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Article: Inbreeding tolerance as a pre‐adapted trait for invasion success in the invasive ant Brachyponera chinensis

TitleInbreeding tolerance as a pre‐adapted trait for invasion success in the invasive ant Brachyponera chinensis
Authors
KeywordsColony breeding system
Genetic bottleneck
Inbreeding
Invasive species
Sib-mating
Issue Date2018
PublisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/%28ISSN%291365-294X
Citation
Molecular Ecology, 2018, v. 27 n. 23, p. 4711-4724 How to Cite?
AbstractIdentifying traits that facilitate species introductions and successful invasions of ecosystems represents a key issue in ecology. Following their establishment into new environments, many non‐native species exhibit phenotypic plasticity with post‐introduction changes in behaviour, morphology or life history traits that allow them to overcome the presumed loss of genetic diversity resulting in inbreeding and reduced adaptive potential. Here, we present a unique strategy in the invasive ant Brachyponera chinensis (Emery), in which inbreeding tolerance is a pre‐adapted trait for invasion success, allowing this ant to cope with genetic depletion following a genetic bottleneck. We report for the first time that inbreeding is not a consequence of the founder effect following introduction, but it is due to mating between sister queens and their brothers that pre‐exists in native populations which may have helped it circumvent the cost of invasion. We show that a genetic bottleneck does not affect the genetic diversity or the level of heterozygosity within colonies and suggest that generations of sib‐mating in native populations may have reduced inbreeding depression through purifying selection of deleterious alleles. This work highlights how a unique life history may pre‐adapt some species for biological invasions.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/276036
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2023 Impact Factor: 4.5
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.705
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dc.contributor.authorEyer, PA-
dc.contributor.authorMatsuura, K-
dc.contributor.authorVargo, EL-
dc.contributor.authorKobayashi, K-
dc.contributor.authorYashiro, T-
dc.contributor.authorSuehiro, W-
dc.contributor.authorHimuro, C-
dc.contributor.authorYokoi, T-
dc.contributor.authorGuenard, B-
dc.contributor.authorDunn, RR-
dc.contributor.authorTsuji, K-
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-10T02:54:38Z-
dc.date.available2019-09-10T02:54:38Z-
dc.date.issued2018-
dc.identifier.citationMolecular Ecology, 2018, v. 27 n. 23, p. 4711-4724-
dc.identifier.issn0962-1083-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/276036-
dc.description.abstractIdentifying traits that facilitate species introductions and successful invasions of ecosystems represents a key issue in ecology. Following their establishment into new environments, many non‐native species exhibit phenotypic plasticity with post‐introduction changes in behaviour, morphology or life history traits that allow them to overcome the presumed loss of genetic diversity resulting in inbreeding and reduced adaptive potential. Here, we present a unique strategy in the invasive ant Brachyponera chinensis (Emery), in which inbreeding tolerance is a pre‐adapted trait for invasion success, allowing this ant to cope with genetic depletion following a genetic bottleneck. We report for the first time that inbreeding is not a consequence of the founder effect following introduction, but it is due to mating between sister queens and their brothers that pre‐exists in native populations which may have helped it circumvent the cost of invasion. We show that a genetic bottleneck does not affect the genetic diversity or the level of heterozygosity within colonies and suggest that generations of sib‐mating in native populations may have reduced inbreeding depression through purifying selection of deleterious alleles. This work highlights how a unique life history may pre‐adapt some species for biological invasions.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/%28ISSN%291365-294X-
dc.relation.ispartofMolecular Ecology-
dc.subjectColony breeding system-
dc.subjectGenetic bottleneck-
dc.subjectInbreeding-
dc.subjectInvasive species-
dc.subjectSib-mating-
dc.titleInbreeding tolerance as a pre‐adapted trait for invasion success in the invasive ant Brachyponera chinensis-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.emailGuenard, B: bguenard@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.authorityGuenard, B=rp01963-
dc.description.naturelink_to_subscribed_fulltext-
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/mec.14910-
dc.identifier.pmid30368959-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-85058156626-
dc.identifier.hkuros303300-
dc.identifier.volume27-
dc.identifier.issue23-
dc.identifier.spage4711-
dc.identifier.epage4724-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000453898000005-
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom-
dc.identifier.issnl0962-1083-

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