Ancestral Admixture Is the Main Determinant of Global Biodiversity in Fission Yeast.

ABSTRACT: Mutation and recombination are key evolutionary processes governing phenotypic variation and reproductive isolation. We here demonstrate that biodiversity within all globally known strains of Schizosaccharomyces pombe arose through admixture between two divergent ancestral lineages. Initial hybridization was inferred to have occurred ∼20-60 sexual outcrossing generations ago consistent with recent, human-induced migration at the onset of intensified transcontinental trade. Species-wide heritable phenotypic variation was explained near-exclusively by strain-specific arrangements of alternating ancestry components with evidence for transgressive segregation. Reproductive compatibility between strains was likewise predicted by the degree of shared ancestry. To assess the genetic determinants

SUBMITTER: Tusso S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6736153 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature