ArticleGenetics2005
Contrasting patterns of polymorphism and divergence on the Z chromosome and autosomes in two Ficedula flycatcher species.
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- Historical climate changes and hybridization shaped the evolution of Atlantic Forest spinetails (Aves: Furnariidae).Heredity · 2019Article
- Genetic admixture despite ecological segregation in a North African sparrow hybrid zone (Aves, Passeriformes,Ecology and evolution · 2019Article
- Genomic evidence of speciation reversal in ravens.Nature communications · 2018Article
- The genetic basis and enigmatic origin of melanic polymorphism in pomarine skuas (Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2017Article
- Z chromosome divergence, polymorphism and relative effective population size in a genus of lekking birds.Heredity · 2015Article
- Sex-linked genomic variation and its relationship to avian plumage dichromatism and sexual selection.BMC evolutionary biology · 2015Article
- Differential introgression among loci across a hybrid zone of the intermediate horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus affinis).BMC evolutionary biology · 2014Article
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- Whole genome sequencing of the black grouse (Tetrao tetrix): reference guided assembly suggests faster-Z and MHC evolution.BMC genomics · 2014Article
- Past hybridization between two East Asian long-tailed tits (Aegithalos bonvaloti and A. fuliginosus).Frontiers in zoology · 2014Article
- The faster-X effect: integrating theory and data.Trends in genetics : TIG · 2013Review
- Delimiting shades of gray: phylogeography of the Northern Fulmar, Fulmarus glacialis.Ecology and evolution · 2013Article
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- Inferring the demographic history of European Ficedula flycatcher populations.BMC evolutionary biology · 2013Article
- The causes and evolutionary consequences of mixed singing in two hybridizing songbird species (Luscinia spp.).PloS one · 2013Article
- Deep sympatric mitochondrial divergence without reproductive isolation in the common redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus.Ecology and evolution · 2012Article
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Abstract
In geographic areas where pied and collared flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca and F. albicollis) breed in sympatry, hybridization occurs, leading to gene flow (introgression) between the two recently diverged species. Notably, while such introgression is observable at autosomal loci it is apparently absent at the Z chromosome, suggesting an important role for genes on the Z chromosome in creating reproductive isolation during speciation. To further understand the role of Z-linked loci in the formation of new species, we studied genetic variation of the two species from regions where they live in allopatry. We analyzed patterns of polymorphism and divergence in introns from 9 Z-linked and 23 autosomal genes in pied and collared flycatcher males. Average variation on the Z chromosome is greatly reduced compared to neutral expectations based on autosomal diversity in both species. We also observe significant heterogeneity between patterns of polymorphism and divergence at Z-linked loci and a relative absence of polymorphisms that are shared by the two species on the Z chromosome compared to the autosomes. We suggest that these observations may indicate the action of recurrent selective sweeps on the Z chromosome during the evolution of the two species, which may be caused by sexual selection acting on Z-linked genes. Alternatively, reduced variation on the Z chromosome could result from substantially higher levels of introgression at autosomal than at Z-linked loci or from a complex demographic history, such as a population bottleneck.
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