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Grahame, JW, Wilding, CS and Butlin, RK (2006) Adaptation to a steep environmental gradient and an associated barrier to gene exchange in Littorina saxatilis. EVOLUTION, 60 (2). pp. 268-278. ISSN 0014-3820
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Abstract
Steep environmental gradients offer important opportunities to study the interaction between natural selection and gene flow. Allele frequency clines are expected to form at loci under selection but unlinked neutral alleles may pass easily across these clines unless a generalized barrier evolves. Here we consider the distribution of forms of the intertidal gastropod Littorina saxatilis, analyzing shell shape and AFLP loci on two rocky shores in Britain. On the basis of previous work, the AFLP loci were divided into differentiated and undifferentiated groups. On both shores, we have shown a sharp cline in allele frequencies between the two morphs for differentiated AFLP loci. This is coincident with a habitat transition on the shore where the two habitats (cliff and boulder field) are immediately contiguous. The allele frequency clines coincide with a cline in shell morphology. In the middle of the cline, linkage disequilibrium for the differentiated loci rises in accordance with expectation. The clines are extremely narrow relative to dispersal, probably as a result of both strong selection and habitat choice. An increase in FST for undifferentiated AFLPs between morphs, relative to within-morph comparisons, is consistent with there being a general barrier to gene flow across the contact zone. These features are consistent either with an episode of allopatric divergence followed by secondary contact or with primary, non-allopatric, divergence. Further data will be needed to distinguish between these alternatives.
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| Additional Information: | This is the accepted version of the following article: "Adaptation to a steep environmental gradient and an associated barrier to gene exchange in Littorina saxatilis", which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0014-3820.2006.tb01105.x |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 0603 Evolutionary Biology |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QH Natural history Q Science > QL Zoology |
| Divisions: | Natural Sciences & Psychology (closed 31 Aug 19) |
| Publisher: | SOC STUDY EVOLUTION |
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| Date Deposited: | 10 Feb 2016 09:17 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Apr 2022 09:05 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2006.tb01105.x |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/2895 |
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