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The effects of allospecific mitochondrial genome on the fitness of northern redbelly dace ( Chrosomus eos )
Author(s) -
Angers Bernard,
Leung Christelle,
Vétil Romain,
Deremiens Léo,
Vergilino Roland
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
ecology and evolution
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.17
H-Index - 63
ISSN - 2045-7758
DOI - 10.1002/ece3.3922
Subject(s) - introgression , allopatric speciation , biology , mitochondrial dna , evolutionary biology , range (aeronautics) , genetics , haplotype , gene , population , genotype , demography , materials science , sociology , composite material
Instantaneous mitochondrial introgression events allow the disentangling of the effects of hybridization from those of allospecific mt DNA . Such process frequently occurred in the fish Chrosomus eos , resulting in cybrid individuals composed of a C. eos nuclear genome but with a C. neogaeus mt DNA . This provides a valuable model to address the fundamental question: How well do introgressed individuals perform in their native environment? We infer where de novo production of cybrids occurred to discriminate native environments from those colonized by cybrids in 25 sites from two regions (West‐Qc and East‐Qc) in Quebec (Canada). We then compared the relative abundance of wild types and cybrids as a measure integrating both fitness and de novo production of cybrids. According to mt DNA variation, 12 introgression events are required to explain the diversity of cybrids. Five cybrid lineages could not be associated with in situ introgression events. This includes one haplotype carried by 93% of the cybrids expected to have colonized West‐Qc. These cybrids also displayed a nearly complete allopatric distribution with wild types. We still inferred de novo production of cybrids at seven sites, that accounted for 70% of the cybrids in East‐Qc. Wild‐type and cybrid individuals coexist in all East‐Qc sites while cybrids were less abundant. Allopatry of cybrids restricted to the postglacial expansion suggests the existence of higher fitness for cybrids in specific conditions, allowing for the colonization of different environments and expanding the species’ range. However, allospecific mt DNA does not provide a higher fitness to cybrids in their native environment compared to wild types, making the success of an introgressed lineage uncertain.

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