Evolving in the highlands: the case of the Neotropical Lerma live-bearing Poeciliopsis infans (Woolman, 1894) (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae) in Central Mexico
Abstract Background Volcanic and tectonic activities in conjunction with Quaternary climate are the main events that shaped the geographical distribution of genetic variation of many lineages. Poeciliopsis infans is the only poeciliid species that was able to colonize the temperate highlands of cent...
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| author | Rosa Gabriela Beltrán-López Omar Domínguez-Domínguez Rodolfo Pérez-Rodríguez Kyle Piller Ignacio Doadrio |
| author_facet | Rosa Gabriela Beltrán-López Omar Domínguez-Domínguez Rodolfo Pérez-Rodríguez Kyle Piller Ignacio Doadrio |
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| description | Abstract Background Volcanic and tectonic activities in conjunction with Quaternary climate are the main events that shaped the geographical distribution of genetic variation of many lineages. Poeciliopsis infans is the only poeciliid species that was able to colonize the temperate highlands of central Mexico. We inferred the phylogenetic relationships, biogeographic history, and historical demography in the widespread Neotropical species P. infans and correlated this with geological events and the Quaternary glacial-interglacial climate in the highlands of central Mexico, using the mitochondrial genes Cytochrome b and Cytochrome oxidase I and two nuclear loci, Rhodopsin and ribosomal protein S7. Results Populations of P. infans were recovered in two well-differentiated clades. The maximum genetic distances between the two clades were 3.3% for cytb, and 1.9% for coxI. The divergence of the two clades occurred ca. 2.83 Myr. Ancestral area reconstruction revealed a complex biogeographical history for P. infans. The Bayesian Skyline Plot showed a demographic decline, although more visible for clade A, and more recently showed a population expansion in the last 0.025 Myr. Finally, the habitat suitability modelling showed that during the LIG, clade B had more areas with high probabilities of presence in comparison to clade A, whereas for the LGM, clade A showed more areas with high probabilities of presence in comparisons to clade B. Conclusions Poeciliopsis infans has had a complex evolutionary and biogeographic history, which, as in other co-distributed freshwater fishes, seems to be linked to the volcanic and tectonic activities during the Pliocene or early Pleistocene. Populations of P. infans distributed in lowlands showed a higher level of genetic diversity than populations distributed in highlands, which could be linked to more stable and higher temperatures in lowland areas. The fluctuations in population size through time are in agreement with the continuous fluctuations of the climate of central Mexico. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c9ef99e9e4134b899a1b24bfd40c00c12022-12-21T20:16:03ZengBMCBMC Evolutionary Biology1471-21482018-04-0118112110.1186/s12862-018-1172-7Evolving in the highlands: the case of the Neotropical Lerma live-bearing Poeciliopsis infans (Woolman, 1894) (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae) in Central MexicoRosa Gabriela Beltrán-López0Omar Domínguez-Domínguez1Rodolfo Pérez-Rodríguez2Kyle Piller3Ignacio Doadrio4Programa Institucional de Doctorado en Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de HidalgoLaboratorio de Biología Acuática, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de HidalgoLaboratorio de Biología Acuática, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de HidalgoDepartment of Biological Sciences, Southeastern Louisiana UniversityDepartamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. CSICAbstract Background Volcanic and tectonic activities in conjunction with Quaternary climate are the main events that shaped the geographical distribution of genetic variation of many lineages. Poeciliopsis infans is the only poeciliid species that was able to colonize the temperate highlands of central Mexico. We inferred the phylogenetic relationships, biogeographic history, and historical demography in the widespread Neotropical species P. infans and correlated this with geological events and the Quaternary glacial-interglacial climate in the highlands of central Mexico, using the mitochondrial genes Cytochrome b and Cytochrome oxidase I and two nuclear loci, Rhodopsin and ribosomal protein S7. Results Populations of P. infans were recovered in two well-differentiated clades. The maximum genetic distances between the two clades were 3.3% for cytb, and 1.9% for coxI. The divergence of the two clades occurred ca. 2.83 Myr. Ancestral area reconstruction revealed a complex biogeographical history for P. infans. The Bayesian Skyline Plot showed a demographic decline, although more visible for clade A, and more recently showed a population expansion in the last 0.025 Myr. Finally, the habitat suitability modelling showed that during the LIG, clade B had more areas with high probabilities of presence in comparison to clade A, whereas for the LGM, clade A showed more areas with high probabilities of presence in comparisons to clade B. Conclusions Poeciliopsis infans has had a complex evolutionary and biogeographic history, which, as in other co-distributed freshwater fishes, seems to be linked to the volcanic and tectonic activities during the Pliocene or early Pleistocene. Populations of P. infans distributed in lowlands showed a higher level of genetic diversity than populations distributed in highlands, which could be linked to more stable and higher temperatures in lowland areas. The fluctuations in population size through time are in agreement with the continuous fluctuations of the climate of central Mexico.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-018-1172-7Endemic fishesTecto-volcanismQuaternary climatePlioceneBiogeographical history |
| spellingShingle | Rosa Gabriela Beltrán-López Omar Domínguez-Domínguez Rodolfo Pérez-Rodríguez Kyle Piller Ignacio Doadrio Evolving in the highlands: the case of the Neotropical Lerma live-bearing Poeciliopsis infans (Woolman, 1894) (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae) in Central Mexico BMC Evolutionary Biology Endemic fishes Tecto-volcanism Quaternary climate Pliocene Biogeographical history |
| title | Evolving in the highlands: the case of the Neotropical Lerma live-bearing Poeciliopsis infans (Woolman, 1894) (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae) in Central Mexico |
| title_full | Evolving in the highlands: the case of the Neotropical Lerma live-bearing Poeciliopsis infans (Woolman, 1894) (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae) in Central Mexico |
| title_fullStr | Evolving in the highlands: the case of the Neotropical Lerma live-bearing Poeciliopsis infans (Woolman, 1894) (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae) in Central Mexico |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evolving in the highlands: the case of the Neotropical Lerma live-bearing Poeciliopsis infans (Woolman, 1894) (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae) in Central Mexico |
| title_short | Evolving in the highlands: the case of the Neotropical Lerma live-bearing Poeciliopsis infans (Woolman, 1894) (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae) in Central Mexico |
| title_sort | evolving in the highlands the case of the neotropical lerma live bearing poeciliopsis infans woolman 1894 cyprinodontiformes poeciliidae in central mexico |
| topic | Endemic fishes Tecto-volcanism Quaternary climate Pliocene Biogeographical history |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-018-1172-7 |
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