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Genome‐wide patterns of divergence and gene flow across a butterfly radiation
Author(s) -
Nadeau Nicola J.,
Martin Simon H.,
Kozak Krzysztof M.,
Salazar Camilo,
Dasmahapatra Kanchon K.,
Davey John W.,
Baxter Simon W.,
Blaxter Mark L.,
Mallet James,
Jiggins Chris D.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
molecular ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.619
H-Index - 225
eISSN - 1365-294X
pISSN - 0962-1083
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2012.05730.x
Subject(s) - biology , parapatric speciation , monophyly , evolutionary biology , gene flow , phylogenetic tree , clade , hybrid zone , sympatric speciation , population , zoology , genetic variation , genetics , gene , demography , sociology
The H eliconius butterflies are a diverse recent radiation comprising multiple levels of divergence with ongoing gene flow between species. The recently sequenced genome of H eliconius melpomene allowed us to investigate the genomic evolution of this group using dense RAD marker sequencing. Phylogenetic analysis of 54 individuals robustly supported reciprocal monophyly of H . melpomene and H eliconius cydno and refuted previous phylogenetic hypotheses that H . melpomene may be paraphylectic with respect to H . cydno . H eliconius timareta also formed a monophyletic clade closely related but distinct from H . cydno with H eliconius heurippa falling within this clade. We find evidence for genetic admixture between sympatric populations of the sister clades H . melpomene and H . cydno/timareta , particularly between H . cydno and H . melpomene from Central America and between H . timareta and H . melpomene from the eastern slopes of the A ndes. Between races, divergence is primarily explained by isolation by distance and there is no detectable genetic population structure between parapatric races, suggesting that hybrid zones between races are not zones of secondary contact. Our results also support previous findings that colour pattern loci are shared between populations and species with similar colour pattern elements. Furthermore, this pattern is almost unique to these genomic regions, with only a very small number of other loci showing significant similarity between populations and species with similar colour patterns.