Phylogeography of the sergeants Abudefduf sexfasciatus and A. vaigiensis reveals complex introgression patterns between two widespread and sympatric Indo-West Pacific reef fishes - Inria - Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies du numérique Accéder directement au contenu
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Phylogeography of the sergeants Abudefduf sexfasciatus and A. vaigiensis reveals complex introgression patterns between two widespread and sympatric Indo-West Pacific reef fishes

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On evolutionary time scales, sea level oscillations lead to recurrent spatio-temporal variation in species distribution and population connectivity. In this situation, applying classical concepts of biogeography is challenging yet necessary to understand the mechanisms underlying biodiversity in highly diverse marine ecosystems such as coral reefs. We aimed at studying the outcomes of such complex biogeographical dynamics on reproductive isolation by sampling populations across a wide spatial range of a species-rich fish genus: the sergeants (Pomacentridae: Abudefduf). We generated a mutli-locus data set that included ten species from 32 Indo-West Pacific localities. We observed a pattern of mito-nuclear discordance in two of the most common and widely distributed species: Abudefduf sexfasciatus and A. vaigiensis. The results showed three regional sub-lineages (Indian Ocean, Coral Triangle region, western Pacific) in A. sexfasciatus (0.6–1.5% divergence at locus cytb). The other species, A. vaigiensis consisted of three distinct lineages (A, B, and C) whose geographic ranges overlapped (9% divergence at locus cytb). Although A. vaigiensis lineage A and A. sexfasciatus were found to be distinct based on nuclear information, A. vaigiensis lineage A was nested within A. sexfasciatus in the mitochondrial gene tree. Abudefduf sexfasciatus from the Coral Triangle region and A. vaigiensis lineage A were not differentiated from each other at the mitochondrial locus. We then used coalescent-based simulation to characterize a spatially widespread, weak gene flow between the two species. These fishes may be considered as candidates of choice to investigate the complexity of the discrepancies between phenotypic and genetic evolution among sibling species.
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ird-01525350 , version 1 (19-05-2017)
ird-01525350 , version 2 (20-05-2017)
ird-01525350 , version 3 (03-06-2017)

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Joris A.M. Bertrand, Philippe Borsa, Wei-Jen Chen. Phylogeography of the sergeants Abudefduf sexfasciatus and A. vaigiensis reveals complex introgression patterns between two widespread and sympatric Indo-West Pacific reef fishes. Molecular Ecology, 2017, 26, pp.2527 - 2542. ⟨10.1111/mec.14044⟩. ⟨ird-01525350v2⟩
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