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2023 (English)In: Molecular biology and evolution, ISSN 0737-4038, E-ISSN 1537-1719, Vol. 40, no 12, article id msad247Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Understanding the drivers of speciation is fundamental in evolutionary biology, and recent studies highlight hybridization as an important evolutionary force. Using whole-genome sequencing data from 22 species of guenons (tribe Cercopithecini), one of the world's largest primate radiations, we show that rampant gene flow characterizes their evolutionary history and identify ancient hybridization across deeply divergent lineages that differ in ecology, morphology, and karyotypes. Some hybridization events resulted in mitochondrial introgression between distant lineages, likely facilitated by cointrogression of coadapted nuclear variants. Although the genomic landscapes of introgression were largely lineage specific, we found that genes with immune functions were overrepresented in introgressing regions, in line with adaptive introgression, whereas genes involved in pigmentation and morphology may contribute to reproductive isolation. In line with reports from other systems that hybridization might facilitate diversification, we find that some of the most species-rich guenon clades are of admixed origin. This study provides important insights into the prevalence, role, and outcomes of ancestral hybridization in a large mammalian radiation.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Oxford University Press, 2023
Keywords
phylogenomics, speciation, ancient hybridization, evolutionary genomics, mammalian radiation, guenon
National Category
Evolutionary Biology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-518250 (URN)10.1093/molbev/msad247 (DOI)001112259600001 ()37987553 (PubMedID)
Funder
Swedish National Infrastructure for Computing (SNIC), SNIC 2022/6-325Swedish National Infrastructure for Computing (SNIC), SNIC 2022/5-561Swedish Research Council, 2018-05973Swedish Research Council, 2020-03398
2023-12-182023-12-182024-12-18Bibliographically approved