Heterozygosity-fitness correlations among wild populations of European tree frog (Hyla arborea) detect fixation load

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1877-1887

  Luquet, E ^a   David, P ^b   Lena, J P ^a   Joly, P ^a   Konecny, L ^a   Dufresnes, C ^c   Perrin, N ^c   Plenet, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

amphibians; fitness; fixation load; habitat fragmentation; heterozygosity; inbreeding

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FROGS AND TOADS; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; INBREEDING; LARVA; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; STATISTICS;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANURA; DEMOGRAPHY; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; HETEROZYGOTE; INBREEDING; LARVA; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

AMPHIBIA; HYLA ARBOREA;

EID: 79954572249     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05061.x     Document Type: Article

References (64)

1. Acevedo-Whitehouse K, Vicente J, Gortazar C, et al. (2005) Genetic resistance to bovine tuberculosis in the Iberian wild boar. Molecular Ecology, 14, 3209-3217.
2. Altwegg R, Reyer HU, (2003) Patterns of natural selection on size at metamorphosis in water frogs. Evolution, 57, 872-882. (Pubitemid 36573208)
3. Amos W, Acevedo-Whitehouse K, (2009) A new test for genotype-fitness associations reveals a single microsatellite allele that strongly predicts the nature of tuberculosis infections in wild boar. Molecular Ecology Resources, 9, 1102-1111.
4. Andersen LW, Fog K, Damgaard C, (2004) Habitat fragmentation causes bottlenecks and inbreeding in the European tree frog (Hyla arborea). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences, 271, 1293-1302. (Pubitemid 38789322)
5. Arens P, Vant Westende W, Bugter R, Smulders MJM, Vosman B, (2000) Microsatellite markers for the European tree frog Hyla arborea. Molecular Ecology, 9, 1944-1946.
6. Balloux F, Amos W, Coulson T, (2004) Does heterozygosity estimate inbreeding in real populations? Molecular Ecology, 13, 3021-3031. (Pubitemid 39290228)
7. Beebee TJC, (2005) Conservation genetics of amphibians. Heredity, 95, 423-427. (Pubitemid 41719993)
8. Berset-Brandli L, Jaquiery J, Broquet T, Perrin N, (2008a) Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci for the European tree frog (Hyla arborea). Molecular Ecology Resources, 8, 1095-1097.
9. Berset-Brandli L, Jaquiery J, Broquet T, Ulrich Y, Perrin N, (2008b) Extreme heterochiasmy and nascent sex chromosomes in European tree frogs. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 275, 1577-1585. (Pubitemid 351693545)
10. Bierne N, Tsitrone A, David P, (2000) An inbreeding model of associative overdominance during a population bottleneck. Genetics, 155, 1981-1990. (Pubitemid 30626412)
11. Britten HB, (1996) Meta-analyses of the association between multilocus heterozygosity and fitness. Evolution, 50, 2158-2164. (Pubitemid 27114655)
12. Broquet T, Berset-Braendli L, Emaresi G, Fumagalli L, (2007) Buccal swabs allow efficient and reliable microsatellite genotyping in amphibians. Conservation Genetics, 8, 509-511. (Pubitemid 46355126)
13. Broquet T, Angelone S, Jaquiéry J, et al. (2010) Genetic bottlenecks driven by population disconnection. Conservation Biology, 24, 1596-1605.
14. Chapman JR, Nakagawa S, Coltman DW, Slate J, Sheldon BC, (2009) A quantitative review of heterozygosity-fitness correlations in animal populations. Molecular Ecology, 18, 2746-2765.
15. Charlesworth D, Charlesworth B, (1987) Inbreeding depression and its evolutionary consequences. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 18, 237-268.
16. Coltman DW, Slate J, (2003) Microsatellite measures of inbreeding: a meta-analysis. Evolution, 57, 971-983. (Pubitemid 36726555)
17. Danzmann RG, Ferguson MM, Allendorf FW, (1989) Genetic-variability and components of fitness in hatchery strains of rainbow-trout. Journal of Fish Biology, 35, 313-319.
18. David P, (1998) Heterozygosity-fitness correlations: new perspectives on old problems. Heredity, 80, 531-537. (Pubitemid 28276295)
19. Escobar JS, Nicot A, David P, (2008) The different sources of variation in inbreeding depression, heterosis and outbreeding depression in a metapopulation of Physa acuta. Genetics, 180, 1593-1608.
20. Ficetola GF, De Bernardi F, (2009) Offspring size and survival in the frog Rana latastei: from among-population to within-clutch variation. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 97, 845-853.
21. Ficetola GF, Garner TWJ, De Bernardi F, (2007) Genetic diversity, but not hatching success, is jointly affected by postglacial colonization and isolation in the threatened frog, Rana latastei. Molecular Ecology, 16, 1787-1797. (Pubitemid 46639970)
22. Frankham R, Ballou JD, Briscoe DA, (2002) Introduction to Conservation Genetics. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
23. Gage MJG, Surridge AK, Tomkins JL, et al. (2006) Reduced heterozygosity depresses sperm quality in wild rabbits, Oryctolagus cuniculus. Current Biology, 16, 612-617.
24. Glemin S, Ronfort J, Bataillon T, (2003) Patterns of inbreeding depression and architecture of the load in subdivided populations. Genetics, 165, 2193-2212. (Pubitemid 38040301)
25. Gosner KL, (1960) A simplified table for staging anuran embryos and larvae with notes on identification. Herpetologica, 16, 183-190.
26. Goudet J, (2001) FSTAT, A Program to Estimate and Test Gene Diversities and Fixation Indices (Version 2.9.3). Université de Lausanne, Switzerland.
27. Grueber CE, Wallis GP, Jamieson IG, (2008) Heterozygosity-fitness correlations and their relevance to studies on inbreeding depression in threatened species. Molecular Ecology, 17, 3978-3984.
28. Halverson MA, Skelly DK, Caccone A, (2006) Inbreeding linked to amphibian survival in the wild but not in the laboratory. Journal of Heredity, 97, 499-507. (Pubitemid 350218641)
29. Hansson B, Westerberg L, (2002) On the correlation between heterozygosity and fitness in natural populations. Molecular Ecology, 11, 2467-2474. (Pubitemid 35436669)
30. Hansson B, Westerberg L, (2008) Heterozygosity-fitness correlations within inbreeding classes: local or genome-wide effects? Conservation Genetics, 9, 73-83.
31. Hedrick PW, (2001) Conservation genetics: where are we now? Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 16, 629-636. (Pubitemid 32947023)
32. Hedrick PW, Miller PS, (1992) Conservation genetics-techniques and fundamentals. Ecological Applications, 2, 30-46.
33. Hitchings SP, Beebee TJC, (1998) Loss of genetic diversity and fitness in Common Toad (Bufo bufo) populations isolated by inimical habitat. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 11, 269-283. (Pubitemid 28222773)
34. Ingvarsson PK, (2001) Restoration of genetic variation lost-the genetic rescue hypothesis. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 16, 62-63. (Pubitemid 32140407)
35. Jaquiéry J, Guillaume F, Perrin N, (2009) Predicting the deleterious effects of mutation load in fragmented populations. Conservation Biology, 23, 207-218.
36. Jensen H, Bremset EM, Ringsby TH, STher BE, (2007) Multilocus heterozygosity and inbreeding depression in an insular house sparrow metapopulation. Molecular Ecology, 16, 4066-4078. (Pubitemid 47481044)
37. Keller LF, Waller DM, (2002) Inbreeding effects in wild populations. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 17, 230-241. (Pubitemid 34270584)
38. Kimura M, Maruyama T, Crow JF, (1963) Mutation load in small populations. Genetics, 48, 1303-1312.
39. Laugen AT, Laurila A, Merila J, (2002) Maternal and genetic contributions to geographical variation in Rana temporaria larval life-history traits. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 76, 61-70.
40. Lesbarreres D, Primmer SR, Laurila A, Merila J, (2005) Environmental and population dependency of genetic variability-fitness correlations in Rana temporaria. Molecular Ecology, 14, 311-323. (Pubitemid 40141497)
41. Lesbarreres D, Schmeller DS, Primmer CR, Merila J, (2007) Genetic variability predicts common frog (Rana temporaria) size at metamorphosis in the wild. Heredity, 99, 41-46. (Pubitemid 47013403)
42. Luquet E, Léna JP, David P, et al. (2011) Consequences of genetic erosion on fitness and phenotypic plasticity in European tree frog populations (Hyla arborea). Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 24, 99-110.
43. Ohta T, (1971) Associative overdominance caused by linked detrimental mutations. Genetical Research, 18, 277-286.
44. Ohta T, Cockerham CC, (1974) Detrimental genes with partial selfing and effects on a neutral locus. Genetical Research, 23, 191-200.
45. Pemberton J, (2004) Measuring inbreeding depression in the wild: the old ways are the best. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 19, 613-615. (Pubitemid 39471289)
46. Pidancier N, Miquel C, Miaud C, (2003) Buccal swabs as a non-destructive tissue sampling method for DNA analysis in amphibians. Herpetological Journal, 13, 175-178. (Pubitemid 38693268)
47. Primmer CR, Landry PA, Ranta E, et al. (2003) Prediction of offspring fitness based on parental genetic diversity in endangered salmonid populations. Journal of Fish Biology, 63, 909-927. (Pubitemid 38592244)
48. Rasanen K, Soderman F, Laurila A, Merila J, (2008) Geographic variation in maternal investment: acidity affects egg size and fecundity in Rana arvalis. Ecology, 89, 2553-2562.
49. Reed DH, Frankham R, (2003) Correlation between fitness and genetic diversity. Conservation Biology, 17, 230-237. (Pubitemid 36234415)
50. Roff DA, (1992) The Evolution of Life Histories. Chapman & Hall, New York, NY, USA.
51. Rogell B, Thorngren H, Laurila A, Hoglund J, (2010) Fitness costs associated with low genetic variation are reduced in a harsher environment in amphibian island populations. Conservation Genetics, 11, 489-496.
52. Rowe G, Beebee TJC, (2001) Fitness and microsatellite diversity estimates were not correlated in two outbred anuran populations. Heredity, 87, 558-565. (Pubitemid 34067643)
53. Rowe G, Beebee TJC, (2003) Population on the verge of a mutational meltdown? Fitness costs of genetic load for an amphibian in the wild. Evolution, 57, 177-181. (Pubitemid 36234339)
54. Slate J, Pemberton J, (2006) Does reduced heterozygosity depress sperm quality in wild rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus)? Current Biology, 16, R790-R791. (Pubitemid 44354156)
55. Slate J, David P, Dodds KG, et al. (2004) Understanding the relationship between the inbreeding coefficient and multilocus heterozygosity: theoretical expectations and empirical data. Heredity, 93, 255-265. (Pubitemid 39147529)
56. Szulkin M, Bierne N, David P, (2010) Heterozygosity-fitness correlations: a time for reappraisal. Evolution, 64, 1202-1217.
57. Tallmon DA, Luikart G, Waples RS, (2004) The alluring simplicity and complex reality of genetic rescue. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 19, 489-496. (Pubitemid 39151669)
58. Tsitrone A, Rousset F, David P, (2001) Heterosis, marker mutational processes and population inbreeding history. Genetics, 159, 1845-1859. (Pubitemid 34087619)
59. Van Buskirk J, Arioli M, (2002) Dosage response of an induced defense: how sensitive are tadpoles to predation risk? Ecology, 83, 1580-1585. (Pubitemid 36524805)
60. Whitlock MC, (2003) Fixation probability and time in subdivided populations. Genetics, 164, 767-779. (Pubitemid 36773511)
61. Whitlock MC, Ingvarsson PK, Hatfield T, (2000) Local drift load and the heterosis of interconnected populations. Heredity, 84, 452-457. (Pubitemid 30400032)
62. Wilbur HM, (1984) Complex life cycles and community organization in amphibians. In: A New Ecology: Novel Approaches to Interactive System (eds, Price PW, Slobodchikoff CN, Gaud WS,). pp. 195-224, John Wiley and Sons, New York, USA.
63. Willi Y, Van Buskirk J, (2005) Genomic compatibility occurs over a wide range of parental genetic similarity in an outcrossing plant. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 272, 1333-1338. (Pubitemid 41414714)
64. Wright S., (1937) The distribution of gene frequencies in populations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 23, 307-320.