American NaturalistPub Date : 2023-10-01Epub Date: 2023-08-31DOI: 10.1086/725805
Kendra D Zwonitzer, Erik N K Iverson, Jess E Sterling, Ryan J Weaver, Bradley A Maclaine, Justin C Havird
{"title":"Disentangling Positive Selection from Relaxed Selection in Animal Mitochondrial Genomes.","authors":"Kendra D Zwonitzer, Erik N K Iverson, Jess E Sterling, Ryan J Weaver, Bradley A Maclaine, Justin C Havird","doi":"10.1086/725805","DOIUrl":"10.1086/725805","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>AbstractDisentangling different types of selection is a common goal in molecular evolution. Elevated <i>d</i><sub>N</sub>/<i>d</i><sub>S</sub> ratios (the ratio of nonsynonymous to synonymous substitution rates) in focal lineages are often interpreted as signs of positive selection. Paradoxically, relaxed purifying selection can also result in elevated <i>d</i><sub>N</sub>/<i>d</i><sub>S</sub> ratios, but tests to distinguish these two causes are seldomly implemented. Here, we reevaluated seven case studies describing elevated <i>d</i><sub>N</sub>/<i>d</i><sub>S</sub> ratios in animal mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and their accompanying hypotheses regarding selection. They included flightless lineages versus flighted lineages in birds, bats, and insects and physiological adaptations in snakes, two groups of electric fishes, and primates. We found that elevated <i>d</i><sub>N</sub>/<i>d</i><sub>S</sub> ratios were often not caused by the predicted mechanism, and we sometimes found strong support for the opposite mechanism. We discuss reasons why energetic hypotheses may be confounded by other selective forces acting on mtDNA and caution against overinterpreting singular molecular signals, including elevated <i>d</i><sub>N</sub>/<i>d</i><sub>S</sub> ratios.</p>","PeriodicalId":50800,"journal":{"name":"American Naturalist","volume":"202 4","pages":"E121-E129"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10955554/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41154868","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of parental care on the magnitude of inbreeding depression: a meta-analysis in fishes","authors":"Charlotte Patterson, Natalie Pilakouta","doi":"10.1086/728001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1086/728001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50800,"journal":{"name":"American Naturalist","volume":"72 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135193356","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kelly Miller, Ashley J. Atkins Coleman, Kelly L. O'Neil, Alexander J. Mueller, Rin D. Pell, E. Keith Bowers
{"title":"Individual optimization of reproductive investment and the cost of incubation in a wild songbird","authors":"Kelly Miller, Ashley J. Atkins Coleman, Kelly L. O'Neil, Alexander J. Mueller, Rin D. Pell, E. Keith Bowers","doi":"10.1086/727967","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1086/727967","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50800,"journal":{"name":"American Naturalist","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135193372","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Christopher D. Terry, Jacob D. O'Sullivan, Axel G. Rossberg
{"title":"Schrödinger’s range-shifting cat: How skewed temperature dependence impacts persistence with climate change","authors":"J. Christopher D. Terry, Jacob D. O'Sullivan, Axel G. Rossberg","doi":"10.1086/728002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1086/728002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50800,"journal":{"name":"American Naturalist","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135132310","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On the interpretation of the operation of natural selection in class-structured populations","authors":"Tadeas Priklopil, Laurent Lehmann","doi":"10.1086/727970","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1086/727970","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50800,"journal":{"name":"American Naturalist","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135193111","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Front and Back Matter","authors":"","doi":"10.1086/727481","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1086/727481","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50800,"journal":{"name":"American Naturalist","volume":"216 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136265478","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kevin D Ricks, Nathan J Ricks, Anthony C Yannarell
{"title":"Patterns of Plant Salinity Adaptation Depend on Interactions with Soil Microbes.","authors":"Kevin D Ricks, Nathan J Ricks, Anthony C Yannarell","doi":"10.1086/725393","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1086/725393","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>AbstractAs plant-microbe interactions are both ubiquitous and critical in shaping plant fitness, patterns of plant adaptation to their local environment may be influenced by these interactions. Identifying the contribution of soil microbes to plant adaptation may provide insight into the evolution of plant traits and their microbial symbioses. To this end, we assessed the contribution of soil microbes to plant salinity adaptation by growing 10 populations of <i>Bromus tectorum</i>, collected from habitats differing in their salinity, in the greenhouse under either high-salinity or nonsaline conditions and with or without soil microbial partners. Across two live soil inoculum treatments, we found evidence for adaptation of these populations to their home salinity environment. However, when grown in sterile soils, plants were slightly maladapted to their home salinity environment. As plants were on average more fit in sterile soils, pathogenic microbes may have been significant drivers of plant fitness herein. Consequently, we hypothesized that the plant fitness advantage in their home salinity may have been due to increased plant resistance to pathogenic attack in those salinity environments. Our results highlight that plant-microbe interactions may partially mediate patterns of plant adaptation as well as be important selective agents in plant evolution.</p>","PeriodicalId":50800,"journal":{"name":"American Naturalist","volume":"202 3","pages":"276-287"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10425876","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}