Evidence of introgression, ecological divergence and adaptation in Asterias sea stars

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Giakoumis, M. - Pinilla-Buitrago, G. E. - Musher, L. J. - Wares, J. P. - Baird, Stuart J. E. - Hickerson, M. J.
Evidence of introgression, ecological divergence and adaptation in Asterias sea stars.
Molecular Ecology. Roč. 32, č. 20 (2023), s. 5541-5557. ISSN 0962-1083. E-ISSN 1365-294X
Institucionální podpora: RVO:68081766
Klíčová slova: echinoderms * ecological genetics * environmental niche modelling * hybridization * marine invertebrates * molecular evolution
Obor OECD: Zoology
Impakt faktor: 4.9, rok: 2022
Způsob publikování: Omezený přístup
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mec.17118

Hybrid zones are important windows into the evolutionary dynamics of populations, revealing how processes like introgression and adaptation structure population genomic variation. Importantly, they are useful for understanding speciation and how species respond to their environments. Here, we investigate two closely related sea star species, Asterias rubens and A. forbesi, distributed along rocky European and North American coastlines of the North Atlantic, and use genome-wide molecular markers to infer the distribution of genomic variation within and between species in this group. Using genomic data and environmental niche modelling, we document hybridization occurring between northern New England and the southern Canadian Maritimes. We investigate the factors that maintain this hybrid zone, as well as the environmental variables that putatively drive selection within and between species. We find that the two species differ in their environmental niche breadth, Asterias forbesi displays a relatively narrow environmental niche while conversely, A. rubens has a wider niche breadth. Species distribution models accurately predict hybrids to occur within environmental niche overlap, thereby suggesting environmental selection plays an important role in the maintenance of the hybrid zone. Our results imply that the distribution of genomic variation in North Atlantic sea stars is influenced by the environment, which will be crucial to consider as the climate changes.
Trvalý link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0345535