Speciation - University of Wisconsin–Madison · PDF fileNatural Selection Genetic Drift...
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Speciation
(1) Geographic Mechanisms of Speciation(What circumstances lead to the formation of new species?)
(2) Species Concepts(How are Species Defined?)
Today’s OUTLINE:
Mechanisms of SpeciationLast Time: Genetic Models:
The roles of: MutationsNatural SelectionGenetic Drift
This Time: Geographic Models:Allopatric Model (difference place)Sympatric Model (same place)Parapatric Model (adjoining)
(1) Mechanisms of Speciation
Last Time: Genetic Models: How do Genetic Drift, Natural Selection, Mutations, etc. create new species? Are there “speciation” genes?
This Time: Geographic Models: How does speciation occur in Nature? Is geographic isolation required?
Mechanisms of SpeciationGeographic (Ecological) Models:
Allopatric Model (different place)Disperse to Another LocationVicariance: a barrier is formedThis geographic split could lead to Dobzhansky-Müller incompatibilities
Sympatric Model (same place)Polyploid speciationMate ChoiceNiche Partitioning (e.g. different food source, Host Plant)
Parapatric Model (adjoining)
Geographic Models of speciation
■ Allopatric speciation: geographic isolation
■ Sympatric speciation: no geographic isolation
■ Parapatric speciation: geographic separation (or gradient), but not isolation
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Allopatric Models
Involves Geographic Isolation
Dispersal
Vicariance
Allopatric Models• Following geographic separation between populations,
Dispersal
Vicariance
• This geographic separation provides the setting that allows speciation at the molecular level to occur (last lecture)
Allopatric ModelsDispersal
Vicariance
• Random Mutations would arise in the separated populations, and then selection or genetic drift would lead to fixation of those mutations
• If different mutations are fixed in the different populations, reproductive isolation could arise through Dobzhansky-Müller incompatibilities (last lecture)
Allopatric SpeciationExamples (see book)■ Dispersal:
◆ Colonization of islands◆ Colonization of lakes
■ Vicariance: ◆ Highway going through a forest◆ Fragmentation of habitats◆ Formation of Panama splitting the Caribbean &Pacific Oceans
Sympatric modelsSpeciation with no geographic separation Speciation despite gene flow
(1) Formation of polyploids (discussed in previous lecture)
(2) Natural Selection due toNiche PartitioningSexual Selection
Sympatric Model
(1) Formation of Polyploids
Polyploidy (extra chromosomes)
Important mechanism for plantsAlso occurred possibly in vertebrates, some crustaceans
(covered in previous lecture)
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Sympatric Model
(2) Selection in the face of gene flow:
• Niche Partitioning
• Strong assortative mating and sexual selection (disruptive selection)
Example of Niche Partitioning:
•Soapberry bugs have adapted to two different host plants
Selection drives beak length apart Evolutionary change in beak length on the new small fruit
trend toward smaller beaks on
smaller fruit
Niche Partitioning
■ The populations are unlikely to encounter each other◆ Reduces gene flow◆ Isolation
■ Disruptive Natural Selection
■ Adaptation to alternative hosts leads to reproductive isolation (through the genetic mechanisms discussed earlier, such as Dobzhansky-Müller model)
Soapberry bugs mate on different host plants
■ But,sometimeshybridzonesdoformbetweenpopulationsthatareintheprocessofspeciating
■ Sometimeshybridizationbetweendifferentspeciesresultsinvigorousnewspeciesorpopulations,especiallyinplants(hybridvigor,orheterozygoteadvantage)
■ Theeffectsvarydependingonhowdistantthetwospeciesorpopulationsare…andwhetherthedifferentallelesatdifferentlociareabletoworktogether(coadaptedgenecomplexes)
■ Hybridsbetweendifferentpopulationswithinaspeciesdotendtohaveanadvantage(Heterozygoteadvantage).However,matingbetweenverydistantpopulations(differentspecies)canleadtohybridbreakdown.
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InbreedingDepression
Hybrid Vigor(due to Heterozygote advantage)
OutbreedingDepression =
Hybrid Breakdown
Increasing genetic distance
FitnessMating between different species
(Lions x tiger,Horse x donkey)
Will not mate orProduce inviable or
sterile hybridsPopulations
within a speciesMating between
relatives
Reinforcement
■ So, when hybrids are formed between different species, they are often costly and maladaptive because of hybrid breakdown
Reinforcement■ So, when hybrids are formed between
different species, they are often costly and maladaptive because of hybrid breakdown
■ In such cases, you would predict that mechanisms to avoid mating would evolve to avoid the production of maladaptive hybrids (= Reinforcement)
Prezygotic barriersGametic Isolation
Fertilization
Reduced Hybrid ViabilityReduced Hybrid FertilityPostzygotic barriers
Hybrid Breakdown
Viable,fertile
offspring
■ Reproductive isolation could occur at many different levels
■ Prezygotic (before the egg is fertilized)◆ Genetic drift and divergence in bird song-won’t mate◆ Selection on coat color-don’t recognize each other
■ Postzygotic (after the egg is fertilized)◆ DM incompatibilities cause embryo to not develop
(enzymes don’t work together)
Reinforcement
■ So, the prediction is that in sympatry (when two different species are in the same place), mechanisms to avoid mating (prezyotic isolation) would be strong
■ Whereas in allopatry, prezygotic isolation would not be needed because the different species would not come into contact
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(2) How are Species Defined?
How are species defined?
So, what criterion should be used?
Historically, the most common criteria had been using morphological characters (how an organism looks)
Speciation is a messy process
■ Rates of molecular, phenotypic (morphological) evolution and reproductive isolation are not necessarily concordant, but often discordant
■ Speciation is a jagged messy idiosyncratic process, where species boundaries are often difficult to define
■ Problem:Populationsareintheprocessofspeciatingfromoneanother,andspeciesboundariesareoftendifficulttodefineuntilthepopulationsaresufficientlydivergentbyallmeasures
■ Sothen,howdoyoudefinespecies???
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Speciesaredynamicratherthanstaticentities,withboundarieschangingconstantly
Manygroupsareintheprocessofspeciation
Darwin’s view:Species are arbitrary constructs of the human mind imposed on a continuum of variation
ThreeMainSpeciesConcepts
1. BiologicalSpeciesConcept
2. PhylogeneticSpeciesConcept
3. Morphological(Phenetic) SpeciesConcept
1. Biological Species Concept (Ernst Mayr, 1942)
Agroupofinterbreedingpopulationsthatareevolutionaryindependentofotherpopulations
1. Biological Species Concept (Ernst Mayr, 1942)
Example: all human populations belong to the same biological species
Biological Species Concept
An unambiguous empirical criteria which is clearly linked to speciation (if populations can’t intermate they can’t belong to the same species)
Using reproductive isolation as the criterion is meaningful as it confirms the lack of gene flow between groups
Strengths
Biological Species ConceptPROBLEMS:■ Many ‘species’ are asexual and do not intermate
(viruses, bacteria, protists)
■ Many highly divergent species can hybridize (plants)
■ Only applicable to present (not fossil taxa)
■ Ability to intermate sometimes drops off gradually (“ring species”)
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Ring Species 2. Phylogenetic Species Concept
The smallest group that is monophyletic is called a species
2. Phylogenetic Species Concept
Monophyletic group:A group with a shared derived
(descendant) characterA group that contains a
common ancestor and all its descendents
There are several monophyletic groups here
Phylogenetic Species Concept
Typically, a phylogeny is constructed using DNA or other types of data (proteins, morphological traits)
The phylogeny reveals hierarchical relationships among groups
The smallest group that has a shared derived character and is monophyletic is called a species
Phylogenetic Species Concept
MonophylyThe smallest monophyletic group is called a species
There is a derived character that is shared by the 4 populations
A A A
BBB
C C C
DDD
E E E
FFF
G G G
Group IIIGroup II
Group I
(a) Monophyletic group (clade) (b) Paraphyletic group (c) Polyphyletic group
A monophyletic clade consists of an ancestral taxa and all its descendants
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Phylogenetic Species Concept
Easy to see evolutionary relationships on large and small taxonomic scales
It can be used on any species (sexual, asexual) for which there is phylogenetic information (molecular, morphological, biochemical data) on extant or fossil species
Strengths
Phylogenetic Species ConceptProblems:
■ Need a good phylogeny – time consuming and can be expensive
■ Not recognize paraphyletic groups (a monophyletic group that does not include all the descendents; reptiles are paraphyletic, as they do not include birds, because birds emerged from within reptiles)
■ A trivial trait (single mutation or trait) can make a group monophyletic, and may not warrant calling a group a new species
Examples of Paraphyletic Groups
Paraphyly: a group which either does not include all its
descendants or the ancestor.
Phylogenetic Species Concept
Problems:
■ A trivial trait (single mutation or trait) can make a group monophyletic, and may not warrant calling a group a new species
■ The cut off for a “species” is often arbitrary. For example, 3% sequence divergence is often used for bacteria
Phylogenetic Species Concept
The smallest monophyletic group is a species
Monophyly
Sometimesatrivialtrait,likeasinglepointmutationcouldmakeagroupmonophyletic,anda“species”accordingtothephylogeneticspeciesconcept
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Identifying species using overall similarity (but not in a phylogenetic context… no hierarchy – no branching pattern, no ancestral-derived relationships)
Most often morphological traits are used, but any phenotype could be used
3. Morphological (Phenetic) Species Concept
■ Most intuitive; the way we recognize species
■ Easiest. Easier than constructing phylogeny or intermating
Morphological (Phenetic) Species Concept
Strengths
Problems:■ Different species can look similar due to
convergent evolution
■ Populations that look distinct sometimes belong to the same species
■ Speciation can occur without changes in morphology or other traits (cryptic species)
Morphological (Phenetic) Species Concept
Which species concept to use?■ Whenwediscussanimalsweoftenusethebiologicalspeciesconceptasthegoldstandard...complementedwiththephylogeneticandpheneticspeciesconcepts
■ Plants:itdepends,sinceverydistantplantscanhybridize…phylogeneticspeciesconceptisoftenused.
■ Bacteria:posesdifficultproblemsforclassification.◆ Bacteriadonotinterbreed(≠BiologicalSpeciesconcept).Insomecasesmassiveexchangeofgeneticmaterial(horizontalgenetransfer)leadstophylogeneticconfusion.
◆ OftenacombinationofthePhylogeneticandPheneticSpeciesConcepts(biochemicalandmorphological[likecellwall]traits)areused.
Speciesaredynamicratherthanstaticentities,withboundarieschangingconstantly
Manygroupsareintheprocessofspeciation
Darwin’s view:Species are arbitrary constructs of the human mind imposed on a continuum of variation However, concept of species is
still useful:
Species are considered the largest group with a common evolutionary fate
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Concepts Geographic ModelsAllopatric Sympatric
ReinforcementProblems with the
concept of “Species”
SpeciesBiological PhylogeneticPhenetic (Morphological)
Monophyly
1. Which of the following is a species according to the biological species concept?
(A) All hominin species (most are fossil species).
(B) A population of bacteria for which 80% of their DNA sequences are identical.
(C) All allopolyploid plants.
(D) A group of beetles that can intermate and produce offspring for multiple generations.
2. Which of the following is NOT a reason that Species are difficult to define?
(A) Many plants that are genetically divergent are able to mate
(B) Many organisms that are morphologically similar are genetically distinct
(C) Many organisms are asexual
(D) Sometimes groups split off from within a monophyletic group (such as birds splitting off from the reptiles)
(E) Sometimes sexual populations that are unable to interbreed could still be the same biological species
3. Which of the following is most likely to be a "species" according to the Phylogenetic Species Concept?
(a) A population of bacteria that has a gene that allows glucose metabolism
(b) Bird populations, which share a unique heritable feather structure
(c) Spider populations that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring
(d) Crustacean populations that form a clade (genetically-related group), except for one population within the clade that colonized land and became insects
(e) Populations of deer that share similar antler shape
4. Under which of the following scenarios is reinforcement most likely to evolve?
(a) Different fish species, with each living in a separate pond
(b) Two snail species, where each lives on opposite sides of a freeway
(c) Different species of crickets living together in a park(d) Different insect species, each living on a different
species of fruit in a forest(e) Different species of allopolyploid plants living in a field
5. Which of the following scenarios is likely to lead to the most rapid formation of new species? (a) Two populations become geographically separated, and
there is continued migration between the populations(b) Two populations become geographically separated, and
then new mutations arise in each population that become fixed due to genetic drift
(c) Two populations that are in the same location diverge due to sexual selection for different traits in the two populations
(d) Two populations become geographically separated, and then new mutations arise in each population that become fixed due to selection favoring different egg coat proteins in the different habitats
(e) All of the above would on average lead to equivalent rates of speciation
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answers
■ 1D■ 2E■ 3B■ 4C■ 5D