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Extensive Genome-Wide Phylogenetic Discordance Is Due to Incomplete Lineage Sorting and Not Ongoing Introgression in a Rapidly Radiated Bryophyte Genus

Journal Article · · Molecular Biology and Evolution (Online)
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  1. Norwegian Univ. of Science and Technology, Trondheim (Norway). NTNU Univ. Museum. Dept. of Natural History; OSTI
  2. Norwegian Univ. of Science and Technology, Trondheim (Norway). NTNU Univ. Museum. Dept. of Natural History
  3. Natural History Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen (Denmark). Centre for GeoGenetics
  4. Biology Centre of the Upper Austrian State Museum, Linz (Austria)
  5. Univ. of Greifswald (Germany). Inst. of Botany and Landscape Ecology
  6. USDOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI), Berkeley, CA (United States); HudsonAlpha Inst. for Biotechnology, Huntsville, AL (United States)
  7. HudsonAlpha Inst. for Biotechnology, Huntsville, AL (United States)
  8. Duke Univ., Durham, NC (United States). Dept. of Biology
  9. Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
  10. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Biosciences Division; Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Climate Change Science Inst.
  11. Univ. of Zurich (Switzerland). Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center. Dept. of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany

The relative importance of introgression for diversification has long been a highly disputed topic in speciation research and remains an open question despite the great attention it has received over the past decade. Gene flow leaves traces in the genome similar to those created by incomplete lineage sorting (ILS), and identification and quantification of gene flow in the presence of ILS is challenging and requires knowledge about the true phylogenetic relationship among the species. We use whole nuclear, plastid, and organellar genomes from 12 species in the rapidly radiated, ecologically diverse, actively hybridizing genus of peatmoss (Sphagnum) to reconstruct the species phylogeny and quantify introgression using a suite of phylogenomic methods. We found extensive phylogenetic discordance among nuclear and organellar phylogenies, as well as across the nuclear genome and the nodes in the species tree, best explained by extensive ILS following the rapid radiation of the genus rather than by postspeciation introgression. Our analyses support the idea of ancient introgression among the ancestral lineages followed by ILS, whereas recent gene flow among the species is highly restricted despite widespread interspecific hybridization known in the group. Our results contribute to phylogenomic understanding of how speciation proceeds in rapidly radiated, actively hybridizing species groups, and demonstrate that employing a combination of diverse phylogenomic methods can facilitate untangling complex phylogenetic patterns created by ILS and introgression.

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
1815542
Journal Information:
Molecular Biology and Evolution (Online), Journal Name: Molecular Biology and Evolution (Online) Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 38; ISSN 1537-1719
Publisher:
Oxford University PressCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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