Journal
HEREDITY
Volume 125, Issue 5, Pages 340-352Publisher
SPRINGERNATURE
DOI: 10.1038/s41437-020-00356-y
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- National Geographic/Waitt program [W461-16]
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq) [233161/2014-7]
- CNPq [313644/2018-7]
- University of California at Irvine
- Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior-Brasil (CAPES)
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Different mating systems can strongly affect the extent of genetic diversity and population structure among species. Given the increased effects of genetic drift on reduced population size, theory predicts that species undergoing self-fertilisation should have greater population structure than outcrossed species; however, demographic dynamics may affect this scenario. The mangrove killifish clade is composed of the two only known examples of self-fertilising species among vertebrates (Kryptolebias marmoratusandKryptolebias hermaphroditus). A third species in this clade,Kryptolebias ocellatus, inhabits mangrove forests in southeast Brazil; however, its mating system and patterns of genetic structure have been rarely explored. Here, we examined the genetic structure and phylogeographic patterns ofK.ocellatusalong its distribution, using mitochondrial DNA and microsatellites to compare its patterns of genetic structure with the predominantly selfing and often-syntopic,K.hermaphroditus. Our results indicate thatK.ocellatusreproduces mainly by outcrossing, with no current evidence of selfing, despite being an androdioecious species. Our results also reveal a stronger population subdivision inK.ocellatuscompared toK.hermaphroditus, contrary to the theoretical predictions based on reproductive biology of the two species. Our findings indicate that, although morphologically similar,K.ocellatusandK.hermaphroditushad remarkably different evolutionary histories when colonising the same mangrove areas in southeastern Brazil, with other factors (e.g., time of colonisation, dispersal/establishment capacity) having more profound effects on the current population structuring of those species than differences in mating systems.
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