Isolation by resistance explains genetic diversity in the Arremon brushfinches of northern Mesoamerica.
Mol Ecol
; 32(13): 3450-3470, 2023 07.
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| ID: mdl-37009890
ABSTRACT
Genetic differentiation between and within natural populations is the result of the joint effects of neutral and adaptative processes. In addition, the spatial arrangement of the landscape promotes connectivity or creates barriers to gene flow, directly affecting speciation processes. In this study, we carried out a landscape genomics analysis using NextRAD data from a montane forest specialist bird complex, the Mesoamerican Chestnut-capped/Green-striped Brushfinch of the genus Arremon. Specifically, we examined population genomic structure using different assignment methods and genomic differentiation and diversity, and we tested alternative genetic isolation hypotheses at the individual level (e.g., isolation by barrier, IBB; isolation by environment, IBE; isolation by resistance, IBR). We found well-delimited genomic structuring (K = 5) across Mesoamerican montane forests in the studied group. Individual-level genetic distances among major montane ranges were mainly explained by IBR hypotheses in this sedentary Neotropical taxon. Our results uncover genetic distances/differentiation and patterns of gene flow in allopatric species that support the role of tropical mountains as spatial landscape drivers of biodiversity. IBR clearly supports a pattern of conserved niche-tracking of suitable habitat conditions and topographic complexity throughout glacial-interglacial dynamics.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Passeriformes
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Genetics, Population
Limits:
Animals
Language:
En
Journal:
Mol Ecol
Journal subject:
BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR
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SAUDE AMBIENTAL
Year:
2023
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
México
Publication country:
ENGLAND
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ESCOCIA
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GB
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GREAT BRITAIN
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INGLATERRA
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REINO UNIDO
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SCOTLAND
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UK
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UNITED KINGDOM