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Blacher P, Zahnd S, Purcell J, Avril A, Honorato TO, Bailat‐Rosset G, Staedler D, Brelsford A, Chapuisat M. Species recognition limits mating between hybridizing ant species. Evolution 2022; 76:2105-2115. [PMID: 35802833 PMCID: PMC9541793 DOI: 10.1111/evo.14566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2021] [Revised: 06/21/2022] [Accepted: 06/29/2022] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Identifying mechanisms limiting hybridization is a central goal of speciation research. Here, we studied premating and postmating barriers to hybridization between two ant species, Formica selysi and Formica cinerea. These species hybridize in the Rhône valley in Switzerland, where they form a mosaic hybrid zone, with limited introgression from F. selysi into F. cinerea. There was no sign of temporal isolation between the two species in the production of queens and males. With choice experiments, we showed that queens and males strongly prefer to mate with conspecifics. Yet, we did not detect postmating barriers caused by genetic incompatibilities. Specifically, hybrids of all sexes and castes were found in the field and F1 hybrid workers did not show reduced viability compared to nonhybrid workers. To gain insights into the cues involved in species recognition, we analyzed the cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) of queens, males, and workers and staged dyadic encounters between workers. CHC profiles differed markedly between species, but were similar in F. cinerea and hybrids. Accordingly, workers also discriminated species, but they did not discriminate F. cinerea and hybrids. We discuss how the CHC-based recognition system of ants may facilitate the establishment of premating barriers to hybridization, independent of hybridization costs.
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- Pierre Blacher
- Departement of Ecology and EvolutionUniversity of LausanneLausanneCH‐1015Switzerland
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- Departement of Ecology and EvolutionUniversity of LausanneLausanneCH‐1015Switzerland
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- Department of EntomologyUniversity of CaliforniaRiversideCalifornia92521USA
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- Departement of Ecology and EvolutionUniversity of LausanneLausanneCH‐1015Switzerland
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- Scitec Research SALausanneCH‐1007Switzerland,Department of Biomedical SciencesUniversity of LausanneLausanneCH‐1011Switzerland
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- Department of BiologyUniversity of CaliforniaRiversideCalifornia92521USA
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- Departement of Ecology and EvolutionUniversity of LausanneLausanneCH‐1015Switzerland
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Loehlin DW, Kim JY, Paster CO. A tandem duplication in Drosophila melanogaster shows enhanced expression beyond the gene copy number. Genetics 2021; 220:6472349. [PMID: 35100388 PMCID: PMC9176294 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/iyab231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2021] [Accepted: 12/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Tandem duplicated genes are common features of genomes, but the phenotypic consequences of their origins are not well understood. It is not known whether a simple doubling of gene expression should be expected, or else some other expression outcome. This study describes an experimental framework using engineered deletions to assess any contribution of locally acting cis- and globally acting trans-regulatory factors to expression interactions of particular tandem duplicated genes. Acsx1L (CG6300) and Acsx1R (CG11659) are tandem duplicates of a putative acyl-CoA synthetase gene found in Drosophila melanogaster. Experimental deletions of the duplicated segments were used to investigate whether the presence of 1 tandem duplicated block influences the expression of its neighbor. Acsx1L, the gene in the left block, shows much higher expression than either its duplicate Acsx1R or the single Acsx1 in Drosophila simulans. Acsx1L expression decreases drastically upon deleting the right-hand duplicated block. Crosses among wildtype and deletion strains show that high tandem expression is primarily due to cis-acting interactions between the duplicated blocks. No effect of these genes on cuticular hydrocarbons was detected. Sequence and phylogenetic analysis suggest that the duplication rose to fixation in D. melanogaster and has been subject to extensive gene conversion. Some strains actually carry 3 tandem copies, yet strains with 3 Acsx1s do not have higher expression levels than strains with 2. Surveys of tandem duplicate expression have typically not found the expected 2-fold increase in expression. This study suggests that cis-regulatory interactions between duplicated blocks could be responsible for this trend.
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- David W Loehlin
- Biology Department, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267, USA
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- Biology Department, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267, USA
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- Biology Department, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267, USA
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Weyna A, Romiguier J, Mullon C. Hybridization enables the fixation of selfish queen genotypes in eusocial colonies. Evol Lett 2021; 5:582-594. [PMID: 34917398 PMCID: PMC8645202 DOI: 10.1002/evl3.253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2021] [Accepted: 08/09/2021] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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A eusocial colony typically consists of two main castes: queens that reproduce and sterile workers that help them. This division of labor, however, is vulnerable to genetic elements that favor the development of their carriers into queens. Several factors, such as intracolonial relatedness, can modulate the spread of such caste-biasing genotypes. Here we investigate the effects of a notable yet understudied ecological setting: where larvae produced by hybridization develop into sterile workers. Using mathematical modeling, we show that the coevolution of hybridization with caste determination readily triggers an evolutionary arms race between nonhybrid larvae that increasingly develop into queens, and queens that increasingly hybridize to produce workers. Even where hybridization reduces worker function and colony fitness, this race can lead to the loss of developmental plasticity and to genetically hard-wired caste determination. Overall, our results may help understand the repeated evolution toward remarkable reproductive systems (e.g., social hybridogenesis) observed in several ant species.
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- Arthur Weyna
- Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution (UMR 5554)University of Montpellier, CNRSMontpellier34000France
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- Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution (UMR 5554)University of Montpellier, CNRSMontpellier34000France
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- Department of Ecology and EvolutionUniversity of LausanneLausanne1015Switzerland
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Speciation by sexual selection: 20 years of progress. Trends Ecol Evol 2021; 36:1153-1163. [PMID: 34607719 DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2021.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2021] [Revised: 08/26/2021] [Accepted: 09/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Twenty years ago, a seminal paper summarized the role of sexual selection in speciation as the coordinated evolution of (male) courtship signals and (female) preferences leading to prezygotic (behavioral) isolation between divergent lineages. Here, we discuss areas of progress that inspire an updated perspective. First, research has identified multiple mechanisms of sexual selection, in addition to female mate choice, that drive the origin and maintenance of species. Second, reviews and empirical data now conclude that sexual selection alone will rarely lead to reproductive isolation without ecological divergence, and we discuss the assumptions and possible exceptions underlying that conclusion. Finally, we consider the variable ways in which sexual selection contributes to divergence according to the spatial, temporal, social, ecological, and genomic context of speciation.
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Talavera JB, Collosi E, Clark MI, Robertson JM, Gray DA. Minimal prezygotic isolation between ecologically divergent sibling species. Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2021; 132:32-43. [PMID: 33390615 PMCID: PMC7761596 DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blaa178] [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: 08/19/2020] [Revised: 09/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Divergence in mating signals typically accompanies speciation. We examine two ecologically divergent sibling species of crickets to assess the degree and timing of the evolution of prezygotic reproductive isolation. Gryllus saxatilis occurs in rocky habitats throughout western North America with long-winged individuals capable of long-distance dispersal; Gryllus navajo is endemic to red-rock sandstone areas of south-eastern Utah and north-eastern Arizona and has short-winged individuals only capable of limited dispersal. Previous genetic work suggested some degree of introgression and/or incomplete lineage sorting is likely. Here we: (1) use restriction site associated DNA sequencing (RAD-seq) genetic data to describe the degree of genetic divergence among species and populations; (2) examine the strength of prezygotic isolation by (i) quantifying differences among male mating songs, and (ii) testing whether females prefer G. saxatilis or G. navajo calling songs. Our results show that genetically distinct "pure" species populations and genetically intermediate populations exist. Male mating songs are statistically distinguishable, but the absolute differences are small. In playback experiments, females from pure populations had no preference based on song; however, females from a genetically intermediate population preferred G. navajo song. Together these results suggest that prezygotic isolation is minimal, and mediated by female behaviour in admixed populations.
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- Janelle B Talavera
- Department of Biology, California State University, Northridge, Northridge, CA, USA
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- Department of Biology, California State University, Northridge, Northridge, CA, USA
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- Department of Biology, California State University, Northridge, Northridge, CA, USA
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- Department of Biology, California State University, Northridge, Northridge, CA, USA
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- Department of Biology, California State University, Northridge, Northridge, CA, USA
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Kelly CD, Adam-Granger É. Mating with sexually attractive males provides female Gryllus firmus field crickets with direct but not indirect fitness benefits. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s00265-020-02859-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Heggeseth B, Sim D, Partida L, Maroja LS. Influence of female cuticular hydrocarbon (CHC) profile on male courtship behavior in two hybridizing field crickets Gryllus firmus and Gryllus pennsylvanicus. BMC Evol Biol 2020; 20:21. [PMID: 32019492 PMCID: PMC7001378 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-020-1587-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2019] [Accepted: 01/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background The hybridizing field crickets, Gryllus firmus and Gryllus pennsylvanicus have several barriers that prevent gene flow between species. The behavioral pre-zygotic mating barrier, where males court conspecifics more intensely than heterospecifics, is important because by acting earlier in the life cycle it has the potential to prevent a larger fraction of hybridization. The mechanism behind such male mate preference is unknown. Here we investigate if the female cuticular hydrocarbon (CHC) profile could be the signal behind male courtship. Results While males of the two species display nearly identical CHC profiles, females have different, albeit overlapping profiles and some females (between 15 and 45%) of both species display a male-like profile distinct from profiles of typical females. We classified CHC females profile into three categories: G. firmus-like (F; including mainly G. firmus females), G. pennsylvanicus-like (P; including mainly G. pennsylvanicus females), and male-like (ML; including females of both species). Gryllus firmus males courted ML and F females more often and faster than they courted P females (p < 0.05). Gryllus pennsylvanicus males were slower to court than G. firmus males, but courted ML females more often (p < 0.05) than their own conspecific P females (no difference between P and F). Both males courted heterospecific ML females more often than other heterospecific females (p < 0.05, significant only for G. firmus males). Conclusions Our results suggest that male mate preference is at least partially informed by female CHC profile and that ML females elicit high courtship behavior in both species. Since ML females exist in both species and are preferred over other heterospecific females, it is likely that this female type is responsible for most hybrid offspring production.
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- Brianna Heggeseth
- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Williams College, Williamstown, MA, USA.,Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN, USA
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- Department of Biology, Williams College, Williamstown, MA, USA
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- Department of Biology, Williams College, Williamstown, MA, USA
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- Department of Biology, Williams College, Williamstown, MA, USA.
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Stamps GF, Shaw KL. Male use of chemical signals in sex discrimination of Hawaiian swordtail crickets (genus Laupala). Anim Behav 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2019.06.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Larson EL, Brassil MM, Maslan J, Juárez D, Lilagan F, Tipton H, Schweitzer A, Skillman J, Monsen-Collar KJ, Peterson MA. The effects of heterospecific mating frequency on the strength of cryptic reproductive barriers. J Evol Biol 2019; 32:900-912. [PMID: 31162735 DOI: 10.1111/jeb.13495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2019] [Revised: 05/22/2019] [Accepted: 05/28/2019] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Heterospecific mating frequency is critical to hybrid zone dynamics and can directly impact the strength of reproductive barriers and patterns of introgression. The effectiveness of post-mating prezygotic (PMPZ) reproductive barriers, which include reduced fecundity via heterospecific matings and conspecific sperm precedence, may depend on the number, identity and order of mates. Studies of PMPZ barriers suggest that they may be important in many systems, but whether these barriers are effective at realistic heterospecific mating frequencies has not been tested. Here, we evaluate the strength of cryptic reproductive isolation in two leaf beetles (Chrysochus auratus and C. cobaltinus) in the context of a range of heterospecific mating frequencies observed in natural populations. We found both species benefited from multiple matings, but the benefits were greater in C. cobaltinus and extended to heterospecific matings. We found that PMPZ barriers greatly limited hybrid production by C. auratus females with moderate heterospecific mating frequencies, but that their effectiveness diminished at higher heterospecific mating frequencies. In contrast, there was no evidence for PMPZ barriers in C. cobaltinus females at any heterospecific mating frequency. We show that integrating realistic estimates of cryptic isolation with information on relative abundance and heterospecific mating frequency in the field substantially improves our understanding of the strong directional bias in F1 production previously documented in the Chrysochus hybrid zone. Our results demonstrate that heterospecific mating frequency is critical to understanding the impact of cryptic post-copulatory barriers on hybrid zone structure and dynamics, and that future studies of such barriers should incorporate field-relevant heterospecific mating frequencies.
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- Erica L Larson
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA.,Biology Department, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington, USA
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- Biology Department, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington, USA
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- Biology Department, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington, USA
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- Biology Department, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington, USA
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- Biology Department, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington, USA
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- Biology Department, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington, USA
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- Biology Department, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington, USA
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- Biology Department, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington, USA
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- Biology Department, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington, USA
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Gainey DP, Kim JY, Maroja LS. Mapping reduced introgression loci to the X chromosome of the hybridizing field crickets, Gryllus firmus and G. pennsylvanicus. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0208498. [PMID: 30566487 PMCID: PMC6300192 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0208498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2018] [Accepted: 11/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The genomic architecture of barriers to gene exchange during the speciation process is poorly understood. The genomic islands model suggests that loci associated with barriers to gene exchange prevent introgression of nearby genomic regions via linkage disequilibrium. But few analyses of the actual genomic location of non-introgressing loci in closely related species exist. In a previous study Maroja et al. showed that in the hybridizing field crickets, Gryllus firmus and G. pennsylvanicus, 50 non-introgressing loci are localized on two autosomal regions and the X chromosome, but they were not able to map the loci along the X chromosome because they used a male informative cross. Here, we localize the introgressing and non-introgressing loci on the X chromosome, and reveal that all X-linked non-introgressing loci are restricted to a 50-cM region with 10 of these loci mapped to a single location. We discuss the implications of this finding to speciation.
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- D. Patrick Gainey
- Department of Biology, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Dutta R, Balakrishnan R, Tregenza T. Divergence in Potential Contact Pheromones and Genital Morphology Among Sympatric Song Types of the Bush Cricket Mecopoda elongata. Front Ecol Evol 2018. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2018.00158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Field tests of multiple sensory cues in sex recognition and harassment of a colour polymorphic damselfly. Anim Behav 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2017.12.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Gershman SN, Rundle HD. Level up: the expression of male sexually selected cuticular hydrocarbons is mediated by sexual experience. Anim Behav 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.11.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Maroja LS, Larson EL, Bogdanowicz SM, Harrison RG. Genes with Restricted Introgression in a Field Cricket (Gryllus firmus/Gryllus pennsylvanicus) Hybrid Zone Are Concentrated on the X Chromosome and a Single Autosome. G3 (BETHESDA, MD.) 2015; 5:2219-27. [PMID: 26311650 PMCID: PMC4632042 DOI: 10.1534/g3.115.021246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2015] [Accepted: 08/17/2015] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Characterizing the extent of genomic differentiation between recently diverged lineages provides an important context for understanding the early stages of speciation. When such lineages form discrete hybrid zones, patterns of differential introgression allow direct estimates of which genome regions are likely involved in speciation and local adaptation. Here we use a backcross experimental design to construct a genetic linkage map for the field crickets Gryllus firmus and Gryllus pennsylvanicus, which interact in a well-characterized hybrid zone in eastern North America. We demonstrate that loci with major allele frequency differences between allopatric populations are not randomly distributed across the genome. Instead, most are either X-linked or map to a few small autosomal regions. Furthermore, the subset of those highly differentiated markers that exhibit restricted introgression across the cricket hybrid zone are also concentrated on the X chromosome (39 of 50 loci) and in a single 7-cM region of one autosome. Although the accumulation on the sex chromosome of genes responsible for postzygotic barriers is a well-known phenomenon, less attention has been given to the genomic distribution of genes responsible for prezygotic barriers. We discuss the implications of our results for speciation, both in the context of the role of sex chromosomes and also with respect to the likely causes of heterogeneous genomic divergence. Although we do not yet have direct evidence for the accumulation of ecological, behavioral, or fertilization prezygotic barrier genes on the X chromosome, faster-X evolution could make these barriers more likely to be X-linked.
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- Luana S Maroja
- Department of Biology, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts 01267
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana 59812
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
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Tyler F, Fisher D, d'Ettorre P, RodrÃguez-Muñoz R, Tregenza T. Chemical cues mediate species recognition in field crickets. Front Ecol Evol 2015. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2015.00048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Fincke OM. Trade-offs in female signal apparency to males offer alternative anti-harassment strategies for colour polymorphic females. J Evol Biol 2015; 28:931-43. [PMID: 25786740 DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2014] [Revised: 03/10/2015] [Accepted: 03/12/2015] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Colour polymorphisms are known to influence receiver behaviour, but how they affect a receiver's ability to detect and recognize individuals in nature is usually unknown. I hypothesized that polymorphic female damselflies represent an evolutionary stable strategy, maintained by trade-offs between the relative apparency of morphs to male receivers. Using field experiments on Enallagma hageni and focal studies of E. hageni and Enallagma boreale, I tested for the first time the predictions that (i) green heteromorphs and blue andromorphs gain differential protection from sexual harassment via background crypsis and sexual mimicry, respectively, and (ii) female morphs behaviourally optimize their signal apparency to mate-searching males. First, based on male reactions elicited by females, against a high-contrast background, the two morphs did not differ in being detected by males, and once detected, they did not differ in being recognized (eliciting sexual reactions). However, on green ferns, heteromorphs were less likely to be detected (elicited only fly-bys) than andromorphs, but once detected, the morphs did not differ in being recognized. In contrast, when perched on a dowel with two male signal distractors, andromorphs were detected less often, and once detected, they were recognized less often than heteromorphs. Second, in fields where females foraged, andromorphs perched higher on vegetation than heteromorphs and were more often in the vicinity of males. Neither harassment rates nor evasive behaviours differed between morphs. Males aggregated in high density near shore where solitary females were rare. Equilibrium frequencies of these and other colour morphs should reflect the relative ease with which receivers detect and recognize them in the context where they are encountered.
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- O M Fincke
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Graduate Program, Department of Biology, University of Oklahoma Norman, Norman, OK, USA
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Simmons LW, Thomas ML, Gray B, Zuk M. Replicated evolutionary divergence in the cuticular hydrocarbon profile of male crickets associated with the loss of song in the Hawaiian archipelago. J Evol Biol 2014; 27:2249-57. [DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2014] [Revised: 08/14/2014] [Accepted: 08/14/2014] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- L. W. Simmons
- Centre for Evolutionary Biology; School of Animal Biology; The University of Western Australia; Crawley WA Australia
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- Centre for Evolutionary Biology; School of Animal Biology; The University of Western Australia; Crawley WA Australia
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- Department of Biology; University of California; Riverside CA USA
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior; University of Minnesota; St. Paul MN USA
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