Garcia-Berro, Aurora and Talla, Venkat and Vila, Roger and Wai, Hong Kar and Shipilina, Daria and Chan, Kok Gan and Pierce, Naomi E. and Backstrom, Niclas and Talavera, Gerard (2023) Migratory behaviour is positively associated with genetic diversity in butterflies. Molecular Ecology, 32 (3). pp. 560-574. ISSN 0962-1083, DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16770.
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Migration is typically associated with risk and uncertainty at the population level, but little is known about its cost-benefit trade-offs at the species level. Migratory insects in particular often exhibit strong demographic fluctuations due to local bottlenecks and outbreaks. Here, we use genomic data to investigate levels of heterozygosity and long-term population size dynamics in migratory insects, as an alternative to classical local and short-term approaches such as regional field monitoring. We analyse whole-genome sequences from 97 Lepidoptera species and show that individuals of migratory species have significantly higher levels of genome-wide heterozygosity, a proxy for effective population size, than do nonmigratory species. Also, we contribute whole-genome data for one of the most emblematic insect migratory species, the painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui), sampled across its worldwide distributional range. This species exhibits one of the highest levels of genomic heterozygosity described in Lepidoptera (2.95 +/- 0.15%). Coalescent modelling (PSMC) shows historical demographic stability in V. cardui, and high effective population size estimates of 2-20 million individuals 10,000 years ago. The study reveals that the high risks associated with migration and local environmental fluctuations do not seem to decrease overall genetic diversity and demographic stability in migratory Lepidoptera. We propose a ``compensatory'' demographic model for migratory r-strategist organisms in which local bottlenecks are counterbalanced by reproductive success elsewhere within their typically large distributional ranges. Our findings highlight that the boundaries of populations are substantially different for sedentary and migratory insects, and that, in the latter, local and even regional field monitoring results may not reflect whole population dynamics. Genomic diversity patterns may elucidate key aspects of an insect's migratory nature and population dynamics at large spatiotemporal scales.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | Museum of Comparative Zoology, PID2019‐107078GB‐I00/MCIN/AEI/ 10.13039/501100011033, Natural Sciences Programme, SNIC, Swedish Collegium for Advanced Science, Swedish Collegium for Advanced Science, National Science Foundation, DEB‐1541560, National Geographic Society, FPU19/01593, LINKA20399, PID2020‐117739GA‐I00, WW1‐300R‐18, Svenska Forskningsrådet Formas, 2019‐00670, Generalitat de Catalunya, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse, Vetenskapsrådet, Universiti Malaya, H50001‐A‐000027, Science for Life Laboratory |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Demography; Effective population Size; Genetic diversity; Insect migration; Migratory connectivity; Outbreaks; Population bottlenecks; PSMC; Vanessa cardui |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QL Zoology |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > Institute of Biological Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Ms Zaharah Ramly |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Nov 2023 06:31 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Nov 2023 06:31 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/39302 |
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