Ecological diversification of sea catfishes is accompanied by genome-wide signatures of positive selection

Habitat transitions have shaped the evolutionary trajectory of many clades. Sea catfishes (Ariidae) have repeatedly undergone ecological transitions, including colonizing freshwaters from marine environments, leading to an adaptive radiation in Australia and New Guinea alongside non-radiating freshw...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nature communications 2024-11, Vol.15 (1), p.10040-15, Article 10040
Hauptverfasser: Rincon-Sandoval, Melissa, De-Kayne, Rishi, Shank, Stephen D., Pirro, Stacy, Ko’ou, Alfred, Abueg, Linelle, Tracey, Alan, Mountcastle, Jackie, O’Toole, Brian, Balacco, Jennifer, Formenti, Giulio, Jarvis, Erich D., Arcila, Dahiana, Kosakovsky Pond, Sergei L., Davis, Aaron, Bloom, Devin D., Betancur-R, Ricardo
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Zusammenfassung:Habitat transitions have shaped the evolutionary trajectory of many clades. Sea catfishes (Ariidae) have repeatedly undergone ecological transitions, including colonizing freshwaters from marine environments, leading to an adaptive radiation in Australia and New Guinea alongside non-radiating freshwater lineages elsewhere. Here, we generate and analyze one long-read reference genome and 66 short-read whole genome assemblies, in conjunction with genomic data for 54 additional species. We investigate how three major ecological transitions have shaped genomic variation among ariids over their ~ 50 million-year evolutionary history. Our results show that relatively younger freshwater lineages exhibit a higher incidence of positive selection than their more ancient marine counterparts. They also display a larger disparity in body shapes, a trend that correlates with a heightened occurrence of positive selection on genes associated with body size and elongation. Although positive selection in the Australia and New Guinea radiation does not stand out compared to non-radiating lineages overall, selection across the prolactin gene family during the marine-to-freshwater transition suggests that strong osmoregulatory adaptations may have facilitated their colonization and radiation. Our findings underscore the significant role of selection in shaping the genome and organismal traits in response to habitat shifts across macroevolutionary scales. Ecological transitions, like shifts between habitats, can shape genomic variation. By analyzing genomes from 66 sea catfish species, this study finds that younger freshwater lineages show more positive selection and body shape disparity, with prolactin gene adaptations likely aiding their colonization and radiation.
ISSN:2041-1723
2041-1723
DOI:10.1038/s41467-024-54184-3