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Radiation and divergence in the Rhagoletis Pomonella species complex: inferences from DNA sequence data
Author(s) -
XIE X.,
MICHEL A. P.,
SCHWARZ D.,
RULL J.,
VELEZ S.,
FORBES A. A.,
ALUJA M.,
FEDER J. L.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of evolutionary biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.289
H-Index - 128
eISSN - 1420-9101
pISSN - 1010-061X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01507.x
Subject(s) - biology , sympatric speciation , rhagoletis , evolutionary biology , genetic algorithm , gene flow , ecological speciation , species complex , zoology , genetics , tephritidae , genetic variation , gene , phylogenetic tree , botany , pest analysis
Here, we investigate the evolutionary history and pattern of genetic divergence in the Rhagoletis pomonella (Diptera: Tephritidae) sibling species complex, a model for sympatric speciation via host plant shifting, using 11 anonymous nuclear genes and mtDNA. We report that DNA sequence results largely coincide with those of previous allozyme studies. Rhagoletis cornivora was basal in the complex, distinguished by fixed substitutions at all loci. Gene trees did not provide reciprocally monophyletic relationships among US populations of R. pomonella, R. mendax , R. zephyria and the undescribed flowering dogwood fly. However, private alleles were found for these taxa for certain loci. We discuss the implications of the results with respect to identifiable genetic signposts (stages) of speciation, the mosaic nature of genomic differentiation distinguishing formative species and a concept of speciation mode plurality involving a biogeographic contribution to sympatric speciation in the R. pomonella complex.