Sexual selection drives asymmetric introgression in wall lizards

作者：While Geoffrey M; Michaelides Sozos; Heathcote Robert J P; MacGregor Hannah E A; Zajac Natalia; Beninde Joscha; Carazo Pau; Perez i de Lanuza Guillem; Sacchi Roberto; Zuffi Marco A L; Horvathova Terezia; Fresnillo Belen; Schulte Ulrich; Veith Michael; Hochkirch Axel; Uller Tobias^*

来源：Ecology Letters, 2015, 18(12): 1366-1375.

DOI：10.1111/ele.12531

• Female choice
• hybridisation
• introgression
• lizards
• male-male competition

Hybridisation is increasingly recognised as an important cause of diversification and adaptation. Here, we show how divergence in male secondary sexual characters between two lineages of the common wall lizard (Podarcis muralis) gives rise to strong asymmetries in male competitive ability and mating success, resulting in asymmetric hybridisation upon secondary contact. Combined with no negative effects of hybridisation on survival or reproductive characters in F1-hybrids, these results suggest that introgression should be asymmetric, resulting in the displacement of sexual characters of the sub-dominant lineage. This prediction was confirmed in two types of secondary contact, across a natural contact zone and in two introduced populations. Our study illustrates how divergence in sexually selected traits via male competition can determine the direction and extent of introgression, contributing to geographic patterns of genetic and phenotypic diversity.

• 出版日期2015-12