期刊
MOLECULAR ECOLOGY
卷 30, 期 23, 页码 6162-6177出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/mec.16137
关键词
Runs of Homozygosity; Demography; killer whale; Orcinus orca; whole genome sequencing; inbreeding
资金
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Forderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung [31003A-143393]
- European Science Foundation-Research Networking Programme ConGenOmics
- European Research Council [681396]
- H2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions [663830]
Runs of homozygosity (ROH) reflect population history in killer whales, with shorter ROH indicating high relatedness between populations due to ancestral declines in effective population size, while longer and younger ROH mainly found in low latitude populations and those of known conservation concern. This suggests a potential link between demographic history, inbreeding depression, and the fate of certain killer whale populations.
Runs of homozygosity (ROH) occur when offspring inherit haplotypes that are identical by descent from each parent. Length distributions of ROH are informative about population history; specifically, the probability of inbreeding mediated by mating system and/or population demography. Here, we investigated whether variation in killer whale (Orcinus orca) demographic history is reflected in genome-wide heterozygosity and ROH length distributions, using a global data set of 26 genomes representative of geographic and ecotypic variation in this species, and two F1 admixed individuals with Pacific-Atlantic parentage. We first reconstructed demographic history for each population as changes in effective population size through time using the pairwise sequential Markovian coalescent (PSMC) method. We found a subset of populations declined in effective population size during the Late Pleistocene, while others had more stable demography. Genomes inferred to have undergone ancestral declines in effective population size, were autozygous at hundreds of short ROH (<1 Mb), reflecting high background relatedness due to coalescence of haplotypes deep within the pedigree. In contrast, longer and therefore younger ROH (>1.5 Mb) were found in low latitude populations, and populations of known conservation concern. These include a Scottish killer whale, for which 37.8% of the autosomes were comprised of ROH >1.5 Mb in length. The fate of this population, in which only two adult males have been sighted in the past five years, and zero fecundity over the last two decades, may be inextricably linked to its demographic history and consequential inbreeding depression.
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