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Maternal effects in the model system Daphnia: the ecological past meets the epigenetic future 水蚤模型系统中的母系效应：生态学的过去与表观遗传的未来相遇。

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Heredity Pub Date : 2025-01-08 DOI: 10.1038/s41437-024-00742-w

Trenton C. Agrelius, Jeffry L. Dudycha

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Infection pattern of male-killing viruses alters phenotypes in the tea tortrix moth Homona magnanima 雄性杀伤病毒的感染模式改变了茶蛾的表型。

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Heredity Pub Date : 2024-12-26 DOI: 10.1038/s41437-024-00741-x

Takumi Takamatsu, Hiroshi Arai, Yoshiyuki Itoh, Takuma Kozono, Chien-Fu Wu, Kentaro Kitaura, Hiromitsu Moriyama, Maki N. Inoue

{"title":"Infection pattern of male-killing viruses alters phenotypes in the tea tortrix moth Homona magnanima","authors":"Takumi Takamatsu, Hiroshi Arai, Yoshiyuki Itoh, Takuma Kozono, Chien-Fu Wu, Kentaro Kitaura, Hiromitsu Moriyama, Maki N. Inoue","doi":"10.1038/s41437-024-00741-x","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41437-024-00741-x","url":null,"abstract":"Male-killing is a microbe-induced reproductive manipulation in invertebrates whereby male hosts are eliminated during development. In the tea tortrix moth Homona magnanima, Osugoroshi viruses 1‒3 (OGVs), belonging to Partitiviridae induce male-killing. The infection patterns of OGVs are diverse; however, how the influence of these patterns of host phenotypes remains largely unknown. Using field-collected larvae, we established a OGV1 and OGV3 double-infection line, in addition to a triple-infection line, and examined the dsRNA segments, purified viral proteins, OGV density, and host phenotypes. PCR analysis demonstrated that the triple-infection line lost one dsRNA segment, whereas the double-infection line lost eight segments, including one RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) gene. LC-MS analysis revealed three potential structural proteins in the OGVs. Males died at the larval stage in the triple-infection line and at the embryo-larval stage in the double-infection line of OGV1 and OGV3; the RNA load of female parents did not contribute to the developmental stage at which males died. These findings indicate that the pattern of viral infection, rather than viral RNA load transmitted from female parent, controls the stage of development at which male-killing occurs. Furthermore, the duration of the larval stage of the double-infection line was found to be significantly longer than that of the triple-infection line. The shorter duration of the larval stage of the triple-infection line could be advantageous over the double-infection line in maximizing transmission efficiency.","PeriodicalId":12991,"journal":{"name":"Heredity","volume":"134 2","pages":"120-128"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142893728","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Multigenerational hybridisation results in heterosis and facilitates adaptive introgression, with no evidence of outbreeding depression in a pair of marine gastropods 多代杂交产生杂种优势并促进适应性渐渗，在一对海洋腹足动物中没有证据表明远交抑制。

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Heredity Pub Date : 2024-12-01 DOI: 10.1038/s41437-024-00736-8

Deanne Cummins, Michael S. Johnson, Joseph L. Tomkins, W. Jason Kennington

{"title":"Multigenerational hybridisation results in heterosis and facilitates adaptive introgression, with no evidence of outbreeding depression in a pair of marine gastropods","authors":"Deanne Cummins, Michael S. Johnson, Joseph L. Tomkins, W. Jason Kennington","doi":"10.1038/s41437-024-00736-8","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41437-024-00736-8","url":null,"abstract":"Anthropogenic environmental changes continue to threaten species globally. For example, translocation of species has caused unintentional hybridisation, which has contributed to species declines. On the other hand, hybridisation can be used to increase the evolutionary potential of species vulnerable to rapid environmental change, although the benefits of mixing genetically divergent lineages do not come without risks to individual fitness and the long-term viability of populations. Here, we use a combination of genome-wide Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) markers, mitochondrial DNA sequencing and measurements of growth rate to determine the genetic consequences of hybridisation between two congeneric marine gastropods across 27 years (~18 generations). Multigeneration hybridisation resulted from the introduction of the intertidal periwinkle Bembicium vittatum (a direct developer) into the native range of its congener Bembicium auratum (a species with planktotrophic larval dispersal). Despite significant genetic divergence between the species, we found no direct evidence of outbreeding depression in the admixed population. Instead, we found evidence for heterosis, which dissipated over time. After an initial lag, the frequency of introduced B. vittatum alleles declined dramatically in the hybrid population. However, a few B. vittatum alleles (3.18%) increased significantly in frequency against the overall trend, providing evidence of adaptive introgression. In the context of hybridisation as a conservation management tool, our results provide some evidence of the potential benefits that can be gained, and suggest that the costs due to outbreeding depression can be small.","PeriodicalId":12991,"journal":{"name":"Heredity","volume":"134 1","pages":"75-85"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142768556","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A wide range of chromosome numbers result from unreduced gamete production in Brassica juncea × B. napus (AABC) interspecific hybrids 甘蓝型油菜（Brassica juncea × B. napus， AABC）种间杂交种配子产量未减少导致染色体数目变化较大。

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Heredity Pub Date : 2024-11-30 DOI: 10.1038/s41437-024-00738-6

Charles Addo Nyarko, Elvis Katche, Mariana Báez, Zhenling Lv, Annaliese S. Mason

{"title":"A wide range of chromosome numbers result from unreduced gamete production in Brassica juncea × B. napus (AABC) interspecific hybrids","authors":"Charles Addo Nyarko, Elvis Katche, Mariana Báez, Zhenling Lv, Annaliese S. Mason","doi":"10.1038/s41437-024-00738-6","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41437-024-00738-6","url":null,"abstract":"The establishment of successful interspecies hybrids requires restoration of a stable “2n” chromosome complement which can produce viable “n” gametes. This may occur (rarely) via recombination between non-homologous chromosomes, or more commonly is associated with a doubling of parental chromosome number to produce new homologous pairing partners in the hybrid. The production of unreduced “2n” gametes (gametes with the somatic chromosome number) may therefore be evolutionarily useful by serving as a key pathway for the formation of new polyploid hybrids, as might specific mechanisms permitting recombination between non-homologous chromosomes. Here, we investigated chromosome complements and fertility in third generation interspecific hybrids (AABC) resulting from a cross between allopolyploids Brassica juncea (AABB) × B. napus (AACC) followed by self-pollination for two generations. Chromosome numbers ranged from 2n = 48–74 in the experimental population (35 plants), with 9–16 B genome chromosomes and up to 4 copies of A genome chromosomes. Unreduced gamete production leading to a putative genome structure of approximately AAAABBCC was hence predicted to explain the high chromosome numbers observed. Additionally, the estimation of nuclei number in post-meiotic sporads revealed a higher frequency of unreduced gametes (0.04–5.21%) in the third generation AABC interspecific hybrids compared to the parental Brassica juncea (0.07%) and B. napus (0.13%). Our results suggest that unreduced gamete production in the subsequent generations following interspecific hybridization events may play a critical role in restoration of more stable, fertile chromosome complements.","PeriodicalId":12991,"journal":{"name":"Heredity","volume":"134 2","pages":"98-108"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41437-024-00738-6.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142768554","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Multi-population GWAS detects robust marker associations in a newly established six-rowed winter barley breeding program 多群体GWAS在新建立的六棱冬大麦育种计划中检测到强大的标记关联。

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Heredity Pub Date : 2024-11-28 DOI: 10.1038/s41437-024-00733-x

Cathrine Kiel Skovbjerg, Pernille Sarup, Ellen Wahlström, Jens Due Jensen, Jihad Orabi, Lotte Olesen, Just Jensen, Ahmed Jahoor, Guillaume Ramstein

{"title":"Multi-population GWAS detects robust marker associations in a newly established six-rowed winter barley breeding program","authors":"Cathrine Kiel Skovbjerg, Pernille Sarup, Ellen Wahlström, Jens Due Jensen, Jihad Orabi, Lotte Olesen, Just Jensen, Ahmed Jahoor, Guillaume Ramstein","doi":"10.1038/s41437-024-00733-x","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41437-024-00733-x","url":null,"abstract":"Genome-wide association study (GWAS) is a powerful tool for identifying marker-trait associations that can accelerate breeding progress. Yet, its power is typically constrained in newly established breeding programs where large phenotypic and genotypic datasets have not yet accumulated. Expanding the dataset by inclusion of data from well-established breeding programs with many years of phenotyping and genotyping can potentially address this problem. In this study we performed single- and multi-population GWAS on heading date and lodging in four barley breeding populations with varying combinations of row-type and growth habit. Focusing on a recently established 6-rowed winter (6RW) barley population, single-population GWAS hardly resulted in any significant associations. Nevertheless, the combination of the 6RW target population with other populations in multi-population GWAS detected four and five robust candidate quantitative trait loci for heading date and lodging, respectively. Of these, three remained undetected when analysing the combined populations individually. Further, multi-population GWAS detected markers capturing a larger proportion of genetic variance in 6RW. For multi-population GWAS, we compared the findings of a univariate model (MP1) with a multivariate model (MP2). While both models surpassed single-population GWAS in power, MP2 offered a significant advantage by having more realistic assumptions while pointing towards robust marker-trait associations across populations. Additionally, comparisons of GWAS findings for MP2 and single-population GWAS allowed identification of population-specific loci. In conclusion, our study presents a promising approach to kick-start genomics-based breeding in newly established breeding populations.","PeriodicalId":12991,"journal":{"name":"Heredity","volume":"134 1","pages":"33-48"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41437-024-00733-x.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142750814","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The genetic origins of species boundaries at subtropical and temperate ecoregions in the North American racers (Coluber constrictor) 北美大蟒蛇在亚热带和温带生态区物种边界的遗传起源。

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Heredity Pub Date : 2024-11-28 DOI: 10.1038/s41437-024-00737-7

Frank T. Burbrink, Edward A. Myers

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Disentangling the worldwide invasion process of Halyomorpha halys through approximate Bayesian computation 通过近似贝叶斯计算厘清Halyomorpha halys的全球入侵过程

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Heredity Pub Date : 2024-11-18 DOI: 10.1038/s41437-024-00735-9

Rajiv Boscolo Agostini, Maria Teresa Vizzari, Andrea Benazzo, Silvia Ghirotto

{"title":"Disentangling the worldwide invasion process of Halyomorpha halys through approximate Bayesian computation","authors":"Rajiv Boscolo Agostini, Maria Teresa Vizzari, Andrea Benazzo, Silvia Ghirotto","doi":"10.1038/s41437-024-00735-9","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41437-024-00735-9","url":null,"abstract":"Halyomorpha halys is a polyphagous insect pest, which was first found outside its native regions in 1996, and since then it has rapidly spread worldwide causing damage to agriculture. Investigating the genetic diversity among H. halys populations is essential to understand the colonization history out of its native areas. Analyses based on mtDNA indicate multiple invasions from Asia to European and American continents, as well as serial invasions within invaded countries, but the colonization dynamics are still debated. Recently, genome-wide data (ddRAD) have been published to investigate the genomic structure of H. halys, proposing China as a putative source of multiple serial invasion events to Europe and the Americas. In this study we re-analyze published ddRAD sequences from worldwide populations of H. halys to better elucidate the colonization process. We assessed the genetic diversity in native populations identifying genetic differentiation between populations in China. Furthermore, we observed a complex pattern of population structure in the invaded countries, that may have originated from the occurrence of multiple independent colonization waves through time, from sub-populations present in the native range to Europe and the Americas. We tested alternative colonization hypotheses through Approximate Bayesian Computation comparison of demographic scenarios. Our results support multiple waves of migration from East China to invaded territories and the occurrence of European and American bridgehead effects. These results underline the importance of demographic inference through genome-wide data to investigate biological invasions, whose knowledge become fundamental to establish new strategies of management and control of invasive species.","PeriodicalId":12991,"journal":{"name":"Heredity","volume":"134 1","pages":"64-74"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142667325","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Genome-wide local ancestry and the functional consequences of admixture in African and European cattle populations 非洲和欧洲牛群的全基因组地方祖先和混血的功能性后果。

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Heredity Pub Date : 2024-11-08 DOI: 10.1038/s41437-024-00734-w

Gillian P. McHugo, James A. Ward, Said Ismael Ng’ang’a, Laurent A. F. Frantz, Michael Salter-Townshend, Emmeline W. Hill, Grace M. O’Gorman, Kieran G. Meade, Thomas J. Hall, David E. MacHugh

{"title":"Genome-wide local ancestry and the functional consequences of admixture in African and European cattle populations","authors":"Gillian P. McHugo, James A. Ward, Said Ismael Ng’ang’a, Laurent A. F. Frantz, Michael Salter-Townshend, Emmeline W. Hill, Grace M. O’Gorman, Kieran G. Meade, Thomas J. Hall, David E. MacHugh","doi":"10.1038/s41437-024-00734-w","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41437-024-00734-w","url":null,"abstract":"Bos taurus (taurine) and Bos indicus (indicine) cattle diverged at least 150,000 years ago and, since that time, substantial genomic differences have evolved between the two lineages. During the last two millennia, genetic exchange in Africa has resulted in a complex tapestry of taurine-indicine ancestry, with most cattle populations exhibiting varying levels of admixture. Similarly, there are several Southern European cattle populations that also show evidence for historical gene flow from indicine cattle, the highest levels of which are found in the Central Italian White breeds. Here we use two different software tools (MOSAIC and ELAI) for local ancestry inference (LAI) with genome-wide high- and low-density SNP array data sets in hybrid African and residually admixed Southern European cattle populations and obtained broadly similar results despite critical differences in the two LAI methodologies used. Our analyses identified genomic regions with elevated levels of retained or introgressed ancestry from the African taurine, European taurine, and Asian indicine lineages. Functional enrichment of genes underlying these ancestry peaks highlighted biological processes relating to immunobiology and olfaction, some of which may relate to differing susceptibilities to infectious diseases, including bovine tuberculosis, East Coast fever, and tropical theileriosis. Notably, for retained African taurine ancestry in admixed trypanotolerant cattle we observed enrichment of genes associated with haemoglobin and oxygen transport. This may reflect positive selection of genomic variants that enhance control of severe anaemia, a debilitating feature of trypanosomiasis disease, which severely constrains cattle agriculture across much of sub-Saharan Africa.","PeriodicalId":12991,"journal":{"name":"Heredity","volume":"134 1","pages":"49-63"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142619107","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Estimation of Jacquard’s genetic identity coefficients with bi-allelic variants by constrained least-squares 通过约束最小二乘法估算具有双等位基因变异的雅克遗传特征系数。

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Heredity Pub Date : 2024-11-07 DOI: 10.1038/s41437-024-00731-z

Jan Graffelman, Bruce S. Weir, Jérôme Goudet

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Desert landscape features influencing the microgeographic genetic structure of Nelson’s pocket mouse Chaetodipus nelsoni 影响纳尔逊袋鼠（Chaetodipus nelsoni）微地理遗传结构的沙漠景观特征。

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Heredity Pub Date : 2024-11-02 DOI: 10.1038/s41437-024-00732-y

Gissella Pineda-Sánchez, Ella Vázquez-Domínguez

{"title":"Desert landscape features influencing the microgeographic genetic structure of Nelson’s pocket mouse Chaetodipus nelsoni","authors":"Gissella Pineda-Sánchez, Ella Vázquez-Domínguez","doi":"10.1038/s41437-024-00732-y","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41437-024-00732-y","url":null,"abstract":"Elucidating the factors that drive the genetic patterns of natural populations is key in evolutionary biology, ecology and conservation. Hence, it is crucial to understand the role that environmental features play in species genetic diversity and structure. Landscape genetics measures functional connectivity and evaluates the effects of landscape composition, configuration, and heterogeneity on microevolutionary processes. Deserts constitute one of the world’s most widespread biomes and exhibit a striking heterogeneity of microhabitats, yet few landscape genetics studies have been performed with rodents in deserts. We evaluated the relationship between landscape and functional connectivity, at a microgeographic scale, of the Nelson’s pocket mouse Chaetodipus nelsoni in the Mapimí Biosphere Reserve (Chihuahuan desert). We used single-nucleotide polymorphisms and characterized the landscape based on on-site environmental data and from Landsat satellite images. We identified two distinct genetic clusters shaped by elevation, vegetation and soil. High elevation group showed higher connectivity in the elevated zones (1250–1350 m), with scarce vegetation and predominantly rocky soils; whereas that of Low elevation group was at <1200 m, with denser vegetation and sandy soils. These genetic patterns are likely associated with the species’ locomotion type, feeding strategy and building of burrows. Interestingly, we also identified morphological differences, where hind foot size was significantly smaller in individuals from High elevation compared to Low elevation, suggesting the possibility of ecomorphs associated with habitat differences and potential local adaptation processes, which should be explored further. These findings improve our understanding of the genetics and ecology of C. nelsoni and other desert rodents.","PeriodicalId":12991,"journal":{"name":"Heredity","volume":"134 1","pages":"21-32"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41437-024-00732-y.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142564370","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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