Potential for behavioral reproductive isolation between greater prairie-chickens and sharp-tailed grouse in west-central Minnesota

Augustine, Jacqueline K.; Trauba, David R.

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“…2), and T. cupido was weakly united with T. phasianellus (which has been placed in a separate genus (Lepage and Warnier, 2014), rather than with T. pallidicinctus). Hybridization has been documented among all of the Tympanuchus species (e.g., Bain and Farley, 2002;Evans, 1966;Geiger, 1993;Lumsden, 2005), with up to 8% of hybrid individuals being reported in some areas of sympatry (Augustine and Trauba, 2015). This relatively high level of hybridization may have driven the very short internode and different relationships we obtained among different analysis.…”

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Sorting out relationships among the grouse and ptarmigan using intron, mitochondrial, and ultra-conserved element sequences

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Hosner

Meiklejohn

et al. 2016

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

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The Holarctic phasianid clade of the grouse and ptarmigan has received substantial attention in areas such as evolution of mating systems, display behavior, and population ecology related to their conservation and management as wild game species. There are multiple molecular phylogenetic studies that focus on grouse and ptarmigan. In spite of this, there is little consensus regarding historical relationships, particularly among genera, which has led to unstable and partial taxonomic revisions. We estimated the phylogeny of all currently recognized species using a combination of novel data from seven nuclear loci (largely intron sequences) and published data from one additional autosomal locus, two W-linked loci, and four mitochondrial regions. To explore relationships among genera and assess paraphyly of one genus more rigorously, we then added over 3000 ultra-conserved element (UCE) loci (over 1.7million bp) gathered using Illumina sequencing. The UCE topology agreed with that of the combined nuclear intron and previously published sequence data with 100% bootstrap support for all relationships. These data strongly support previous studies separating Bonasa from Tetrastes and Dendragapus from Falcipennis. However, the placement of Lagopus differed from previous studies, and we found no support for Falcipennis monophyly. Biogeographic analysis suggests that the ancestors of grouse and ptarmigan were distributed in the New World and subsequently underwent at least four dispersal events between the Old and New Worlds. Divergence time estimates from maternally-inherited and autosomal markers show stark differences across this clade, with divergence time estimates from maternally-inherited markers being nearly half that of the autosomal markers at some nodes, and nearly twice that at other nodes.

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Sorting out relationships among the grouse and ptarmigan using intron, mitochondrial, and ultra-conserved element sequences

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Meiklejohn

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Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

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“…The effects of incomplete lineage sorting are notoriously difficult to distinguish from recurrent gene flow, as both scenarios produce a similar pattern of allele sharing (Holder et al 2001 ; Hedrick 2013 ). In our study system, intra-generic hybridization might be common in sympatric populations of grouse (Augustine and Trauba 2015 ), and female backcrosses may well result in introgression (Galla and Johnson 2015 ). Considering the limitations of our data (few nuclear loci genotyped), incomplete lineage sorting and introgression represent equally viable explanations for extensive shared polymorphisms found within Centrocercus and Tympanuchus grouse genera.…”

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“…6 to 8 million years, and species divergence within the two genera was within the last million years (Galla and Johnson 2015 ; Stein et al 2015 ; Persons et al 2016 ). While no information exists on the occurrence of Centrocercus hybrids (Young et al 2015 ), hybridization has been widely documented between Tympanuchus species in areas of geographic overlap (Bain and Farley 2002 ; Augustine and Trauba 2015 ; Oyler-McCance et al 2016 ) and hybrids appear to persist across generations due to sex-biased introgression (Galla and Johnson 2015 ). In contrast, Centrocercus - Tympanuchus hybrids are rare, and back-crossing is unlikely due to behavioral post-zygotic isolation (Aldridge et al 2001 ; see also Augustine and Trauba 2015 ).…”

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“…While no information exists on the occurrence of Centrocercus hybrids (Young et al 2015 ), hybridization has been widely documented between Tympanuchus species in areas of geographic overlap (Bain and Farley 2002 ; Augustine and Trauba 2015 ; Oyler-McCance et al 2016 ) and hybrids appear to persist across generations due to sex-biased introgression (Galla and Johnson 2015 ). In contrast, Centrocercus - Tympanuchus hybrids are rare, and back-crossing is unlikely due to behavioral post-zygotic isolation (Aldridge et al 2001 ; see also Augustine and Trauba 2015 ). Thus, we expected extensive shared polymorphisms within each of the two grouse genera, Tympanuchus and Centrocercus , resulting from incomplete lineage sorting and/or introgression and low or absent levels of shared polymorphism between genera due to accumulating mutations and drift.…”

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Extensive shared polymorphism at non-MHC immune genes in recently diverged North American prairie grouse

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Gene polymorphisms shared between recently diverged species are thought to be widespread and most commonly reflect introgression from hybridization or retention of ancestral polymorphism through incomplete lineage sorting. Shared genetic diversity resulting from incomplete lineage sorting is usually maintained for a relatively short period of time, but under strong balancing selection it may persist for millions of years beyond species divergence (balanced trans-species polymorphism), as in the case of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes. However, balancing selection is much less likely to act on non-MHC immune genes. The aim of this study was to investigate the patterns of shared polymorphism and selection at non-MHC immune genes in five grouse species from Centrocercus and Tympanuchus genera. For this purpose, we genotyped five non-MHC immune genes that do not interact directly with pathogens, but are involved in signaling and regulate immune cell growth. In contrast to previous studies with MHC, we found no evidence for balancing selection or balanced trans-species polymorphism among the non-MHC immune genes. No haplotypes were shared between genera and in most cases more similar allelic variants sorted by genus. Between species within genera, however, we found extensive shared polymorphism, which was most likely attributable to introgression or incomplete lineage sorting following recent divergence and large ancestral effective population size (i.e., weak genetic drift). Our study suggests that North American prairie grouse may have attained relatively low degree of reciprocal monophyly at nuclear loci and reinforces the rarity of balancing selection in non-MHC immune genes.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s00251-017-1024-4) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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“…There are no records of interspecific parasitism between Greater Prairie-Chickens and Lesser Prairie-Chickens; however, hybridization between the two species has been reported in a zone of sympatry in the northern portion of the Lesser Prairie-Chicken's range in Kansas (Bain and Farley, 2002;Fields, 2004;McDonald and others, 2012;Oyler-McCance and others, 2016). Hybridization also has been reported between Greater Prairie-Chickens and Sharp-tailed Grouse in a zone of sympatry where the two species' ranges overlap (Johnsgard and Wood, 1968;Augustine and Trauba, 2014;Huschle and Toepfer, 2020). For example, Augustine and Trauba (2014) reported that 8 percent of 75 Greater Prairie-Chickens in Minnesota included individuals of putative mixed genetic makeup (based on morphology) of Greater Prairie-Chicken and Sharp-tailed Grouse following translocation of Greater Prairie-Chickens into the area.…”

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The effects of management practices on grassland birds—Greater Prairie-Chicken (<i>Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus</i>)

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Toepfer²,

Westemeier³

et al. 2022

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Potential for behavioral reproductive isolation between greater prairie-chickens and sharp-tailed grouse in west-central Minnesota

Cited by 7 publications

References 31 publications

Sorting out relationships among the grouse and ptarmigan using intron, mitochondrial, and ultra-conserved element sequences

Sorting out relationships among the grouse and ptarmigan using intron, mitochondrial, and ultra-conserved element sequences

Extensive shared polymorphism at non-MHC immune genes in recently diverged North American prairie grouse

The effects of management practices on grassland birds—Greater Prairie-Chicken (<i>Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus</i>)

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