The impact of chromosomal rearrangements in speciation: From micro- to macroevolution

Lucek K, Giménez MD, Joron M, Rafajlović M, Searle JB, Walden N, Westram AM, Faria R. 2023. The impact of chromosomal rearrangements in speciation: From micro- to macroevolution. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. 15(11), a041447.

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Lucek, Kay; Giménez, Mabel D.; Joron, Mathieu; Rafajlović, Marina; Searle, Jeremy B.; Walden, Nora; Westram, Anja MISTA ; Faria, Rui
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Chromosomal rearrangements (CRs) have been known since almost the beginning of genetics. While an important role for CRs in speciation has been suggested, evidence primarily stems from theoretical and empirical studies focusing on the microevolutionary level (i.e., on taxon pairs where speciation is often incomplete). Although the role of CRs in eukaryotic speciation at a macroevolutionary level has been supported by associations between species diversity and rates of evolution of CRs across phylogenies, these findings are limited to a restricted range of CRs and taxa. Now that more broadly applicable and precise CR detection approaches have become available, we address the challenges in filling some of the conceptual and empirical gaps between micro- and macroevolutionary studies on the role of CRs in speciation. We synthesize what is known about the macroevolutionary impact of CRs and suggest new research avenues to overcome the pitfalls of previous studies to gain a more comprehensive understanding of the evolutionary significance of CRs in speciation across the tree of life.
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2023-11-01
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Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Acknowledgement
K.L. was funded by a Swiss National Science Foundation Eccellenza project: The evolution of strong reproductive barriers towards the completion of speciation (PCEFP3_202869). R.F. was funded by an FCT CEEC (Fundação para a Ciênca e a Tecnologia, Concurso Estímulo ao Emprego Científico) contract (2020.00275. CEECIND) and by an FCT research project (PTDC/BIA-EVL/1614/2021). M.R. was funded by the Swedish Research Council Vetenskapsrådet (grant number 2021-05243). A.M.W. was partly funded by the Norwegian Research Council RCN. We thank Luis Silva for his help preparing Figure 1. We are grateful to Maren Wellenreuther, Daniel Bolnick, and two anonymous reviewers for their constructive feedback on an earlier version of this paper.
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15
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11
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a041447
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Lucek K, Giménez MD, Joron M, et al. The impact of chromosomal rearrangements in speciation: From micro- to macroevolution. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. 2023;15(11). doi:10.1101/cshperspect.a041447
Lucek, K., Giménez, M. D., Joron, M., Rafajlović, M., Searle, J. B., Walden, N., … Faria, R. (2023). The impact of chromosomal rearrangements in speciation: From micro- to macroevolution. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.1101/cshperspect.a041447
Lucek, Kay, Mabel D. Giménez, Mathieu Joron, Marina Rafajlović, Jeremy B. Searle, Nora Walden, Anja M Westram, and Rui Faria. “The Impact of Chromosomal Rearrangements in Speciation: From Micro- to Macroevolution.” Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1101/cshperspect.a041447.
K. Lucek et al., “The impact of chromosomal rearrangements in speciation: From micro- to macroevolution,” Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology, vol. 15, no. 11. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 2023.
Lucek K, Giménez MD, Joron M, Rafajlović M, Searle JB, Walden N, Westram AM, Faria R. 2023. The impact of chromosomal rearrangements in speciation: From micro- to macroevolution. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. 15(11), a041447.
Lucek, Kay, et al. “The Impact of Chromosomal Rearrangements in Speciation: From Micro- to Macroevolution.” Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology, vol. 15, no. 11, a041447, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 2023, doi:10.1101/cshperspect.a041447.
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