Tests to distinguish incomplete lineage sorting from introgression indicate that gene flow has obscured several ancient phylogenetic relationships in this group over large swathes of the genome, and a hitherto unknown inversion that traps a color pattern switch locus is identified.
Abstract:
We used 20 de novo genome assemblies to probe the speciation history and architecture of gene flow in rapidly radiating Heliconius butterflies. Our tests to distinguish incomplete lineage sorting from introgression indicate that gene flow has obscured several ancient phylogenetic relationships in this group over large swathes of the genome. Introgressed loci are underrepresented in low-recombination and gene-rich regions, consistent with the purging of foreign alleles more tightly linked to incompatibility loci. Here, we identify a hitherto unknown inversion that traps a color pattern switch locus. We infer that this inversion was transferred between lineages by introgression and is convergent with a similar rearrangement in another part of the genus. These multiple de novo genome sequences enable improved understanding of the importance of introgression and selective processes in adaptive radiation.
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Q1. What are the contributions mentioned in the paper "Genomic architecture and introgression shape a butterfly radiation" ?
In this paper, Edelman et al. presented a survey of the work of Nathaniel B. Edelman, Paul B. Frandsen, Michael Miyagi, Bernardo Clavijo, John Davey, Rebecca B. Reed, Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra, Marcus Kronforst, Mathieu Joron, Chris D. Jiggins, W. Owen McMillan, Federica Di Palma, Andrew J. Blumberg, John Wakeley, David Jaffe, James Mallet *
Q2. What is the effect of introgression on the loci?
If linked to weakly deleterious alleles, introgressed loci will finally be purged by linked selection only long after introgression ceases.
Q3. What is the effect of introgression on the genome?
Just as sex aids adaptation within species, occasional introgression and recombination among species can have major long-term effects on the genome, contributing variation that could fuel rapid adaptive divergence and radiation.
Q4. What is the test using internal branch lengths in triplet gene trees?
Their test using internal branch lengths in triplet gene trees is based in coalescent theory and takes advantage of the discriminatory power of a property of gene trees not explicitly accounted for by other methods.
Q5. Why is the topology block on chromosome 15 of particular interest?
The topology block on chromosome 15 is of particular interest because it spans cortex, a genetic hotspot of wing color pattern diversity in Lepidoptera (25, 26).
Q6. What is the reason for the high level of discordance in Heliconius?
Other studies in Heliconius have shown a high level of phylogenetic discordance, arguably a result of rampant introgression (4, 5).
Q7. What is the color of the tree topology?
Colored bands represent tree topologies of each 50-kb window; colors correspond to the topologies in (B), with black regions showing missing data.
Q8. What is the correlation between tree 1 and chromosome size?
Tree 1 has a strongly negative correlation with chromosome size (r2 = 0.883, t = 11.7, 18 df, p < 0.0001), whereas Tree 2 (concordant with their inferred species tree) has a positive correlation (r2 = 0.726, t = 6.9, 18 df, p < 0.0001).
Q9. What is the likelihood of introgression in hybrid populations?
In hybrid populations, individuals have genomic regions that originate from different species and may be incompatible with the recipient genome or with their environment (16).
Q10. What did the authors do to reconstruct a bifurcating species tree?
The authors attempted to reconstruct a bifurcating species tree by estimating relationships using protein-coding genes, conserved coding regions, and conserved noncoding regions.
Q11. What did the authors use to infer phylogenetic networks of Heliconius?
The authors therefore used phyloNet (12) to infer reticulate phylogenetic networks of these species based on random samples of 100 10-kb windows across the alignment.
Q12. How many windows were recovered from each chromosome?
(B) Each chromosome was divided into 10 equally sized bins, and the occupancy of each topology in each bin was calculated as the number of windows that recovered the topology in the bin divided by the number of windows that recovered the topology in the chromosome.