| Demography and adaptation of a species specific pollinator associated with an invasive fig tree | |
Wu, Li-Hua; Zou, Jie; Jiang, Yu-Ting; Lu, Ling; Jiang, Kai1; Zhang, Kai-Jian; Liu, Wei-Chao; Xiang, Wei-Min; Wang, Gang3 ; Segar, Simon T.; van Noort, Simon5,6; Li, Yuan-Yuan; Zhang, Yuan-Ye; Chen, Xiao-Yong; Compton, Stephen G.; Wang, Rong9
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| 2025 | |
| Source Publication | COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY
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| ISSN | 2399-3642 |
| Volume | 8Issue:1Pages:- |
| Abstract | Some fig species introduced outside of their native range have become invasive when colonized by their obligate pollinating wasps, but how these pollinators migrated and adapted to novel environments are less studied. Here, we focus on Eupristina verticillata, the obligate pollinating wasp of an invasive fig tree species (Ficus microcarpa), to uncover its demography and the molecular basis for adaptations to novel environments. We find that only one of the three cryptic species colonized in the sampling locations outside of its native range. This dominant cryptic species migrated simultaneously from the native range to the Americas and to the Mediterranean c. 130 years ago. Moreover, selective sweep analyses reveal several positively selected genes associated with adaptations to the nonnative range. Genome-wide association detect a nonsynonymous substitution in a dopamine N-acetyltransferase gene significantly linked with brood size. Our study outlines the route to colonization and genetic adaptations of an invasive mutualism. |
| Keyword | BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS WASP PLANTS DIFFERENTIATION GENERATION ABILITY FORMAT TRAITS |
| Subject Area | Biology ; Multidisciplinary Sciences |
| DOI | 10.1038/s42003-025-08733-1 |
| Indexed By | SCI |
| Language | 英语 |
| WOS ID | WOS:001581791400002 |
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| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | https://ir.xtbg.ac.cn/handle/353005/15606 |
| Collection | 2012年后新成立研究组 |
| Affiliation | 1.East China Normal Univ, Sch Ecol & Environm Sci, Shanghai Key Lab Urban Ecol Proc & Ecorestorat, Zhejiang Tiantong Forest Ecosyst Natl Observat & R, Shanghai, Peoples R China 2.Shanghai Chenshan Bot Garden, Shanghai Key Lab Plant Funct Genom & Resources, Shanghai, Peoples R China 3.Novogene Bioinformat Inst, Beijing, Peoples R China 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Xishuangbanna Trop Bot Garden, Key Lab Trop Forest Ecol, Mengla, Yunnan, Peoples R China 5.Segar, Simon T.] Harper Adams Univ, Agr & Environm Dept, Newport, England 6.Iziko Museums South Africa, Res & Exhibit Dept, South African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa 7.Univ Cape Town, Dept Biol Sci, Cape Town, South Africa 8.Xiamen Univ, Coll Environm & Ecol, Key Lab, Minist Educ Coastal & Wetland Ecosyst, Xiamen, Fujian, Peoples R China 9.Compton, Stephen G.] Univ Leeds, Sch Biol, Leeds, England 10.Inst Ecochongming, Shanghai, Peoples R China |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Wu, Li-Hua,Zou, Jie,Jiang, Yu-Ting,et al. Demography and adaptation of a species specific pollinator associated with an invasive fig tree[J]. COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY,2025,8(1):-. |
| APA | Wu, Li-Hua.,Zou, Jie.,Jiang, Yu-Ting.,Lu, Ling.,Jiang, Kai.,...&Wang, Rong.(2025).Demography and adaptation of a species specific pollinator associated with an invasive fig tree.COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY,8(1),-. |
| MLA | Wu, Li-Hua,et al."Demography and adaptation of a species specific pollinator associated with an invasive fig tree".COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY 8.1(2025):-. |
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