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ANNUAL REVIEW OF ANIMAL BIOSCIENCES
Volume 10, Issue -, Pages 81-106Publisher
ANNUAL REVIEWS
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-animal-051021-080709
Keywords
sympatry; speciation; morph; salmonids; reproductive isolation; phenotypic differentiation
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- NSERC [STPGP 430198]
- Killam Trust
- Government of Nova Scotia
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Repeatedly evolved sympatric morphs in salmonids provide a valuable opportunity to study speciation. Genetic differentiation among these morphs is largely nonparallel, except for a few critical genes. Factors like glacial history and selective pressures may moderate the initial speciation process.
Repeatedly and recently evolved sympatric morphs exhibiting consistent phenotypic differences provide natural experimental replicates of speciation. Because such morphs are observed frequently in Salmonidae, this clade provides a rare opportunity to uncover the genomic mechanisms underpinning speciation. Such insight is also critical for conserving salmonid diversity, the loss of which could have significant ecological and economic consequences. Our review suggests that genetic differentiation among sympatric morphs is largely nonparallel apart from a few key genes that may be critical for consistently driving morph differentiation. We discuss alternative levels of parallelism likely underlying consistent morph differentiation and identify several factors that may temper this incipient speciation between sympatric morphs, including glacial history and contemporary selective pressures. Our synthesis demonstrates that salmonids are useful for studying speciation and poses additional research questions to be answered by future study of this family.
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