Divergence and Parallelism in Two Tropical Drosophilids Simultaneously Invading a Desert Environment.

ABSTRACT: Invasive species have once been called a "grand experiment in evolution" but natural replicates of such experiments are often scarce. When two allied species acquire invasive capacities and coinvade a new environment, it remains unclear if similar genetic basis underlies adaptation to the new environment and how the two species can coexist in that environment. Here, we investigate the parallel adaptation of two tropical drosophilid species of the genus Zaprionus, Zaprionus indianus (the African fig fly) and Zaprionus tuberculatus, to arid agrarian environments following their introduction in Egypt during the last four decades. We found the two species to have distinct spatial distribution. Population genomic analyses showed correlated differentiation levels at orthologous genes before and

SUBMITTER: El-Sabrout AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12342776 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature