Skip to main content
bioRxiv
  • Home
  • About
  • Submit
  • ALERTS / RSS
Advanced Search
New Results

Parallel changes in gut microbiome composition and function in parallel local adaptation and speciation

View ORCID ProfileDiana J. Rennison, View ORCID ProfileSeth M. Rudman, View ORCID ProfileDolph Schluter
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/736843
Diana J. Rennison
1Department of Zoology and Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
2Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • ORCID record for Diana J. Rennison
Seth M. Rudman
1Department of Zoology and Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
3Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • ORCID record for Seth M. Rudman
  • For correspondence: srudman@sas.upenn.edu
Dolph Schluter
1Department of Zoology and Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • ORCID record for Dolph Schluter
  • Abstract
  • Full Text
  • Info/History
  • Metrics
  • Supplementary material
  • Preview PDF
Loading

Abstract

The processes of local adaptation and ecological speciation are often strongly shaped by biotic interactions such as competition and predation. One of the strongest lines of evidence that biotic interactions drive evolution comes from repeated divergence of lineages in association with repeated changes in the community of interacting species. Yet, relatively little is known about the repeatability of changes in gut microbial communities and their role in adaptation and divergence of host populations in nature. Here we utilize three cases of rapid, parallel adaptation and speciation in freshwater threespine stickleback to test for parallel changes in associated gut microbiomes. We find that features of the gut microbial communities have shifted repeatedly in the same direction in association with parallel divergence and speciation of stickleback hosts. These results suggest that changes to gut microbiomes can occur rapidly and predictably in conjunction with host evolution, and that host-microbe interactions might play an important role in host adaptation and diversification.

Copyright 
The copyright holder for this preprint is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under a CC-BY-NC 4.0 International license.
Back to top
PreviousNext
Posted August 15, 2019.
Download PDF

Supplementary Material

Email

Thank you for your interest in spreading the word about bioRxiv.

NOTE: Your email address is requested solely to identify you as the sender of this article.

Enter multiple addresses on separate lines or separate them with commas.
Parallel changes in gut microbiome composition and function in parallel local adaptation and speciation
(Your Name) has forwarded a page to you from bioRxiv
(Your Name) thought you would like to see this page from the bioRxiv website.
CAPTCHA
This question is for testing whether or not you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.
Share
Parallel changes in gut microbiome composition and function in parallel local adaptation and speciation
Diana J. Rennison, Seth M. Rudman, Dolph Schluter
bioRxiv 736843; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/736843
Digg logo Reddit logo Twitter logo CiteULike logo Facebook logo Google logo Mendeley logo
Citation Tools
Parallel changes in gut microbiome composition and function in parallel local adaptation and speciation
Diana J. Rennison, Seth M. Rudman, Dolph Schluter
bioRxiv 736843; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/736843

Citation Manager Formats

  • BibTeX
  • Bookends
  • EasyBib
  • EndNote (tagged)
  • EndNote 8 (xml)
  • Medlars
  • Mendeley
  • Papers
  • RefWorks Tagged
  • Ref Manager
  • RIS
  • Zotero
  • Tweet Widget
  • Facebook Like
  • Google Plus One

Subject Area

  • Evolutionary Biology
Subject Areas
All Articles
  • Animal Behavior and Cognition (2410)
  • Biochemistry (4765)
  • Bioengineering (3310)
  • Bioinformatics (14607)
  • Biophysics (6600)
  • Cancer Biology (5144)
  • Cell Biology (7389)
  • Clinical Trials (138)
  • Developmental Biology (4330)
  • Ecology (6841)
  • Epidemiology (2057)
  • Evolutionary Biology (9860)
  • Genetics (7322)
  • Genomics (9483)
  • Immunology (4517)
  • Microbiology (12615)
  • Molecular Biology (4909)
  • Neuroscience (28173)
  • Paleontology (198)
  • Pathology (800)
  • Pharmacology and Toxicology (1375)
  • Physiology (2005)
  • Plant Biology (4461)
  • Scientific Communication and Education (973)
  • Synthetic Biology (1295)
  • Systems Biology (3898)
  • Zoology (719)