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Data from: Hybridization and adaptive introgression in a marine invasive species in native habitats

<p><span>Hybridization</span> <span>of distinct populations or species is an important evolutionary driving force. For invasive species, hybridization can enhance their competitive advantage in the non-native range as a source of adaptive novelty by introgression of selectively favoured alleles. </span><span>W</span><span>e use </span><span>single-nucleotide polymorphism arrays (SNP-chips) to assess genetic diversity and population structure in the invasive ctenophore <em>Mnemiopsis</em> <em>leidyi</em> </span><span>in native habitats along the USA east coast. H</span><span>ybrids are present at the distribution border of the two lineages. However, our data suggests selection against hybrids in stable habitats, while hybrids are selected for in fluctuating environments. H</span><span>ybrid populations thriving in extreme and unstable environments of the native range, such as the Chesapeake Bay, could accelerate the invasion success if translocated. For <em>M. leidyi</em>, this is especially relevant as low salinity currently limits its invasion range in western Eurasia. </span><span>Hybridization status is thus important but currently disregarded to determine high-risk areas for ballast water exchange.</span></p>

opencc-zeroNov 2023View details →
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Data from: Postzygotic barriers persist despite ongoing introgression in hybridizing Mimulus species

<p>The evolution of postzygotic isolation is thought to be a key step in maintaining species boundaries upon secondary contact, yet the dynamics and persistence of hybrid incompatibilities in naturally hybridizing species are not well understood. Here, we explore these issues using genetic mapping in three independent populations of recombinant inbred lines between naturally hybridizing monkeyflowers <em>Mimulus guttatus</em> and <em>M. nasutus</em> from the sympatric Catherine Creek population. We discover that the three <em>M. guttatus</em> founders differ dramatically in admixture history, with nearly a quarter of one founder's genome introgressed from <em>M. nasutus</em>. Comparative genetic mapping in the three RIL populations reveals three new putative inversions, each one segregating among the <em>M. guttatus</em> founders, two due to admixture. We find strong, genome-wide transmission ratio distortion in all RILs, but patterns are highly variable among the three populations. At least some of this distortion appears to be explained by epistatic selection favoring parental genotypes, but tests of inter-chromosomal linkage disequilibrium also reveal multiple candidate Dobzhansky-Muller incompatibilities. We also map several genetic loci for hybrid pollen viability, including two interacting pairs that coincide with peaks of distortion. Remarkably, even with this limited sample of three <em>M. guttatus</em> lines, we discover abundant segregating variation for hybrid incompatibilities with <em>M. nasutus,</em> suggesting this population harbors diverse contributors to postzygotic isolation. Moreover, even with substantial admixture, hybrid incompatibilities between <em>Mimulus</em> species persist, suggesting postzygotic isolation might be a potent force in maintaining species barriers in this system. </p>

opencc-zeroDec 2023View details →
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High sexual display trait diversity without measured genetic divergence in a montane hybrid zone involving young species (Habronattus americanus subgroup, Araneae, Salticidae)

<p>Genetic introgression, allele exchange across species boundaries, is a commonly recognized feature of animal evolution. Under such a paradigm contemporary contact zones provide first-hand and complementary insight into the geographic, phenotypic, and genetic details of introgression. Also, when mate choice phenotypes are conspicuous and variable in hybrids, contact zones provide potential insight into how sexual selection interacts with species boundary maintenance, particularly when postzygotic reproductive isolation is weak. The <em>Habronattus</em> <em>americanus</em> subgroup includes several recently evolved jumping spider species, with an estimated age of about 200,000 years, and substantial evidence for hybridization and introgression. We explored a contact zone involving <em>H. americanus</em> (Keyserling, 1885) and <em>H. kubai</em> (Griswold, 1979) on Mount Shasta, California, in alpine habitats that would have been unavailable (under ice) at the Last Glacial Maximum. We characterized morphological diversity within the contact zone, including the fine-scale geographic distribution of hybrid and parental individuals, and assessed genetic variation using ddRADseq data. Combined results indicate a lack of measured genomic differentiation between specimens with distinct morphologies, including individuals with phenotypes of the parental species. We identified a diverse array of hybrid morphologies, with phenotypic evidence for backcrossing, essentially forming a phenotypic bridge between parental taxa. The study area is characterized by more hybrid than parental individuals, with a significantly larger number of red-palped morphologies than white and/or yellow-palped morphologies; the novel, white-palped phenotype is perhaps transgressive. Overall, these results contribute to a better understanding of the expected ebb and flow of lineage interactions during the early stages of speciation.</p>

opencc-zeroJan 2024View details →
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Data from: Hybrids of two destructive subterranean termites established in the field, revealing a potential for gene flow between species

<p>Hybridization between invasive pest species may lead to significant genetic and economic impacts that require close monitoring. The two most invasive and destructive termite species worldwide, <em>Coptotermes formosanus</em> Shiraki and <em>Coptotermes gestroi</em> (Wasmann), have the potential for hybridization in the field. A three-year field survey conducted during the dispersal flight season of <em>Coptotermes</em> in Taiwan identified alates with atypical morphology, which were confirmed as hybrids of the two <em>Coptotermes</em> species using microsatellite and mitochondrial analyses. Out of 27,601 alates collected over three years, 4.4% were confirmed as hybrid alates, and some advanced hybrids (&gt;F1 generations) were identified. The hybrid alates had a dispersal flight season that overlapped with the two parental species 13 out of 15 times. Most of the hybrid alates were females, implying that mating opportunities beyond F1 may primarily be possible through female hybrids. However, the incipient colony growth results from all potential mating combinations suggest that only backcross colonies with hybrid males could sometimes lead to brood development. The observed asymmetrical viability and fertility of hybrid alates may critically reduce the probability of advanced-hybrid colonies being established in the field.</p>

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Hybridization dynamics and extensive introgression in the Daphnia longispina species complex: new insights from a high-quality Daphnia galeata reference genome

<p>Supplementary data for the Genome Biology and Evolution paper <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evab267">10.1093/gbe/evab267</a></p>

opencc-by-4.0Jan 2021View details →
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Extensive introgression at late stages of species formation: Insights from grasshopper hybrid zones

<p><span class="TextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0">The</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0"> process of species formation is </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0">characterised by the accumulation</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0"> of </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0">multiple reproductive barriers. The evolution</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0"> of </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0">hybrid male sterility, or Haldane's rule, typically characterises later stages of species formation, when total </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0">reproductive isolation is </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0">strongest.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0"> Yet, understanding how </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0">quickly reproductive barriers evolve and their consequences for maintaining genetic boundaries between emerging species </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0">remains a challenging task because </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0">it requires studying</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0"> taxa that hybridise in nature. Here, we address these questions using the meadow grasshopper </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0">Pseudochorthippus parallelus</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0">,</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0"> where populations that </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0">show multiple reproductive barriers, including hybrid male sterility,</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0"> hybridise in two natural hybrid zones</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0">.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0">Using mitochondrial data, we infer that such populations have diverged some 100,000 years ago, </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0">at the beginning of the last </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0">glacial </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0">cycle in Europe</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0">.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0">Nuclear data shows that </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0">contraction</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0">s</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0"> at multiple glacial refugia, and post-glacial expansions have facilitated genetic differentiation between lineages that today interact in hybrid zones. We find </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0">extensive introgression throughout the </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0">sampled </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0">species range, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0">irrespective of current strength of reproductive isolation. Populations</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0"> exhibiting hybrid male sterility</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0"> in two hybrid zones show </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0">repeatable patterns of genomic differentiation</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0">,</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0"> consistent with shared genomic constraints </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0">affecting ancestral divergence or with the </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0">role </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0">of those regions </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0">in reproductive isolation. Together, our results suggest that </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0">reproductive barriers that characterise late stages of species formation</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0"> can evolve relatively quickly within species, particularly when associated </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0">with</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0"> strong demographic changes. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0">Moreover, we show that such barriers persist in the face of</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0"> extensive gene flow, allowing future studies to identify </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0">associated </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW104780834 BCX0">genomic regions.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW104780834 BCX0"> </span></p>

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Candidate-species delimitation in Desmognathus salamanders reveals gene flow across lineage boundaries, confounding phylogenetic estimation and clarifying hybrid zones

Dusky Salamanders (genus Desmognathus) currently comprise only 22 described, extant species. However, recent mitochondrial and nuclear estimates indicate the presence of up to 49 candidate species based on ecogeographic sampling. Previous studies also suggest a complex history of hybridization between these lineages. Studies in other groups suggest that disregarding admixture may affect both phylogenetic inference and clustering-based species-delimitation. With a dataset comprising 233 Anchored Hybrid Enrichment (AHE) loci sequenced for 896 Desmognathus specimens from all 49 candidate species, we test three hypotheses regarding i) species-level diversity, ii) hybridization and admixture, and iii) misleading phylogenetic inference. Using phylogenetic and population-clustering analyses considering gene flow, we find support for at least 47 candidate species in the phylogenomic dataset, some of which are newly characterized here while others represent combinations of previously named lineages that are collapsed in the current dataset. Within these, we observe significant phylogeographic structure, with up to 64 total geographic genetic lineages, many of which hybridize either narrowly at contact zones or extensively across ecological gradients. We find strong support for both recent admixture between terminal lineages and ancient hybridization across internal branches. This signal appears to distort concatenated phylogenetic inference, wherein more heavily admixed terminal specimens occupy apparently artifactual early diverging topological positions, occasionally to the extent of forming false clades of intermediate hybrids. Additional geographic and genetic sampling and more robust computational approaches will be needed to clarify taxonomy, and to reconstruct a network topology to display evolutionary relationships in a manner that is consistent with their complex history of reticulation. --

opencc-zeroFeb 2022View details →
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Data release: Genomic evidence of contemporary hybridization between Schistosoma species

<p>This data is part of a pre-publication release. For information on the proper use of pre-publication data shared by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute (including details of any publication moratoria), please see https://www.sanger.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/research-policies/open-access-science/</p> <p>Please contact Duncan Berger (db22@sanger.ac.uk) with questions regarding pre-publication use of this dataset.&nbsp;</p> <p>SchCurr1.primary.fa - <em>Schistosoma curassoni</em> primary genome assembly&nbsp;</p> <p>SchCurr1.haplotypes.fa - Haplotype variants (unphased from&nbsp;SchCurr1.primary.fa)</p> <p>SchCurr1.primary.fa.tbl - RepeatMasker2 output (run on the primary assembly).</p> <p>allchrs.vcf.gz - All variants called on chromosomes 1-7+Z (Post quality control, with the exception that variants found within repetitive regions are included)</p> <p>MITO.vcf.gz - All mitochondrial variants.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>SchCurr1.genomethreader.gff3 - Genomethreader based gene structure predictions (based on&nbsp;spliced alignments of <em>S. mansoni</em> (v9) transcript and protein sequences).&nbsp;</p>

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Morphometric data of two tree frog species and their hybrids from a hybrid zone in Poland

<p><span><span><span><span>Under incomplete reproductive isolation, secondary contact of diverged allopatric lineages may form hybrid zones that allow to study recombinants over several generations as excellent systems of genomic interactions, resulting from the evolutionary forces, acting on certain genes and phenotypes. Hybrid phenotypes are expected to either exhibit intermediacy or, alternatively, transgressive traits, which exceed the extremes of their parents due to epistasis and segregation of complementary alleles. While transgressive morphotypes have been examined in fish, reptiles, birds, and mammals, studies in amphibians are rare. Here, we associate microsatellite-based genotypes and morphometrics-based morphotypes of two European tree frog species of the <em>Hyla arborea</em> group, sampled across a hybrid zone in Poland, to understand whether the genetically differentiated parental species also differ in morphology between each other and their hybrids, and whether secondary contact leads to the evolution of intermediate or transgressive morphotypes. Using univariate approaches, explorative multivariate methods (Principal Component Analyses) as well as techniques with prior grouping (Discriminant Function Analyses), we find that morphotypes of both parental species and hybrids differ from each other. Importantly, hybrid morphotypes are neither intermediate nor transgressive but found to be more similar to <em>H. orientalis</em> than to <em>H. arborea</em>. Our study presents one of the rare datasets, in which genotypes along with morphotypes examined the occurrence or absence of transgressive morphologies in wild amphibians.</span></span></span></span></p>

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Data from: Species recognition limits mating between hybridizing ant species

<p><span>Identifying mechanisms limiting hybridization is a central goal of speciation research. Here, we studied pre-mating and post-mating barriers to hybridization between two ant species, <em>Formica selysi</em> and <em>Formica cinerea</em>. These species hybridize in the Rhône valley in Switzerland, where they form a mosaic hybrid zone, with limited introgression from <em>F. selysi</em> into <em>F</em>. <em>cinerea</em>. 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 post-mating 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 non-hybrid workers. To gain insights into the cues involved in species recognition, we analyzed the cuticular hydrocarbons of queens, males and workers and staged dyadic encounters between workers. Cuticular hydrocarbon profiles differed markedly between species, but were similar in <em>F. cinerea</em> and hybrids. Accordingly, workers also discriminated species, but they did not discriminate <em>F. cinerea</em> and hybrids. We discuss how the CHC-based recognition system of ants may facilitate the establishment of pre-mating barriers to hybridization, independent of hybridization costs.</span></p>

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Abiotic niche divergence of hybrid species from their progenitors

<p><span>Although more frequently discussed recently than previously, the role of ecology in homoploid hybrid and allopolyploid speciation has not been subjected to comparative analysis. </span><span>We examined abiotic niche divergence of 22 assumed homoploid hybrid species and 60 allopolyploid species from those of their progenitors. Ecological niche modeling (ENM) was employed in an analysis of each species' fundamental niche, and ordination methods were used in an analysis of realized niches. Both analyses utilized </span><span>100, 000 georeferenced records</span><span>. From estimates of niche overlap and niche breadth, we identified for both types of hybrid species four niche divergence patterns: </span><span>niche novelty</span><span>, niche contraction, niche intermediacy and niche expansion. N</span><span>iche shifts involving niche novelty were common and considered likely to play an important role in the establishment of both types of hybrid species, although more so for homoploid hybrid species than allopolyploid species. Approximately 70% of homoploid hybrid species versus 37% allopolyploid species showed shifts in fundamental niche from their parents, and ~86% versus ~52%, respectively, exhibited shifts in realized niche. Climate was shown to contribute more than </span><span>soil and landform </span><span>to niche shifts in both types of hybrid species. Overall, our results highlight the significance of abiotic niche divergence for hybrid speciation, especially without genome duplication.</span></p>

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Genetic confirmation of a hybrid between two highly divergent cardinalid species: A Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) and a Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea)

<p><span>Using low-coverage whole-genome sequencing, analysis of vocalizations, and inferences from natural history, we document a first-generation hybrid between </span><span>a rose-breasted grosbeak (<em>Pheucticus ludovicianus</em>) and a scarlet tanager (<em>Piranga olivacea</em>). These two species occur sympatrically throughout much of eastern North America, although were not previously known to interbreed. Following the field identification of a putative hybrid, we use genetic and bioacoustic data to show that a rose-breasted grosbeak was the maternal parent and a scarlet tanager was the paternal parent of the hybrid, whose song was similar to the latter species. These two species diverged &gt;10 million years ago, and thus it is surprising to find a hybrid formed under natural conditions in the wild. Notably, the hybrid has an exceptionally heterozygous genome, with a conservative estimate of a heterozygous base every 100 bp. The observation that this hybrid of such highly divergent parental taxa has survived until adulthood serves as another example of the capacity for hybrid birds to survive with an exceptionally divergent genomic composition.</span></p>

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Population genomics of an emergent tri-species hybrid zone

<p>Isolating barriers that drive speciation are commonly studied in the context of two-species hybrid zones. There is however evidence that more complex introgressive relationships are common in nature. Here, we use field observations and genomic analysis, including the sequencing and assembly of a novel reference genome, to study an emergent hybrid zone involving two colliding hybrid zones of three woodpecker species: red-breasted, red-naped, and yellow-bellied sapsuckers (<em>Sphyrapicus ruber</em>, <em>S. nuchalis</em>, and <em>S. varius</em>). Surveys of the area surrounding Prince George, British Columbia, Canada, show that all three species are sympatric, and Genotyping-by-Sequencing identifies hybrids from each species pair and birds with ancestry from all three species. Observations of phenotypes and genotypes of mated pairs provide evidence for assortative mating, though there is some heterospecific pairing. Hybridization is more extensive in this tri-species hybrid zone than in two di-species hybrid zones. However, there is no evidence of a hybrid swarm, and admixture is constrained to contact zones, so we classify this region as a tension zone and invoke selection against hybrids as a likely mechanism maintaining species boundaries. Analysis of sapsucker age classes does not show disadvantages in hybrid survival to adulthood, so we speculate the selection upholding the tension zone may involve hybrid fecundity. Gene flow among all sapsuckers in di-species hybrid zones suggests introgression likely occurred before the formation of this tri-species hybrid zone and might result from bridge hybridization, vagrancies, or other three-species interactions. </p>

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Non-additive effects on the morphology of hybrids between two species of two large house spiders, Eratigena saeva and E. duellica (Araneae: Agelenidae)

<p>Raw morphological measurements of males and females of two&nbsp;species of large house spider and their F<sub>1</sub>, F<sub>2</sub> and backcross hybrids.</p>

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Fig. 1 in Molecular and morphological approaches for species delimitation and hybridization investigations of two Cichla species

Fig. 1. Sample sites location in the Paraná and Tietê rivers, state of São Paulo, Brazil.

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Assemblies and annotations from the paper "Interspecies hybridization as a route of accessory chromosome origin in fungal species infecting wild grasses"

<div> <p>This repository contains the whole genome assemblies, gene and TE annotations generated and analyzed in the manuscript entitled "Interspecies hybridization as a route of accessory chromosome origin in fungal species infecting wild grasses".&nbsp;</p> <p>Preprint available on BioRxiv:</p> <p>https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.10.03.616481v1</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div>

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Data from: Genomic data and multi-species demographic modelling uncover past hybridization between currently allopatric freshwater species

<p>Evidence for ancient interspecific gene flow through hybridization has been reported in many animal and plant taxa based on genetic markers. The study of genomic patterns of closely related species with allopatric distributions allows the assessment of the relative importance of vicariant isolating events and past gene flow. Here, we investigated the role of gene flow in the evolutionary history of four closely related freshwater fish species with currently allopatric distributions in western Iberian rivers - Squalius carolitertii, S. pyrenaicus, S. torgalensis and S. aradensis - using a population genomics dataset of 23 562 SNPs from 48 individuals, obtained through genotyping by sequencing (GBS). We uncovered a species tree with two well differentiated clades: (i) S. carolitertii and S. pyrenaicus; and (ii) S. torgalensis and S. aradensis. By using D-statistics and demographic modelling based on the site frequency spectrum, comparing alternative demographic scenarios of hybrid origin, secondary contact and isolation, we found that the S. pyrenaicus North lineage is likely the result of an ancient hybridization event between S. carolitertii (contributing ~84%) and S. pyrenaicus South lineage (contributing ~16%), consistent with a hybrid speciation scenario. Furthermore, in the hybrid lineage we identify outlier loci potentially affected by selection favouring genes from each parental lineage at different genomic regions. Our results suggest that ancient hybridization can affect speciation and that freshwater fish species currently in allopatry are useful to study these processes.</p>

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Contrasting levels of hybridization across the two contact zones between two hedgehog species revealed by genome-wide SNP data

<p>Hybridization and introgression have played important roles in the history of various species, including lineage diversification and the evolution of adaptive traits. Hybridization can accelerate the development of reproductive isolation between diverging species, and thus valuable insight into the evolution of reproductive barrier formation may be gained by studying secondary contact zones. Hedgehogs of the genus <em>Erinaceus</em>, which are insectivores sensitive to changes in climate, are a pioneer model in Pleistocene phylogeography. The present study provides the first genome-wide SNP data regarding the <em>Erinaceus</em> hedgehogs species complex, offering a unique comparison of two secondary contact zones between <em>Erinaceus</em> <em>europaeus</em> and <em>E</em>. <em>roumanicus</em>. Results confirmed diversification of the genus during the Pleistocene period and detected a new refugial lineage of <em>E</em>. <em>roumanicus</em> outside the Mediterranean region, most likely in the Ponto-Caspian region. In the Central European zone, the level of hybridization was low, whereas in the Russian-Baltic zone, both species hybridise extensively. Asymmetrical gene flow from <em>E</em>. <em>europaeus</em> to <em>E</em>. <em>roumanicus</em> suggests that reproductive isolation varies according to the direction of the crosses in the hybrid zones. However, no loci with significantly different patterns of introgression were detected. Markedly different pre- and post-zygotic barriers, and thus diverse modes of species boundary maintenance in the two contact zones, likely exist. This pattern is probably a consequence of the different ages and thus of the different stages of evolution of reproductive isolating mechanisms in each hybrid zone.</p>

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Data from: Phylogeography, hybridization, and species discovery in the Etheostoma nigrum complex (Percidae: Etheostoma: Boleosoma)

<p class="MsoNormal">The history of riverine fish diversification is largely a product of geographic isolation. Physical barriers that reduce or eliminate gene flow between populations facilitate divergence via genetic drift and natural selection, eventually leading to speciation. For freshwater organisms, diversification is often the product of drainage basin rearrangements. In young clades where the history of isolation is the most recent, evolutionary relationships can resemble a tangled web. One especially recalcitrant group of freshwater fishes is the Johnny Darter (<em>Etheostoma nigrum</em>) species complex, where traditional taxonomy and molecular phylogenetics indicate a history of gene flow and conflicting inferences of species diversity. Here we assemble a genomic dataset using double digest restriction site associated DNA (ddRAD) sequencing and use phylogenomic and population genetic approaches to investigate the evolutionary history of the complex of species that includes <em>E. nigrum, E. olmstedi, E. perlongum, </em>and<em> E. susanae</em>. We reveal and validate several evolutionary lineages that we delimit as species, highlighting the need for additional work to formally describe the diversity of the <em>Etheostoma nigrum </em>complex. Our analyses also identify gene flow among recently diverged lineages, including one instance involving <em>E. susanae</em>, a localized and endangered species. Phylogeographic structure within the <em>Etheostoma nigrum </em>species complex coincides with major geologic events, such as parallel divergence in river basins during Pliocene inundation of the Atlantic coastal plain and multiple northward post-glacial colonization routes tracking river basin rearrangements. Our study serves as a nuanced example of how low dispersal rates coupled with geographic isolation among disconnected river systems in eastern North America have produced one of the world's freshwater biodiversity hotspots.</p>

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Tension zone trapped by exogenous cline: analysis of a narrow hybrid zone between two parapatric Oxytropis species (Fabaceae)

<p>Hybrid zones have been widely highlighted for their interest in understanding evolutionary processes. It is generally accepted that hybrid zones can be maintained in a balance between dispersal and selection. However, the selective forces can either be endogenous (i.e., genetic incompatibilities between parental taxa) or exogenous (i.e., parental taxa are adapted to different environments).</p> <p>In this study, we evaluated these alternatives and determined the maintenance of a narrow hybrid zone between parapatric distributed <em>Oxytropis diversifolia</em> and <em>O. leptophylla</em> in Nei Mongol, China. For 507 individuals sampled from two populations in the hybrid zone, 12 <em>O. diversifolia</em> populations and five <em>O. leptophylla</em> populations, we measured leaf-morphological characteristics, quantified genetic structure using 11 nuclear microsatellite loci and five chloroplast DNA intergenic regions, collected micro- and macrohabitat data, and conducted geographical cline analysis.</p> <p>We found that the two species differed in leaf morphology, and putative hybrids showed either intermediacy or a bias to <em>O. diversifolia</em>. Parental taxa formed two genetically distinct clusters, while populations in the hybrid zone consisted of both parental forms and various admixed individuals, exhibiting a bimodal pattern. The hybrid zone was coupled to ecological transitions of both microhabitat (i.e., the slope) and macroclimatic conditions. However, the genetic clines were significantly narrower than the environmental cline.</p> <p>Our results indicate that endogenous selection can be primarily responsible for maintaining the hybrid zone, while local adaptation accounts for the position of the zone. We further suggest the probable outcome of hybridization could be introgression.</p>

opencc-zeroNov 2022View details →

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International Brain Laboratory public data

The International Brain Laboratory public data releases expose standardized mouse decision-making experiments, including Neuropixels recordings, widefield calcium imaging, behavior, and session metadata accessed through the ONE API.

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behavioral-neuroscienceopenPublic sessions can be searched and loaded from the IBL public data server through ONE.
Last verified 2026-04-29Open record

OpenNeuro

OpenNeuro is a free, open platform for sharing neuroimaging datasets, with public search, dataset pages, and download paths for web, S3, DataLad, and the OpenNeuro CLI.

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neuroscienceopenPublished datasets are available on demand over the internet.
Last verified 2026-04-29Open record