التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Introgression from extinct species facilitates adaptation to its vacated niche. |
| المؤلفون: |
Frei, David, Reichlin, Pascal, Seehausen, Ole, Feulner, Philine G. D. |
| المصدر: |
Molecular Ecology; Feb2023, Vol. 32 Issue 4, p841-853, 13p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
INTROGRESSION (Genetics), BIOLOGICAL extinction, ADAPTIVE radiation, ECOLOGICAL disturbances, PHYSIOLOGICAL adaptation, SPECIES, EUTROPHICATION, WATER depth |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
AUSTRIA, SWITZERLAND |
| مستخلص: |
Anthropogenic disturbances of ecosystems are causing a loss of biodiversity at an unprecedented rate. Species extinctions often leave ecological niches underutilized, and their colonization by other species may require new adaptation. In Lake Constance, on the borders of Germany, Austria and Switzerland, an endemic profundal whitefish species went extinct during a period of anthropogenic eutrophication. In the process of extinction, the deep‐water species hybridized with three surviving whitefish species of Lake Constance, resulting in introgression of genetic variation that is potentially adaptive in deep‐water habitats. Here, we sampled a water depth gradient across a known spawning ground of one of these surviving species, Coregonus macrophthalmus, and caught spawning individuals at greater depths (down to 90 m) than historically recorded. We sequenced a total of 96 whole genomes, 11–17 for each of six different spawning depth populations (4, 12, 20, 40, 60 and 90 m), to document genomic intraspecific differentiation along a water depth gradient. We identified 52 genomic regions that are potentially under divergent selection between the deepest (90 m) and all shallower (4–60 m) spawning habitats. At 12 (23.1%) of these 52 loci, the allele frequency pattern across historical and contemporary populations suggests that introgression from the extinct species potentially facilitates ongoing adaptation to deep water. Our results are consistent with the syngameon hypothesis, proposing that hybridization between members of an adaptive radiation can promote further niche expansion and diversification. Furthermore, our findings demonstrate that introgression from extinct into extant species can be a source of evolvability, enabling rapid adaptation to environmental change, and may contribute to the ecological recovery of ecosystem functions after extinctions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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