ArticleBMC evolutionary biology2014
Hybridisation and diversification in the adaptive radiation of clownfishes.
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- A chromosome-scale genome assembly of the false clownfish, Amphiprion ocellaris.G3 (Bethesda, Md.) · 2022Article
- First molecular evidence of hybridization in endosymbiotic ciliates (Protista, Ciliophora).Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Article
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- Genomic signatures of spatially divergent selection at clownfish range margins.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2021Article
- The origin of the parrotfish species Scarus compressus in the Tropical Eastern Pacific: region-wide hybridization between ancient species pairs.BMC ecology and evolution · 2021Article
- Species integrity, introgression, and genetic variation across a coral reef fish hybrid zone.Ecology and evolution · 2020Article
- Distinct patterns of hybridization across a suture zone in a coral reef fish (Ecology and evolution · 2020Article
- Characterisation and cross-amplification of 42 microsatellite markers in two Amphiprion species (Pomacentridae) and a natural hybrid anemonefish to inform genetic structure within a hybrid zone.Molecular biology reports · 2020Article
- Host identity and symbiotic association affects the taxonomic and functional diversity of the clownfish-hosting sea anemone microbiome.Biology letters · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe importance of hybridisation during species diversification has long been debated among evolutionary biologists. It is increasingly recognised that hybridisation events occurred during the evolutionary history of numerous species, especially during the early stages of adaptive radiation. We study the effect of hybridisation on diversification in the clownfishes, a clade of coral reef fish that diversified through an adaptive radiation process. While two species of clownfish are likely to have been described from hybrid specimens, the occurrence and effect of hybridisation on the clade diversification is yet unknown.
resultsWe generate sequences of three mitochondrial genes to complete an existing dataset of nuclear sequences and document cytonuclear discordance at a node, which shows a drastic increase of diversification rate. Then, using a tree-based jack-knife method, we identify clownfish species likely stemming from hybridisation events. Finally, we use molecular cloning and identify the putative parental species of four clownfish specimens that display the morphological characteristics of hybrids.
conclusionsOur results show that consistently with the syngameon hypothesis, hybridisation events are linked with a burst of diversification in the clownfishes. Moreover, several recently diverged clownfish lineages likely originated through hybridisation, which indicates that diversification, catalysed by hybridisation events, may still be happening.
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