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Rapid sperm length divergence in a polygynandrous passerine: a mechanism of cryptic speciation?
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Lifjeld, Jan T. (författare)
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de Gabriel Hernando, Miguel (författare)
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Fuertes Marcos, Benito (författare)
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Grønstøl, Gaute (författare)
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Anmarkrud, Jarl A. (författare)
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Matschiner, Michael (författare)
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- Leder, Erica H, 1967 (författare)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för marina vetenskaper, Tjärnö marinlaboratoriet,Department of marine sciences, Tjärnö Marine Laboratory
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- 2023
- 2023
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Evolution; international journal of organic evolution. - 1558-5646. ; 77:11, s. 2352-2364
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Abstract
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- When populations become geographically isolated, they begin to diverge in various traits and at variable rates. The dynamics of such trait divergences are relevant for understanding evolutionary processes such as local adaptation and speciation. Here we examine divergences in sperm and body structures in a polygynandrous songbird, the alpine accentor (Prunella collaris) between two allopatric high-altitude populations, in Morocco and Spain. The populations diverged around 82,000 years ago, as estimated with a coalescence-based phylogenetic analysis of genome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphisms. We found that birds in the two areas had nonoverlapping sperm lengths, which suggests adaptation to divergent female reproductive tract environments. Sperm length also showed an exceptionally low coefficient of among-male variation, a signal of strong stabilizing selection imposed by sperm competition. The evolutionary rate of sperm length was almost twice the rates for the most divergent morphological traits and more than three times higher than expected from literature data over a similar generational timescale. This rapid evolution of a key reproductive trait has implications for reproductive isolation and ultimately for speciation. Strong selection for different sperm length optima in allopatry predicts conspecific sperm precedence and disruptive selection in sympatry, hence a possible postcopulatory prezygotic barrier to gene flow.
Ämnesord
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Biologi -- Evolutionsbiologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Biological Sciences -- Evolutionary Biology (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- female promiscuity
- local adaptation
- reproductive isolation
- sexual selection
- speciation
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