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High levels of inbreeding with spatial and host‐associated structure in lice of an endangered freshwater seal
Host‐specialist parasites of endangered large vertebrates are in many cases more endangered than their hosts. In particular, low host population densities and reduced among‐host transmission rates are expected to lead to inbreeding within parasite infrapopulations living on single host individuals....
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2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9544963/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35726520 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.16569 |
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author | Virrueta Herrera, Stephany Johnson, Kevin P. Sweet, Andrew D. Ylinen, Eeva Kunnasranta, Mervi Nyman, Tommi |
author_facet | Virrueta Herrera, Stephany Johnson, Kevin P. Sweet, Andrew D. Ylinen, Eeva Kunnasranta, Mervi Nyman, Tommi |
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description | Host‐specialist parasites of endangered large vertebrates are in many cases more endangered than their hosts. In particular, low host population densities and reduced among‐host transmission rates are expected to lead to inbreeding within parasite infrapopulations living on single host individuals. Furthermore, spatial population structures of directly‐transmitted parasites should be concordant with those of their hosts. Using population genomic approaches, we investigated inbreeding and population structure in a host‐specialist seal louse (Echinophthirius horridus) infesting the Saimaa ringed seal (Phoca hispida saimensis), which is endemic to Lake Saimaa in Finland, and is one of the most endangered pinnipeds in the world. We conducted genome resequencing of pairs of lice collected from 18 individual Saimaa ringed seals throughout the Lake Saimaa complex. Our analyses showed high genetic similarity and inbreeding between lice inhabiting the same individual seal host, indicating low among‐host transmission rates. Across the lake, genetic differentiation among individual lice was correlated with their geographic distance, and assignment analyses revealed a marked break in the genetic variation of the lice in the middle of the lake, indicating substantial population structure. These findings indicate that movements of Saimaa ringed seals across the main breeding areas of the fragmented Lake Saimaa complex may in fact be more restricted than suggested by previous population‐genetic analyses of the seals themselves. |
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spelling | pubmed-95449632022-10-14 High levels of inbreeding with spatial and host‐associated structure in lice of an endangered freshwater seal Virrueta Herrera, Stephany Johnson, Kevin P. Sweet, Andrew D. Ylinen, Eeva Kunnasranta, Mervi Nyman, Tommi Mol Ecol ORIGINAL ARTICLES Host‐specialist parasites of endangered large vertebrates are in many cases more endangered than their hosts. In particular, low host population densities and reduced among‐host transmission rates are expected to lead to inbreeding within parasite infrapopulations living on single host individuals. Furthermore, spatial population structures of directly‐transmitted parasites should be concordant with those of their hosts. Using population genomic approaches, we investigated inbreeding and population structure in a host‐specialist seal louse (Echinophthirius horridus) infesting the Saimaa ringed seal (Phoca hispida saimensis), which is endemic to Lake Saimaa in Finland, and is one of the most endangered pinnipeds in the world. We conducted genome resequencing of pairs of lice collected from 18 individual Saimaa ringed seals throughout the Lake Saimaa complex. Our analyses showed high genetic similarity and inbreeding between lice inhabiting the same individual seal host, indicating low among‐host transmission rates. Across the lake, genetic differentiation among individual lice was correlated with their geographic distance, and assignment analyses revealed a marked break in the genetic variation of the lice in the middle of the lake, indicating substantial population structure. These findings indicate that movements of Saimaa ringed seals across the main breeding areas of the fragmented Lake Saimaa complex may in fact be more restricted than suggested by previous population‐genetic analyses of the seals themselves. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-07-01 2022-09 /pmc/articles/PMC9544963/ /pubmed/35726520 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.16569 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Molecular Ecology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes. |
spellingShingle | ORIGINAL ARTICLES Virrueta Herrera, Stephany Johnson, Kevin P. Sweet, Andrew D. Ylinen, Eeva Kunnasranta, Mervi Nyman, Tommi High levels of inbreeding with spatial and host‐associated structure in lice of an endangered freshwater seal |
title | High levels of inbreeding with spatial and host‐associated structure in lice of an endangered freshwater seal |
title_full | High levels of inbreeding with spatial and host‐associated structure in lice of an endangered freshwater seal |
title_fullStr | High levels of inbreeding with spatial and host‐associated structure in lice of an endangered freshwater seal |
title_full_unstemmed | High levels of inbreeding with spatial and host‐associated structure in lice of an endangered freshwater seal |
title_short | High levels of inbreeding with spatial and host‐associated structure in lice of an endangered freshwater seal |
title_sort | high levels of inbreeding with spatial and host‐associated structure in lice of an endangered freshwater seal |
topic | ORIGINAL ARTICLES |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9544963/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35726520 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.16569 |
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