Origin and expansion of the world’s most widespread pinniped: Range‐wide population genomics of the harbour seal ( Phoca vitulina )
Abstract The harbour seal ( Phoca vitulina ) is the most widely distributed pinniped, occupying a wide variety of habitats and climatic zones across the Northern Hemisphere. Intriguingly, the harbour seal is also one of the most philopatric seals, raising questions as to how it colonized its current...
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crwiley:10.1111/mec.16365 2024-03-31T07:51:11+00:00 Origin and expansion of the world’s most widespread pinniped: Range‐wide population genomics of the harbour seal ( Phoca vitulina ) Liu, Xiaodong Rønhøj Schjøtt, Suzanne Granquist, Sandra M. Rosing‐Asvid, Aqqalu Dietz, Rune Teilmann, Jonas Galatius, Anders Cammen, Kristina O’Corry‐Crowe, Greg Harding, Karin Härkönen, Tero Hall, Ailsa Carroll, Emma L. Kobayashi, Yumi Hammill, Mike Stenson, Garry Kirstine Frie, Anne Lydersen, Christian Kovacs, Kit M. Andersen, Liselotte W. Hoffman, Joseph I. Goodman, Simon J. Vieira, Filipe G. Heller, Rasmus Moltke, Ida Tange Olsen, Morten Academy of Finland Stiftelsen för Miljöstrategisk Forskning Innovationsfonden Villum Fonden 2022 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.16365 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/mec.16365 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/mec.16365 en eng Wiley http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Molecular Ecology volume 31, issue 6, page 1682-1699 ISSN 0962-1083 1365-294X Genetics Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics journal-article 2022 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16365 2024-03-05T05:34:26Z Abstract The harbour seal ( Phoca vitulina ) is the most widely distributed pinniped, occupying a wide variety of habitats and climatic zones across the Northern Hemisphere. Intriguingly, the harbour seal is also one of the most philopatric seals, raising questions as to how it colonized its current range. To shed light on the origin, remarkable range expansion, population structure and genetic diversity of this species, we used genotyping‐by‐sequencing to analyse ~13,500 biallelic single nucleotide polymorphisms from 286 individuals sampled from 22 localities across the species’ range. Our results point to a Northeast Pacific origin of the harbour seal, colonization of the North Atlantic via the Canadian Arctic, and subsequent stepping‐stone range expansions across the North Atlantic from North America to Europe, accompanied by a successive loss of genetic diversity. Our analyses further revealed a deep divergence between modern North Pacific and North Atlantic harbour seals, with finer‐scale genetic structure at regional and local scales consistent with strong philopatry. The study provides new insights into the harbour seal's remarkable ability to colonize and adapt to a wide range of habitats. Furthermore, it has implications for current harbour seal subspecies delineations and highlights the need for international and national red lists and management plans to ensure the protection of genetically and demographically isolated populations. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic harbour seal North Atlantic Phoca vitulina Wiley Online Library Arctic Pacific Stone Range ENVELOPE(-124.753,-124.753,58.916,58.916) Molecular Ecology 31 6 1682 1699 |
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Genetics Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Liu, Xiaodong Rønhøj Schjøtt, Suzanne Granquist, Sandra M. Rosing‐Asvid, Aqqalu Dietz, Rune Teilmann, Jonas Galatius, Anders Cammen, Kristina O’Corry‐Crowe, Greg Harding, Karin Härkönen, Tero Hall, Ailsa Carroll, Emma L. Kobayashi, Yumi Hammill, Mike Stenson, Garry Kirstine Frie, Anne Lydersen, Christian Kovacs, Kit M. Andersen, Liselotte W. Hoffman, Joseph I. Goodman, Simon J. Vieira, Filipe G. Heller, Rasmus Moltke, Ida Tange Olsen, Morten Origin and expansion of the world’s most widespread pinniped: Range‐wide population genomics of the harbour seal ( Phoca vitulina ) |
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Abstract The harbour seal ( Phoca vitulina ) is the most widely distributed pinniped, occupying a wide variety of habitats and climatic zones across the Northern Hemisphere. Intriguingly, the harbour seal is also one of the most philopatric seals, raising questions as to how it colonized its current range. To shed light on the origin, remarkable range expansion, population structure and genetic diversity of this species, we used genotyping‐by‐sequencing to analyse ~13,500 biallelic single nucleotide polymorphisms from 286 individuals sampled from 22 localities across the species’ range. Our results point to a Northeast Pacific origin of the harbour seal, colonization of the North Atlantic via the Canadian Arctic, and subsequent stepping‐stone range expansions across the North Atlantic from North America to Europe, accompanied by a successive loss of genetic diversity. Our analyses further revealed a deep divergence between modern North Pacific and North Atlantic harbour seals, with finer‐scale genetic structure at regional and local scales consistent with strong philopatry. The study provides new insights into the harbour seal's remarkable ability to colonize and adapt to a wide range of habitats. Furthermore, it has implications for current harbour seal subspecies delineations and highlights the need for international and national red lists and management plans to ensure the protection of genetically and demographically isolated populations. |
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Liu, Xiaodong Rønhøj Schjøtt, Suzanne Granquist, Sandra M. Rosing‐Asvid, Aqqalu Dietz, Rune Teilmann, Jonas Galatius, Anders Cammen, Kristina O’Corry‐Crowe, Greg Harding, Karin Härkönen, Tero Hall, Ailsa Carroll, Emma L. Kobayashi, Yumi Hammill, Mike Stenson, Garry Kirstine Frie, Anne Lydersen, Christian Kovacs, Kit M. Andersen, Liselotte W. Hoffman, Joseph I. Goodman, Simon J. Vieira, Filipe G. Heller, Rasmus Moltke, Ida Tange Olsen, Morten |
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Liu, Xiaodong Rønhøj Schjøtt, Suzanne Granquist, Sandra M. Rosing‐Asvid, Aqqalu Dietz, Rune Teilmann, Jonas Galatius, Anders Cammen, Kristina O’Corry‐Crowe, Greg Harding, Karin Härkönen, Tero Hall, Ailsa Carroll, Emma L. Kobayashi, Yumi Hammill, Mike Stenson, Garry Kirstine Frie, Anne Lydersen, Christian Kovacs, Kit M. Andersen, Liselotte W. Hoffman, Joseph I. Goodman, Simon J. Vieira, Filipe G. Heller, Rasmus Moltke, Ida Tange Olsen, Morten |
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Origin and expansion of the world’s most widespread pinniped: Range‐wide population genomics of the harbour seal ( Phoca vitulina ) |
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Origin and expansion of the world’s most widespread pinniped: Range‐wide population genomics of the harbour seal ( Phoca vitulina ) |
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Origin and expansion of the world’s most widespread pinniped: Range‐wide population genomics of the harbour seal ( Phoca vitulina ) |
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Origin and expansion of the world’s most widespread pinniped: Range‐wide population genomics of the harbour seal ( Phoca vitulina ) |
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origin and expansion of the world’s most widespread pinniped: range‐wide population genomics of the harbour seal ( phoca vitulina ) |
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