期刊
DIVERSITY-BASEL
卷 14, 期 3, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/d14030155
关键词
behavioral isolation; signaling; genetic structure; reproductive isolation; speciation
资金
- University of Valencia [UV-INV_AE19-1211349]
- Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion [CIN CGL2015-65422-P]
- European grant ERDF A way of making Europe
- Valencian Conselleria de Educacion, Investigacion, Cultura y Deporte [GRISOLIAP/2017/096]
The genetic variation of the mmr-b gene, which codes for the Mating Recognition Protein (MRP) in B. plicatilis, was found to be relatively high among different natural populations. Although most of the variations are neutral, potentially functional changes were found in some populations. There is also a noticeable pattern of increasing gene diversification correlated to environmental differences.
The development of reproductive barriers promotes within-species divergence and is a requisite for speciation to occur. Mate recognition in the rotifer B. plicatilis is mediated through a surface glycoprotein called Mating Recognition Protein (MRP). Here we investigate the genetic variation of the mmr-b, MRP coding, gene in different natural populations of B. plicatilis from the Iberian Peninsula, that present different degree of population differentiation, with known adaptive divergence in some cases. The MRP gene consists of several nearly identical tandem repeats. We found a relatively high diversity within and among populations both in the number of repeats, as well as in the nucleotide sequence. Despite that most changes are neutral, variation that can potentially affect the protein function was found in two polymorphic sites within a repeat in some of these populations. Although being mostly subject to stabilizing selection, we have found a noticeable pattern of increasing mmr-b gene diversification correlated to increasing differences in environmental factors. The interplay between genetic differentiation, local adaptation and differentiation of the mating recognition system can lead to speciation events in nearly sympatric populations.
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