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Comparative analyses of the Hymenoscyphus fraxineus and Hymenoscyphus albidus genomes reveals potentially adaptive differences in secondary metabolite and transposable element repertoires

<p><strong>Background&nbsp;</strong>The dieback epidemic decimating common ash (<em>Fraxinus excelsior</em>) in Europe is caused by the invasive fungus&nbsp;<em>Hymenoscyphus fraxineus</em>. In this study we analyzed the genomes of&nbsp;<em>H. fraxineus</em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>H. albidus</em>, its native but, now essentially displaced, non-pathogenic sister species, and compared them with several other members of&nbsp;<em>Helotiales</em>. The focus of the analyses was to identify signals in the genome that may explain the rapid establishment of&nbsp;<em>H. fraxineus</em>&nbsp;and displacement of&nbsp;<em>H. albidus</em>.</p> <p><strong>Results</strong>&nbsp;The genomes of&nbsp;<em>H. fraxineus</em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>H. albidus&nbsp;</em>showed a high level of synteny and identity. The assembly of&nbsp;<em>H. fraxineus&nbsp;</em>is 13 Mb&nbsp;longer than that of&nbsp;<em>H. albidus&rsquo;,&nbsp;</em>most of this&nbsp;difference can be attributed to higher dispersed repeat content ((i.e transposable elements&nbsp;[TEs]) in&nbsp;<em>H. fraxineus</em>. In general, TE families in&nbsp;<em>H. fraxineus</em>showed more signals of repeat-induced point mutations (RIP) than in&nbsp;<em>H. albidus</em>, especially in Long-terminal repeat (LTR)/Copia and LTR/Gypsy elements.&nbsp;Comparing gene family expansions and 1:1 orthologs, relatively few genes show signs of positive selection between species. However, several of those that did appeared to be associated with secondary metabolite genes families, including&nbsp;gene families&nbsp;containing two of the genes in the&nbsp;<em>H. fraxineus-</em>specific,&nbsp;<em>hymenosetin&nbsp;</em>biosynthetic gene cluster (BGC).</p> <p><strong>C</strong><strong>onclusion&nbsp;</strong>The genomes of&nbsp;<em>H. fraxineus</em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>H. albidus</em>&nbsp;show a high degree of synteny, and are rich in both TEs and BGCs, but&nbsp;the genomic signatures also indicated that&nbsp;<em>H. albidus</em>&nbsp;may be less well equipped to adapt&nbsp;and maintain its ecological niche in a rapidly changing environment.&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Data included</strong></p> <p>This post contains the alternate structural and functional annotations of the genomes of Helotealean fungi&nbsp;used in the study.</p>

opencc-by-4.0Dec 2020View details →
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Data from: Climate change shifts natural selection and the adaptive potential of the perennial forb Boechera stricta in the Rocky Mountains

Heritable genetic variation is necessary for populations to evolve in response to anthropogenic climate change. However, antagonistic genetic correlations among traits may constrain the rate of adaptation, even if substantial genetic variation exists. We examine potential genetic responses to selection by comparing multivariate genetic variance-covariances of traits and fitness (multivariate Robertson-Price identities) across different environments in a reciprocal transplant experiment of the forb Boechera stricta in the Rocky Mountains. By transplanting populations into four common gardens arrayed along an elevational gradient, and exposing populations to control and snow removal treatments, we simulated future and current climates and snowmelt regimes. Genetic variation in flowering and germination phenology declined in plants moved downslope to warmer, drier sites, suggesting that these traits may have a limited ability to evolve under future climates. Simulated climate change via snow removal altered the strength of selection on flowering traits, but we found little evidence that genetic correlations among traits are likely to affect the rate of adaptation to climate change. Overall, our results suggest that climate change may alter the evolutionary potential of B. stricta, but reduced expression of genetic variation may be a larger impediment to adaptation than constraints imposed by antagonistic genetic correlations.

opencc-zeroSep 2019View details →
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Interacting impacts of hydrological changes and air temperature warming on lake temperatures highlight the potential for adaptive management: Model output

<p>This archive includes the output from the General Ocean Turbulence Model for a series of simulations that used differing model drivers (inflow discharge, Q, and air temperature, T). &nbsp;The Experiment_output.zip contains text files generated from the GOTM workflow containing modelled water temperatures and the Mod_z.txt are the corresponding depths for these temperatures.&nbsp;</p><p>The file name corresponds to the change made to the driving data from baseline (unchanged conditions), a combination of air temperature <i>increase </i>and flow percentage change e.g. Mod_temp_T_2_Q_1.5 refers to an air temperature increase of 2 degrees Celsius and a flow increase of 50% and a Mod_temp_T_3.5_Q_0.7 refers to an air temperature increase of 3.5 degrees Celsius&nbsp;and a flow decrease of 30%.</p>

opencc-by-4.0Dec 2023View details →
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Data for: Local adaptation of a generalist hemiparasitic plant to one of its potential host plants

<p>Coevolution is often found in parasite-host interactions but has not yet been described for hemiparasitic plants and their hosts. Root hemiparasites like <em>Rhinanthus alectorolophus</em> perform photosynthesis but also parasitize other plant species, some of which (e.g. <em>Plantago lanceolata</em>) may defend themselves against parasite attack by blocking the haustoria of the parasites. We grew seedlings of the hemiparasite <em>Rhinanthus alectorolophus</em> and the potential host <em>Plantago lanceolata</em> from seven grassland sites in a factorial design. To detect differences in host defence, we also included hosts from two 'naïve' populations from regions where the parasite does not occur.<em> R. alectorolophus</em> grew consistently larger and had higher fitness with sympatric than with allopatric hosts, suggesting parasite adaptation to local host populations. Moreover, <em>R. alectorolophus</em> remained smallest with allopatric hosts from the same region and reached intermediate sizes with allopatric hosts from other regions or naïve hosts, suggesting host adaptation to parasites at the regional scale. Parasite presence reduced the size of the host plants already after four weeks, but only that of hosts with 'experience' of the parasite, suggesting an early host response. Follow-up experiments confirmed that parasites attach to hosts already after four weeks and hosts respond by changing belowground allocation patterns. However, parasite roots did not preferentially grow towards sympatric hosts. Our results suggest that local adaptation to hosts can occur even in generalist parasites and does not require specialization on individual hosts. We discuss the role of potential mechanisms, including variation in chemical signalling (early) and in host defence (late effects).</p>

opencc-zeroApr 2024View details →
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Dataset from 'Increased labor losses and decreased adaptation potential in a warmer world'

<p><strong>Abstract:<br> Working in hot and potentially humid conditions creates health and well-being risks that will increase as the planet warms. It has been proposed that workers could adapt to increasing temperatures by moving labor from midday to cooler hours.</strong> <strong>Here we use reanalysis data to show that in the current climate, globally approximately 30% of heavy labor losses in the workday could be recovered by moving labor from the hottest hours of the day. However, we show that this particular workshift adaptation potential is lost at a rate of about 2% per degree of global warming as early morning heat exposure rises to unsafe levels for continuous work, with worker productivity losses accelerating under higher warming levels. These findings emphasize the importance of finding alternative adaptation mechanisms to keep workers safe, as well as the importance of limiting global warming.</strong></p>

opencc-by-4.0Oct 2021View details →
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Adaptive potential of Coffea canephora from Uganda in response to climate change

<p>Understanding vulnerabilities of plant populations to climate change could help preserve their biodiversity and reveal new elite parents for future breeding programs. To this end, landscape genomics is a useful approach for assessing putative adaptations to future climatic conditions, especially in long-lived species such as trees. We conducted a population genomics study of 207 <i>Coffea canephora</i> trees from seven forests along different climate gradients in Uganda. For this, we sequenced 323 candidate genes involved in key metabolic and defense pathways in coffee. Seventy-one SNPs were found to be significantly associated with bioclimatic variables, and were thereby considered as putatively adaptive loci. These SNPs were linked to key candidate genes, including transcription factors, like <i>DREB</i>-like and <i>MYB</i> family genes controlling plant responses to abiotic stresses, as well as other genes of organoleptic interest, like the <i>DXMT</i> gene involved in caffeine biosynthesis and a putative pest repellent. These climate-associated genetic markers were used to compute genetic offsets, predicting population responses to future climatic conditions based on local climate change forecasts. Using these measures of maladaptation to future conditions, substantial levels of genetic differentiation between present and future diversity were estimated for all populations and scenarios considered. The populations from the forests Zoka and Budongo, in the northernmost zone of Uganda, appeared to have the lowest genetic offsets under all predicted climate change patterns, while populations from Kalangala and Mabira, in the Lake Victoria region, exhibited the highest genetic offsets. The potential of these findings in terms of <i>ex-situ</i> conservation strategies are discussed.</p>

opencc-zeroDec 2021View details →
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Data from: Thyroid hormone tinkering elicits integrated phenotypic changes potentially explaining rapid adaptation of color vision in cichlid fish

Vision is critical for most vertebrates, including fish. One challenge that aquatic habitats pose is the high variability in spectral properties depending on depth, turbidity and composition of the water body. By altering opsin gene expression and chromophore usage, cichlid fish modulate visual sensitivities to maximize sensory input from the available light in their respective habitat. Thyroid hormone (TH) has been proposed to play a role in governing adaptive diversification in visual sensitivity in Nicaraguan Midas cichlids, which evolved in less than ~3,100 generations. As suggested by indirect measurements of TH levels (i.e., expression of deiodinases), populations adapted to short wavelength light in clear lakes have lower TH levels than ones inhabiting turbid lakes enriched in long-wavelength light. We experimentally manipulated TH levels by exposing two-week-old Midas cichlids to exogenous TH or a TH-inhibitor and measured opsin gene expression and chromophore usage (via cyp27c1 expression). Whereas exogenous TH induces long-wavelength sensitivity by changing opsin gene expression and chromophore usage in a concerted manner, TH-inhibited fish exhibit a visual phenotype with sensitivities shifted to shorter-wavelengths. Tinkering with TH levels in eyes results in concerted phenotypic changes that can provide a rapid mechanism of adaptation to novel light environments. --

opencc-zeroFeb 2022View details →
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Stay in shape: assessing the adaptive potential of shell morphology and its sensitivity to temperature in the invasive New Zealand Mud Snail Potamopyrgus antipodarum through phenotypic plasticity and natural selection in Europe

<p>Climate change may force organisms to adapt genetically or plastically to new environmental conditions. Invasive species show a remarkable potential for rapid adaptation. The ovoviviparous New Zealand mud snail (NZMS), <em>Potamopyrgus antipodarum</em>, has successfully established across Europe with two clonally reproducing mitochondrial lineages since its arrival in the first half of the 19th century. Its remarkable variation in shell morphology was shown to be fitness relevant. We investigated the effects of temperature on shell morphology across eleven populations from Germany and the Iberian Peninsula in a common garden across three temperatures. We analysed size and shape using geometric morphometrics. For both, we compared reaction norms and estimated heritabilities. For size, the interaction of temperature and haplotype explained about 50% of the total variance. We also observed more genotype by environment interactions indicating a higher degree of population differentiation than in shape. Across the three temperatures, size followed the expectations of the temperature-size rule, with individuals growing larger in cold environments. Changes in shape may have compensated changes in size affecting space for brooding embryos. Heritability estimates were relatively high. As indicated by the very low coefficients of variation for clonal repeatability (<em>CV<sub>A</sub></em>), they can probably not be compared in absolute terms. However, they showed some sensitivity to temperature, in haplotype t more so than in z, which was only found in Portugal. The low <em>CV<sub>A</sub></em>-values indicate that genetic variation among European populations is still restricted with low potential to react to selection. A considerable fraction of the genetic variation was due to differences between the clonal lineages. The NZMS has apparently not been long enough in Europe to accumulate significant genetic variation relevant for morphological adaptation. As temperature is obviously not the sole factor influencing shell morphology, their interaction will probably not be a factor limiting population persistence under a warming climate in Europe.</p>

opencc-zeroAug 2022View details →
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Wetland creation and reforestation of legacy surface mines in the Central Applachian Region (USA): A potential climate-adaptation approach for pond-breeding amphibians?

<p>Habitat restoration and creation within human-altered landscapes can buffer the impacts of climate change on wildlife. The Forestry Reclamation Approach (FRA) is a coal surface mine reclamation practice that enhances reforestation through soil decompaction and the planting of native trees. Recently, wetland creation has been coupled with FRA to increase habitat available for wildlife, including amphibians. Our objective was to evaluate the response of pond-breeding amphibians to the FRA by comparing species occupancy, richness, and abundance across two FRA age-classes (2–5-year and 8–1—year reclaimed forests), traditionally reclaimed sites that were left to naturally regenerate after mining, and in mature, unmined forests in the Monongahela National Forest (West Virginia, USA). We found that species richness and occupancy estimates did not differ across treatment types. Spotted Salamanders (<em>Ambystoma maculatum</em>) and Eastern Newts (<em>Notophthalmus viridescens</em>) had the greatest estimated abundances in wetlands in the older FRA treatment. Additionally, larger wetlands had greater abundances of Eastern Newts, Wood Frogs (<em>Lithobates sylvaticus</em>), and Green Frogs (<em>L. clamitans</em>) compared to smaller wetlands. Our results suggest that wetland creation and reforestation increases the number of breeding sites and promotes microhabitat and microclimate conditions that likely maximize the resilience of pond-breeding amphibians to anticipated climate changes in the study area.</p>

opencc-zeroApr 2024View details →
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Diversity, adaptation and metabolic potential of the microbiome in biofilms from a high-temperature hot spring

<p>Hot spring microbiomes have garnered significant research attention from exploring the diversity of prokaryotic communities to genes and functional potentials. While cyanobacteria-rich biofilms, characterized by warm temperatures, have been extensively studied, there is limited investigation into high-temperature streamer biofilm communities (SBC) devoid of photosynthetic ability. Here, we studied the biofilm of a Dusun Tua (DT) hot spring with a temperature of 75°C and a pH of 7.6. This grey-tan colored biofilm appeared at sites where water had slowed down following the deposition of plants and inorganic debris along the hot spring after a flood event. Amplicon sequencing of V3-V4 regions of 16S rRNA showed that dominant phyla included the Aquificota, Chloroflexota, and Desulfobacterota together with other abundant amplicon sequence variants from the Bacteroidota, Deinococcota, Hydrothermae and Armatimonadota. These microbial populations appeared to be distinct from other reported SBCs from Yellowstone National Park in the USA and Rehai Hot Springs in China. Additional shotgun sequencing of the DT biofilm revealed functional insights which were compared to counterparts obtained from low-temperature biofilms to identify possible thermophilic traits. GC content of tRNA and amino acid preferences were found to be clear indicators of thermophilicity. However, other signatures such as reverse gyrase, heat shock proteins, and average GC content of the genome may not be reliable indicators. The genome-centric analyses revealed that DT biofilm members were primarily chemo-organoheterotrophic, chemolithoautotrophic, and chemolithoheterotrophic. We speculate that the biofilm could utilize plant litter as carbon sources, but the efficiency of this process is estimated to be low due to rapid water flux that would rapidly remove dissolved organic carbon. The results of this study enhance current understanding of microbial diversity, thermal adaptation and metabolic processes related to carbon, nitrogen, sulfur and other metabolisms for hot springs in tropical climates with high allochthonous plant litter inputs.</p>

opencc-zeroMay 2024View details →
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Data and Scripts associated with "Fisher activity patterns show potential for behavioural adaptations to human modified landscapes"

<p>Script and data for running both models from manuscript. Data contains daily and nightly mean activity levels (ODBA) for fisher captured from 2021-2023 in Rhode Island, USA.&nbsp;</p>

opencc-by-4.0May 2024View details →
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Evolutionary divergence of potential drought adaptations between two subspecies of an annual plant: Are trait combinations facilitated, independent, or constrained?

<p><b><span>Premise</span></b><span>: Whether drought-adaptation mechanisms tend to evolve together, evolve independently, and/or evolve constrained by genetic architecture is incompletely resolved, particularly for water relations traits besides gas exchange. We addressed this issue in two subspecies of </span><i>Clarkia xantiana</i><span> (Onagraceae), California winter annuals that separated approximately 65,000 years ago and are adapted, partly by differences in flowering time, to native ranges differing in precipitation.</span></p> <p><b><span>Methods: </span></b><span>In these subspecies and in recombinant inbred lines (RILs) from a cross between them we scored traits related to drought adaptation (timing of seed germination and of flowering; succulence; pressure-volume curve parameters) in common environments.</span></p> <p><b><span>Results: </span></b><span>The subspecies native to more arid environments (<i>parviflora</i>) exhibited slower seed germination in saturated conditions, earlier flowering, and greater succulence, likely indicating superior drought avoidance, drought escape, and dehydration resistance via water storage, respectively. The other subspecies (<i>xantiana</i>) had lower osmotic potential at full turgor and lower water potential at turgor loss, implying superior dehydration tolerance. Genetic correlations among RILs suggest facilitated evolution of some trait combinations and independence of others. Where genetic correlations exist, subspecies differences fell along them, with the exception of differences in succulence and turgor loss point. In that case, subspecies difference overcame genetic correlations, possibly reflecting strong selection and/or antagonistic genetic correlations with other traits. </span></p> <p><b><span>Conclusions:</span></b><span> <i>Clarkia xantiana </i>subspecies' differ in multiple mechanisms of drought adaptation. Genetic architecture generally does not seem to have constrained the evolution of these mechanisms, and it may have facilitated the evolution of some of trait combinations. </span></p>

opencc-zeroOct 2021View details →
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Using landscape genomics to delineate future adaptive potential for climate change in the Yosemite Toad (Anaxyrus canorus)

<p>An essential goal in conservation biology is delineating population units that maximize the probability of species persisting into the future and adapting to future environmental change. However, future-facing conservation concerns are often addressed using retrospective patterns that could be irrelevant. We recommend a novel landscape genomics framework for delineating future "Geminate Evolutionary Units" (GEUs) in a focal species: (1) identify loci under environmental selection, (2) model and map adaptive conservation units that may spawn future lineages, (3) forecast relative selection pressures on each future lineage, and (4) estimate their fitness and likelihood of persistence using geo-genomic simulations. Using this process, we delineated conservation units for the Yosemite toad (<em>Anaxyrus</em> <em>canorus</em>), a U.S. federally threatened species that is highly vulnerable to climate change. We used a genome-wide dataset, redundancy analysis, and Bayesian association methods to identify 24 candidate loci responding to climatic selection (R<sup>2</sup> ranging from 0.09–0.52), after controlling for demographic structure. Candidate loci included genes such as MAP3K5, involved in cellular response to environmental change. We then forecasted future genomic response to climate change using the multivariate machine learning algorithm Gradient Forests. Based on all available evidence, we found three GEUs in Yosemite National Park, reflecting contrasting adaptive optima: YF-North (high winter snowpack with moderate summer rainfall), YF-East (low to moderate snowpack with high summer rainfall), and YF-Low-Elevation (low snowpack and rainfall). Simulations under the RCP 8.5 climate change scenario suggest that the species will decline by 29% over 90 years, but the highly diverse YF-East lineage will be least impacted for two reasons: (1) geographically it will be sheltered from the largest climatic selection pressures, (2) its standing genetic diversity will promote a faster adaptive response. Our approach provides a comprehensive strategy for protecting imperiled non-model species with genomic data alone and has wide applicability to other declining species.</p>

opencc-zeroNov 2022View details →
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Can short-term data accurately model long-term environmental exposures? Investigating the multigenerational adaptation potential of Daphnia magna to environmental concentrations of organic ultraviolet filters

<p>Organic ultraviolet filters (UVFs) are contaminants of concern, ubiquitously found in many aquatic environments due to their use in personal care products to protect against ultraviolet radiation. Research regarding the toxicity of UVFs such as avobenzone, octocrylene and oxybenzone indicates that these chemicals may pose a threat to invertebrate species; however, minimal long-term studies have been conducted to determine how these UVFs may affect continuously exposed populations. The present study modeled the effects of a 5-generation exposure of <em>Daphnia</em> <em>magna</em> to these UVFs at environmental concentrations. Avobenzone and octocrylene resulted in minor, transient decreases in reproduction and wet mass. Oxybenzone exposure resulted in &gt; 40% mortality, 46% decreased reproduction and 4-fold greater reproductive failure over the F0 and F1 generations; however, normal function was largely regained by the F2 generation. These results indicate that <em>Daphnia</em> are able to acclimate over long-term exposures to concentrations of 6.59 μg/L avobenzone, ~0.6 μg/L octocrylene or 16.5 μg/L oxybenzone. This suggests that short-term studies indicating high toxicity may not accurately represent long-term outcomes in wild populations, adding additional complexity to risk assessment practices at a time when many regions are considering or implementing UVF bans in order to protect these most sensitive invertebrate species.</p>

opencc-zeroDec 2022View details →
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Highly conserved thermal performance strategies may limit adaptive potential in corals

<p>Increasing seawater temperatures are expected to have profound consequences for reef-building corals' physiology. Understanding how demography changes in response to chronic exposure to warming will help forecast how coral communities will respond to climate change. Here, we measure growth rates of coral fragments of four common species, while exposing them to temperatures ranging from 19 to 31˚C for one month to calibrate their thermal-performance curves (TPCs). Our results show that, while there are contrasting differences between species, the shape of the TPCs was remarkably consistent among individuals of the same species. The low variation in thermal sensitivity within species may imply a reduced capacity for rapid adaptive responses to future changes in thermal regimes. Additionally, interspecific differences in thermal responses show a negative relationship between maximum growth and thermal optima, contradicting expectations derived from the classic "warmer-is-better" hypothesis. Among species, there was a trade-off between current and future growth, whereby most species perform well under current thermal regimes but are susceptible to future increases in temperature. Increases in water temperature with climate change are likely to reduce growth rates, further hampering future coral reef recovery rates and potentially altering community composition.</p>

opencc-zeroDec 2022View details →
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Potential adaptability of marine turtles to climate change may be hindered by coastal development in the USA

<p>Marine turtles may respond to projected climatic changes by shifting their nesting range to climatically suitable areas, which may result in either increased exposure to threats or fewer threats. Therefore, there is a need to identify whether the habitat predicted to be climatically suitable for marine turtle nesting in the future will be affected by future threats and hinder marine turtles' ability to adapt. We modelled the geographic distribution of climatically suitable nesting habitat for marine turtles in the USA under future climate scenarios, identified potential range shifts by 2050, determined impacts from sea-level rise, and explored changes in exposure to coastal development as a result of range shifts. Overall nesting ranges of marine turtle species were not predicted to change between the current and future time periods, except for the northern nesting boundaries for loggerhead turtles. However, declines in climatically suitable nesting grounds were predicted; loggerhead turtles will experience the highest decreases (10%) in climatically suitable habitat followed by green (7%) and leatherback (1%) turtles. However, sea-level rise is projected to inundate 78–81% of current habitat predicted to be climatically suitable in the future, depending on species and scenario. Nevertheless, new beaches will also form, and suitable nesting habitat could be gained, with leatherback turtles potentially experiencing the biggest percentage gain in suitable habitat.</p>

opencc-zeroApr 2023View details →
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Climate change outpaces adaptive potential via hybridization in nesting female Saltmarsh and Nelson's Sparrows

<p class="MsoNormal">Hybridization and introgression can promote adaptive potential and evolutionary resilience in response to increased pressures of climate change; they can also disrupt local adaptation and lead to outbreeding depression. We investigated female fitness consequences of hybridization in two sister species that are endemic to a threatened tidal marsh ecosystem: Saltmarsh (<em>Ammospiza caudacutus)</em> and Nelson's Sparrows (<em>A. nelsoni</em>). We found increasing nest flooding rates due to rising sea levels are outpacing potential adaptive benefits of hybridization due to very low overall nesting success in both the Nelson's and Saltmarsh Sparrows. In the center of the hybrid zone across two years, we determined the success of 201 nests of 104 pure and admixed Saltmarsh and Nelson's Sparrow females, genotyped using a panel of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) from double digest restriction-site associated DNA (ddRAD) Sequencing. We evaluated five metrics of female fitness and modeled nesting success in relation to genotypic, environmental, and nesting characteristics. We found differential fitness among Saltmarsh, Nelson's, and hybrid females, such that birds with predominantly Saltmarsh Sparrow alleles had higher reproductive success than birds with predominantly Nelson's Sparrow alleles, and hybrids were intermediate. Fledging success increased with two known tidal marsh nesting adaptations: nest height and nesting synchrony with tidal cycles. We found a positive relationship between hybrid index and fitness in daily nest survival in 2016, but not in 2017, likely due to differing levels of precipitation and nest flooding between years. The strongest and most consistent predictors of daily nest survival were nesting synchrony with lunar tidal flooding cycles and daily maximum tide height. Fitness patterns suggest there may be an adaptive benefit of interspecific geneflow for the Nelson's Sparrow at the detriment of the Saltmarsh Sparrow; however, flooding rates are so high in many years they mask any fitness differences between the species, and all females had poor nesting success, regardless of genetic makeup.</p>

opencc-zeroJul 2023View details →
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Root and shoot variation in relation to potential intermittent drought adaptation of Mesoamerican wild common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)

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Data and code from: Adaptive potential and genomic vulnerability of keystone forest tree species to climate change: A case study in Scots pine

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Data from: Climate change shifts natural selection and the adaptive potential of the perennial forb Boechera stricta in the Rocky Mountains

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