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Consequences of coupled barriers to gene flow for the build‐up of genomic differentiation.
- Source :
- Evolution; May2022, Vol. 76 Issue 5, p985-1002, 18p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Theory predicts that when different barriers to gene flow become coincident, their joint effects enhance reproductive isolation and genomic divergence beyond their individual effects, but empirical tests of this "coupling" hypothesis are rare. Here, we analyze patterns of gene exchange among populations of European corn borer moths that vary in the number of acting barriers, allowing for comparisons of genomic variation when barrier traits or loci are in coincident or independent states. We find that divergence is mainly restricted to barrier loci when populations differ by a single barrier, whereas the coincidence of temporal and behavioral barriers is associated with divergence of two chromosomes harboring barrier loci. Furthermore, differentiation at temporal barrier loci increases in the presence of behavioral divergence and differentiation at behavioral barrier loci increases in the presence of temporal divergence. Our results demonstrate how the joint action of coincident barrier effects leads to levels of genomic differentiation that far exceed those of single barriers acting alone, consistent with theory arguing that coupling allows indirect selection to combine with direct selection and thereby lead to a stronger overall barrier to gene flow. Thus, the state of barriers—independent or coupled—strongly influences the accumulation of genomic differentiation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- GENE flow
EUROPEAN corn borer
REPRODUCTIVE isolation
CHROMOSOMES
POPULATION genetics
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00143820
- Volume :
- 76
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Evolution
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 156968450
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.14466