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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Phylogeography ofPogonomyrmex barbatusandP. rugosusharvester ants with genetic and environmental caste determination
Contributor:
Mott, Brendon M.;
Gadau, Jürgen;
Anderson, Kirk E.
Published:
Wiley, 2015
Published in:
Ecology and Evolution, 5 (2015) 14, Seite 2798-2826
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1002/ece3.1507
ISSN:
2045-7758
Origination:
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Description:
AbstractWe present a phylogeographic study of at least six reproductively isolated lineages of new world harvester ants within thePogonomyrmex barbatusandP. rugosusspecies group. The genetic and geographic relationships within this clade are complex: Four of the identified lineages show genetic caste determination (GCD) and are divided into two pairs. Each pair has evolved under a mutualistic system that necessitates sympatry. These paired lineages are dependent upon one another because theirGCDrequires interlineage matings for the production of F1 hybrid workers, and intralineage matings are required to produce queens. ThisGCDsystem maintains genetic isolation among these interdependent lineages, while simultaneously requiring co‐expansion and emigration as their distributions have changed over time. It has also been demonstrated that three of these fourGCDlineages have undergone historical hybridization, but the narrower sampling range of previous studies has left questions on the hybrid parentage, breadth, and age of these groups. Thus, reconstructing the phylogenetic and geographic history of this group allows us to evaluate past insights and hypotheses and to plan future inquiries in a more complete historical biogeographic context. Using mitochondrialDNAsequences sampled across most of the morphospecies’ ranges in the U.S.A. and Mexico, we conducted a detailed phylogeographic study. Remarkably, our results indicate that one of theGCDlineage pairs has experienced a dramatic range expansion, despite the genetic load and fitness costs of theGCDsystem. Our analyses also reveal a complex pattern of vicariance and dispersal inPogonomyrmexharvester ants that is largely concordant with models of late Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene range shifts among various arid‐adapted taxa in North America.