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Recent secondary contacts, background selection and variable recombination rates shape genomic diversity in the model species Anolis carolinensis

Yann Bourgeois, Robert P. Ruggiero, Joseph D. Manthey, Stéphane Boissinot
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/352922
Yann Bourgeois
1New York University Abu Dhabi, Saadiyat Island Campus, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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Robert P. Ruggiero
1New York University Abu Dhabi, Saadiyat Island Campus, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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Joseph D. Manthey
1New York University Abu Dhabi, Saadiyat Island Campus, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
2Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University
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Stéphane Boissinot
1New York University Abu Dhabi, Saadiyat Island Campus, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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Gaining a better understanding on how selection and neutral processes affect genomic diversity is essential to gain better insights into the mechanisms driving adaptation and speciation. However, the evolutionary processes affecting variation at a genomic scale have not been investigated in most vertebrate lineages. Previous studies have been limited to a small number of model species, mostly mammals, and no studies have investigated genomic variation in non avian reptiles. Here we present the first population genomics survey using whole genome re sequencing in the green anole (Anolis carolinensis). This species has emerged as a model for the study of genomic evolution in squamates. We quantified how demography, recombination and selection have led to the current genetic diversity of the green anole by using whole-genome resequencing of five genetic clusters covering the entire species range. The differentiation of green anole’s populations is consistent with a northward expansion from South Florida followed by genetic isolation and subsequent gene flow among adjacent genetic clusters. Dispersal out-of-Florida was accompanied by a drastic population bottleneck followed by a rapid population expansion. This event was accompanied by male-biased dispersal and/or selective sweeps on the X chromosome. We show that the combined effect of background selection and recombination rates is the main contributor to the genomic landscape of differentiation in the anole genome. We further demonstrate that recombination rates are positively correlated with GC content at third codon position (GC3) and confirm the importance of biased gene conversion in shaping genome wide patterns of diversity in reptiles.

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Recent secondary contacts, background selection and variable recombination rates shape genomic diversity in the model species Anolis carolinensis
Yann Bourgeois, Robert P. Ruggiero, Joseph D. Manthey, Stéphane Boissinot
bioRxiv 352922; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/352922
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Recent secondary contacts, background selection and variable recombination rates shape genomic diversity in the model species Anolis carolinensis
Yann Bourgeois, Robert P. Ruggiero, Joseph D. Manthey, Stéphane Boissinot
bioRxiv 352922; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/352922

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