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The roles of barriers, refugia, and chromosomal clines underlying diversification in Atlantic Forest social wasps

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Author(s):
Menezes, Rodolpho S. T. ; Brady, Sean G. ; Carvalho, Antonio F. ; Del Lama, Marco A. ; Costa, Marco A.
Total Authors: 5
Document type: Journal article
Source: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS; v. 7, AUG 9 2017.
Web of Science Citations: 7
Abstract

Phylogeographic studies have sought to explain the genetic imprints of historical climatic changes and geographic barriers within the Brazilian Atlantic Forest (AF) biota, and consequently two processes of diversification (refugia and barriers) have been proposed. Additionally, there is evidence that eustatic changes influenced the biogeographic history of the AF. Here we evaluate these contrasting diversification processes using two AF social wasp species - the mid-montane Synoeca cyanea and the lowland Synoeca aff. septentrionalis. We analyzed several sources of data including multilocus DNA sequence, climatic niche models and chromosomal features. We find support for idiosyncratic phylogeographic patterns between these wasps, involving different levels of population structure and genetic diversity, contrary suitable climatic conditions during the last glaciation, and contrasting historical movements along the AF. Our data indicate that neotectonics and refugia played distinct roles in shaping the genetic structure of these wasps. However, we argue that eustatic changes influenced the demographic expansion but not population structure in AF biota. Notably, these wasps exhibited chromosomal clines, involving chromosome number and decreasing of GC content, latitudinally oriented along the AF. Together, these results reinforce the need to consider individual organismal histories and indicate that barriers and refugia are significant factors in understanding AF evolution. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 15/02432-0 - Organization and chromosomal evolution of repetitive elements in genomes of social wasps
Grantee:Rodolpho Santos Telles de Menezes
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral