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Ożarowska A, Zaniewicz G, Meissner W. Sex and age-specific differences in wing pointedness and wing length in blackcaps Sylvia atricapilla migrating through the southern Baltic coast. Curr Zool 2021; 67:271-277. [PMID: 34616919 PMCID: PMC8489005 DOI: 10.1093/cz/zoaa065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2020] [Accepted: 10/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
The blackcap Sylvia atricapilla shows a complex migratory pattern and is a suitable species for the studies of morphological migratory syndrome, including adaptations of wing shape to different migratory performance. Obligate migrants of this species that breed in northern, central, and Eastern Europe differ by migration distance and some cover shorter distance to the wintering grounds in the southern part of Europe/North Africa or the British Isles, although others migrate to sub-Saharan Africa. Based on ˃40 years of ringing data on blackcaps captured during autumn migration in the Southern Baltic region, we studied age- and sex-related correlations in wing pointedness and wing length of obligate blackcap migrants to understand the differences in migratory behavior of this species. Even though the recoveries of blackcaps were scarce, we reported some evidence that individuals which differ in migration distance differed also in wing length. We found that wing pointedness significantly increased with an increasing wing length of migrating birds, and adults had longer and more pointed wings than juvenile birds. This indicates stronger antipredator adaptation in juvenile blackcaps than selection on flight efficiency, which is particularly important during migration. Moreover, we documented more pronounced differences in wing length between adult and juvenile males and females. Such differences in wing length may enhance a faster speed of adult male blackcaps along the spring migration route and may be adaptive when taking into account climatic effects, which favor earlier arrival from migration to the breeding grounds.
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- Agnieszka Ożarowska
- Department of Vertebrate Ecology and Zoology, Avian Ecophysiology Unit, University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, 80-308, Poland.,Bird Migration Research Station, University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, 80-308, Poland
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- Department of Vertebrate Ecology and Zoology, Avian Ecophysiology Unit, University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, 80-308, Poland
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- Department of Vertebrate Ecology and Zoology, Avian Ecophysiology Unit, University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, 80-308, Poland
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Gwiazdowska A, Karpińska O, Kamionka-Kanclerska K, Rowiński P, Panagiotopoulou H, Pomorski JJ, Broughton RK, da Silva LFP, Rutkowski R. First microsatellite markers for the European Robin (Erithacus rubecula) and their application in analysis of parentage and genetic diversity. Sci Rep 2021; 11:18962. [PMID: 34556712 PMCID: PMC8460626 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-98364-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2021] [Accepted: 09/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The European Robin is a small passerine bird associated with woodlands of Eurasia and North Africa. Despite being relatively widespread and common, little is known of the species’ breeding biology and genetic diversity. We used Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) to develop and characterize microsatellite markers for the European Robin, designing three multiplex panels to amplify 14 microsatellite loci. The level of polymorphism and its value for assessing parentage and genetic structure was estimated based on 119 individuals, including seven full families and 69 unrelated individuals form Poland’s Białowieża Primaeval Forest and an additional location in Portugal. All markers appeared to be highly variable. Analysis at the family level confirmed a Mendelian manner of inheritance in the investigated loci. Genetic data also revealed evidence for extra-pair paternity in one family. The set of markers that we developed are proven to be valuable for analysis of the breeding biology and population genetics of the European Robin.
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- Aleksandra Gwiazdowska
- Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wilcza 64, 00-679, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Forest Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Forest Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776, Warsaw, Poland
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- Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wilcza 64, 00-679, Warsaw, Poland
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- Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wilcza 64, 00-679, Warsaw, Poland
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- UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Maclean Building, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK
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- CBIO-InBIO Campus Agrário de Vairão Rua Padre Armando Quintas, nº7, 4485-661, Vila do Conde, Portugal
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- Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wilcza 64, 00-679, Warsaw, Poland.
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Delmore KE, Van Doren BM, Conway GJ, Curk T, Garrido-Garduño T, Germain RR, Hasselmann T, Hiemer D, van der Jeugd HP, Justen H, Lugo Ramos JS, Maggini I, Meyer BS, Phillips RJ, Remisiewicz M, Roberts GCM, Sheldon BC, Vogl W, Liedvogel M. Individual variability and versatility in an eco-evolutionary model of avian migration. Proc Biol Sci 2020; 287:20201339. [PMID: 33143577 PMCID: PMC7735267 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2020.1339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2020] [Accepted: 09/28/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Seasonal migration is a complex and variable behaviour with the potential to promote reproductive isolation. In Eurasian blackcaps (Sylvia atricapilla), a migratory divide in central Europe separating populations with southwest (SW) and southeast (SE) autumn routes may facilitate isolation, and individuals using new wintering areas in Britain show divergence from Mediterranean winterers. We tracked 100 blackcaps in the wild to characterize these strategies. Blackcaps to the west and east of the divide used predominantly SW and SE directions, respectively, but close to the contact zone many individuals took intermediate (S) routes. At 14.0° E, we documented a sharp transition from SW to SE migratory directions across only 27 (10-86) km, implying a strong selection gradient across the divide. Blackcaps wintering in Britain took northwesterly migration routes from continental European breeding grounds. They originated from a surprisingly extensive area, spanning 2000 km of the breeding range. British winterers bred in sympatry with SW-bound migrants but arrived 9.8 days earlier on the breeding grounds, suggesting some potential for assortative mating by timing. Overall, our data reveal complex variation in songbird migration and suggest that selection can maintain variation in migration direction across short distances while enabling the spread of a novel strategy across a wide range.
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- Kira E. Delmore
- MPRG Behavioural Genomics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, 24306 Plön, Germany
- Texas A&M University, 3528 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- MPRG Behavioural Genomics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, 24306 Plön, Germany
- Edward Grey Institute, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA
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- British Trust for Ornithology, The Nunnery, Thetford, Norfolk IP24 2PU, UK
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- Max Planck Institute of Animal Behaviour, Am Obstberg 1, 78315 Radolfzell, Germany
- Vogeltrekstation—Dutch Centre for Avian Migration and Demography, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Droevendaalsesteeg 10, 6700 AB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- MPRG Behavioural Genomics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, 24306 Plön, Germany
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- Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Section for Ecology and Evolution, Universitetsparken 15, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- MPRG Behavioural Genomics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, 24306 Plön, Germany
- Department of Biology, Institute for Zoology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Animal Behaviour, Am Obstberg 1, 78315 Radolfzell, Germany
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- Vogeltrekstation—Dutch Centre for Avian Migration and Demography, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Droevendaalsesteeg 10, 6700 AB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- MPRG Behavioural Genomics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, 24306 Plön, Germany
- Texas A&M University, 3528 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Konrad-Lorenz Institute of Ethology, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Savoyenstraße 1a, 1160 Vienna, Austria
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- MPRG Behavioural Genomics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, 24306 Plön, Germany
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- Edward Grey Institute, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK
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- Konrad-Lorenz Institute of Ethology, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Savoyenstraße 1a, 1160 Vienna, Austria
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- MPRG Behavioural Genomics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, 24306 Plön, Germany
- Institute of Avian Research, An der Vogelwarte, Wilhelmshaven, Germany
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Lombal AJ, O'dwyer JE, Friesen V, Woehler EJ, Burridge CP. Identifying mechanisms of genetic differentiation among populations in vagile species: historical factors dominate genetic differentiation in seabirds. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2020; 95:625-651. [PMID: 32022401 DOI: 10.1111/brv.12580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2019] [Revised: 12/23/2019] [Accepted: 01/08/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Elucidating the factors underlying the origin and maintenance of genetic variation among populations is crucial for our understanding of their ecology and evolution, and also to help identify conservation priorities. While intrinsic movement has been hypothesized as the major determinant of population genetic structuring in abundant vagile species, growing evidence indicates that vagility does not always predict genetic differentiation. However, identifying the determinants of genetic structuring can be challenging, and these are largely unknown for most vagile species. Although, in principle, levels of gene flow can be inferred from neutral allele frequency divergence among populations, underlying assumptions may be unrealistic. Moreover, molecular studies have suggested that contemporary gene flow has often not overridden historical influences on population genetic structure, which indicates potential inadequacies of any interpretations that fail to consider the influence of history in shaping that structure. This exhaustive review of the theoretical and empirical literature investigates the determinants of population genetic differentiation using seabirds as a model system for vagile taxa. Seabirds provide a tractable group within which to identify the determinants of genetic differentiation, given their widespread distribution in marine habitats and an abundance of ecological and genetic studies conducted on this group. Herein we evaluate mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variation in 73 seabird species. Lack of mutation-drift equilibrium observed in 19% of species coincided with lower estimates of genetic differentiation, suggesting that dynamic demographic histories can often lead to erroneous interpretations of contemporary gene flow, even in vagile species. Presence of land across the species sampling range, or sampling of breeding colonies representing ice-free Pleistocene refuge zones, appear to be associated with genetic differentiation in Tropical and Southern Temperate species, respectively, indicating that long-term barriers and persistence of populations are important for their genetic structuring. Conversely, biotic factors commonly considered to influence population genetic structure, such as spatial segregation during foraging, were inconsistently associated with population genetic differentiation. In light of these results, we recommend that genetic studies should consider potential historical events when identifying determinants of genetic differentiation among populations to avoid overestimating the role of contemporary factors, even for highly vagile taxa.
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- Anicee J Lombal
- Discipline of Biological Sciences, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 55, Hobart, TAS, 7001, Australia
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- Discipline of Biological Sciences, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 55, Hobart, TAS, 7001, Australia
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- Department of Biology, Queen's University, 99 University Avenue, Kingston, OL, K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, 20 Castray Esplanade, Hobart, TAS, 7004, Australia
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- Discipline of Biological Sciences, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 55, Hobart, TAS, 7001, Australia
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Merlin C, Liedvogel M. The genetics and epigenetics of animal migration and orientation: birds, butterflies and beyond. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019; 222:222/Suppl_1/jeb191890. [PMID: 30728238 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.191890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Migration is a complex behavioural adaptation for survival that has evolved across the animal kingdom from invertebrates to mammals. In some taxa, closely related migratory species, or even populations of the same species, exhibit different migratory phenotypes, including timing and orientation of migration. In these species, a significant proportion of the phenotypic variance in migratory traits is genetic. In others, the migratory phenotype and direction is triggered by seasonal changes in the environment, suggesting an epigenetic control of their migration. The genes and epigenetic changes underpinning migratory behaviour remain largely unknown. The revolution in (epi)genomics and functional genomic tools holds great promise to rapidly move the field of migration genetics forward. Here, we review our current understanding of the genetic and epigenetic architecture of migratory traits, focusing on two emerging models: the European blackcap and the North American monarch butterfly. We also outline a vision of how technical advances and integrative approaches could be employed to identify and functionally validate candidate genes and cis-regulatory elements on these and other migratory species across both small and broad phylogenetic scales to significantly advance the field of genetics of animal migration.
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- Christine Merlin
- Department of Biology and Center for Biological Clock Research, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Max Planck Research Group (MPRG) Behavioural Genomics, 24306 Plön, Germany
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Licona-Vera Y, Ornelas JF, Wethington S, Bryan KB. Pleistocene range expansions promote divergence with gene flow between migratory and sedentary populations of Calothorax hummingbirds. Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/bly084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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- Yuyini Licona-Vera
- Departamento de Biología Evolutiva, Instituto de Ecología, AC, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
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Moussy C, Arlettaz R, Copete JL, Dale S, Dombrovski V, Elts J, Lorrillière R, Marja R, Pasquet E, Piha M, Seimola T, Selstam G, Jiguet F. The genetic structure of the European breeding populations of a declining farmland bird, the ortolan bunting (Emberiza hortulana), reveals conservation priorities. CONSERV GENET 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s10592-018-1064-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Ożarowska A, Zaniewicz G, Meissner W. Spring Arrival Timing Varies between the Groups of Blackcaps (Sylvia atricapilla) Differing in Wing Length. ANN ZOOL FENN 2018. [DOI: 10.5735/086.055.0105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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- Agnieszka Ożarowska
- Avian Ecophysiology Unit, Department of Vertebrate Ecology and Zoology, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 59, PL-80-308 Gdańsk, Poland
- Bird Migration Research Station, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 59, PL-80-308 Gdańsk, Poland
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- Avian Ecophysiology Unit, Department of Vertebrate Ecology and Zoology, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 59, PL-80-308 Gdańsk, Poland
- Bird Migration Research Foundation, Przebendowo 3, PL-84-210 Choczewo, Poland
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- Avian Ecophysiology Unit, Department of Vertebrate Ecology and Zoology, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 59, PL-80-308 Gdańsk, Poland
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Battey C, Klicka J. Cryptic speciation and gene flow in a migratory songbird Species Complex: Insights from the Red-Eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus). Mol Phylogenet Evol 2017; 113:67-75. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2017] [Revised: 04/07/2017] [Accepted: 05/08/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Hung C, Drovetski SV, Zink RM. The roles of ecology, behaviour and effective population size in the evolution of a community. Mol Ecol 2017; 26:3775-3784. [DOI: 10.1111/mec.14152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2016] [Revised: 04/14/2017] [Accepted: 04/17/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- Chih‐Ming Hung
- Biodiversity Research Center Academia Sinica Taipei Taiwan
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- Division of Birds National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution Washington DC USA
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- School of Natural Resources Nebraska State Museum, and School of Biological Sciences University of Nebraska Lincoln NE USA
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Linossier J, Zsebők S, Baudry E, Aubin T, Courvoisier H. Acoustic but no genetic divergence in migratory and sedentary populations of blackcaps,Sylvia atricapilla. Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2016. [DOI: 10.1111/bij.12799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Juliette Linossier
- Université Paris-Saclay; CNRS, Neuro-PSI, équipe communications acoustiques; Université Paris-Sud; UMR 9197 Orsay F-91405 France
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- Behavioural Ecology Group; Eötvös Loránd University; H-1117 Pázmány Péter sétány 1/c Budapest Hungary
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- Laboratoire Ecologie, Systématique et Evolution; UMR 8079 - Université Paris-Sud/CNRS/AgroParisTech; F-91405 Orsay Cedex France
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- Université Paris-Saclay; CNRS, Neuro-PSI, équipe communications acoustiques; Université Paris-Sud; UMR 9197 Orsay F-91405 France
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- Université Paris-Saclay; CNRS, Neuro-PSI, équipe communications acoustiques; Université Paris-Sud; UMR 9197 Orsay F-91405 France
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Mettler R, Segelbacher G, Schaefer HM. Interactions between a Candidate Gene for Migration (ADCYAP1), Morphology and Sex Predict Spring Arrival in Blackcap Populations. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0144587. [PMID: 26684459 PMCID: PMC4684316 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2015] [Accepted: 11/21/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Avian research has begun to reveal associations between candidate genes and migratory behaviors of captive birds, yet few studies utilize genotypic, morphometric, and phenological data from wild individuals. Previous studies have identified an association between ADCYAP1 polymorphism and autumn migratory behavior (restlessness, or zugunruhe), but little is known about the relationship between ADCYAP1 and spring migratory behavior. The timing of spring migration and arrival to the breeding ground are phenological traits which could be particularly favorable for establishing territories and acquiring mates, thus important to fitness and reproductive success. Here, we investigated how individual genotypic ADCYAP1 variation and phenotypic variation (wing length and shape) of blackcaps (Sylvia atricapilla) affect spring arrival date across nine natural populations in Europe. We hypothesized that longer alleles should be associated with earlier spring arrival dates and expected the effect on arrival date to be stronger for males as they arrive earlier. However, we found that longer wings were associated with earlier spring arrival to the breeding grounds for females, but not for males. Another female-specific effect indicated an interaction between ADCYAP1 allele size and wing pointedness on the response of spring arrival: greater allele size had a positive effect on spring arrival date for females with rounder wings, while a negative effect was apparent for females with more pointed wings. Also, female heterozygotes with pointed wing tips arrived significantly earlier than both homozygotes with pointed wings and heterozygotes with round wings. Stable isotope ratios (δ2H) of a subset of blackcaps captured in Freiburg in 2011 allowed us also to assign individuals to their main overwintering areas in northwest (NW) and southwest (SW) Europe. NW males arrived significantly earlier to the Freiburg breeding site than both SW males and females in 2011. NW females had more pointed wing tips compared to SW females, but no difference in ADCYAP1 allele size was found between the different migration routes.
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- Raeann Mettler
- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Animal Ecology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- School of Natural Sciences, Black Hills State University, Spearfish, South Dakota, United States of America
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- Wildlife Ecology and Management, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Animal Ecology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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Spatial Isolation and Temporal Variation in Fitness and Condition Facilitate Divergence in a Migratory Divide. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0144264. [PMID: 26656955 PMCID: PMC4681481 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2015] [Accepted: 11/16/2015] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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A novel migratory polymorphism evolved within the last 60 years in blackcaps (Sylvia atricapilla) breeding sympatrically in southwestern Germany. While most individuals winter in the traditional areas in the Mediterranean, a growing number of blackcaps started migrating to Britain instead. The rapid microevolution of this new strategy has been attributed to assortative mating and better physical condition of birds wintering in Britain. However, the isolating barriers as well as the physical condition of birds are not well known. In our study, we examined whether spatial isolation occurred among individuals with distinct migratory behaviour and birds with different arrival dates also differed in physical and genetic condition. We caught blackcaps in six consecutive years upon arrival on the breeding grounds and assigned them via stable isotope analysis to their wintering areas. Analysis of the vegetation structure within blackcap territories revealed different microhabitat preferences of birds migrating to distinct wintering areas. Blackcaps arriving early on the breeding grounds had higher survival rates, better body condition and higher multilocus heterozygosities than later arriving birds. We did however not find an effect of parasite infection status on arrival time. Our results suggest that early arriving birds have disproportionate effects on population dynamics. Allochrony and habitat isolation may thus act together to facilitate ongoing divergence in hybrid zones, and migratory divides in particular.
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Ketterson ED, Fudickar AM, Atwell JW, Greives TJ. Seasonal timing and population divergence: when to breed, when to migrate. Curr Opin Behav Sci 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2015.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Pierce AA, Zalucki MP, Bangura M, Udawatta M, Kronforst MR, Altizer S, Haeger JF, de Roode JC. Serial founder effects and genetic differentiation during worldwide range expansion of monarch butterflies. Proc Biol Sci 2015; 281:rspb.2014.2230. [PMID: 25377462 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.2230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Range expansions can result in founder effects, increasing genetic differentiation between expanding populations and reducing genetic diversity along the expansion front. However, few studies have addressed these effects in long-distance migratory species, for which high dispersal ability might counter the effects of genetic drift. Monarchs (Danaus plexippus) are best known for undertaking a long-distance annual migration in North America, but have also dispersed around the world to form populations that do not migrate or travel only short distances. Here, we used microsatellite markers to assess genetic differentiation among 18 monarch populations and to determine worldwide colonization routes. Our results indicate that North American monarch populations connected by land show limited differentiation, probably because of the monarch's ability to migrate long distances. Conversely, we found high genetic differentiation between populations separated by large bodies of water. Moreover, we show evidence for serial founder effects across the Pacific, suggesting stepwise dispersal from a North American origin. These findings demonstrate that genetic drift played a major role in shaping allele frequencies and created genetic differentiation among newly formed populations. Thus, range expansion can give rise to genetic differentiation and declines in genetic diversity, even in highly mobile species.
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- Amanda A Pierce
- Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia
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- Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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Delmore KE, Hübner S, Kane NC, Schuster R, Andrew RL, Câmara F, Guigó R, Irwin DE. Genomic analysis of a migratory divide reveals candidate genes for migration and implicates selective sweeps in generating islands of differentiation. Mol Ecol 2015; 24:1873-88. [DOI: 10.1111/mec.13150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2014] [Revised: 03/06/2015] [Accepted: 03/06/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Kira E. Delmore
- Department of Zoology; University of British Columbia; 6270 University Blvd Vancouver BC Canada V6T1Z4
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- Department of Botany; University of British Columbia; 6270 University Blvd Vancouver BC Canada V6T1Z4
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- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; University of Colorado at Boulder; Ramaley N122 Boulder CO 80309-0334 USA
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- Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences; University of British Columbia; 2424 Main Mall Vancouver BC Canada V6T1Z4
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- Molecular Ecology School of Environmental and Rural Science; University of New England Armidale; Armidale NSW 2351 Australia
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- Centre for Genomic Regulation and UPF; Dr Aiguader 88 Barcelona 08003 Spain
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- Centre for Genomic Regulation and UPF; Dr Aiguader 88 Barcelona 08003 Spain
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- Department of Zoology; University of British Columbia; 6270 University Blvd Vancouver BC Canada V6T1Z4
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Ożarowska A. Contrasting Fattening Strategies in Related Migratory Species: The Blackcap, Garden Warbler, Common Whitethroat and Lesser Whitethroat. ANN ZOOL FENN 2015. [DOI: 10.5735/086.052.0210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Oatley G, Simmons RE, Fuchs J. A molecular phylogeny of the harriers (Circus, Accipitridae) indicate the role of long distance dispersal and migration in diversification. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2015; 85:150-60. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2014] [Revised: 12/15/2014] [Accepted: 01/29/2015] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Alvarado AH, Fuller TL, Smith TB. Integrative tracking methods elucidate the evolutionary dynamics of a migratory divide. Ecol Evol 2014; 4:3456-69. [PMID: 25535561 PMCID: PMC4228619 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2014] [Revised: 07/25/2014] [Accepted: 07/31/2014] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Migratory divides, the boundary between adjacent bird populations that migrate in different directions, are of considerable interest to evolutionary biologists because of their alleged role in speciation of migratory birds. However, the small size of many passerines has traditionally limited the tools available to track populations and as a result, restricted our ability to study how reproductive isolation might occur across a divide. Here, we integrate multiple approaches by using genetic, geolocator, and morphological data to investigate a migratory divide in hermit thrushes (Catharus guttatus). First, high genetic divergence between migratory groups indicates the divide is a region of secondary contact between historically isolated populations. Second, despite low sample sizes, geolocators reveal dramatic differences in overwintering locations and migratory distance of individuals from either side of the divide. Third, a diagnostic genetic marker that proved useful for tracking a key population suggests a likely intermediate nonbreeding location of birds from the hybrid zone. This finding, combined with lower return rates from this region, is consistent with comparatively lower fitness of hybrids, which is possibly due to this intermediate migration pattern. We discuss our results in the context of reproductive isolating mechanisms associated with migration patterns that have long been hypothesized to promote divergence across migratory divides.
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- Allison H Alvarado
- Center for Tropical Research, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, University of California La Kretz Hall, Suite 300, 619 Charles E. Young Dr. East, Los Angeles, California, 90095
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- Center for Tropical Research, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, University of California La Kretz Hall, Suite 300, 619 Charles E. Young Dr. East, Los Angeles, California, 90095
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- Center for Tropical Research, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, University of California La Kretz Hall, Suite 300, 619 Charles E. Young Dr. East, Los Angeles, California, 90095 ; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California 621 Charles E. Young Dr. East, Los Angeles, California, 90095
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Veen T, Hjernquist MB, Van Wilgenburg SL, Hobson KA, Folmer E, Font L, Klaassen M. Identifying the African wintering grounds of hybrid flycatchers using a multi-isotope (δ2H, δ13C, δ15N) assignment approach. PLoS One 2014; 9:e98075. [PMID: 24847717 PMCID: PMC4029901 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2014] [Accepted: 04/25/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Migratory routes and wintering grounds can have important fitness consequences, which can lead to divergent selection on populations or taxa differing in their migratory itinerary. Collared (Ficedula albicollis) and pied (F. hypoleuca) flycatchers breeding in Europe and wintering in different sub-Saharan regions have distinct migratory routes on the eastern and western sides of the Sahara desert, respectively. In an earlier paper, we showed that hybrids of the two species did not incur reduced winter survival, which would be expected if their migration strategy had been a mix of the parent species' strategies potentially resulting in an intermediate route crossing the Sahara desert to different wintering grounds. Previously, we compared isotope ratios and found no significant difference in stable-nitrogen isotope ratios (δ15N) in winter-grown feathers between the parental species and hybrids, but stable-carbon isotope ratios (δ13C) in hybrids significantly clustered only with those of pied flycatchers. We followed up on these findings and additionally analyzed the same feathers for stable-hydrogen isotope ratios (δ2H) and conducted spatially explicit multi-isotope assignment analyses. The assignment results overlapped with presumed wintering ranges of the two species, highlighting the efficacy of the method. In contrast to earlier findings, hybrids clustered with both parental species, though most strongly with pied flycatcher.
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- Thor Veen
- Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Theoretical Biology Group, University of Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Marine Ecology, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Den Burg, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
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- Deep Earth Cluster, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
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- Department of Animal Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Wageningen, Gelderland, The Netherlands
- Centre for Integrative Ecology, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
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Toews DPL, Brelsford A, Irwin DE. Isotopic variation across the Audubon's-myrtle warbler hybrid zone. J Evol Biol 2014; 27:1179-91. [DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2013] [Revised: 03/27/2014] [Accepted: 03/31/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- D. P. L. Toews
- Department of Zoology and Biodiversity Research Centre; University of British Columbia; Vancouver BC Canada
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution; University of Lausanne; Lausanne Switzerland
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- Department of Zoology and Biodiversity Research Centre; University of British Columbia; Vancouver BC Canada
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