Journal
EVOLUTION
Volume 75, Issue 11, Pages 2641-2657Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1111/evo.14315
Keywords
Clonal interference; competitive exclusion; diversification; eco-evolutionary dynamics; resource competition; speciation
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- Portuguese Science Foundation (FCT) [PTDC/BIA-EVL/31528/2017]
- Deutsche Forschungs-gemeinschaft (DFG) [SFB 1310]
- University of Cologne
- FCT Grant [PD/BD/138735/2018]
- Gulbenkian Institute
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [PD/BD/138735/2018, PTDC/BIA-EVL/31528/2017] Funding Source: FCT
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The study reveals that more intense clonal interference in large populations can promote diversification in eco-evolution dynamics, while the accumulation of deleterious and compensatory mutations in smaller populations may further drive the diversification process and initiate speciation.
Microbial ecosystems harbor an astonishing diversity that can persist for long times. To understand how such diversity is structured and maintained, ecological and evolutionary processes need to be integrated at similar timescales. Here, we study a model of resource competition that allows for evolution via de novo mutation, and focus on rapidly adapting asexual populations with large mutational inputs, as typical of many bacteria species. We characterize the adaptation and diversification of an initially maladapted population and show how the eco-evolutionary dynamics are shaped by the interaction between simultaneously emerging lineages - clonal interference. We find that in large populations, more intense clonal interference can foster diversification under sympatry, increasing the probability that phenotypically and genetically distinct clusters coexist. In smaller populations, the accumulation of deleterious and compensatory mutations can push further the diversification process and kick-start speciation. Our findings have implications beyond microbial populations, providing novel insights about the interplay between ecology and evolution in clonal populations.
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