Origin and expansion of the world’s most widespread pinniped : range-wide population genomics of the harbour seal (Phoca vitulina)
The study was partly conducted under a Villum Foundation Young Investigator grant (19114) awarded to IM, which also supports XL, as well as the BONUS BALTHEALTH project (Art. 185) awarded to RDI, AG, TH and MTO. BONUS BALTHEALTH was funded jointly by the EU, Innovation Fund Denmark (grants 6180-0000...
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Colonisation Genetic diversity Harbour seals Origin Population structure Subspecies delineation QH301 Biology QH426 Genetics DAS NERC QH301 QH426 Liu, Xiaodong Schjøtt, Suzanne Rønhøj 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 Frie, Anne Kirstine 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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The study was partly conducted under a Villum Foundation Young Investigator grant (19114) awarded to IM, which also supports XL, as well as the BONUS BALTHEALTH project (Art. 185) awarded to RDI, AG, TH and MTO. BONUS BALTHEALTH was funded jointly by the EU, Innovation Fund Denmark (grants 6180-00001B and 6180-00002B), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (grant FKZ 03F0767A), Academy of Finland (grant 311966) and Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research (MISTRA). 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 colonised virtually the whole of the Northern Hemisphere. 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 SNPs from 286 individuals sampled from 22 localities across the species' range. Our results point to a Northeast Pacific origin, colonisation 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 colonise 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. Peer reviewed |
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Liu, Xiaodong Schjøtt, Suzanne Rønhøj 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 Frie, Anne Kirstine 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 Schjøtt, Suzanne Rønhøj 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 Frie, Anne Kirstine 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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ftstandrewserep:oai:research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk:10023/24837 2024-04-21T08:04:13+00:00 Origin and expansion of the world’s most widespread pinniped : range-wide population genomics of the harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) Liu, Xiaodong Schjøtt, Suzanne Rønhøj 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 Frie, Anne Kirstine Lydersen, Christian Kovacs, Kit M. Andersen, Liselotte W. Hoffman, Joseph I. Goodman, Simon J. Vieira, Filipe G. Heller, Rasmus Moltke, Ida Tange Olsen, Morten NERC University of St Andrews. School of Biology University of St Andrews. Sea Mammal Research Unit University of St Andrews. Scottish Oceans Institute University of St Andrews. Marine Alliance for Science & Technology Scotland 2022-02-09T15:30:09Z 18 1195593 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10023/24837 https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16365 eng eng Molecular Ecology 277603553 076be759-e2ab-4b46-b8c9-d83e9c63385a 000752798300001 85124546558 Liu , X , Schjøtt , S R , Granquist , S M , Rosing-Asvid , A , Dietz , R , Teilmann , J , Galatius , A , Cammen , K , O´Corry-Crowe , G , Harding , K , Härkönen , T , Hall , A , Carroll , E L , Kobayashi , Y , Hammill , M , Stenson , G , Frie , A K , Lydersen , C , Kovacs , K M , Andersen , L W , Hoffman , J I , Goodman , S J , Vieira , F G , Heller , R , Moltke , I & Tange Olsen , M 2022 , ' Origin and expansion of the world’s most widespread pinniped : range-wide population genomics of the harbour seal ( Phoca vitulina ) ' , Molecular Ecology , vol. Early View . https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16365 0962-1083 RIS: urn:0FFBFE16936E1B8BECA2C49499E94E06 ORCID: /0000-0002-7562-1771/work/108118653 https://hdl.handle.net/10023/24837 doi:10.1111/mec.16365 NE/R015007/1 Colonisation Genetic diversity Harbour seals Origin Population structure Subspecies delineation QH301 Biology QH426 Genetics DAS NERC QH301 QH426 Journal article 2022 ftstandrewserep https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16365 2024-03-27T15:07:39Z The study was partly conducted under a Villum Foundation Young Investigator grant (19114) awarded to IM, which also supports XL, as well as the BONUS BALTHEALTH project (Art. 185) awarded to RDI, AG, TH and MTO. BONUS BALTHEALTH was funded jointly by the EU, Innovation Fund Denmark (grants 6180-00001B and 6180-00002B), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (grant FKZ 03F0767A), Academy of Finland (grant 311966) and Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research (MISTRA). 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 colonised virtually the whole of the Northern Hemisphere. 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 SNPs from 286 individuals sampled from 22 localities across the species' range. Our results point to a Northeast Pacific origin, colonisation 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 colonise 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. Peer reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper harbour seal North Atlantic Phoca vitulina University of St Andrews: Digital Research Repository Molecular Ecology 31 6 1682 1699 |