Abstract:
:Biological invasions that involve well-documented rapid adaptations to new environments provide unequalled opportunities for testing evolutionary hypotheses. Mikania micrantha Kunth (Asteraceae), a perennial herbaceous vine native to tropical Central and South America, successfully invaded tropical Asia in the early 20th century. It is regarded as one of the most aggressive weeds in the world. To elucidate the molecular and evolutionary processes underlying this invasion, we extensively sampled this weed throughout its invaded range in South-East and South Asia and surveyed its genetic structure using variants detected from population transcriptomics. Clustering results suggest that more than one source population contributed to this invasion. Computer simulations using genomewide genetic variation support a scenario of admixture and founder events during invasion. The genes differentially expressed between native and invasive populations were found to be involved in oxidative and high light intensity stress responses, pointing to a possible ecological mechanism of adaptation. Our results provide a foundation for further detailed mechanistic and population studies of this ecologically and economically important invasion. This line of research promises to provide new mitigation strategies for invasive species as well as insights into mechanisms of adaptation.
journal_name
Mol Ecoljournal_title
Molecular ecologyauthors
Yang M,He Z,Huang Y,Lu L,Yan Y,Hong L,Shen H,Liu Y,Guo Q,Jiang L,Zhang Y,Greenberg AJ,Zhou R,Ge X,Wu CI,Shi Sdoi
10.1111/mec.14124subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2017-07-01 00:00:00pages
3405-3423issue
13eissn
0962-1083issn
1365-294Xjournal_volume
26pub_type
杂志文章abstract::Discordance between the mitochondrial and nuclear genomes is a prevalent phenomenon in nature, in which the underlying processes responsible are considered to be important in shaping genetic variation in natural populations. Among the evolutionary processes that best explain such genomic mismatches incomplete lineage ...
journal_title:Molecular ecology
pub_type: 评论,杂志文章
doi:10.1111/mec.15568
更新日期:2020-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Molecular phylogeographic studies have revealed the genetic patterns and glacial-interglacial history of many plant and animal species. To infer the Quaternary history of alpine plants in the Japanese archipelago, which is poorly known, we investigated 203 individuals of Potentilla matsumurae and its varieties from 22...
journal_title:Molecular ecology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.03054.x
更新日期:2006-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::The green and golden bell frog (Litoria aurea) was once a common Australian Hylid. Today, many populations are small and fragmented as a result of dramatic declines in distribution and abundance. We undertook a large-scale assessment of genetic structure and diversity in L. aurea using four species-specific microsatel...
journal_title:Molecular ecology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02190.x
更新日期:2004-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::In this issue of Molecular Ecology, Morick et al. (2011) present an interesting study of acquisition and transmission of Bartonella by Xenopsylla ramesis fleas (Fig. 1) which infest naturally wild desert rodents from the Negev desert. A major issue with vector-borne diseases and vector-borne infection is to know wheth...
journal_title:Molecular ecology
pub_type: 评论,杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1365-294x.2011.05141.x
更新日期:2011-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Understanding the contribution of different molecular processes to evolution and development is crucial for identifying the mechanisms of adaptation. Here, we used RNA-seq data to test the importance of alternative splicing and differential gene expression in a case of parallel adaptive evolution, the replicated postg...
journal_title:Molecular ecology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/mec.15817
更新日期:2021-01-27 00:00:00
abstract::In theory, conservation genetics predicts that forest fragmentation will reduce gene dispersal, but in practice, genetic and ecological processes are also dependent on other population characteristics. We used Bayesian genetic analyses to characterize parentage and propagule dispersal in Heliconia acuminata L. C. Rich...
journal_title:Molecular ecology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/mec.12495
更新日期:2013-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Understanding the spatial scale at which selection acts upon adaptive genetic variation in natural populations is fundamental to our understanding of evolutionary ecology, and has important ramifications for conservation. The environmental factors to which individuals of a population are exposed can vary at fine spati...
journal_title:Molecular ecology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/mec.13759
更新日期:2016-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Allopolyploidization, that is, concomitant merging and doubling of two or more divergent genomes in a common nucleus/cytoplasm, is known to instantly alter genomewide transcriptome dynamics, a phenomenon referred to as "transcriptomic shock." However, the immediate effects of transcriptomic alteration in generating ph...
journal_title:Molecular ecology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/mec.14297
更新日期:2017-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Amphibians are a globally distributed and diverse lineage, but much of our current understanding of their population genetic structure comes from studies in mesic temperate habitats. We characterize the population genetic structure of two sympatric explosive breeding amphibians in the southwestern deserts of the Unite...
journal_title:Molecular ecology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04273.x
更新日期:2009-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Conspecific brood parasitism allows females to exploit other females' nests and enhance their reproductive output. Here, we test a recent theoretical model of how host females gain inclusive fitness from brood parasitism. High levels of relatedness between host and parasitizer can be maintained either by: (a) kin reco...
journal_title:Molecular ecology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/mec.15258
更新日期:2019-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Sağlam et al. recently argued that the Devil's Hole pupfish (Cyprinodon diabolis), a conservation icon with the smallest known species range, was isolated 60 kya based on a new genomic data set. If true, this would be a radically long timescale for any species to persist at population sizes <500 individuals, in contra...
journal_title:Molecular ecology
pub_type: 评论,新闻
doi:10.1111/mec.14404
更新日期:2018-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Sexual selection may facilitate genetic isolation among populations and result in increased rates of diversification. As a mechanism driving diversification, sexual selection has been invoked and upheld in numerous empirical studies across disparate taxa, including birds, plants and spiders. In this study, we investig...
journal_title:Molecular ecology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05112.x
更新日期:2011-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Breeding indigenous African taurine cattle tolerant to trypanosomosis is a straightforward approach to control costs generated by this disease. A recent study identified quantitative trait loci (QTL) underlying trypanotolerance traits in experimental crosses between tolerant N'Dama and susceptible Boran zebu cattle. A...
journal_title:Molecular ecology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04141.x
更新日期:2009-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Genetic diversity and fine-scale population structure in the lichen-forming ascomycete Xanthoria parietina was investigated using sequence variation in part of the intergenic spacer (IGS) and the complete internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions of the nuclear ribosomal DNA. Sampling included 213 and 225 individuals,...
journal_title:Molecular ecology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.02880.x
更新日期:2006-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Understanding the role of interspecific interactions in shaping ecological communities is one of the central goals in community ecology. In fungal communities, measuring interspecific interactions directly is challenging because these communities are composed of large numbers of species, many of which are unculturable...
journal_title:Molecular ecology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/mec.15516
更新日期:2020-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::The lizard genus Kentropyx (Squamata: Teiidae) comprises nine species, which have been placed in three species groups (calcarata group, associated to forests ecosystems; paulensis and striata groups, associated to open ecosystems). We reconstructed phylogenetic relationships of Kentropyx based on morphology (pholidosi...
journal_title:Molecular ecology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03999.x
更新日期:2009-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Many insect groups have obligate associations with primary endosymbionts: mutualistic bacteria that are maternally transmitted and derived from an ancient infection. Often, the same insects are hosts to 'secondary' bacterial symbionts which are maternally transmitted but relatively labile within host lineages. To expl...
journal_title:Molecular ecology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1046/j.1365-294x.2001.01189.x
更新日期:2001-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Nonrandom mating can structure populations and has important implications for population-level processes. Investigating how and why mating deviates from random is important for understanding evolutionary processes as well as informing conservation and management. Prior to the implementation of parentage analyses, unde...
journal_title:Molecular ecology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/mec.13290
更新日期:2015-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Local adaptation, defined as higher fitness of local vs. nonlocal genotypes, is commonly identified in reciprocal transplant experiments. Reciprocally adapted populations display fitness trade-offs across environments, but little is known about the traits and genes underlying fitness trade-offs in reciprocally adapted...
journal_title:Molecular ecology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/mec.12862
更新日期:2014-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::The complete mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control region (1043 base pairs) and 162-bp of flanking transfer RNA genes were sequenced in 316 European grayling, Thymallus thymallus, from 44 populations throughout the Western European range of the species. A total of 58 haplotypes were revealed with pairwise divergence rangi...
journal_title:Molecular ecology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1046/j.1365-294x.2002.01544.x
更新日期:2002-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Many marine organisms can be transported hundreds of kilometres during their pelagic larval stage, yet little is known about spatial and temporal patterns of larval dispersal. Although traditional population-genetic tools can be applied to infer movement of larvae on an evolutionary timescale, large effective populati...
journal_title:Molecular ecology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/mec.12824
更新日期:2014-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Plants that produce dust seeds can recruit fungi to meet their earliest requirements for carbon and other nutrients. This germination strategy, termed initial mycoheterotrophy, has been well investigated among the orchid family, but there are numerous other plant lineages that have independently evolved mycoheterotrop...
journal_title:Molecular ecology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/mec.12180
更新日期:2013-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Many parasites manipulate their hosts' phenotype. In particular, parasites with complex life cycles take control of their intermediate hosts' behaviour and life history to increase transmission to their definitive host. The proximate mechanisms underlying these parasite-induced alterations are poorly understood. The c...
journal_title:Molecular ecology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/mec.13498
更新日期:2016-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Determining the structure of bacterial communities and their response to stimuli is key to understanding community function and the interactions that occur between micro-organisms and the environment. However, bacterial communities often comprise complex assemblages of large numbers of different bacterial populations....
journal_title:Molecular ecology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1365-294x.1995.tb00263.x
更新日期:1995-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Mitochondrial DNA sequence data for 295 individuals of the marine bivalve Macoma balthica (L.) were collected from 10 sites across the European distribution, and from Alaska. The data were used to infer population subdivision history and estimate current levels of gene flow. Inferred historical biogeography was expect...
journal_title:Molecular ecology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1046/j.1365-294x.2003.01872.x
更新日期:2003-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::At high altitude, the reduced availability of thermal energy and oxygen poses major challenges to organisms. Different species or populations have evolved similar solutions to these challenges, such as blood flow regulation in animals (Bouverot, 1985). Previous studies investigating such convergent adaptations have pr...
journal_title:Molecular ecology
pub_type: 评论,新闻
doi:10.1111/mec.15093
更新日期:2019-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::The genetic diversity and population structure of Arabidopsis thaliana populations from Norway were studied and compared to a worldwide sample of A. thaliana to investigate the demographic history and elucidate possible colonization routes of populations at the northernmost species limit. We genotyped 282 individuals ...
journal_title:Molecular ecology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04840.x
更新日期:2010-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::The macrogeographic population structure of the agricultural pest Bactrocera cucurbitae (Diptera: Tephritidae) was investigated in order to identify the geographic origin of the species and reconstruct its range expansion. Individuals of B. cucurbitae were collected from 25 worldwide-distributed localities (n = 570) a...
journal_title:Molecular ecology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04662.x
更新日期:2010-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Few studies have investigated the genetic structure of both host and parasite populations at a level of populations and at a level of individuals. We investigated the genetic structure of the urban cockroach Blattella germanica and its oxyuroid parasite Blatticola blattae. Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) marke...
journal_title:Molecular ecology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1046/j.1365-294x.2000.00880.x
更新日期:2000-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Genetic variation is of key importance for a species' evolutionary potential, and its estimation is a major component of conservation studies. New DNA sequencing technologies have enabled the analysis of large portions of the genome in nonmodel species, promising highly accurate estimates of such population genetic pa...
journal_title:Molecular ecology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/mec.12636
更新日期:2014-02-01 00:00:00