HeredityPub Date : 2024-08-22DOI: 10.1038/s41437-024-00718-w
Gabriel Weijie Low, Alexandra Pavlova, Han Ming Gan, Meng-Ching Ko, Keren R. Sadanandan, Yin Peng Lee, J. Nevil Amos, Lana Austin, Stephanie Falk, Damian K. Dowling, Paul Sunnucks
{"title":"Accelerated differentiation of neo-W nuclear-encoded mitochondrial genes between two climate-associated bird lineages signals potential co-evolution with mitogenomes","authors":"Gabriel Weijie Low, Alexandra Pavlova, Han Ming Gan, Meng-Ching Ko, Keren R. Sadanandan, Yin Peng Lee, J. Nevil Amos, Lana Austin, Stephanie Falk, Damian K. Dowling, Paul Sunnucks","doi":"10.1038/s41437-024-00718-w","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41437-024-00718-w","url":null,"abstract":"There is considerable evidence for mitochondrial-nuclear co-adaptation as a key evolutionary driver. Hypotheses regarding the roles of sex-linkage have emphasized Z-linked nuclear genes with mitochondrial function (N-mt genes), whereas it remains contentious whether the perfect co-inheritance of W genes with mitogenomes could hinder or facilitate co-adaptation. Young (neo-) sex chromosomes that possess relatively many N-mt genes compared to older chromosomes provide unprecedented hypothesis-testing opportunities. Eastern Yellow Robin (EYR) lineages in coastal and inland habitats with different climates are diverged in mitogenomes, and in a ~ 15.4 Mb nuclear region enriched with N-mt genes, in contrast with otherwise-similar nuclear genomes. This nuclear region maps to passerine chromosome 1A, previously found to be neo-sex in the inland EYR genome. To compare sex-linked Chr1A-derived genes between lineages, we assembled and annotated the coastal EYR genome. We found that: (i) the coastal lineage shares a similar neo-sex system with the inland lineage, (ii) neo-W and neo-Z N-mt genes are not more diverged between lineages than are comparable non-N-mt genes, and showed little evidence for broad positive selection, (iii) however, W-linked N-mt genes are more diverged between lineages than are their Z-linked gametologs. The latter effect was ~7 times stronger for N-mt than non-N-mt genes, suggesting that W-linked N-mt genes might have diverged between lineages under environmental selection through co-evolution with mitogenomes. Finally, we identify a candidate gene driver for divergent selection, NDUFA12. Our data represent a rare example suggesting a possible role for W-associated mitochondrial-nuclear interactions in climate-associated adaptation and lineage differentiation.","PeriodicalId":12991,"journal":{"name":"Heredity","volume":"133 5","pages":"342-354"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11527876/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142035668","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}
HeredityPub Date : 2024-08-21DOI: 10.1038/s41437-024-00717-x
Martijn A. Schenkel
{"title":"Transitions in sex determination mechanisms through parental and sexual antagonism","authors":"Martijn A. Schenkel","doi":"10.1038/s41437-024-00717-x","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41437-024-00717-x","url":null,"abstract":"Sex chromosomes carry the sex-determining locus, causing them to be differently transmitted to and from females and males. These differences lead them to be selected upon in different ways, and hence they are predicted to become enriched for sexually- and parentally-antagonistic genes. Sexually-antagonistic genes have opposing fitness effects in females versus in males; parentally-antagonistic genes have opposing fitness effects when inherited maternally versus paternally. Sexually-antagonistic selection can drive sex determination transitions, whereby an autosome pair becomes a sex chromosome pair in lieu of the ancestral sex chromosomes. Whether parentally-antagonistic selection can similarly drive sex determination transitions remains unknown. I present a model to investigate the potential for transitions in sex determination through parentally-antagonistic selection as compared to sexually-antagonistic selection. This model assumes an ancestral sex-chromosomal sex-determining locus linked to a parentally- or sexually-antagonistic gene, and an autosomal parentally- or sexually-antagonistic gene in whose vicinity a novel sex-determining gene arises. I find that parentally-antagonistic selection can promote the spread of novel sex-determining genes as well as maintain ancestral sex-determining genes when the invasion of the novel sex-determining gene would involve transitions from male to female heterogamety (or vice versa), similar to sexually-antagonistic selection. Transitions between male and female heterogamety are, however, more likely when the ancestral sex-determining locus is linked to a parentally-antagonistic locus. Consequently, parentally-antagonistic selection can enable some highly unusual evolutionary patterns not encountered in other evolutionary models of sex determination. These results provide novel insights into why some sex-determining mechanisms may be so evolutionary labile.","PeriodicalId":12991,"journal":{"name":"Heredity","volume":"133 5","pages":"331-341"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142008749","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}
HeredityPub Date : 2024-08-20DOI: 10.1038/s41437-024-00715-z
Noah M. Simon, Yujin Kim, Joost Gribnau, Diana M. Bautista, James R. Dutton, Rachel B. Brem
{"title":"Stem cell transcriptional profiles from mouse subspecies reveal cis-regulatory evolution at translation genes","authors":"Noah M. Simon, Yujin Kim, Joost Gribnau, Diana M. Bautista, James R. Dutton, Rachel B. Brem","doi":"10.1038/s41437-024-00715-z","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41437-024-00715-z","url":null,"abstract":"A key goal of evolutionary genomics is to harness molecular data to draw inferences about selective forces that have acted on genomes. The field progresses in large part through the development of advanced molecular-evolution analysis methods. Here we explored the intersection between classical sequence-based tests for selection and an empirical expression-based approach, using stem cells from Mus musculus subspecies as a model. Using a test of directional, cis-regulatory evolution across genes in pathways, we discovered a unique program of induction of translation genes in stem cells of the Southeast Asian mouse M. m. castaneus relative to its sister taxa. We then mined population-genomic sequences to pursue underlying regulatory mechanisms for this expression divergence, finding robust evidence for alleles unique to M. m. castaneus at the upstream regions of the translation genes. We interpret our data under a model of changes in lineage-specific pressures across Mus musculus in stem cells with high translational capacity. Our findings underscore the rigor of integrating expression and sequence-based methods to generate hypotheses about evolutionary events from long ago.","PeriodicalId":12991,"journal":{"name":"Heredity","volume":"133 5","pages":"308-316"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11527988/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142008748","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}
HeredityPub Date : 2024-08-18DOI: 10.1038/s41437-024-00719-9
Andrea Viviana Ballén-Guapacha, Sandra Milena Ospina-Garcés, Roger Guevara, Rosa Ana Sánchez-Guillén
{"title":"Reproductive character displacement: insights from genital morphometrics in damselfly hybrid zones","authors":"Andrea Viviana Ballén-Guapacha, Sandra Milena Ospina-Garcés, Roger Guevara, Rosa Ana Sánchez-Guillén","doi":"10.1038/s41437-024-00719-9","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41437-024-00719-9","url":null,"abstract":"Reproductive Character Displacement (RCD) refers to the phenomenon of greater differences in reproductive characters between two species when they occur in sympatry compared to when they occur in allopatry to prevent maladaptive hybridization. We explored whether reinforcement of a mechanical barrier involved in the first contact point between male and female genital traits during copulation in the cross between Ischnura graellsii males and Ischnura elegans females has led to RCD, and whether it supports the lock-and-key hypothesis of genital evolution. We employed geometric morphometrics to analyze the shape and size of male and female genital traits, controlling for environmental and geographic factors. Consistent with an increase in mechanical isolation via reinforcement, we detected larger divergence in genital traits between the species in sympatry than in allopatry, and also stronger signal in females than in males. In the Northwest (NW) hybrid zone, we detected RCD in I. graellsii males and I. elegans females, while in the Northcentral (NC) hybrid zone we detected RCD only in I. elegans females and I. elegans males. The detection of RCD in both sexes of I. elegans was consistent with the lock-and-key hypothesis of genital evolution via female choice for conspecific males in this species. Our study highlights the importance of using geometric morphometrics to deal with the complexity of female reproductive structures while controlling for environmental and geographic factors to investigate RCD. This study contributes valuable insights into the dynamics of reproductive isolation mechanisms and genital coevolution.","PeriodicalId":12991,"journal":{"name":"Heredity","volume":"133 5","pages":"355-368"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141999774","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}
{"title":"Population genetic diversity and environmental adaptation of Tamarix hispida in the Tarim Basin, arid Northwestern China","authors":"Haowen Tian, Hongxiang Zhang, Xiaojun Shi, Wenhui Ma, Jian Zhang","doi":"10.1038/s41437-024-00714-0","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41437-024-00714-0","url":null,"abstract":"Arid ecosystems, characterized by severe water scarcity, play a crucial role in preserving Earth’s biodiversity and resources. The Tarim Basin in Northwestern China, a typical arid region isolated by the Tianshan Mountains and expansive deserts, provides a special study area for investigating how plant response and adaptation to such environments. Tamarix hispida, a species well adapted to saline-alkaline and drought conditions, dominates in the saline-alkali lands of the Tarim Basin. This study aims to examine the genetic diversity and environmental adaptation of T. hispida in the Tarim Basin. Genomic SNPs for a total of 160 individuals from 17 populations were generated using dd-RAD sequencing approach. Population genetic structure and genetic diversity were analyzed by methods including ADMIXTURE, PCA, and phylogenetic tree. Environmental association analysis (EAA) was performed using LFMM and RDA analyses. The results revealed two major genetic lineages with geographical substitution patterns from west to east, indicating significant gene flow and hybridization. Environmental factors such as Precipitation Seasonality (bio15) and Topsoil Sand Fraction (T_SAND) significantly shaped allele frequencies, supporting the species’ genetic adaptability. Several genes associated with environmental adaptation were identified and annotated, highlighting physiological and metabolic processes crucial for survival in arid conditions. The study highlights the role of geographical isolation and environmental factors in shaping genetic structure and adaptive evolution. The identified adaptive genes related to stress tolerance emphasize the species’ resilience and highlight the importance of specific physiological and metabolic pathways.","PeriodicalId":12991,"journal":{"name":"Heredity","volume":"133 5","pages":"298-307"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141975597","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}
HeredityPub Date : 2024-08-06DOI: 10.1038/s41437-024-00713-1
Sylvine Durand, Romain Pigeault, Isabelle Giraud, Anaïs Loisier, Nicolas Bech, Frédéric Grandjean, Thierry Rigaud, Jean Peccoud, Richard Cordaux
{"title":"Temporal stability of sex ratio distorter prevalence in natural populations of the isopod Armadillidium vulgare","authors":"Sylvine Durand, Romain Pigeault, Isabelle Giraud, Anaïs Loisier, Nicolas Bech, Frédéric Grandjean, Thierry Rigaud, Jean Peccoud, Richard Cordaux","doi":"10.1038/s41437-024-00713-1","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41437-024-00713-1","url":null,"abstract":"In the terrestrial isopod Armadillidium vulgare, many females produce progenies with female-biased sex ratios due to two feminizing sex ratio distorters (SRD): Wolbachia endosymbionts and a nuclear non-mendelian locus called the f element. To investigate the potential impact of these SRD on the evolution of host sex determination, we analyzed their temporal distribution in six A. vulgare populations sampled between 2003 and 2017, for a total of 29 time points. SRD distribution was heterogeneous among populations despite their close geographic locations, so that when one SRD was frequent in a population, the other SRD was rare. In contrast with spatial heterogeneity, our results overall did not reveal substantial temporal variability in SRD prevalence within populations, suggesting equilibria in SRD evolutionary dynamics may have been reached or nearly so. Temporal stability was also generally reflected in mitochondrial and nuclear variation. Nevertheless, in a population, a Wolbachia strain replacement coincided with changes in mitochondrial composition but no change in nuclear composition, thus constituting a typical example of mitochondrial sweep caused by endosymbiont rise in frequency. Rare incongruence between Wolbachia strains and mitochondrial haplotypes suggested the occurrence of intraspecific horizontal transmission, making it a biologically relevant parameter for Wolbachia evolutionary dynamics in A. vulgare. Overall, our results provide an empirical basis for future studies on SRD evolutionary dynamics in the context of multiple sex determination factors co-existing within a single species, to ultimately evaluate the impact of SRD on the evolution of host sex determination mechanisms and sex chromosomes.","PeriodicalId":12991,"journal":{"name":"Heredity","volume":"133 5","pages":"287-297"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141897318","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}
HeredityPub Date : 2024-08-02DOI: 10.1038/s41437-024-00711-3
Hui Zhen Tan, Phoebe Scherer, Katarina C. Stuart, Sarah Bailey, Kate D. Lee, Patricia Brekke, John G. Ewen, Annabel Whibley, Anna W. Santure
{"title":"A high-density linkage map reveals broad- and fine-scale sex differences in recombination in the hihi (stitchbird; Notiomystis cincta)","authors":"Hui Zhen Tan, Phoebe Scherer, Katarina C. Stuart, Sarah Bailey, Kate D. Lee, Patricia Brekke, John G. Ewen, Annabel Whibley, Anna W. Santure","doi":"10.1038/s41437-024-00711-3","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41437-024-00711-3","url":null,"abstract":"Recombination, the process of DNA exchange between homologous chromosomes during meiosis, plays a major role in genomic diversity and evolutionary change. Variation in recombination rate is widespread despite recombination often being essential for progression of meiosis. One such variation is heterochiasmy, where recombination rates differ between sexes. Heterochiasmy has been observed across broad taxonomic groups, yet it remains an evolutionary enigma. We used Lep-MAP3, a pedigree-based software that is efficient in handling large datasets, to generate linkage maps for the hihi or stitchbird (Notiomystis cincta), utilising information from >36 K SNPs and 36 families. We constructed 29 linkage maps, including for the previously unscaffolded Z chromosome. The hihi is an endangered passerine endemic to Aotearoa New Zealand that is sexually dimorphic and exhibits high levels of sexual conflict, including sperm competition. Patterns in recombination in the hihi are consistent with those in other birds, including higher recombination rates in micro-chromosomes. Heterochiasmy in the hihi is male-biased, in line with predictions of the Haldane-Huxley rule, with the male linkage map being 15% longer. Micro-chromosomes exhibit heterochiasmy to a greater extent, contrary to that reported in other birds. At the intra-chromosomal level, heterochiasmy is higher nearer to chromosome ends and in gene-rich regions. Regions of extreme heterochiasmy are enriched for genes implicated in cell structure. This study adds an important contribution in assessing evolutionary theories of heterochiasmy and provides a framework for future studies investigating fine-scale heterochiasmy.","PeriodicalId":12991,"journal":{"name":"Heredity","volume":"133 4","pages":"262-275"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41437-024-00711-3.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141878593","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}
{"title":"Secondary contact zone and genetic introgression in closely related haplodiploid social spider mites","authors":"Shota Konaka, Shun K. Hirota, Yukie Sato, Naoki Matsumoto, Yoshihisa Suyama, Yoshihiko Tsumura","doi":"10.1038/s41437-024-00708-y","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41437-024-00708-y","url":null,"abstract":"How frequently hybridisation and gene flow occur in the contact zones of diverging taxa is important for understanding the speciation process. Stigmaeopsis sabelisi and Stigmaeopsis miscanthi high-aggression form (hereafter, S. miscanthi HG) are haplodiploid, social spider mites that infest the Chinese silver grass, Miscanthus sinensis. These two species are closely related and parapatrically distributed in Japan. In mountainous areas, S. sabelisi and S. miscanthi HG are often found in the highlands and lowlands, respectively, suggesting that they are in contact at intermediate altitudes. It is estimated that they diverged from their common ancestors distributed in subtropical regions (south of Japan) during the last glacial period, expanded their distribution into the Japanese Archipelago, and came to have such a parapatric distribution (secondary contact). As their reproductive isolation is strong but incomplete, hybridisation and genetic introgression are expected at their distributional boundaries. In this study, we investigated their spatial distribution patterns along the elevation on Mt. Amagi using male morphological differences, and investigated their hybridisation status using single-nucleotide polymorphisms by MIG-seq. We found their contact zone at altitudes of 150–430 m, suggesting that their contact zone is prevalent in the parapatric area, which is in line with a previous study. Interspecific mating was predicted based on the sex ratio in the contact zone. No obvious hybrids were found, but genetic introgression was detected although it was extremely low.","PeriodicalId":12991,"journal":{"name":"Heredity","volume":"133 4","pages":"227-237"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141874669","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}
HeredityPub Date : 2024-08-02DOI: 10.1038/s41437-024-00712-2
Ivan Jakovlić, Tong Ye, Hong Zou, Fengyue Zhu, Yuying Shi, Yiwen Ma, Gui-Tang Wang, Wen-Xiang Li, Dong Zhang
{"title":"Drivers of interlineage variability in mitogenomic evolutionary rates in Platyhelminthes","authors":"Ivan Jakovlić, Tong Ye, Hong Zou, Fengyue Zhu, Yuying Shi, Yiwen Ma, Gui-Tang Wang, Wen-Xiang Li, Dong Zhang","doi":"10.1038/s41437-024-00712-2","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41437-024-00712-2","url":null,"abstract":"Studies of forces driving interlineage variability in the evolutionary rates (both sequence and architecture) of mitochondrial genomes often produce contradictory results. Flatworms (Platyhelminthes) exhibit the fastest-evolving mitogenomic sequences among all bilaterian phyla. To test the effects of multiple factors previously associated with different aspects of mitogenomic evolution, we used mitogenomes of 223 flatworm species, phylogenetic multilevel regression models, and causal inference. Thermic host environment (endothermic vs. ectothermic) had nonsignificant impacts on both sequence evolution and mitogenomic size. Mitogenomic gene order rearrangements (GORR) were mostly positively correlated with mitogenomic size (R2 ≈ 20–30%). Longevity was not (negatively) correlated with sequence evolution in flatworms. The predominantly free-living “turbellaria” exhibited much shorter branches and faster-evolving mitogenomic architecture than parasitic Neodermata. As a result, “parasitism” had a strong explanatory power on the branch length variability (>90%), and there was a negative correlation between GORR and branch length. However, the stem branch of Neodermata comprised 63.6% of the total average branch length. This evolutionary period was also marked by a high rate of gene order rearrangements in the ancestral Neodermata. We discuss how this period of rapid evolution deep in the evolutionary history may have decoupled sequence evolution rates from longevity and GORR, and overestimated the explanatory power of “parasitism”. This study shows that impacts of variables often vary across lineages, and stresses the importance accounting for the episodic nature of evolutionary patterns in studies of mitogenomic evolution.","PeriodicalId":12991,"journal":{"name":"Heredity","volume":"133 4","pages":"276-286"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41437-024-00712-2.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141878594","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}
HeredityPub Date : 2024-08-01DOI: 10.1038/s41437-024-00709-x
Dieu - Merci Assumani Angbonda, Crispin M. Ilunga-Mulala, Nils Bourland, Hans Beeckman, Faustin Boyemba, Hulda Hatakiwe, Jean Pierre Ngongo, Olivier J. Hardy
{"title":"Inbreeding depression affects the growth of seedlings of an African timber species with a mixed mating reproductive system, Pericopsis elata (Harms) Meeuwen","authors":"Dieu - Merci Assumani Angbonda, Crispin M. Ilunga-Mulala, Nils Bourland, Hans Beeckman, Faustin Boyemba, Hulda Hatakiwe, Jean Pierre Ngongo, Olivier J. Hardy","doi":"10.1038/s41437-024-00709-x","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41437-024-00709-x","url":null,"abstract":"Selfing or mating between related individuals can lead to inbreeding depression (ID), which can influence the survival, growth and evolution of populations of tree species. As selective logging involves a decrease in the density of congeneric partners, it could lead to increasing biparental inbreeding or self-fertilization, exposing the population to higher ID. We assessed the influence of inbreeding on the growth of a commercial timber species, Pericopsis elata (Fabaceae), which produced about 54% of self-fertilized seedlings in a natural population of the Congo basin. We followed the survival and growth of 540 plants raised in a plantation along a gradient of plant density (0.07–15.9 plants per m2). Parentage analysis allowed us distinguishing selfed and outcrossed seedlings. The annual growth was higher for outcrossed than selfed plants, on average by 10.8% for diameter and 12.9% for height growth. Based on the difference in above ground biomass between selfed and outcrossed seedlings after 41 months, we estimated the level of ID at δ = 0.33, while a lifetime estimate of ID based on the proportions of selfed plants at seedling and adult stages led to δ = 0.7. The level of ID on growth rate did not change significantly with age but tended to vanish under high competition. Pericopsis elata is a particularly interesting model because inbreeding depression is partial, with about 26% of reproducing adults resulting from selfing, contrary to most tropical tree species where selfed individuals usually die before reaching adulthood. Hence, the risks of ID must be considered in the management and conservation of the species.","PeriodicalId":12991,"journal":{"name":"Heredity","volume":"133 4","pages":"238-248"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41437-024-00709-x.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141870882","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}