coyotes along the northeastern regions of Lake Huron and Lake Ontario. Our analyses confirm the unique genomic composition of eastern wolves, which are mostly restricted to small fragmented patches of protected habitat in central Ontario. We hope this work will encourage an innovative discussion regarding a plan for managed introgression, which could conserve eastern wolf genetic material in any genome regardless of their potential mosaic ancestry composition and the habitats that promote them.
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- Elizabeth Heppenheimer
- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.
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- Center for Tropical Research, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
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- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.
- Biology Department, Trent University, Peterborough, ON K9L 1Z8, Canada.
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- Center for Species Survival, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, Washington, DC 20008, USA.
- Theodosius Dobzhansky Center for Genome Bioinformatics, Saint Petersburg State University, 199034 Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.
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- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.
- School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931, USA.
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- School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68583, USA.
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- Environmental & Life Sciences, Trent University, Peterborough, ON K9L 0G2, Canada.
- Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, Trent University, Peterborough, ON K9L 0G2, Canada.
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- Environmental & Life Sciences, Trent University, Peterborough, ON K9L 0G2, Canada.
- Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, Trent University, Peterborough, ON K9L 0G2, Canada.
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- North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27601, USA.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844, USA.
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- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.
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Quilodrán CS, Currat M, Montoya-Burgos JI. Effect of hybridization with genome exclusion on extinction risk. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY : THE JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR CONSERVATION BIOLOGY 2018; 32:1139-1149. [PMID: 29691912 DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2016] [Accepted: 03/03/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Human-induced habitat changes may lead to the breakdown of reproductive barriers between distantly related species. This phenomenon may result in fertile first-generation hybrids (F1 ) that exclude the genome of one parental species during gametogenesis, thus disabling introgression. The species extinction risk associated with hybridization with genome exclusion is largely underappreciated because the phenomenon produces only F1 hybrid phenotype, leading to the misconception that hybrids are sterile and potentially of minor conservation concern. We used a simulation model that integrates the main genetic, demographic, and ecological processes to examine the dynamics of hybridization with genome exclusion. We showed that this mode of hybridization may lead to extremely rapid extinction when the process of genome exclusion is unbalanced between the interbreeding species and when the hybridization rate is not negligible. The coexistence of parental species was possible in some cases of asymmetrical genome exclusion, but show this equilibrium was highly vulnerable to environmental variation. Expanding the exclusive habitat of the species at risk allowed its persistence. Our results highlight the extent of possible extinction risk due to hybridization with genome exclusion and suggest habitat management as a promising conservation strategy. In anticipation of serious threats to biodiversity due to hybridization with genome exclusion, we recommend a detailed assessment of the reproductive status of hybrids in conservation programs. We suggest such assessments include the inspection of genetic content in hybrid gametes.
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- Claudio S Quilodrán
- Laboratory of Anthropology, Genetics and Peopling History, Anthropology Unit, Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
- Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution, Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, OX1 3PS, U.K
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- Laboratory of Anthropology, Genetics and Peopling History, Anthropology Unit, Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
- Institute of Genetics and Genomics in Geneva (IGE3), 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution, Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
- Institute of Genetics and Genomics in Geneva (IGE3), 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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Quilodrán CS, Austerlitz F, Currat M, Montoya-Burgos JI. Cryptic Biological Invasions: a General Model of Hybridization. Sci Rep 2018; 8:2414. [PMID: 29402926 PMCID: PMC5799175 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-20543-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2017] [Accepted: 01/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
Abstract
The dispersal of non-native genes due to hybridization is a form of cryptic invasion with growing concern in evolution and conservation. This includes the spread of transgenic genes and antibiotic resistance. To investigate how genes and phenotypes are transmitted, we developed a general model that, for the first time, considers concurrently: multiple loci, quantitative and qualitative gene expression, assortative mating, dominance/recessivity inheritance and density-dependent demographic effects. Selection acting on alleles or genotypes can also be incorporated. Our results reveal that the conclusions about how hybridization threatens a species can be biased if they are based on single-gene models, while considering two or more genes can correct this bias. We also show that demography can amplify or balance the genetic effects, evidencing the need of jointly incorporating both processes. By implementing our model in a real case, we show that mallard ducks introduced in New Zealand benefit from hybridization to replace native grey-ducks. Total displacement can take a few generations and occurs by interspecific competition and by competition between hybrids and natives, demonstrating how hybridization may facilitate biological invasions. We argue that our general model represents a powerful tool for the study of a wide range of biological and societal questions.
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Affiliation(s)
- Claudio S Quilodrán
- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3PS, United Kingdom.,Laboratory of vertebrate evolution, Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.,Laboratory of anthropology, genetics and peopling history, Department of Genetics and Evolution-Anthropology Unit, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Eco-Anthropology and Ethnobiology, National Museum of Natural History, National Centre for Scientific Research, University Paris-Diderot, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of anthropology, genetics and peopling history, Department of Genetics and Evolution-Anthropology Unit, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.,Institute of Genetics and Genomics in Geneva (IGE3), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of vertebrate evolution, Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. .,Institute of Genetics and Genomics in Geneva (IGE3), Geneva, Switzerland.
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La Morgia V, Venturino E. Understanding hybridization and competition processes between hare species: Implications for conservation and management on the basis of a mathematical model. Ecol Modell 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2017.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Kumschick S, Vimercati G, de Villiers FA, Mokhatla MM, Davies SJ, Thorp CJ, Rebelo AD, Measey GJ. Impact assessment with different scoring tools: How well do alien amphibian assessments match? NEOBIOTA 2017. [DOI: 10.3897/neobiota.33.10376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Vergilino R, Leung C, Angers B. Inconsistent phylogeographic pattern between a sperm dependent fish and its host: in situ hybridization vs dispersal. BMC Evol Biol 2016; 16:183. [PMID: 27600616 PMCID: PMC5012089 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-016-0754-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2016] [Accepted: 08/24/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Co-dispersal of sperm-dependent hybrids and their sexual relatives is expected to result in consistent spatial patterns between assemblages of hybrids and genetic structure of parental species. However, local hybridization events may blur this signal as assemblages could be organized under different connectivity constraints. This study aims at testing the hypothesis of local hybridization events by comparing the assemblage of hybrid fish Chrosomus eos-neogaeus to the genetic diversity of one of its parental species, Chrosomus eos. Results An extensive survey performed on a total of 132 sites located in two regions of Southern Quebec (West-Qc and East-Qc) revealed a distinct organization of hybrid lineages. One of the six hybrid lineages detected in West-Qc is widespread throughout this region resulting in a low α-diversity (1.38) and β-diversity (4.35). On the other hand, 36 hybrid lineages were detected in East-Qc and displayed narrow geographic distributions leading to a high α-diversity (2.30) and β-diversity (15.68). In addition, the C. eos multilocus haplotype of several of these hybrids is assigned to their respective sympatric C. eos population. Finally, contrasting with hybrids, the paternal species C. eos displayed a higher ρST in West-Qc (0.2300) than in East-Qc (0.0734). Conclusion The unusually high diversity of hybrid lineages in East-Qc as well as the spatial organization and the close genetic relationship with C. eos sympatric populations support the hypothesis that multiple hybridization events occurred in situ. These findings coupled to the near absence of the maternal species Chrosomus neogeaus suggest that the decline of this species could be the trigger event at the origin of the high rates of spontaneous hybridization in this region. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12862-016-0754-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Roland Vergilino
- Department of biological sciences, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, Québec, H3C 3J7, Canada
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- Department of biological sciences, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, Québec, H3C 3J7, Canada
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- Department of biological sciences, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, Québec, H3C 3J7, Canada.
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