期刊
EVOLUTIONARY APPLICATIONS
卷 13, 期 6, 页码 1240-1261出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/eva.12983
关键词
adaptive radiation; ecological speciation; microsatellites; morphs; mtDNA; natural selection; niche specialization; Pleistocene ice age; population divergence; Salvelinus alpinus
资金
- Inland Norway university of Applied Sciences
- UiT the Arctic University of Norway
The origin of species is a central topic in biology. Ecological speciation might be a driver in adaptive radiation, providing a framework for understanding mechanisms, level, and rate of diversification. The Arctic charrSalvelinus alpinusL. is a polymorphic species with huge morphological and life-history diversity in Holarctic water systems. We studied adaptive radiation of Arctic charr in the 460-m-deep Lake Tinnsjoen to (a) document eco-morphology and life-history traits of morphs, (b) estimate reproductive isolation of morphs, and (c) illuminate Holarctic phylogeography and lineages colonizing Lake Tinnsjoen. We compared Lake Tinnsjoen with four Norwegian outgroup populations. Four field-assigned morphs were identified in Lake Tinnsjoen: the planktivore morph in all habitats except deep profundal, the dwarf morph in shallow-moderate profundal, the piscivore morph mainly in shallow-moderate profundal, and a new undescribed abyssal morph in the deep profundal. Morphs displayed extensive life-history variation in age and size. A moderate-to-high concordance was observed among morphs and four genetic clusters from microsatellites. mtDNA suggested two minor endemic clades in Lake Tinnsjoen originating from one widespread colonizing clade in the Holarctic. All morphs were genetically differentiated at microsatellites (F-ST: 0.12-0.20), associated with different mtDNA clade frequencies. Analyses of outgroup lakes implied colonization from a river below Lake Tinnsjoen. Our findings suggest postglacial adaptive radiation of one colonizing mtDNA lineage with niche specialization along a depth-temperature-productivity-pressure gradient. Concordance between reproductive isolation and habitats of morphs implies ecological speciation as a mechanism. Particularly novel is the extensive morph diversification with depth into the often unexplored deepwater profundal habitat, suggesting we may have systematically underestimated biodiversity in lakes. In a biological conservation framework, it is imperative to protect endemic below-species-level biodiversity, particularly so since within-species variation comprises an extremely important component of the generally low total biodiversity observed in the northern freshwater systems.
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