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Swordtail fish hybrids reveal that genome evolution is surprisingly predictable after initial hybridization

Over the past two decades, biologists have come to appreciate that hybridization, or genetic exchange between distinct lineages, is remarkably common – not just in particular lineages but in taxonomic groups across the tree of life. As a result, the genomes of many modern species harbor regions inherited from related species. This observation has raised fundamental questions about the degree to which the genomic outcomes of hybridization are repeatable and the degree to which natural selection drives such repeatability. However, a lack of appropriate systems to answer these questions has limited empirical progress in this area. Here, we leverage independently formed hybrid populations between the swordtail fish Xiphophorus birchmanni and X. cortezi to address this fundamental question. We find that local ancestry in one hybrid population is remarkably predictive of local ancestry in another, demographically independent hybrid population. Applying newly developed methods, we can attribute much of this repeatability to strong selection in the earliest generations after initial hybridization. We complement these analyses with time-series data that demonstrates that ancestry at regions under selection has remained stable over the past ~40 generations of evolution. Finally, we compare our results to the well-studied X. birchmanni×X. malinche hybrid populations and conclude that deeper evolutionary divergence has resulted in stronger selection and higher repeatability in patterns of local ancestry in hybrids between X. birchmanni and X. cortezi.

opencc-zeroJul 2024View details →

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Comparative genomics sheds new light on the convergent evolution of infrared vision in snakes

Infrared vision is a highly specialized sensory system that evolved independently in three clades of snakes. Apparently, convergent evolution occurred in the transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 (TRPA1) proteins of infrared-sensing snakes. However, this gene can only explain how infrared signals are received, and not the transduction and processing of those signals. We sequenced the genome of Xenopeltis unicolor, a key outgroup species for pythons, and performed a genome-wide analysis of convergence between two clades of infrared-sensing snakes. Our results revealed pervasive molecular adaptation in pathways associated with neural development and other functions, with parallel selection on loci associated with trigeminal nerve structural organization. Additionally, we found evidence of convergent amino acid substitutions in a set of genes, including TRPA1 and TRPM2. Analysis also identified convergent accelerated evolution in non-coding elements near 12 genes involved in facial nerve structural organization and optic nerve development. Thus, convergent evolution occurred across multiple dimensions of infrared vision in vipers and pythons, as well as amino acid substitutions, non-coding elements, genes, and functions. These changes enabled independent groups of snakes to develop and utilize infrared vision.

opencc-zeroJul 2024View details →

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Data from: Genomics reveals the role of admixture in the evolution of structure among sperm whale populations within the Mediterranean Sea

In oceanic ecosystems, the nature of barriers to gene flow, and the processes by which populations may become isolated are different from the terrestrial environment, and less well understood. In this study, we investigate a highly mobile species (the sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus) that is genetically differentiated between an open North Atlantic population and the populations in the Mediterranean Sea. We apply high-resolution single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) analysis to study the nature of barriers to gene flow in this system, comparing gene flow across the putative boundary into the Mediterranean (Strait of Gibraltar and Alboran Sea region) with novel analyses on structuring among sperm whale populations within the Mediterranean basin. Our data support a recent founding of the Mediterranean, around the time of the last glacial maximum, and shows concerted historical demographic profiles in both the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. In each region, there is evidence for a population decline around the time of the founder event, more extreme within the Mediterranean Sea where effective population size is substantially lower. While differentiation is strongest at the Atlantic/Mediterranean boundary, there is also significant differentiation between the Eastern and Western basins of the Mediterranean Sea. We propose, however, that the mechanisms are different. While post-founding gene flow was reduced between the Mediterranean and Atlantic populations, within the Mediterranean an important factor differentiating the basins is likely a greater degree of admixture between the Western basin and the North Atlantic.

opencc-zeroFeb 2023View details →

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Data from: Rapid, nonparallel genomic evolution of Brassica rapa (field mustard) under experimental drought

While we know that climate change can potentially cause rapid phenotypic evolution, our understanding of the genetic basis and degree of genetic parallelism of rapid evolutionary responses to climate change is limited. In this study, we combined the resurrection approach with an evolve and resequence design to examine genome-wide evolutionary changes following drought. We exposed genetically similar replicate populations of the annual plant Brassica rapa derived from a field population in southern California to four generations of experimental drought or watered conditions in a greenhouse. Genome-wide sequencing of ancestral and descendant population pools identified hundreds of SNPs that showed evidence of rapidly evolving in response to drought. Several of these were in stress response genes, and two were identified in a prior study of drought response in this species. However, almost all genetic changes were unique among experimental populations, indicating that the evolutionary changes were largely non-parallel, despite the fact that genetically similar replicates of the same founder population had experienced controlled and consistent selection regimes. This non-parallelism of evolution at the genetic level is potentially because of polygenetic adaptation allowing for multiple different genetic routes to similar phenotypic outcomes. Our findings help to elucidate the relationship between rapid phenotypic and genomic evolution and shed light on the degree of parallelism and predictability of genomic evolution to environmental change.

opencc-zeroFeb 2023View details →

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Dataset for: The redlegged earth mite draft genome provides new insights into pesticide resistance evolution and demography in its invasive Australian range

Data and analyses for Thia et al. "The redlegged earth mite draft genome provides new insights into pesticide resistance evolution and demography in its invasive Australian range" submitted to Journal of Evolutionary Biology. This repository comprises data and scripts used to replicate the analyses in this paper. The goals of this study were to: (1) assemble a draft reference genome for Halotydeus destructor; (2) perform a comparative analysis of acetylcholinesterase genes among different agricultural arthropod pests; (3) characterise the population genetic patterns among Australian H. destructor populations; and (4) perform demographic modelling to understand the evolutionary relationships between eastern and western populations of H. destructor in Australia.

opencc-zeroMar 2023View details →

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Supporting Data for: The genome of the pygmy right whale illuminates the evolution of rorquals

<a name="_Hlk108424880"></a>Background Baleen whales are a clade of gigantic and highly specialized marine mammals. Their genomes have been used to investigate their complex evolutionary history and to decipher the molecular mechanisms that allowed them to reach these dimensions. However, many unanswered questions remain, especially about the early radiation of rorquals and how cancer resistance interplays with their huge number of cells. The pygmy right whale is the smallest and most elusive among the baleen whales. It reaches only a fraction of the body length compared to its relatives and it is the only living member of an otherwise extinct family. This placement makes the pygmy right whale genome an interesting target to update the complex phylogenetic past of baleen whales, because it splits up an otherwise long branch that leads to the radiation of rorquals. Apart from that, genomic data of this species might help to investigate cancer resistance in large whales, since these mechanisms are not as important for the pygmy right whale as in other giant rorquals and right whales. Results Here, we present a first de novo genome of the species and test its potential in phylogenomics and cancer research. To do so, we constructed a multi-species coalescent tree from fragments of a whole-genome alignment and quantified the amount of introgression in the early evolution of rorquals. Furthermore, a genome wide comparison of selection rates between large and small bodied baleen whales revealed a small set of conserved candidate genes with potential connections to cancer resistance. Conclusions Our results suggest that the evolution of rorquals is best described as a hard polytomy with a rapid radiation and high levels of introgression. The lack of shared positive selected genes between different large-bodied whale species supports a previously proposed convergent evolution of gigantism and hence cancer resistance in baleen whales.

opencc-zeroMar 2023View details →

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A genomic timescale for placental mammal evolution: Datasets

Datasets used in Foley N.M., Mason, V.C., Harris A.J., Bredemeyer K.R., Damas J., Lewin H.A., Eizirik E., Gatesy J., Zoonomia Consortium, Springer M.S., and W.J. Murphy (2022) A genomic timescale for placental mammal evolution. Science. x:x-x This repository includes - Alignments for whole genome analyses - Alignments for sliding windows analyses across chromosome 1, chromosome 21, chromosome 22 and the X chromosome - Sliding window alignments used to estimate divergence times - Preliminary topologies derived from the low recombining region on the X chromosome - Machine readable (.csv) versions of tables presented in the paper - Per chromosome fasta files referenced to the human genome exported from the HAL alignment as described in the paper. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ v1.1 added nexus topologies for datasets listed in Table S2

opencc-by-4.0Dec 2022View details →

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Local adaptation and the evolution of genome architecture in threespine stickleback

Theory predicts that local adaptation should favour the evolution of a concentrated genetic architecture, where the alleles driving adaptive divergence are tightly clustered on chromosomes. Adaptation to marine vs. freshwater environments in threespine stickleback has resulted in an architecture that seems consistent with this prediction: divergence among populations is mainly driven by a few genomic regions harbouring multiple quantitative trait loci (QTL) for environmentally adapted traits, as well as candidate genes with well-established phenotypic effects. One theory for the evolution of these "genomic islands" is that rearrangements remodel the genome to bring causal loci into tight proximity, but this has not been studied explicitly. We tested this theory using synteny analysis to identify micro- and macro-rearrangements in the stickleback genome and assess their potential involvement in the evolution of genomic islands. To identify rearrangements, we conducted a de novo assembly of the closely-related tubesnout (Aulorhyncus flavidus) genome and compared this to the genomes of threespine stickleback and two other closely related species. We found that small rearrangements, within-chromosome duplications, and Lineage-Specific Genes (LSGs) were enriched around genomic islands, and that all three chromosomes harbouring large genomic islands have experienced macro-rearrangements. We also found that duplicates and micro-rearrangements are 9.9x and 2.9x more likely to involve genes differentially expressed between marine and freshwater genotypes. While not conclusive, these results are consistent with the explanation that strong divergent selection on candidate genes drove the recruitment of rearrangements to yield clusters of locally adaptive loci.

opencc-zeroSep 2023View details →

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