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Binde Doria H, Wagner V, Foucault Q, Pfenninger M. Unveiling population-specific outcomes: Examining life cycle traits of different strains of Chironomus riparius exposed to microplastics and cadmium questions generality of ecotoxicological results. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0304739. [PMID: 38985709 PMCID: PMC11236181 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0304739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2024] [Accepted: 05/16/2024] [Indexed: 07/12/2024] Open
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Ecotoxicological tests used for risk assessment of toxicants and its mixtures rely both on classical life-cycle endpoints and bioindicator organisms usually derived from long-term laboratory cultures. While these cultures are thought to be comparable among laboratories and more sensitive than field organisms, it is not well investigated whether this assumption is met. Therefore, we aimed to investigate differential life-cycle endpoints response of two different strains of C. riparius, one originally from Spain and the other from Germany, kept under the same laboratory conditions for more than five years. To highlight any possible differences, the two populations were challenged with exposure to cadmium (Cd), polyvinyl chloride (PVC) microplastics and a co-exposure with both. Our results showed that significant differences between the strains became evident with the co-exposure of Cd and PVC MPs. The German strain showed attenuation of the deleterious Cd effects with microplastic co-exposure in survival and developmental time. Contrary to that, the Spanish strain showed no interaction between the substances. In conclusion, the toxicity-effects of contaminants may vary strongly among laboratory populations, which makes a universal risk assessment evaluation challenging.
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- Halina Binde Doria
- Department Molecular Ecology, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular and Organismic Evolution, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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- Department Evolutionary Genetics, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Department Molecular Ecology, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Institute for Molecular and Organismic Evolution, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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Affinito F, Kordas RL, Matias MG, Pawar S. Metabolic plasticity drives mismatches in physiological traits between prey and predator. Commun Biol 2024; 7:653. [PMID: 38806643 PMCID: PMC11133466 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-024-06350-y] [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: 10/30/2023] [Accepted: 05/17/2024] [Indexed: 05/30/2024] Open
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Metabolic rate, the rate of energy use, underpins key ecological traits of organisms, from development and locomotion to interaction rates between individuals. In a warming world, the temperature-dependence of metabolic rate is anticipated to shift predator-prey dynamics. Yet, there is little real-world evidence on the effects of warming on trophic interactions. We measured the respiration rates of aquatic larvae of three insect species from populations experiencing a natural temperature gradient in a large-scale mesocosm experiment. Using a mechanistic model we predicted the effects of warming on these taxa's predator-prey interaction rates. We found that species-specific differences in metabolic plasticity lead to mismatches in the temperature-dependence of their relative velocities, resulting in altered predator-prey interaction rates. This study underscores the role of metabolic plasticity at the species level in modifying trophic interactions and proposes a mechanistic modelling approach that allows an efficient, high-throughput estimation of climate change threats across species pairs.
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- Flavio Affinito
- Imperial College London Silwood Park, Buckhurst Road, Berks, SL5 7PY, UK.
- McGill University Department of Biology, 1205 Dr Penfield Ave, Montreal, QC, H3A 1B1, Canada.
- Québec Centre for Biodiversity Science, 1205 Dr Penfield Ave, Montreal, QC, H3A 1B1, Canada.
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- Imperial College London Silwood Park, Buckhurst Road, Berks, SL5 7PY, UK
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- Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), C. de José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2, Chamartín, 28006, Madrid, Spain
- Rui Nabeiro Biodiversity Chair, MED-Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development, University of Évora, Pólo da Mitra Apartado 94, 7006-554, Évora, Portugal
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- Imperial College London Silwood Park, Buckhurst Road, Berks, SL5 7PY, UK
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Ma LJ, Cao LJ, Chen JC, Tang MQ, Song W, Yang FY, Shen XJ, Ren YJ, Yang Q, Li H, Hoffmann AA, Wei SJ. Rapid and Repeated Climate Adaptation Involving Chromosome Inversions following Invasion of an Insect. Mol Biol Evol 2024; 41:msae044. [PMID: 38401527 PMCID: PMC10924284 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msae044] [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: 10/25/2023] [Revised: 01/23/2024] [Accepted: 02/20/2024] [Indexed: 02/26/2024] Open
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Following invasion, insects can become adapted to conditions experienced in their invasive range, but there are few studies on the speed of adaptation and its genomic basis. Here, we examine a small insect pest, Thrips palmi, following its contemporary range expansion across a sharp climate gradient from the subtropics to temperate areas. We first found a geographically associated population genetic structure and inferred a stepping-stone dispersal pattern in this pest from the open fields of southern China to greenhouse environments of northern regions, with limited gene flow after colonization. In common garden experiments, both the field and greenhouse groups exhibited clinal patterns in thermal tolerance as measured by critical thermal maximum (CTmax) closely linked with latitude and temperature variables. A selection experiment reinforced the evolutionary potential of CTmax with an estimated h2 of 6.8% for the trait. We identified 3 inversions in the genome that were closely associated with CTmax, accounting for 49.9%, 19.6%, and 8.6% of the variance in CTmax among populations. Other genomic variations in CTmax outside the inversion region were specific to certain populations but functionally conserved. These findings highlight rapid adaptation to CTmax in both open field and greenhouse populations and reiterate the importance of inversions behaving as large-effect alleles in climate adaptation.
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- Li-Jun Ma
- Institute of Plant Protection, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, China
- Department of Entomology and MOA Key Lab of Pest Monitoring and Green Management, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, China
- Department of Entomology and MOA Key Lab of Pest Monitoring and Green Management, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Bio21 Institute, School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- Department of Entomology and MOA Key Lab of Pest Monitoring and Green Management, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Bio21 Institute, School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, China
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Bernatchez L, Ferchaud AL, Berger CS, Venney CJ, Xuereb A. Genomics for monitoring and understanding species responses to global climate change. Nat Rev Genet 2024; 25:165-183. [PMID: 37863940 DOI: 10.1038/s41576-023-00657-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/29/2023] [Indexed: 10/22/2023]
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All life forms across the globe are experiencing drastic changes in environmental conditions as a result of global climate change. These environmental changes are happening rapidly, incur substantial socioeconomic costs, pose threats to biodiversity and diminish a species' potential to adapt to future environments. Understanding and monitoring how organisms respond to human-driven climate change is therefore a major priority for the conservation of biodiversity in a rapidly changing environment. Recent developments in genomic, transcriptomic and epigenomic technologies are enabling unprecedented insights into the evolutionary processes and molecular bases of adaptation. This Review summarizes methods that apply and integrate omics tools to experimentally investigate, monitor and predict how species and communities in the wild cope with global climate change, which is by genetically adapting to new environmental conditions, through range shifts or through phenotypic plasticity. We identify advantages and limitations of each method and discuss future research avenues that would improve our understanding of species' evolutionary responses to global climate change, highlighting the need for holistic, multi-omics approaches to ecosystem monitoring during global climate change.
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- Louis Bernatchez
- Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
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- Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
- Parks Canada, Office of the Chief Ecosystem Scientist, Protected Areas Establishment, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
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- Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
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- Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
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- Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
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Feldmeyer B, Bornberg-Bauer E, Dohmen E, Fouks B, Heckenhauer J, Huylmans AK, Jones ARC, Stolle E, Harrison MC. Comparative Evolutionary Genomics in Insects. Methods Mol Biol 2024; 2802:473-514. [PMID: 38819569 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3838-5_16] [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] [Indexed: 06/01/2024]
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Genome sequencing quality, in terms of both read length and accuracy, is constantly improving. By combining long-read sequencing technologies with various scaffolding techniques, chromosome-level genome assemblies are now achievable at an affordable price for non-model organisms. Insects represent an exciting taxon for studying the genomic underpinnings of evolutionary innovations, due to ancient origins, immense species-richness, and broad phenotypic diversity. Here we summarize some of the most important methods for carrying out a comparative genomics study on insects. We describe available tools and offer concrete tips on all stages of such an endeavor from DNA extraction through genome sequencing, annotation, and several evolutionary analyses. Along the way we describe important insect-specific aspects, such as DNA extraction difficulties or gene families that are particularly difficult to annotate, and offer solutions. We describe results from several examples of comparative genomics analyses on insects to illustrate the fascinating questions that can now be addressed in this new age of genomics research.
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- Barbara Feldmeyer
- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK-F), Molecular Ecology, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
- Department of Protein Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (LOEWE-TBG), Frankfurt, Germany
- Department of Terrestrial Zoology, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Institute of Organismic and Molecular Evolution, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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- Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Museum Koenig, Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB), Bonn, Germany
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- Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
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Lovell RSL, Collins S, Martin SH, Pigot AL, Phillimore AB. Space-for-time substitutions in climate change ecology and evolution. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2023; 98:2243-2270. [PMID: 37558208 DOI: 10.1111/brv.13004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2022] [Revised: 07/20/2023] [Accepted: 07/24/2023] [Indexed: 08/11/2023]
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In an epoch of rapid environmental change, understanding and predicting how biodiversity will respond to a changing climate is an urgent challenge. Since we seldom have sufficient long-term biological data to use the past to anticipate the future, spatial climate-biotic relationships are often used as a proxy for predicting biotic responses to climate change over time. These 'space-for-time substitutions' (SFTS) have become near ubiquitous in global change biology, but with different subfields largely developing methods in isolation. We review how climate-focussed SFTS are used in four subfields of ecology and evolution, each focussed on a different type of biotic variable - population phenotypes, population genotypes, species' distributions, and ecological communities. We then examine the similarities and differences between subfields in terms of methods, limitations and opportunities. While SFTS are used for a wide range of applications, two main approaches are applied across the four subfields: spatial in situ gradient methods and transplant experiments. We find that SFTS methods share common limitations relating to (i) the causality of identified spatial climate-biotic relationships and (ii) the transferability of these relationships, i.e. whether climate-biotic relationships observed over space are equivalent to those occurring over time. Moreover, despite widespread application of SFTS in climate change research, key assumptions remain largely untested. We highlight opportunities to enhance the robustness of SFTS by addressing key assumptions and limitations, with a particular emphasis on where approaches could be shared between the four subfields.
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- Rebecca S L Lovell
- Ashworth Laboratories, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, The University of Edinburgh, Charlotte Auerbach Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FL, UK
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- Ashworth Laboratories, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, The University of Edinburgh, Charlotte Auerbach Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FL, UK
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- Ashworth Laboratories, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, The University of Edinburgh, Charlotte Auerbach Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FL, UK
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- Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research, Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Ashworth Laboratories, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, The University of Edinburgh, Charlotte Auerbach Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FL, UK
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Theissinger K, Fernandes C, Formenti G, Bista I, Berg PR, Bleidorn C, Bombarely A, Crottini A, Gallo GR, Godoy JA, Jentoft S, Malukiewicz J, Mouton A, Oomen RA, Paez S, Palsbøll PJ, Pampoulie C, Ruiz-López MJ, Secomandi S, Svardal H, Theofanopoulou C, de Vries J, Waldvogel AM, Zhang G, Jarvis ED, Bálint M, Ciofi C, Waterhouse RM, Mazzoni CJ, Höglund J. How genomics can help biodiversity conservation. Trends Genet 2023:S0168-9525(23)00020-3. [PMID: 36801111 DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2023.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 40.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2022] [Revised: 11/08/2022] [Accepted: 01/19/2023] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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The availability of public genomic resources can greatly assist biodiversity assessment, conservation, and restoration efforts by providing evidence for scientifically informed management decisions. Here we survey the main approaches and applications in biodiversity and conservation genomics, considering practical factors, such as cost, time, prerequisite skills, and current shortcomings of applications. Most approaches perform best in combination with reference genomes from the target species or closely related species. We review case studies to illustrate how reference genomes can facilitate biodiversity research and conservation across the tree of life. We conclude that the time is ripe to view reference genomes as fundamental resources and to integrate their use as a best practice in conservation genomics.
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- Kathrin Theissinger
- LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Georg-Voigt-Str. 14-16, 60325 Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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- CE3C - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes & CHANGE - Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal; Faculdade de Psicologia, Universidade de Lisboa, Alameda da Universidade, 1649-013 Lisboa, Portugal
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- The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Ave, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Darwinweg 2, 2333, CR, Leiden, The Netherlands; Wellcome Sanger Institute, Tree of Life, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, CB10 1SA, UK
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- NIVA - Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Økernveien, 94, 0579 Oslo, Norway; Centre for Coastal Research, University of Agder, Gimlemoen 25j, 4630 Kristiansand, Norway; Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, PO BOX 1066 Blinderm, 0316 Oslo, Norway
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- University of Göttingen, Department of Animal Evolution and Biodiversity, Untere Karspüle, 2, 37073, Göttingen, Germany
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- CIBIO/InBio, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Rua Padre Armando Quintas, 7, 4485-661, Portugal; Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, 4099-002 Porto, Portugal; BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Campus de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC, Calle Americo Vespucio 26, 41092, Sevillle, Spain
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- Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, PO BOX 1066 Blinderm, 0316 Oslo, Norway
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- Primate Genetics Laborator, German Primate Center, Kellnerweg 4, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- InBios - Conservation Genetics Lab, University of Liege, Chemin de la Vallée 4, 4000, Liege, Belgium
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- Centre for Coastal Research, University of Agder, Gimlemoen 25j, 4630 Kristiansand, Norway; Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, PO BOX 1066 Blinderm, 0316 Oslo, Norway
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- The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Ave, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Groningen Institute of Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh, 9747, AG, Groningen, The Netherlands; Center for Coastal Studies, 5 Holway Avenue, Provincetown, MA 02657, USA
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- Marine and Freshwater Research Institute, Fornubúðir, 5,220, Hanafjörður, Iceland
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- Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC, Calle Americo Vespucio 26, 41092, Sevillle, Spain; CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain
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- Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Antwerp, Belgium
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- The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Ave, New York, NY 10065, USA; Hunter College, City University of New York, NY, USA
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- University of Goettingen, Institute for Microbiology and Genetics, Department of Applied Bioinformatics, Goettingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), Campus Institute Data Science (CIDAS), Goldschmidtstr. 1, 37077, Goettingen, Germany
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- Institute of Zoology, University of Cologne, Zülpicherstrasse 47b, D-50674, Cologne, Germany
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- Evolutionary & Organismal Biology Research Center, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310058, China; Villum Center for Biodiversity Genomics, Section for Ecology and Evolution, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark; State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650223, China
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- The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Ave, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Georg-Voigt-Str. 14-16, 60325 Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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- University of Florence, Department of Biology, Via Madonna del Piano 6, Sesto Fiorentino, (FI) 50019, Italy
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- University of Lausanne, Department of Ecology and Evolution, Le Biophore, UNIL-Sorge, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland; Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW), Alfred-Kowalke-Str 17, 10315 Berlin, Germany; Berlin Center for Genomics in Biodiversity Research (BeGenDiv), Koenigin-Luise-Str 6-8, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Ecology and Genetics, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18D, 75246, Uppsala, Sweden.
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Pfenninger M, Foucault Q, Waldvogel AM, Feldmeyer B. Selective effects of a short transient environmental fluctuation on a natural population. Mol Ecol 2023; 32:335-349. [PMID: 36282585 DOI: 10.1111/mec.16748] [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: 02/15/2022] [Revised: 09/21/2022] [Accepted: 10/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Natural populations experience continuous and often transient changes of environmental conditions. These in turn may result in fluctuating selection pressures leading to variable demographic and evolutionary population responses. Rapid adaptation as short-term response to a sudden environmental change has in several cases been attributed to polygenic traits, but the underlying genomic dynamics and architecture are poorly understood. In this study, we took advantage of a natural experiment in an insect population of the non-biting midge Chironomus riparius by monitoring genome-wide allele frequencies before and after a cold snap event. Whole genome pooled sequencing of time series samples revealed 10 selected haplotypes carrying ancient polymorphisms, partially with signatures of balancing selection. By constantly cold exposing genetically variable individuals in the laboratory, we could demonstrate with whole genome resequencing (i) that among the survivors, the same alleles rose in frequency as in the wild, and (ii) that the identified variants additively predicted fitness (survival time) of its bearers. Finally, by simultaneously sequencing the genome and the transcriptome of cold exposed individuals we could tentatively link some of the selected SNPs to the cis- and trans-regulation of genes and pathways known to be involved in cold response of insects, such as cytochrome P450 and fatty acid metabolism. Altogether, our results shed light on the strength and speed of selection in natural populations and the genomic architecture of its underlying polygenic trait. Population genomic time series data thus appear as promising tool for measuring the selective tracking of fluctuating selection in natural populations.
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- Markus Pfenninger
- Department of Molecular Ecology, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.,LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.,Institute for Molecular and Organismic Evolution, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Ecology, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Ecological Genomics, Institute of Zoology, University of Cologne, Köln, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Ecology, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Kramer IM, Pfenninger M, Feldmeyer B, Dhimal M, Gautam I, Shreshta P, Baral S, Phuyal P, Hartke J, Magdeburg A, Groneberg DA, Ahrens B, Müller R, Waldvogel AM. Genomic profiling of climate adaptation in Aedes aegypti along an altitudinal gradient in Nepal indicates nongradual expansion of the disease vector. Mol Ecol 2023; 32:350-368. [PMID: 36305220 DOI: 10.1111/mec.16752] [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: 05/21/2022] [Revised: 10/21/2022] [Accepted: 10/25/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Driven by globalization, urbanization and climate change, the distribution range of invasive vector species has expanded to previously colder ecoregions. To reduce health-threatening impacts on humans, insect vectors are extensively studied. Population genomics can reveal the genomic basis of adaptation and help to identify emerging trends of vector expansion. By applying whole genome analyses and genotype-environment associations to populations of the main dengue vector Aedes aegypti, sampled along an altitudinal gradient in Nepal (200-1300 m), we identify putatively adaptive traits and describe the species' genomic footprint of climate adaptation to colder ecoregions. We found two differentiated clusters with significantly different allele frequencies in genes associated to climate adaptation between the highland population (1300 m) and all other lowland populations (≤800 m). We revealed nonsynonymous mutations in 13 of the candidate genes associated to either altitude, precipitation or cold tolerance and identified an isolation-by-environment differentiation pattern. Other than the expected gradual differentiation along the altitudinal gradient, our results reveal a distinct genomic differentiation of the highland population. Local high-altitude adaptation could be one explanation of the population's phenotypic cold tolerance. Carrying alleles relevant for survival under colder climate increases the likelihood of this highland population to a worldwide expansion into other colder ecoregions.
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- Isabelle Marie Kramer
- Institute of Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.,Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.,Institute of Organismic and Molecular Evolution, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Natural History Museum, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
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- Institute of Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Organismic and Molecular Evolution, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.,Unit Entomology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.,Institute of Zoology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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Heckenhauer J, Razuri-Gonzales E, Mwangi FN, Schneider J, Pauls SU. Holotype sequencing of Silvataresholzenthali Rázuri-Gonzales, Ngera & Pauls, 2022 (Trichoptera, Pisuliidae). Zookeys 2023; 1159:1-15. [PMID: 37213527 PMCID: PMC10193998 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1159.98439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2022] [Accepted: 03/06/2023] [Indexed: 05/23/2023] Open
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While DNA barcodes are increasingly provided in descriptions of new species, the whole mitochondrial and nuclear genomes are still rarely included. This is unfortunate because whole genome sequencing of holotypes allows perpetual genetic characterization of the most representative specimen for a given species. Thus, de novo genomes are invaluable additional diagnostic characters in species descriptions, provided the structural integrity of the holotype specimens remains intact. Here, we used a minimally invasive method to extract DNA of the type specimen of the recently described caddisfly species Silvataresholzenthali Rázuri-Gonzales, Ngera & Pauls, 2022 (Trichoptera: Pisuliidae) from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A low-cost next generation sequencing strategy was used to generate the complete mitochondrial and draft nuclear genome of the holotype. The data in its current form is an important extension to the morphological species description and valuable for phylogenomic studies.
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- Jacqueline Heckenhauer
- Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, Frankfurt, GermanySenckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum FrankfurtFrankfurtGermany
- LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (LOEWE‐TBG), Frankfurt, GermanyLOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity GenomicsFrankfurtGermany
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- Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, Frankfurt, GermanySenckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum FrankfurtFrankfurtGermany
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- Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles, Lwiro, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the CongoCentre de Recherche en Sciences NaturellesBukavuDemocratic Republic of the Congo
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- Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, Frankfurt, GermanySenckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum FrankfurtFrankfurtGermany
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- Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, Frankfurt, GermanySenckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum FrankfurtFrankfurtGermany
- LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (LOEWE‐TBG), Frankfurt, GermanyLOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity GenomicsFrankfurtGermany
- Institute for Insect Biotechnology, Justus-Liebig-University, Gießen, GermanyJustus-Liebig-UniversityGießenGermany
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Pfenninger M, Foucault Q. Population Genomic Time Series Data of a Natural Population Suggests Adaptive Tracking of Fluctuating Environmental Changes. Integr Comp Biol 2022; 62:1812-1826. [PMID: 35762661 DOI: 10.1093/icb/icac098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2022] [Revised: 06/07/2022] [Accepted: 06/16/2022] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Natural populations are constantly exposed to fluctuating environmental changes that negatively affect their fitness in unpredictable ways. While theoretical models show the possibility of counteracting these environmental changes through rapid evolutionary adaptations, there have been few empirical studies demonstrating such adaptive tracking in natural populations. Here, we analyzed environmental data, fitness-related phenotyping and genomic time-series data sampled over 3 years from a natural Chironomus riparius (Diptera, Insecta) population to address this question. We show that the population's environment varied significantly on the time scale of the sampling in many selectively relevant dimensions, independently of each other. Similarly, phenotypic fitness components evolved significantly on the same temporal scale (mean 0.32 Haldanes), likewise independent from each other. The allele frequencies of 367,446 SNPs across the genome showed evidence of positive selection. Using temporal correlation of spatially coherent allele frequency changes revealed 35,574 haplotypes with more than one selected SNP. The mean selection coefficient for these haplotypes was 0.30 (s.d. = 0.68). The frequency changes of these haplotypes clustered in 46 different temporal patterns, indicating concerted, independent evolution of many polygenic traits. Nine of these patterns were strongly correlated with measured environmental variables. Enrichment analysis of affected genes suggested the implication of a wide variety of biological processes. Thus, our results suggest overall that the natural population of C. riparius tracks environmental change through rapid polygenic adaptation in many independent dimensions. This is further evidence that natural selection is pervasive at the genomic level and that evolutionary and ecological time scales may not differ at all, at least in some organisms.
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- Markus Pfenninger
- Department Molecular Ecology, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.,Institute for Molecular and Organismic Evolution, Johannes Gutenberg University, Johann-Joachim-Becher-Weg 7, 55128 Mainz, Germany.,LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department Molecular Ecology, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.,Institute for Molecular and Organismic Evolution, Johannes Gutenberg University, Johann-Joachim-Becher-Weg 7, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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Deng X, Frandsen PB, Dikow RB, Favre A, Shah DN, Shah RDT, Schneider JV, Heckenhauer J, Pauls SU. The impact of sequencing depth and relatedness of the reference genome in population genomic studies: A case study with two caddisfly species (Trichoptera, Rhyacophilidae, Himalopsyche). Ecol Evol 2022; 12:e9583. [PMID: 36523526 PMCID: PMC9745013 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2022] [Revised: 11/10/2022] [Accepted: 11/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Whole genome sequencing for generating SNP data is increasingly used in population genetic studies. However, obtaining genomes for massive numbers of samples is still not within the budgets of many researchers. It is thus imperative to select an appropriate reference genome and sequencing depth to ensure the accuracy of the results for a specific research question, while balancing cost and feasibility. To evaluate the effect of the choice of the reference genome and sequencing depth on downstream analyses, we used five confamilial reference genomes of variable relatedness and three levels of sequencing depth (3.5×, 7.5× and 12×) in a population genomic study on two caddisfly species: Himalopsyche digitata and H. tibetana. Using these 30 datasets (five reference genomes × three depths × two target species), we estimated population genetic indices (inbreeding coefficient, nucleotide diversity, pairwise F ST, and genome-wide distribution of F ST) based on variants and population structure (PCA and admixture) based on genotype likelihood estimates. The results showed that both distantly related reference genomes and lower sequencing depth lead to degradation of resolution. In addition, choosing a more closely related reference genome may significantly remedy the defects caused by low depth. Therefore, we conclude that population genetic studies would benefit from closely related reference genomes, especially as the costs of obtaining a high-quality reference genome continue to decrease. However, to determine a cost-efficient strategy for a specific population genomic study, a trade-off between reference genome relatedness and sequencing depth can be considered.
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- Xi‐Ling Deng
- Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History MuseumFrankfurt/MainGermany
- Institute of Insect BiotechnologyJustus‐Liebig‐University GießenGießenGermany
- LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (LOEWE‐TBG)Frankfurt/MainGermany
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- LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (LOEWE‐TBG)Frankfurt/MainGermany
- Department of Plant & Wildlife SciencesBrigham Young UniversityProvoUtahUSA
- Data Science Lab, Office of the Chief Information OfficerSmithsonian InstitutionWashingtonDCUSA
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- Data Science Lab, Office of the Chief Information OfficerSmithsonian InstitutionWashingtonDCUSA
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- Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History MuseumFrankfurt/MainGermany
- Regional Nature Park of the Trient ValleySalvanSwitzerland
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- Central Department of Environmental ScienceTribhuvan UniversityKirtipurNepal
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- Aquatic Ecology Centre, School of ScienceKathmandu UniversityDhulikhelNepal
- Department of Life SciencesSchool of Science, Kathmandu UniversityDhulikhelNepal
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- Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History MuseumFrankfurt/MainGermany
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- Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History MuseumFrankfurt/MainGermany
- LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (LOEWE‐TBG)Frankfurt/MainGermany
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- Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History MuseumFrankfurt/MainGermany
- Institute of Insect BiotechnologyJustus‐Liebig‐University GießenGießenGermany
- LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (LOEWE‐TBG)Frankfurt/MainGermany
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Schmidt A, Schneider C, Decker P, Hohberg K, Römbke J, Lehmitz R, Bálint M. Shotgun metagenomics of soil invertebrate communities reflects taxonomy, biomass, and reference genome properties. Ecol Evol 2022; 12:e8991. [PMID: 35784064 PMCID: PMC9170594 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2021] [Revised: 05/11/2022] [Accepted: 05/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Metagenomics - shotgun sequencing of all DNA fragments from a community DNA extract - is routinely used to describe the composition, structure, and function of microorganism communities. Advances in DNA sequencing and the availability of genome databases increasingly allow the use of shotgun metagenomics on eukaryotic communities. Metagenomics offers major advances in the recovery of biomass relationships in a sample, in comparison to taxonomic marker gene-based approaches (metabarcoding). However, little is known about the factors which influence metagenomics data from eukaryotic communities, such as differences among organism groups, the properties of reference genomes, and genome assemblies.We evaluated how shotgun metagenomics records composition and biomass in artificial soil invertebrate communities at different sequencing efforts. We generated mock communities of controlled biomass ratios from 28 species from all major soil mesofauna groups: mites, springtails, nematodes, tardigrades, and potworms. We shotgun sequenced these communities and taxonomically assigned them with a database of over 270 soil invertebrate genomes.We recovered over 95% of the species, and observed relatively high false-positive detection rates. We found strong differences in reads assigned to different taxa, with some groups (e.g., springtails) consistently attracting more hits than others (e.g., enchytraeids). Original biomass could be predicted from read counts after considering these taxon-specific differences. Species with larger genomes, and with more complete assemblies, consistently attracted more reads than species with smaller genomes. The GC content of the genome assemblies had no effect on the biomass-read relationships. Results were similar among different sequencing efforts.The results show considerable differences in taxon recovery and taxon specificity of biomass recovery from metagenomic sequence data. The properties of reference genomes and genome assemblies also influence biomass recovery, and they should be considered in metagenomic studies of eukaryotes. We show that low- and high-sequencing efforts yield similar results, suggesting high cost-efficiency of metagenomics for eukaryotic communities. We provide a brief roadmap for investigating factors which influence metagenomics-based eukaryotic community reconstructions. Understanding these factors is timely as accessibility of DNA sequencing and momentum for reference genomes projects show a future where the taxonomic assignment of DNA from any community sample becomes a reality.
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- Alexandra Schmidt
- Senckenberg Biodiversity Climate Research CenterFrankfurt am MainGermany
- Biology DepartmentJ.W. Goethe UniversityFrankfurt am MainGermany
- Loewe Center for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (LOEWE‐TBG)Frankfurt am MainGermany
- Limnological Institute (Environmental Genomics)University of KonstanzKonstanzGermany
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- Loewe Center for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (LOEWE‐TBG)Frankfurt am MainGermany
- Soil Zoology DepartmentSenckenberg Museum of Natural History GörlitzGörlitzGermany
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- Loewe Center for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (LOEWE‐TBG)Frankfurt am MainGermany
- Blumenstr. 5GörlitzGermany
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- Loewe Center for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (LOEWE‐TBG)Frankfurt am MainGermany
- Soil Zoology DepartmentSenckenberg Museum of Natural History GörlitzGörlitzGermany
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- ECT Oekotoxikologie GmbHFlörsheim am MainGermany
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- Loewe Center for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (LOEWE‐TBG)Frankfurt am MainGermany
- Soil Zoology DepartmentSenckenberg Museum of Natural History GörlitzGörlitzGermany
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity Climate Research CenterFrankfurt am MainGermany
- Loewe Center for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (LOEWE‐TBG)Frankfurt am MainGermany
- Institute for Insect BiotechnologyJustus Liebig UniversityGießenGermany
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Pfenninger M, Bálint M. On the use of population genomic time series for environmental monitoring. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 2022; 109:497-499. [PMID: 35253207 DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.1836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2021] [Revised: 02/14/2022] [Accepted: 02/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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- Markus Pfenninger
- LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (LOEWE-TBG), Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Institute for Organismic and Molecular Evolution, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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- LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (LOEWE-TBG), Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Agricultural Sciences, Nutritional Sciences, and Environmental Management, Universität Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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Shaikhutdinov N, Gusev O. Chironomid midges (Diptera) provide insights into genome evolution in extreme environments. CURRENT OPINION IN INSECT SCIENCE 2022; 49:101-107. [PMID: 34990872 DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2021.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2021] [Revised: 12/11/2021] [Accepted: 12/29/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Extremophiles often undergo marked changes in genomic architecture, likely as a result of adaptation to the harsh environments they inhabit. These changes can involve gene duplications that affect subsequent gene evolution and the regulation of gene expression. Excellent examples of this are provided by two non-biting chironomid midges (Diptera, Chironomidae): Polypedilum vanderplanki, which in its larval form can withstand almost complete water loss, and Belgica antarctica, which exhibits freeze tolerance. This review presents recent studies on the molecular adaptations and evolutionary features of these and other extremophile chironomid genomes, as well as biotechnological applications of a cell line derived from P. vanderplanki that can survive air-drying. We highlight the importance of genomics in identifying molecular pathways and genomic modifications associated with adaptation to extreme environmental conditions.
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- Nurislam Shaikhutdinov
- Extreme Biology Laboratory, Regulatory Genomics Research Center, Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, 420012, Russia; Center of Life Sciences, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow, 121205, Russia
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- Extreme Biology Laboratory, Regulatory Genomics Research Center, Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, 420012, Russia; Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan; RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, RIKEN, Yokohama, 230-004, Japan.
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Chen Y, Liu Z, Régnière J, Vasseur L, Lin J, Huang S, Ke F, Chen S, Li J, Huang J, Gurr GM, You M, You S. Large-scale genome-wide study reveals climate adaptive variability in a cosmopolitan pest. Nat Commun 2021; 12:7206. [PMID: 34893609 PMCID: PMC8664911 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-27510-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2020] [Accepted: 11/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Understanding the genetic basis of climatic adaptation is essential for predicting species' responses to climate change. However, intraspecific variation of these responses arising from local adaptation remains ambiguous for most species. Here, we analyze genomic data from diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella) collected from 75 sites spanning six continents to reveal that climate-associated adaptive variation exhibits a roughly latitudinal pattern. By developing an eco-genetic index that combines genetic variation and physiological responses, we predict that most P. xylostella populations have high tolerance to projected future climates. Using genome editing, a key gene, PxCad, emerged from our analysis as functionally temperature responsive. Our results demonstrate that P. xylostella is largely capable of tolerating future climates in most of the world and will remain a global pest beyond 2050. This work improves our understanding of adaptive variation along environmental gradients, and advances pest forecasting by highlighting the genetic basis for local climate adaptation.
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- Yanting Chen
- grid.256111.00000 0004 1760 2876State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian-Taiwan Crops, Institute of Applied Ecology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002 China ,grid.419897.a0000 0004 0369 313XJoint International Research Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control, Ministry of Education, Fuzhou, 350002 China ,Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management for Fujian-Taiwan Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Fuzhou, 350002 China ,grid.418033.d0000 0001 2229 4212Institute of Plant Protection, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou, 350013 China
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- grid.256111.00000 0004 1760 2876State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian-Taiwan Crops, Institute of Applied Ecology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002 China ,grid.419897.a0000 0004 0369 313XJoint International Research Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control, Ministry of Education, Fuzhou, 350002 China ,Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management for Fujian-Taiwan Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Fuzhou, 350002 China ,grid.449406.b0000 0004 1757 7252College of Oceanology and Food Science, Quanzhou Normal University, Quanzhou, 362000 China
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- grid.146611.50000 0001 0775 5922Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Quebec City, QC G1V 4C7 Canada
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- grid.256111.00000 0004 1760 2876State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian-Taiwan Crops, Institute of Applied Ecology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002 China ,grid.419897.a0000 0004 0369 313XJoint International Research Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control, Ministry of Education, Fuzhou, 350002 China ,grid.411793.90000 0004 1936 9318Department of Biological Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1 Canada
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- grid.256111.00000 0004 1760 2876College of Computer and Information Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002 China
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- grid.256111.00000 0004 1760 2876College of Computer and Information Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002 China
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- grid.256111.00000 0004 1760 2876State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian-Taiwan Crops, Institute of Applied Ecology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002 China ,grid.419897.a0000 0004 0369 313XJoint International Research Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control, Ministry of Education, Fuzhou, 350002 China ,Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management for Fujian-Taiwan Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Fuzhou, 350002 China ,grid.458495.10000 0001 1014 7864Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510650 China
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- grid.256111.00000 0004 1760 2876State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian-Taiwan Crops, Institute of Applied Ecology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002 China ,grid.419897.a0000 0004 0369 313XJoint International Research Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control, Ministry of Education, Fuzhou, 350002 China ,Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management for Fujian-Taiwan Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Fuzhou, 350002 China ,grid.418033.d0000 0001 2229 4212Institute of Plant Protection, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou, 350013 China
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- grid.256111.00000 0004 1760 2876State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian-Taiwan Crops, Institute of Applied Ecology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002 China ,grid.419897.a0000 0004 0369 313XJoint International Research Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control, Ministry of Education, Fuzhou, 350002 China ,Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management for Fujian-Taiwan Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Fuzhou, 350002 China ,grid.418033.d0000 0001 2229 4212Institute of Plant Protection, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou, 350013 China
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- grid.256111.00000 0004 1760 2876State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian-Taiwan Crops, Institute of Applied Ecology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002 China ,grid.419897.a0000 0004 0369 313XJoint International Research Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control, Ministry of Education, Fuzhou, 350002 China ,Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management for Fujian-Taiwan Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Fuzhou, 350002 China
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- grid.256111.00000 0004 1760 2876State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian-Taiwan Crops, Institute of Applied Ecology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002 China ,grid.419897.a0000 0004 0369 313XJoint International Research Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control, Ministry of Education, Fuzhou, 350002 China ,grid.1037.50000 0004 0368 0777Graham Centre, Charles Sturt University, Orange, NSW 2800 Australia
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- State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian-Taiwan Crops, Institute of Applied Ecology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China. .,Joint International Research Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control, Ministry of Education, Fuzhou, 350002, China. .,Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management for Fujian-Taiwan Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Fuzhou, 350002, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian-Taiwan Crops, Institute of Applied Ecology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China. .,Joint International Research Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control, Ministry of Education, Fuzhou, 350002, China. .,Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management for Fujian-Taiwan Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Fuzhou, 350002, China.
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Doria HB, Caliendo C, Gerber S, Pfenninger M. Photoperiod is an important seasonal selection factor in Chironomus riparius (Diptera: Chironomidae). Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blab147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Most organisms respond and can adapt to photoperiodic changes. This affects measurable end points like developmental time, survival and fertility. For ectotherms like Chironomus riparius, temperature is the most studied environmental cue regulating their life cycle, whereas photoperiodic influence is neglected. However, the developmental speed between summer and winter seasons of a field population could not be explained solely by temperature variations. Therefore, to have a comprehensive view on how photoperiods influence chironomid’s life cycle, we investigated if it plays a role in their development and if it acts as an important selective pressure on developmental time speed. To this end, first emerged C. riparius were artificially selected for seven generations. Pre-selected and unselected organisms could develop and breed independently under three light regimes: constant light (24:0 L:D), long days (16:8 L:D) and short days (8:16 L:D). Adult emergence, mean and median emergence time and fertility were integrated into the population growth rate to compare fitness. Our findings show that although developmental time is extended under short days, this same condition may exert a selective pressure towards a shorter development. Moreover, by also using photoperiodic clues to anticipate environmental changes, chironomids can potentially adapt to alterations in climate.
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- Halina Binde Doria
- Department of Molecular Ecology, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Georg-Voigt-Straße, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Senckenberganlage, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Staudinger Weg, Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Staudinger Weg, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Ecology, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Georg-Voigt-Straße, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Senckenberganlage, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Institute for Molecular and Organismic Evolution, Johannes Gutenberg University, Johann-Joachim-Becher-Weg, Mainz, Germany
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Nickel J, Schell T, Holtzem T, Thielsch A, Dennis SR, Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM, Möst M, Pfenninger M, Schwenk K, Cordellier M. Hybridization Dynamics and Extensive Introgression in the Daphnia longispina Species Complex: New Insights from a High-Quality Daphnia galeata Reference Genome. Genome Biol Evol 2021; 13:6448229. [PMID: 34865004 PMCID: PMC8695838 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evab267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/24/2021] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Hybridization and introgression are recognized as an important source of variation that influence adaptive processes; both phenomena are frequent in the genus Daphnia, a keystone zooplankton taxon in freshwater ecosystems that comprises several species complexes. To investigate genome-wide consequences of introgression between species, we provide here the first high-quality genome assembly for a member of the Daphnia longispina species complex, Daphnia galeata. We further resequenced 49 whole genomes of three species of the complex and their interspecific hybrids both from genotypes sampled in the water column and from single resting eggs extracted from sediment cores. Populations from habitats with diverse ecological conditions offered an opportunity to study the dynamics of hybridization linked to ecological changes and revealed a high prevalence of hybrids. Using phylogenetic and population genomic approaches, we provide first insights into the intra- and interspecific genome-wide variability in this species complex and identify regions of high divergence. Finally, we assess the length of ancestry tracts in hybrids to characterize introgression patterns across the genome. Our analyses uncover a complex history of hybridization and introgression reflecting multiple generations of hybridization and backcrossing in the Daphnia longispina species complex. Overall, this study and the new resources presented here pave the way for a better understanding of ancient and contemporary gene flow in the species complex and facilitate future studies on resting egg banks accumulating in lake sediment.
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- Jana Nickel
- Institute of Zoology, Universität Hamburg, Germany
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- LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (LOEWE-TBG), Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Ecology, University of Innsbruck, Austria
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- Molecular Ecology, Institute for Environmental Sciences, University Koblenz-Landau, Landau in der Pfalz, Germany
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- Department of Aquatic Ecology, EAWAG, Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Department of Ecology, University of Innsbruck, Austria
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- LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (LOEWE-TBG), Frankfurt am Main, Germany.,Molecular Ecology, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt, Germany.,IoME, Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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- Molecular Ecology, Institute for Environmental Sciences, University Koblenz-Landau, Landau in der Pfalz, Germany
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Trense D, Hoffmann AA, Fischer K. Large- and small-scale geographic structures affecting genetic patterns across populations of an Alpine butterfly. Ecol Evol 2021; 11:14697-14714. [PMID: 34765135 PMCID: PMC8571576 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2021] [Revised: 09/04/2021] [Accepted: 09/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Understanding factors influencing patterns of genetic diversity and the population genetic structure of species is of particular importance in the current era of global climate change and habitat loss. These factors include the evolutionary history of a species as well as heterogeneity in the environment it occupies, which in turn can change across time. Most studies investigating spatio-temporal genetic patterns have focused on patterns across wide geographic areas rather than local variation, but the latter can nevertheless be important particularly in topographically complex areas. Here, we consider these issues in the Sooty Copper butterfly (Lycaena tityrus) from the European Alps, using genome-wide SNPs identified through RADseq. We found strong genetic differentiation within the Alps with four genetic clusters, indicating western, central, and eastern refuges, and a strong reduction of genetic diversity from west to east. This reduction in diversity may suggest that the southwestern refuge was the largest one in comparison to other refuges. Also, the high genetic diversity in the west may result from (a) admixture of different western refuges, (b) more recent demographic changes, or (c) introgression of lowland L. tityrus populations. At small spatial scales, populations were structured by several landscape features and especially by high mountain ridges and large river valleys. We detected 36 outlier loci likely under altitudinal selection, including several loci related to membranes and cellular processes. We suggest that efforts to preserve alpine L. tityrus should focus on the genetically diverse populations in the western Alps, and that the dolomite populations should be treated as genetically distinct management units, since they appear to be currently more threatened than others. This study demonstrates the usefulness of SNP-based approaches for understanding patterns of genetic diversity, gene flow, and selection in a region that is expected to be particularly vulnerable to climate change.
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- Daronja Trense
- Institute for Integrated Natural Sciences, ZoologyUniversity Koblenz‐LandauKoblenzGermany
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- Pest & Environmental Adaptation Research GroupSchool of BiosciencesBio21 InstituteParkvilleVic.Australia
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- Institute for Integrated Natural Sciences, ZoologyUniversity Koblenz‐LandauKoblenzGermany
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Waldvogel AM, Pfenninger M. Temperature dependence of spontaneous mutation rates. Genome Res 2021; 31:1582-1589. [PMID: 34301628 PMCID: PMC8415371 DOI: 10.1101/gr.275168.120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2020] [Accepted: 07/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
Mutation is the source of genetic variation and the fundament of evolution. Temperature has long been suggested to have a direct impact on realized spontaneous mutation rates. If mutation rates vary in response to environmental conditions, such as the variation of the ambient temperature through space and time, they should no longer be described as species-specific constants. By combining mutation accumulation with whole-genome sequencing in a multicellular organism, we provide empirical support to reject the null hypothesis of a constant, temperature-independent mutation rate. Instead, mutation rates depended on temperature in a U-shaped manner with increasing rates toward both temperature extremes. This relation has important implications for mutation-dependent processes in molecular evolution, processes shaping the evolution of mutation rates, and even the evolution of biodiversity as such.
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- Ann-Marie Waldvogel
- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Institute of Zoology, University of Cologne, 50674 Cologne, Germany
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Institute for Organismic and Molecular Evolution, Johannes Gutenberg University, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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Couper LI, Farner JE, Caldwell JM, Childs ML, Harris MJ, Kirk DG, Nova N, Shocket M, Skinner EB, Uricchio LH, Exposito-Alonso M, Mordecai EA. How will mosquitoes adapt to climate warming? eLife 2021; 10:69630. [PMID: 34402424 PMCID: PMC8370766 DOI: 10.7554/elife.69630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2021] [Accepted: 07/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The potential for adaptive evolution to enable species persistence under a changing climate is one of the most important questions for understanding impacts of future climate change. Climate adaptation may be particularly likely for short-lived ectotherms, including many pest, pathogen, and vector species. For these taxa, estimating climate adaptive potential is critical for accurate predictive modeling and public health preparedness. Here, we demonstrate how a simple theoretical framework used in conservation biology-evolutionary rescue models-can be used to investigate the potential for climate adaptation in these taxa, using mosquito thermal adaptation as a focal case. Synthesizing current evidence, we find that short mosquito generation times, high population growth rates, and strong temperature-imposed selection favor thermal adaptation. However, knowledge gaps about the extent of phenotypic and genotypic variation in thermal tolerance within mosquito populations, the environmental sensitivity of selection, and the role of phenotypic plasticity constrain our ability to make more precise estimates. We describe how common garden and selection experiments can be used to fill these data gaps. Lastly, we investigate the consequences of mosquito climate adaptation on disease transmission using Aedes aegypti-transmitted dengue virus in Northern Brazil as a case study. The approach outlined here can be applied to any disease vector or pest species and type of environmental change.
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- Lisa I Couper
- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, United States
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, United States.,Department of Biology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, United States
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- Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources, Stanford University, Stanford, United States
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, United States
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, United States.,Department of Zoology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, United States
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, United States.,Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, United States.,Environmental Futures Research Institute, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, United States.,Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, United States
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, United States
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Pfenninger M, Reuss F, Kiebler A, Schönnenbeck P, Caliendo C, Gerber S, Cocchiararo B, Reuter S, Blüthgen N, Mody K, Mishra B, Bálint M, Thines M, Feldmeyer B. Genomic basis for drought resistance in European beech forests threatened by climate change. eLife 2021; 10:65532. [PMID: 34132196 PMCID: PMC8266386 DOI: 10.7554/elife.65532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2020] [Accepted: 06/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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In the course of global climate change, Central Europe is experiencing more frequent and prolonged periods of drought. The drought years 2018 and 2019 affected European beeches (Fagus sylvatica L.) differently: even in the same stand, drought-damaged trees neighboured healthy trees, suggesting that the genotype rather than the environment was responsible for this conspicuous pattern. We used this natural experiment to study the genomic basis of drought resistance with Pool-GWAS. Contrasting the extreme phenotypes identified 106 significantly associated single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) throughout the genome. Most annotated genes with associated SNPs (>70%) were previously implicated in the drought reaction of plants. Non-synonymous substitutions led either to a functional amino acid exchange or premature termination. An SNP assay with 70 loci allowed predicting drought phenotype in 98.6% of a validation sample of 92 trees. Drought resistance in European beech is a moderately polygenic trait that should respond well to natural selection, selective management, and breeding. Climate change is having a serious impact on many ecosystems. In the summer of 2018 and 2019, around two thirds of European beech trees were damaged or killed by extreme drought. It is critical to keep these beech woods healthy, as they are central to the survival of over 6,000 other species of animals and plants. The level of damage caused by the drought varied between forests. However, not all the trees in each forest responded in the same way, with severely damaged trees often sitting next to fully healthy ones. This suggests that the genetic make-up of each tree determines how well it can adapt to drought rather than its local environment. To investigate this further, Pfenninger et al. studied the genome of over 400 European beech trees from the Hesse region in Germany. The samples came from pairs of neighbouring trees that had responded differently to the droughts. The analysis found more than 80 parts of the genome that differed between healthy and damaged trees. Pfenninger et al. then used this information to create a genetic test which can quickly and inexpensively predict how well an individual beech tree might survive in a drought. Applying this test to another 92 trees revealed that it can reliably detect which ones were healthy and which ones were damaged. Beech forests are typically managed by private owners, agencies or breeders that could use this genetic test to select and reproduce trees that are better adapted to drought. The goal now is to develop the test so that it can be used more widely to manage European beech trees and potentially other species.
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- Markus Pfenninger
- Molecular Ecology, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.,Institute for Organismic and Molecular Evolution, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany.,LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Molecular Ecology, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Molecular Ecology, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Molecular Ecology, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.,Institute of Human Genetics, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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- Molecular Ecology, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.,Institute of Human Genetics, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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- LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.,Conservation Genetics Section, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, Gelnhausen, Germany
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- Ecological Networks lab, Department of Biology, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Ecological Networks lab, Department of Biology, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Ecological Networks lab, Department of Biology, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany.,Department of Applied Ecology, Hochschule Geisenheim University, Geisenheim, Germany
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- Biological Archives, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.,Functional Environmental Genomics, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.,Agricultural Sciences, Nutritional Sciences, and Environmental Management, Universität Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.,Biological Archives, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.,Institute for Ecology, Evolution and Diversity, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Molecular Ecology, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Chueca LJ, Schell T, Pfenninger M. Whole-genome re-sequencing data to infer historical demography and speciation processes in land snails: the study of two Candidula sister species. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2021; 376:20200156. [PMID: 33813898 PMCID: PMC8059500 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2020.0156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Despite the global biodiversity of terrestrial gastropods and their ecological and economic importance, the genomic basis of ecological adaptation and speciation in land snail taxa is still largely unknown. Here, we combined whole-genome re-sequencing with population genomics to evaluate the historical demography and the speciation process of two closely related species of land snails from western Europe, Candidula unifasciata and C. rugosiuscula. Historical demographic analysis indicated fluctuations in the size of ancestral populations, probably driven by Pleistocene climatic fluctuations. Although the current population distributions of both species do not overlap, our approximate Bayesian computation model selection approach on several speciation scenarios suggested that gene flow has occurred throughout the divergence process until recently. Positively selected genes diverging early in the process were associated with intragenomic and cyto-nuclear incompatibilities, respectively, potentially fostering reproductive isolation as well as ecological divergence. Our results suggested that the speciation between species entails complex processes involving both gene flow and ecological speciation, and that further research based on whole-genome data can provide valuable understanding on species divergence. This article is part of the Theo Murphy meeting issue 'Molluscan genomics: broad insights and future directions for a neglected phylum'.
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- Luis J. Chueca
- LOEWE-Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (LOEWE-TBG), Senckenberg Nature Research Society, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Department of Zoology and Animal Cell Biology, University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU), 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
- Molecular Ecology, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- LOEWE-Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (LOEWE-TBG), Senckenberg Nature Research Society, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- LOEWE-Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (LOEWE-TBG), Senckenberg Nature Research Society, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Molecular Ecology, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Institute of Organismic and Molecular Evolution (iOME), Faculty of Biology, Johannes Gutenberg University, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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Schreiber D, Pfenninger M. Genomic divergence landscape in recurrently hybridizing Chironomus sister taxa suggests stable steady state between mutual gene flow and isolation. Evol Lett 2021; 5:86-100. [PMID: 33552538 PMCID: PMC7857304 DOI: 10.1002/evl3.204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2020] [Revised: 09/11/2020] [Accepted: 10/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Divergence is mostly viewed as a progressive process often initiated by selection targeting individual loci, ultimately resulting in ever increasing genomic isolation due to linkage. However, recent studies show that this process may stall at intermediate stable equilibrium states without achieving complete genomic isolation. We tested the extent of genomic isolation between two recurrently hybridizing nonbiting midge sister taxa, Chironomus riparius and Chironomus piger, by analyzing the divergence landscape. Using a principal component-based method, we estimated that only about 28.44% of the genomes were mutually isolated, whereas the rest was still exchanged. The divergence landscape was fragmented into isolated regions of on average 30 kb, distributed throughout the genome. Selection and divergence time strongly influenced lengths of isolated regions, whereas local recombination rate only had minor impact. Comparison of divergence time distributions obtained from several coalescence-simulated divergence scenarios with the observed divergence time estimates in an approximate Bayesian computation framework favored a short and concluded divergence event in the past. Most divergence happened during a short time span about 4.5 million generations ago, followed by a stable equilibrium between mutual gene flow through ongoing hybridization for the larger part of the genome and isolation in some regions due to rapid purifying selection of introgression, supported by high effective population sizes and recombination rates.
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- Dennis Schreiber
- Department of Molecular EcologySenckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research CentreFrankfurt am Main60325Germany
- Institute for Molecular and Organismic EvolutionJohannes Gutenberg UniversityMainz55128Germany
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- Department of Molecular EcologySenckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research CentreFrankfurt am Main60325Germany
- Institute for Molecular and Organismic EvolutionJohannes Gutenberg UniversityMainz55128Germany
- LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (LOEWE‐TBG)Frankfurt am Main60325Germany
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Hartke J, Waldvogel A, Sprenger PP, Schmitt T, Menzel F, Pfenninger M, Feldmeyer B. Little parallelism in genomic signatures of local adaptation in two sympatric, cryptic sister species. J Evol Biol 2021; 34:937-952. [DOI: 10.1111/jeb.13742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2020] [Revised: 11/03/2020] [Accepted: 11/03/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- Juliane Hartke
- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre Frankfurt am Main Germany
- Institute of Organismic and Molecular Evolution Johannes‐Gutenberg‐University Mainz Mainz Germany
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre Frankfurt am Main Germany
- Institute for Zoology University of Cologne Cologne Germany
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- Institute of Organismic and Molecular Evolution Johannes‐Gutenberg‐University Mainz Mainz Germany
- Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocentre, Am Hubland University of Würzburg Würzburg Germany
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- Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocentre, Am Hubland University of Würzburg Würzburg Germany
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- Institute of Organismic and Molecular Evolution Johannes‐Gutenberg‐University Mainz Mainz Germany
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre Frankfurt am Main Germany
- Institute of Organismic and Molecular Evolution Johannes‐Gutenberg‐University Mainz Mainz Germany
- LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (LOEWE‐TBG) Frankfurt am Main Germany
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre Frankfurt am Main Germany
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Garcia-Elfring A, Barrett RDH, Millien V. Genomic Signatures of Selection along a Climatic Gradient in the Northern Range Margin of the White-Footed Mouse (Peromyscus leucopus). J Hered 2020; 110:684-695. [PMID: 31300816 DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esz045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2018] [Accepted: 07/10/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Identifying genetic variation involved in thermal adaptation is likely to yield insights into how species adapt to different climates. Physiological and behavioral responses associated with overwintering (e.g., torpor) are thought to serve important functions in climate adaptation. In this study, we use 2 isolated Peromyscus leucopus lineages on the northern margin of the species range to identify single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) showing a strong environmental association and test for evidence of parallel evolution. We found signatures of clinal selection in each lineage, but evidence of parallelism was limited, with only 2 SNPs showing parallel allele frequencies across transects. These parallel SNPs map to a gene involved in protection against iron-dependent oxidative stress (Fxn) and to a gene with unknown function but containing a forkhead-associated domain (Fhad1). Furthermore, within transects, we find significant clinal patterns in genes enriched for functions associated with glycogen homeostasis, synaptic function, intracellular Ca2+ balance, H3 histone modification, as well as the G2/M transition of cell division. Our results are consistent with recent literature on the cellular and molecular basis of climate adaptation in small mammals and provide candidate genomic regions for further study.
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- Alan Garcia-Elfring
- Redpath Museum, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.,Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Redpath Museum, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.,Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Redpath Museum, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.,Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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Kim YB, Kim JY, Song HS, Lee C, Kim J, Whon TW, Lee SH, Rhee JK, Roh SW. Raineyella fluvialis sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from freshwater sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4298-4304. [PMID: 32589569 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A novel, facultatively anaerobic actinobacterium, designated strain CBA3103T, was isolated from sediment of the Geum River in South Korea. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that strain CBA3103T is most closely related to Raineyella antarctica LZ-22T (98.47 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity). The genome of strain CBA3103T was 3 649 865 bp with a DNA G+C content of 69.6 mol%. The average nucleotide identity value between strain CBA3103T and R. antarctica LZ-22T was 79.22 %. Cells of strain CBA3103T were Gram-positive, rod-shaped, 0.6-0.9 µm wide and 1.4-2.4 µm long. Growth occurred at 15-40 °C (optimum, 35 °C), at pH 6.0-7.0 (optimum, pH 7.0) and with 0-2 % NaCl (w/v) (optimum, 0-1 %, w/v). The major cellular fatty acids in strain CBA3103T were anteiso-C15 : 0, anteiso-C15 : 1 A and iso-C14 : 0. The major respiratory quinone was menaquinone-9(H4). The polar lipids of strain CBA3103T were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, five unidentified glycolipids and three unidentified phospholipids. Based on the genotypic, phenotypic and chemotaxonomic analyses, strain CBA3103T represents a novel species of the genus Raineyella, for which the name Raineyella fluvialis sp. nov. (type strain CBA3103T=KACC 21446T=DSM 110288T) is proposed.
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- Yeon Bee Kim
- Department of Food Science and Engineering, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Republic of Korea.,Microbiology and Functionality Research Group, World Institute of Kimchi, Gwangju 61755, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biology, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food Science and Engineering, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Republic of Korea.,Microbiology and Functionality Research Group, World Institute of Kimchi, Gwangju 61755, Republic of Korea
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- Microbiology and Functionality Research Group, World Institute of Kimchi, Gwangju 61755, Republic of Korea
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- Microbiology and Functionality Research Group, World Institute of Kimchi, Gwangju 61755, Republic of Korea
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- Microbiology and Functionality Research Group, World Institute of Kimchi, Gwangju 61755, Republic of Korea
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- Microbiology and Functionality Research Group, World Institute of Kimchi, Gwangju 61755, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food Science and Engineering, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Republic of Korea
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- Microbiology and Functionality Research Group, World Institute of Kimchi, Gwangju 61755, Republic of Korea
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A High-Quality Genome Assembly from Short and Long Reads for the Non-biting Midge Chironomus riparius (Diptera). G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS 2020; 10:1151-1157. [PMID: 32060047 PMCID: PMC7144091 DOI: 10.1534/g3.119.400710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Chironomus riparius is of great importance as a study species in various fields like ecotoxicology, molecular genetics, developmental biology and ecology. However, only a fragmented draft genome exists to date, hindering the recent rush of population genomic studies in this species. Making use of 50 NGS datasets, we present a hybrid genome assembly from short and long sequence reads that make C. riparius’ genome one of the most contiguous Dipteran genomes published, the first complete mitochondrial genome of the species, and the respective recombination rate among the first insect recombination rates at all. The genome assembly and associated resources will be highly valuable to the broad community working with dipterans in general and chironomids in particular. The estimated recombination rate will help evolutionary biologists gaining a better understanding of commonalities and differences of genomic patterns in insects.
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González-Tokman D, Córdoba-Aguilar A, Dáttilo W, Lira-Noriega A, Sánchez-Guillén RA, Villalobos F. Insect responses to heat: physiological mechanisms, evolution and ecological implications in a warming world. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2020; 95:802-821. [PMID: 32035015 DOI: 10.1111/brv.12588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 170] [Impact Index Per Article: 42.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2019] [Revised: 01/24/2020] [Accepted: 01/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Surviving changing climate conditions is particularly difficult for organisms such as insects that depend on environmental temperature to regulate their physiological functions. Insects are extremely threatened by global warming, since many do not have enough physiological tolerance even to survive continuous exposure to the current maximum temperatures experienced in their habitats. Here, we review literature on the physiological mechanisms that regulate responses to heat and provide heat tolerance in insects: (i) neuronal mechanisms to detect and respond to heat; (ii) metabolic responses to heat; (iii) thermoregulation; (iv) stress responses to tolerate heat; and (v) hormones that coordinate developmental and behavioural responses at warm temperatures. Our review shows that, apart from the stress response mediated by heat shock proteins, the physiological mechanisms of heat tolerance in insects remain poorly studied. Based on life-history theory, we discuss the costs of heat tolerance and the potential evolutionary mechanisms driving insect adaptations to high temperatures. Some insects may deal with ongoing global warming by the joint action of phenotypic plasticity and genetic adaptation. Plastic responses are limited and may not be by themselves enough to withstand ongoing warming trends. Although the evidence is still scarce and deserves further research in different insect taxa, genetic adaptation to high temperatures may result from rapid evolution. Finally, we emphasize the importance of incorporating physiological information for modelling species distributions and ecological interactions under global warming scenarios. This review identifies several open questions to improve our understanding of how insects respond physiologically to heat and the evolutionary and ecological consequences of those responses. Further lines of research are suggested at the species, order and class levels, with experimental and analytical approaches such as artificial selection, quantitative genetics and comparative analyses.
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- Daniel González-Tokman
- CONACYT, CDMX, 03940, Mexico.,Red de Ecoetología, Instituto de Ecología A. C, Xalapa, 91073, Mexico
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- Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Circuito exterior s/n Ciudad Universitaria, CDMX, 04510, Mexico
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- Red de Ecoetología, Instituto de Ecología A. C, Xalapa, 91073, Mexico
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- CONACYT, CDMX, 03940, Mexico.,Red de Estudios Moleculares Avanzados, Instituto de Ecología A. C, Xalapa, 91073, Mexico
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- Red de Biología Evolutiva, Instituto de Ecología A. C, Xalapa, 91073, Mexico
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Pfenninger M, Foucault Q. Genomic processes underlying rapid adaptation of a natural
Chironomus riparius
population to unintendedly applied experimental selection pressures. Mol Ecol 2020; 29:536-548. [DOI: 10.1111/mec.15347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2019] [Revised: 12/13/2019] [Accepted: 12/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Markus Pfenninger
- Department of Molecular Ecology Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre Frankfurt am Main Germany
- Institute for Molecular and Organismic Evolution Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz Germany
- LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre Frankfurt am Main Germany
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- Department of Molecular Ecology Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre Frankfurt am Main Germany
- Institute for Molecular and Organismic Evolution Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz Germany
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Waldvogel A, Feldmeyer B, Rolshausen G, Exposito‐Alonso M, Rellstab C, Kofler R, Mock T, Schmid K, Schmitt I, Bataillon T, Savolainen O, Bergland A, Flatt T, Guillaume F, Pfenninger M. Evolutionary genomics can improve prediction of species' responses to climate change. Evol Lett 2020; 4:4-18. [PMID: 32055407 PMCID: PMC7006467 DOI: 10.1002/evl3.154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2019] [Revised: 10/31/2019] [Accepted: 11/26/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Global climate change (GCC) increasingly threatens biodiversity through the loss of species, and the transformation of entire ecosystems. Many species are challenged by the pace of GCC because they might not be able to respond fast enough to changing biotic and abiotic conditions. Species can respond either by shifting their range, or by persisting in their local habitat. If populations persist, they can tolerate climatic changes through phenotypic plasticity, or genetically adapt to changing conditions depending on their genetic variability and census population size to allow for de novo mutations. Otherwise, populations will experience demographic collapses and species may go extinct. Current approaches to predicting species responses to GCC begin to combine ecological and evolutionary information for species distribution modelling. Including an evolutionary dimension will substantially improve species distribution projections which have not accounted for key processes such as dispersal, adaptive genetic change, demography, or species interactions. However, eco-evolutionary models require new data and methods for the estimation of a species' adaptive potential, which have so far only been available for a small number of model species. To represent global biodiversity, we need to devise large-scale data collection strategies to define the ecology and evolutionary potential of a broad range of species, especially of keystone species of ecosystems. We also need standardized and replicable modelling approaches that integrate these new data to account for eco-evolutionary processes when predicting the impact of GCC on species' survival. Here, we discuss different genomic approaches that can be used to investigate and predict species responses to GCC. This can serve as guidance for researchers looking for the appropriate experimental setup for their particular system. We furthermore highlight future directions for moving forward in the field and allocating available resources more effectively, to implement mitigation measures before species go extinct and ecosystems lose important functions.
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- Ann‐Marie Waldvogel
- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research CentreFrankfurt am MainGermany
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research CentreFrankfurt am MainGermany
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research CentreFrankfurt am MainGermany
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- Institute of Population GeneticsVetmeduni ViennaAustria
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- School of Environmental SciencesUniversity of East AngliaNorwichUnited Kingdom
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- Institute of Plant Breeding, Seed Science and Population GeneticsUniversity of HohenheimStuttgartGermany
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research CentreFrankfurt am MainGermany
- Institute of Ecology, Evolution and DiversityGoethe‐UniversityFrankfurt am MainGermany
- LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (LOEWE‐TBG)Frankfurt am MainGermany
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- Department of BiologyUniversity of VirginiaCharlottesvilleVirginia
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- Department of BiologyUniversity of FribourgFribourgSwitzerland
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental StudiesUniversity of ZürichZürichSwitzerland
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research CentreFrankfurt am MainGermany
- LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (LOEWE‐TBG)Frankfurt am MainGermany
- Institute for Organismic and Molecular EvolutionJohannes Gutenberg UniversityMainzGermany
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Cost-effective detection of genome-wide signatures for 2,4-D herbicide resistance adaptation in red clover. Sci Rep 2019; 9:20037. [PMID: 31882573 PMCID: PMC6934753 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-55676-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2019] [Accepted: 11/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Herbicide resistance is a recurrent evolutionary event that has been reported across many species and for all major herbicide modes of action. The synthetic auxinic herbicide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) has been widely used since the 1940s, however the genetic variation underlying naturally evolving resistance remains largely unknown. In this study, we used populations of the forage legume crop red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) that were recurrently selected for 2,4-D resistance to detect genome-wide signatures of adaptation. Four susceptible and six derived resistant populations were sequenced using a less costly approach by combining targeted sequencing (Capture-Seq) with pooled individuals (Pool-Seq). Genomic signatures of selection were identified using: (i) pairwise allele frequency differences; (ii) genome scan for overly differentiated loci; and (iii) genome‐wide association. Fifty significant SNPs were consistently detected, most located in a single chromosome, which can be useful for marker assisted selection. Additionally, we searched for candidate genes at these genomic regions to gain insights into potential molecular mechanisms underlying 2,4-D resistance. Among the predicted functions of candidate genes, we found some related to the auxin metabolism, response to oxidative stress, and detoxification, which are also promising for further functional validation studies.
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Schmidt H, Lee Y, Collier TC, Hanemaaijer MJ, Kirstein OD, Ouledi A, Muleba M, Norris DE, Slatkin M, Cornel AJ, Lanzaro GC. Transcontinental dispersal of Anopheles gambiae occurred from West African origin via serial founder events. Commun Biol 2019; 2:473. [PMID: 31886413 PMCID: PMC6923408 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-019-0717-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2019] [Accepted: 11/28/2019] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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The mosquito Anopheles gambiae s.s. is distributed across most of sub-Saharan Africa and is of major scientific and public health interest for being an African malaria vector. Here we present population genomic analyses of 111 specimens sampled from west to east Africa, including the first whole genome sequences from oceanic islands, the Comoros. Genetic distances between populations of A. gambiae are discordant with geographic distances but are consistent with a stepwise migration scenario in which the species increases its range from west to east Africa through consecutive founder events over the last ~200,000 years. Geological barriers like the Congo River basin and the East African rift seem to play an important role in shaping this process. Moreover, we find a high degree of genetic isolation of populations on the Comoros, confirming the potential of these islands as candidate sites for potential field trials of genetically engineered mosquitoes for malaria control.
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- Hanno Schmidt
- Vector Genetics Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California - Davis, Davis, CA 95616 USA
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- Vector Genetics Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California - Davis, Davis, CA 95616 USA
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- Vector Genetics Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California - Davis, Davis, CA 95616 USA
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- Vector Genetics Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California - Davis, Davis, CA 95616 USA
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- Vector Genetics Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California - Davis, Davis, CA 95616 USA
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- Université des Comores, Grande Comore, Union of the Comoros
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- The W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, The Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of California - Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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- Vector Genetics Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California - Davis, Davis, CA 95616 USA
- Mosquito Control Research Laboratory, Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of California - Kearney Research and Extension Center, Parlier, CA 93648 USA
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- Vector Genetics Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California - Davis, Davis, CA 95616 USA
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Dillon ME, Lozier JD. Adaptation to the abiotic environment in insects: the influence of variability on ecophysiology and evolutionary genomics. CURRENT OPINION IN INSECT SCIENCE 2019; 36:131-139. [PMID: 31698151 DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2019.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2019] [Revised: 09/10/2019] [Accepted: 09/10/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Advances in tools to gather environmental, phenotypic, and molecular data have accelerated our ability to detect abiotic drivers of variation across the genome-to-phenome spectrum in model and non-model insects. However, differences in the spatial and temporal resolution of these data sets may create gaps in our understanding of linkages between environment, genotype, and phenotype that yield missed or misleading results about adaptive variation. In this review we highlight sources of variability that might impact studies of phenotypic and 'omic environmental adaptation, challenges to collecting data at relevant scales, and possible solutions that link intensive fine-scale reductionist studies of mechanisms to large-scale biogeographic patterns.
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- Michael E Dillon
- Department of Zoology & Physiology and Program in Ecology, The University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming 82071, USA.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Alabama, Box 870344, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, USA
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Yadav S, Stow AJ, Dudaniec RY. Detection of environmental and morphological adaptation despite high landscape genetic connectivity in a pest grasshopper (Phaulacridium vittatum). Mol Ecol 2019; 28:3395-3412. [DOI: 10.1111/mec.15146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2019] [Revised: 05/19/2019] [Accepted: 05/20/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Sonu Yadav
- Department of Biological Sciences Macquarie University North Ryde NSW Australia
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- Department of Biological Sciences Macquarie University North Ryde NSW Australia
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- Department of Biological Sciences Macquarie University North Ryde NSW Australia
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Wieser A, Reuss F, Niamir A, Müller R, O'Hara RB, Pfenninger M. Modelling seasonal dynamics, population stability, and pest control in Aedes japonicus japonicus (Diptera: Culicidae). Parasit Vectors 2019; 12:142. [PMID: 30909930 PMCID: PMC6434845 DOI: 10.1186/s13071-019-3366-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2018] [Accepted: 02/05/2019] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The invasive temperate mosquito Aedes japonicus japonicus is a potential vector for various infectious diseases and therefore a target of vector control measures. Even though established in Germany, it is unclear whether the species has already reached its full distribution potential. The possible range of the species, its annual population dynamics, the success of vector control measures and future expansions due to climate change still remain poorly understood. While numerous studies on occurrence have been conducted, they used mainly presence data from relatively few locations. In contrast, we used experimental life history data to model the dynamics of a continuous stage-structured population to infer potential seasonal densities and ask whether stable populations are likely to establish over a period of more than one year. In addition, we used climate change models to infer future ranges. Finally, we evaluated the effectiveness of various stage-specific vector control measures. RESULTS Aedes j. japonicus has already established stable populations in the southwest and west of Germany. Our models predict a spread of Ae. j. japonicus beyond the currently observed range, but likely not much further eastwards under current climatic conditions. Climate change models, however, will expand this range substantially and higher annual densities can be expected. Applying vector control measures to oviposition, survival of eggs, larvae or adults showed that application of adulticides for 30 days between late spring and early autumn, while ambient temperatures are above 9 °C, can reduce population density by 75%. Continuous application of larvicide showed similar results in population reduction. Most importantly, we showed that with the consequent application of a mixed strategy, it should be possible to significantly reduce or even extinguish existing populations with reasonable effort. CONCLUSION Our study provides valuable insights into the mechanisms concerning the establishment of stable populations in invasive species. In order to minimise the hazard to public health, we recommend vector control measures to be applied in 'high risk areas' which are predicted to allow establishment of stable populations to establish.
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- Andreas Wieser
- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. .,Institute of Organismic and Molecular Evolution (iOME), Johannes Gutenberg University, Gresemundweg 2, 55128, Mainz, Germany. .,Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics, and Department of Mathematical Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology NTNU, Sentralbygg 2, Gløshaugen, 7491, Trondheim, Norway.
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.,Institute for Ecology, Evolution and Diversity, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Goethe University, Max-von-Laue-Straße 9, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Occupational Medicine, Social Medicine and Environmental Medicine, Goethe University, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.,Unit of Entomology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nationalenstraat 155, 2000, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.,Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics, and Department of Mathematical Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology NTNU, Sentralbygg 2, Gløshaugen, 7491, Trondheim, Norway
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.,Institute of Organismic and Molecular Evolution (iOME), Johannes Gutenberg University, Gresemundweg 2, 55128, Mainz, Germany
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Rellstab C, Dauphin B, Zoller S, Brodbeck S, Gugerli F. Using transcriptome sequencing and pooled exome capture to study local adaptation in the giga‐genome of
Pinus cembra. Mol Ecol Resour 2019; 19:536-551. [DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2018] [Revised: 11/29/2018] [Accepted: 12/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- ETH Zürich Genetic Diversity Centre Zürich Switzerland
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- WSL Swiss Federal Research Institute Birmensdorf Switzerland
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- WSL Swiss Federal Research Institute Birmensdorf Switzerland
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Gamboa M, Watanabe K. Genome-wide signatures of local adaptation among seven stoneflies species along a nationwide latitudinal gradient in Japan. BMC Genomics 2019; 20:84. [PMID: 30678640 PMCID: PMC6346529 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-019-5453-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2018] [Accepted: 01/14/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Background Environmental heterogeneity continuously produces a selective pressure that results in genomic variation among organisms; understanding this relationship remains a challenge in evolutionary biology. Here, we evaluated the degree of genome-environmental association of seven stonefly species across a wide geographic area in Japan and additionally identified putative environmental drivers and their effect on co-existing multiple stonefly species. Double-digest restriction-associated DNA (ddRAD) libraries were independently sequenced for 219 individuals from 23 sites across four geographical regions along a nationwide latitudinal gradient in Japan. Results A total of 4251 candidate single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) strongly associated with local adaptation were discovered using Latent mixed models; of these, 294 SNPs showed strong correlation with environmental variables, specifically precipitation and altitude, using distance-based redundancy analysis. Genome–genome comparison among the seven species revealed a high sequence similarity of candidate SNPs within a geographical region, suggesting the occurrence of a parallel evolution process. Conclusions Our results revealed genomic signatures of local adaptation and their influence on multiple, co-occurring species. These results can be potentially applied for future studies on river management and climatic stressor impacts. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12864-019-5453-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Maribet Gamboa
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ehime University, Matsuyama, 790-0871, Japan.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ehime University, Matsuyama, 790-0871, Japan
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Foucault Q, Wieser A, Heumann-Kiesler C, Diogo J, Cocchiararo B, Nowak C, Waldvogel AM, Pfenninger M. An experimental assessment of reproductive isolation and its consequences for seasonal hybridization dynamics. Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/bly177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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- Quentin Foucault
- Department of Molecular Ecology, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Senckenberganlage, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Institute for Molecular and Organismic Evolution, Johannes Gutenberg University, Johann-Joachim-Becher-Weg, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Ecology, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Senckenberganlage, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Institute for Molecular and Organismic Evolution, Johannes Gutenberg University, Johann-Joachim-Becher-Weg, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Ecology, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Senckenberganlage, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Institut für Ökologie, Evolution und Diversität, Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Ecology, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Senckenberganlage, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Conservation Genetics Group, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, Clamecystraße, Gelnhausen, Germany
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- Conservation Genetics Group, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, Clamecystraße, Gelnhausen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Ecology, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Senckenberganlage, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Ecology, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Senckenberganlage, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Institute for Molecular and Organismic Evolution, Johannes Gutenberg University, Johann-Joachim-Becher-Weg, Mainz, Germany
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Foucault Q, Wieser A, Waldvogel A, Feldmeyer B, Pfenninger M. Rapid adaptation to high temperatures in Chironomus riparius. Ecol Evol 2018; 8:12780-12789. [PMID: 30619582 PMCID: PMC6308882 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2018] [Revised: 10/10/2018] [Accepted: 10/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Effects of seasonal or daily temperature variation on fitness and physiology of ectothermic organisms and their ways to cope with such variations have been widely studied. However, the way multivoltines organisms cope with temperature variations from one generation to the next is still not well understood. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the multivoltine midge Chironomus riparius Meigen (1803) responds mainly via acclimation as predicted by current theories or whether rapid genetic adaptation is involved. To investigate this issue, a common garden approach has been applied. A mix of larvae from five European populations was raised in the laboratory at three different pre-exposure temperatures (PET): 14, 20, and 26°C. After three and five generations, respectively, larvae were exposed to three treatment temperatures (TT): 14, 20, and 26°C. Mortality was monitored for the first 48 hr and after emergence. After three generations, significant mortality rate differences depended on an interaction of PET and TT. This finding supports the hypothesis that chironomids respond rapidly to climatic variation via adaptive mechanisms and to a lesser extent via phenotypic plasticity. The result of the experiment indicates that three generations were sufficient to adapt to warm temperature, decreasing the mortality rate, highlighting the potential for chironomids to rapidly respond to seasonally changing conditions.
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- Quentin Foucault
- Molecular Ecology GroupSenckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research CentreFrankfurt am MainGermany
- Institute for Organismic and Molecular EvolutionJohannes Gutenberg UniversitätMainzGermany
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- Molecular Ecology GroupSenckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research CentreFrankfurt am MainGermany
- Institute for Organismic and Molecular EvolutionJohannes Gutenberg UniversitätMainzGermany
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- Molecular Ecology GroupSenckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research CentreFrankfurt am MainGermany
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- Molecular Ecology GroupSenckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research CentreFrankfurt am MainGermany
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- Molecular Ecology GroupSenckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research CentreFrankfurt am MainGermany
- Institute for Organismic and Molecular EvolutionJohannes Gutenberg UniversitätMainzGermany
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Bálint M, Pfenninger M, Grossart HP, Taberlet P, Vellend M, Leibold MA, Englund G, Bowler D. Environmental DNA Time Series in Ecology. Trends Ecol Evol 2018; 33:945-957. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2018.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2018] [Revised: 07/28/2018] [Accepted: 09/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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