Repeated evolution and reversibility of self-fertilization in the volvocine green algae*
dc.contributor.author | Hanschen, Erik R. | |
dc.contributor.author | Herron, Matthew D. | |
dc.contributor.author | Wiens, John J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Nozaki, Hisayoshi | |
dc.contributor.author | Michod, Richard E. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-05-31T18:30:00Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-05-31T18:30:00Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-02 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Hanschen, E. R., Herron, M. D., Wiens, J. J., Nozaki, H. and Michod, R. E. (2018), Repeated evolution and reversibility of self‐fertilization in the volvocine green algae. Evolution, 72: 386-398. doi:10.1111/evo.13394 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 00143820 | |
dc.identifier.pmid | 29134623 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/evo.13394 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/627858 | |
dc.description.abstract | Outcrossing and self-fertilization are fundamental strategies of sexual reproduction, each with different evolutionary costs and benefits. Self-fertilization is thought to be an evolutionary dead-end strategy, beneficial in the short term but costly in the long term, resulting in self-fertilizing species that occupy only the tips of phylogenetic trees. Here, we use volvocine green algae to investigate the evolution of self-fertilization. We use ancestral-state reconstructions to show that self-fertilization has repeatedly evolved from outcrossing ancestors and that multiple reversals from selfing to outcrossing have occurred. We use three phylogenetic metrics to show that self-fertilization is not restricted to the tips of the phylogenetic tree, a finding inconsistent with the view of self-fertilization as a dead-end strategy. We also find no evidence for higher extinction rates or lower speciation rates in selfing lineages. We find that self-fertilizing species have significantly larger colonies than outcrossing species, suggesting the benefits of selfing may counteract the costs of increased size. We speculate that our macroevolutionary results on self-fertilization (i.e., non-tippy distribution, no decreased diversification rates) may be explained by the haploid-dominant life cycle that occurs in volvocine algae, which may alter the costs and benefits of selfing. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | National Aeronautics and Space Administration [NNX13AH41G, NNX15AR33G]; National Institute of Health [GM084905]; National Science Foundation [MCB-1412395, DEB-1457701]; MEXT/JSPS KAKENHI [15K14590, 16H02518] | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | WILEY | en_US |
dc.relation.url | http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/evo.13394 | en_US |
dc.rights | © 2017 The Author(s). Evolution © 2017 The Society for the Study of Evolution. | en_US |
dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
dc.subject | Haploid | en_US |
dc.subject | phylogenetics | en_US |
dc.subject | self-fertilization | en_US |
dc.subject | sexual reproduction | en_US |
dc.subject | sex | en_US |
dc.subject | volvocine green algae | en_US |
dc.title | Repeated evolution and reversibility of self-fertilization in the volvocine green algae* | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Univ Arizona, Dept Ecol & Evolutionary Biol | en_US |
dc.identifier.journal | EVOLUTION | en_US |
dc.description.note | 12 month embargo; published online: 14 November 2017 | en_US |
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dc.eprint.version | Final accepted manuscript | en_US |
dc.source.journaltitle | Evolution | |
dc.source.volume | 72 | |
dc.source.issue | 2 | |
dc.source.beginpage | 386 | |
dc.source.endpage | 398 |