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Evolutionary Ecological Origins of Interspecific Asymmetry in Reproductive Isolation

Research Project

Project/Area Number 21K15160
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Basic Section 45040:Ecology and environment-related
Research InstitutionHokkaido University

Principal Investigator

Yamaguchi Ryo  北海道大学, 先端生命科学研究院, 助教 (80812982)

Project Period (FY) 2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥2,990,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥690,000)
Keywords種分化 / 生殖隔離 / 生物地理 / 数理モデル / 生物系統地理
Outline of Research at the Start

近縁種が互いに接する地域では交雑が観察されることが多く、そのような地域を交雑帯と呼ぶ。交雑帯は、個体群動態・環境適応・同類交配といった多くの要素から構成されるため、古くから“自然の実験室”として着目されてきた。近縁種は互いに不利益な交雑を避けるよう同類交配が進化するが、一方の種のメスが他種のオスを強く避けるのに対し、他方の種のメスは両種のオスを交配相手として問題なく受け入れてしまうことは自然界でよく観察される。この同類交配の種間非対称性の起源は未解明なことが多く、本研究では野外生物実験と数理モデルを用いてその要因を検証する。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In the initial stages of local adaptation to a new environment, most individuals have low fitness, the population size is small, but as adaptation progresses, the population size recovers. Classically, population size is assumed to be constant, but in this study, we have constructed a model that explicitly considers population dynamics. We have named the theory that the rate of evolution of reproductive isolation is accelerated under the high risk of extinction as the 'phoenix hypothesis of speciation'. Furthermore, mating experiments and genome analysis using Chrysolina angusticollis populations in Hokkaido, Japan, revealed that the composition of cuticular hydrocarbons, which are involved in mating preferences, have become differentiated. Asymmetric pre-mating isolation was also detected, and its origin was suggested to be due to the historical population dynamics of the parental populations.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本課題では、親集団の絶滅リスクを考慮した種分化メカニズムを数理モデリングにより解析し、野外と実験下での実証データを得ることで、交配前隔離の進化的起源の理解を目指した。種分化は新たな種を生み出すメカニズムであり、継続的に種分化が繰り返されることで生物多様性が創出・維持されている一方、その背後には集団の絶滅リスクが進化を促進する可能性が明らかとなった。‘種分化の不死鳥仮説’は従来の古典的な種分化モデルでは到達できなかった知見であると同時に、今後の更なる実証研究が待たれる。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (18 results)

All 2024 2023 2022 2021 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (2 results) Journal Article (6 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Peer Reviewed: 6 results,  Open Access: 3 results) Presentation (9 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 5 results,  Invited: 3 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] ブリティッシュコロンビア大学(カナダ)

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of British Columbia(カナダ)

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Toward the integration of speciation research2024

    • Author(s)
      Stankowski Sean et al.
    • Journal Title

      Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society

      Volume: 3 Issue: 1

    • DOI

      10.1093/evolinnean/kzae001

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Males and females contribute differently to the evolution of habitat segregation driven by hybridization2023

    • Author(s)
      Kyogoku, D., and Yamaguchi, R.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Evolutionary Biology

      Volume: 36 Issue: 3 Pages: 515-528

    • DOI

      10.1111/jeb.14156

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] The phoenix hypothesis of speciation2022

    • Author(s)
      Yamaguchi, R. Wiley B., and Otto, S.P.
    • Journal Title

      Proc. Roy. Soc. B

      Volume: 289 Issue: 1987 Pages: 20221186-20221186

    • DOI

      10.1098/rspb.2022.1186

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] The speciation view: Disentangling multiple causes of adaptive and nonadaptive radiation in terms of speciation2022

    • Author(s)
      Matsubayashi Kei W., Yamaguchi Ryo
    • Journal Title

      Population Ecology

      Volume: 64 Issue: 2 Pages: 95-107

    • DOI

      10.1002/1438-390x.12103

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Reply to Kagawa's comment: Quantifying mixture modes of evolutionary radiations2022

    • Author(s)
      Yamaguchi Ryo, Matsubayashi Kei W.
    • Journal Title

      Population Ecology

      Volume: 64 Issue: 2 Pages: 127-129

    • DOI

      10.1002/1438-390x.12114

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Recurrent speciation rates on islands decline with species number2021

    • Author(s)
      Yamaguchi Ryo、Iwasa Yoh、Tachiki Yuuya
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

      Volume: 288 Issue: 1949 Pages: 20210255-20210255

    • DOI

      10.1098/rspb.2021.0255

    • NAID

      120007097381

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] Population range expansion before secondary contact promotes heterosis2024

    • Author(s)
      Ryo Yamaguchi
    • Organizer
      The 71st Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Japan
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] The phoenix hypothesis of speciation: reproductive isolation among populations experiencing extinction risk2023

    • Author(s)
      Ryo Yamaguchi
    • Organizer
      The 3rd AsiaEvo Conference
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] 種分化サイクルにおける個体群動態-種多様性創出の理解に向けて-2023

    • Author(s)
      山口諒
    • Organizer
      第39回個体群生態学会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] The phoenix hypothesis of speciation: Genetic divergence when populations face a changing environment2022

    • Author(s)
      Ryo Yamaguchi, Bryn Wiley, and Sarah P. Otto
    • Organizer
      Evolution
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Macroevolutionary patterns of diversification and implications for species persistence2022

    • Author(s)
      Ryo Yamaguchi
    • Organizer
      Gordon Research Seminar (Speciation 2023)
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] The phoenix hypothesis of speciation: reproductive isolation among populations experiencing extinction risk2022

    • Author(s)
      Ryo Yamaguchi
    • Organizer
      Gordon Research Conference (Speciation 2023)
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 種分化の不死鳥仮説2022

    • Author(s)
      山口諒
    • Organizer
      日本生態学会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Dynamics of speciation rate in an island biogeography framework2021

    • Author(s)
      山口諒
    • Organizer
      日本生態学会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Speciation rates in an archipelagic system decline with species number2021

    • Author(s)
      Ryo Yamaguchi, Yoh Iwasa, Yuuya Tachiki
    • Organizer
      Evolution 2021
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] 新たな種はどのようにできるのか?―生物多様性の起源をもとめて―2024

    • Author(s)
      山口諒
    • Total Pages
      176
    • Publisher
      共立出版
    • ISBN
      9784320009424
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2021-04-28   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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