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Mol. Biol. Evol. 21(5):945-956. 2004
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msh101
© 2004 by the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution. ISSN: 0737-4038

Generic Scan Using AFLP Markers as a Means to Assess the Role of Directional Selection in the Divergence of Sympatric Whitefish Ecotypes

David Campbell and Louis Bernatchez

Département de Biologie, Université Laval, Ste-Foy, Québec, Canada

E-mail: louis.bernatchez{at}bio.ulaval.ca.

Under the ecological theory of adaptive radiation, adaptation and reproductive isolation are thought to evolve as a result of divergent natural selection. Accordingly, elucidating the genetic basis of these processes is essential toward understanding the role of selection in shaping biological diversity. In this respect, the number of genes that evolved by selection remains contentious. To address this issue, the pattern of genetic differentiation obtained using 440 AFLP loci was compared with that expected under neutrality in four sympatric pairs of lake whitefish ecotypes that evolved adaptive phenotypic differences associated with the exploitation of distinct ecological niches. On average, 14 loci showed restricted gene flow relative to neutral expectation, suggesting a role of directional selection on their divergence. Among all loci that are most likely under directional selection, six exhibited parallel patterns of divergence, which provided further support for the role of selection in driving their divergence. Overall, these results indicate that only a small proportion of scored AFLP loci (between 1.4% and 3.2%) might be linked to genes implicated in the adaptive radiation of lake whitefish.

Key Words: Coregonus clupeaformis • directional selection • speciation • hybridization • reproductive isolation • adaptation


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