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- Title
Cryptic hybridization between the ancient lineages of Natterer's bat (Myotis nattereri).
- Authors
Josić, Darija; Çoraman, Emrah; Waurick, Isabelle; Franzenburg, Sören; Ancillotto, Leonardo; Bajić, Branka; Budinski, Ivana; Dietz, Christian; Görföl, Tamás; Hayden Bofill, Sofia I.; Presetnik, Primož; Russo, Danilo; Spada, Martina; Zrnčić, Vida; Blom, Mozes P. K.; Mayer, Frieder
- Abstract
Studying hybrid zones that form between morphologically cryptic taxa offers valuable insights into the mechanisms of cryptic speciation and the evolution of reproductive barriers. Although hybrid zones have long been the focus of evolutionary studies, the awareness of cryptic hybrid zones increased recently due to rapidly growing evidence of biological diversity lacking obvious phenotypic differentiation. The characterization of cryptic hybrid zones with genome‐wide analysis is in its early stages and offers new perspectives for studying population admixture and thus the impact of gene flow. In this study, we investigate the population genomics of the Myotis nattereri complex in one of its secondary contact zones, where a putative hybrid zone is formed between two of its cryptic lineages. By utilizing a whole‐genome shotgun sequencing approach, we aim to characterize this cryptic hybrid zone in detail. Demographic analysis suggests that the cryptic lineages diverged during the Pliocene, c. 3.6 million years ago. Despite this ancient separation, the populations in the contact zone exhibit mitochondrial introgression and a considerable amount of mixing in nuclear genomes. The genomic structure of the populations corresponds to geographic locations and the genomic admixture changes along a geographic gradient. These findings suggest that there is no effective hybridization barrier between both lineages, nevertheless, their population structure is shaped by dispersal barriers. Our findings highlight how such deeply diverged cryptic lineages can still readily hybridize in secondary contact.
- Subjects
HYBRID zones; MYOTIS; WHOLE genome sequencing; INTROGRESSION (Genetics); SHOTGUN sequencing; GENE flow; BIODIVERSITY; REPRODUCTIVE isolation
- Publication
Molecular Ecology, 2024, Vol 33, Issue 13, p1
- ISSN
0962-1083
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/mec.17411