Limited genomic divergence between intraspecific forms of Culex pipiens under different ecological pressures
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Limited genomic divergence between intraspecific forms of Culex pipiens under different ecological pressures

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  • Alternative Title:
    BMC Evol Biol
  • Publisher's site:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-015-0477-z
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    Background

    Divergent selection can be a major driver of ecological speciation. In insects of medical importance, understanding the speciation process is both of academic interest and public health importance. In the West Nile virus vector Culex pipiens, intraspecific pipiens and molestus forms vary in ecological and physiological traits. Populations of each form appear to share recent common ancestry but patterns of genetic differentiation across the genome remain unknown. Here, we undertook an AFLP genome scan on samples collected from both sympatric and allopatric populations from Europe and the USA to quantify the extent of genomic differentiation between the two forms.

    Results

    The forms were clearly differentiated but each exhibited major population sub-structuring between continents. Divergence between pipiens and molestus forms from USA was higher than in both inter- and intra-continental comparisons with European samples. The proportion of outlier loci between pipiens and molestus (≈3 %) was low but consistent in both continents, and similar to those observed between sibling species of other mosquito species which exhibit contemporary gene flow. Only two of the outlier loci were shared between inter-form comparisons made within Europe and USA.

    Conclusion

    This study supports the molestus and pipiens status as distinct evolutionary entities with low genomic divergence. The low number of shared divergent loci between continents suggests a relatively limited number of genomic regions determining key typological traits likely to be driving incipient speciation and/or adaptation of molestus to anthropogenic habitats.

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    The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12862-015-0477-z) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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    BMC Evol Biol. 15.
  • Pubmed ID:
    26377220
  • Pubmed Central ID:
    PMC4573496
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    Journal Article
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    CDC Public Access
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