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Mating patterns and post-mating isolation in three cryptic species of the Engystomops petersi species complex

dc.contributor.author Trillo P.A. es_PE
dc.contributor.author Narvaez A.E. es_PE
dc.contributor.author Ron S.R. es_PE
dc.contributor.author Hoke K.L. es_PE
dc.date.accessioned 2024-05-30T23:13:38Z
dc.date.available 2024-05-30T23:13:38Z
dc.date.issued 2017
dc.description This research was funded by a National Science Foundation IOS-0940466 grant to KH and a UNESCO-L’Oreal-CONCYTEC 001-2009-L’Oreal fellowship to PAT. Laboratory work was funded by grants from the Secretar?´a de Educacio´n Superior, Ciencia, Tecnolog?´a e Innovación (SENESCYT, Arca de Noe´ Initiative) and a Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE-DGA) grant to SRR. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
dc.description.abstract Determining the extent of reproductive isolation in cryptic species with dynamic geographic ranges can yield important insights into the processes that generate and maintain genetic divergence in the absence of severe geographic barriers. We studied mating patterns, propensity to hybridize in nature and subsequent fertilization rates, as well as survival and development of hybrid F1 offspring for three nominal species of the Engystomops petersi species complex in Yasuní National Park, Ecuador. We found at least two species in four out of six locations sampled, and 14.3% of the wild pairs genotyped were mixed-species (heterospecific) crosses. We also found reduced fertilization rates in hybrid crosses between E. petersi females and E. “magnus” males, and between E. “magnus” females and E. “selva” males but not in the reciprocal crosses, suggesting asymmetric reproductive isolation for these species. Larval development times decreased in F1 hybrid crosses compared to same species (conspecific) crosses, but we did not find significant reduction in larval survival or early metamorph survival. Our results show evidence of post-mating isolation for at least two hybrid crosses of the cryptic species we studied. The general decrease in fertilization rates in heterospecific crosses suggests that sexual selection and reinforcement might have not only contributed to the pattern of call variation and behavioral isolation we see between species today, but they may also contribute to further signal divergence and behavioral evolution, especially in locations where hybridization is common and fertilization success is diminished.
dc.description.sponsorship Consejo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Tecnológica - Concytec
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0174743
dc.identifier.scopus 2-s2.0-85017098403
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12390/620
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Public Library of Science
dc.relation.ispartof PLoS ONE
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subject sexual selection
dc.subject Ecuador es_PE
dc.subject fertilization es_PE
dc.subject larval development es_PE
dc.subject mating es_PE
dc.subject national park es_PE
dc.subject progeny es_PE
dc.subject reinforcement es_PE
dc.subject reproductive isolation es_PE
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#1.06.00
dc.title Mating patterns and post-mating isolation in three cryptic species of the Engystomops petersi species complex
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dspace.entity.type Publication
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