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The genomic landscape underlying phenotypic integrity in the face of gene flow in crows
Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab. Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology, Biology, Department of Ecology and Genetics, Evolutionary Biology.
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology, Biology, Department of Ecology and Genetics, Evolutionary Biology. Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab.
Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab. Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology, Biology, Department of Ecology and Genetics, Evolutionary Biology.
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology. Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology, Biology, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Computational and Systems Biology. Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab.
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2014 (English)In: Science, ISSN 0036-8075, E-ISSN 1095-9203, Vol. 344, no 6190, p. 1410-1414Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The importance, extent, and mode of interspecific gene flow for the evolution of species has long been debated. Characterization of genomic differentiation in a classic example of hybridization between all-black carrion crows and gray-coated hooded crows identified genome-wide introgression extending far beyond the morphological hybrid zone. Gene expression divergence was concentrated in pigmentation genes expressed in gray versus black feather follicles. Only a small number of narrow genomic islands exhibited resistance to gene flow. One prominent genomic region (<2 megabases) harbored 81 of all 82 fixed differences (of 8.4 million single-nucleotide polymorphisms in total) linking genes involved in pigmentation and in visual perception-a genomic signal reflecting color-mediated prezygotic isolation. Thus, localized genomic selection can cause marked heterogeneity in introgression landscapes while maintaining phenotypic divergence.

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2014. Vol. 344, no 6190, p. 1410-1414
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Evolutionary Biology Genetics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-228535DOI: 10.1126/science.1253226ISI: 000337531700043OAI: oai:DiVA.org:uu-228535DiVA, id: diva2:734480
Available from: 2014-07-17 Created: 2014-07-16 Last updated: 2017-12-05Bibliographically approved
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1. Speciation genomics: A perspective from vertebrate systems
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2016 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
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Species are vital entities in biology. Species are generally considered to be discrete entities, consisting of a group of (usually interbreeding) individuals that are similar in phenotype and genetic composition, yet differ in significant ways from other species. The study of speciation has focussed on understanding general evolutionary mechanisms involved in the accumulation of differences both at the genetic and phenotypic level. In this thesis, I investigate incipient speciation, an early stage of divergence towards evolutionary independence in closely related natural populations. I make ample use of recent advances in sequencing technology that allow 1) characterizing phenotypic divergence at the level of the transcriptome and 2) delineate patterns of genetic variation at genome-scale from which processes are inferred by using principles of population genetic theory.

In the first paper, we assembled a draft genome of the hooded crow and investigated population differentiation across a famous European hybrid zone. Comparing sequence differentiation peaks between and within the colour morphs, we could identify regions of the genome that show differentiation only between colour morphs and that could be related to gene expression profiles of the melanogenesis pathway coding for colour differences.

The second paper expands on the first paper in that it includes crow population samples from across the entire Palaearctic distribution spanning two additional zones of contact between colour morphs. The results suggest that regions associated with selection against gene flow between colour morphs were largely idiosyncratic to each contact zone and emerged against a background of conserved 'islands of differentiation' due to shared linked selection.

The third paper focusses on five killer whale ecotypes with distinct feeding and habitat specific adaptations. Differing levels of sequence differentiation between these ecotypes places them along a speciation continuum and provides a unique temporal cross-section of the speciation process. Using genome scans we identified regions of the genome that show ecotype specific differentiation patterns which might contain candidate genes involved in adaptation.

In the fourth and final paper, I assumed a comparative genomic perspective to the problem of heterogeneous genomic differentiation during population divergence. The relatively high correlations in the diversity landscapes as well as differentiation patterns between crow, flycatcher and Darwin's Finch populations is best explained by conservation in broad-scale recombination rate and/or  association with telomeres and centromeres conducive to shared, linked selection.

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Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 2016. p. 52
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Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Science and Technology, ISSN 1651-6214 ; 1326
Keywords
evolution, speciation, genomics, vertebrate, adaptation, selection, linked selection, crow, killer whale, hybrid zone, transcriptomics, population genetics, behaviour, colouration
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Natural Sciences
Research subject
Biology with specialization in Evolutionary Genetics
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urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-265342 (URN)978-91-554-9425-4 (ISBN)
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2016-01-22, Lindahlsalen, Evolutionary Biology Centre, EBC, Norbyvägen 14-18, Uppsala, 09:15 (English)
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Available from: 2015-12-21 Created: 2015-10-27 Last updated: 2016-01-13

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